S4 APAT World Championships Of Amateur Poker 2010 (Q & A)

[Chipaccrual]

APAT are pleased to announce details of The World Championship of Amateur Poker in season 4.  The five day festival will feature Heads Up, Stud, Pot Limit Omaha, Six Max,  H.O.R.S.E  and a three day no limit hold "em World Amateur Championship main event (2x Day One's + Final Day).  The first two days of the festival will also see the expanded APAT World Amateur Team Championship.  The festival will take place at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham between Thursday August 26th and Monday August 30th.

Full details are:-

August 26th

WCOAP Heads Up Championship
1 Day / 3.00pm start / 32 players
£50/$77.50 Entry Fee  SOLD OUT
Direct Buy In (Betfair Poker Lobby) - May 9th, 10pm

August 27th

WCOAP Stud Championship
1 Day / 2.30pm start / 80 players
£50/$77.50 Entry Fee
Direct Buy In (Betfair Poker Lobby) - May 9th, 10pm

August 28th

WCOAP Pot Limit Omaha Championship
1 Day / 3.00pm start / 81 players
£50/$77.50 Entry Fee
Direct Buy In (Betfair Poker Lobby) - May 9th, 10pm

August 28th to 30th

WCOAP World Amateur Championship Main Event
3 Day / 2.30pm start / 414 players
10,000 chips / 45 minute clock
£100/$155 entry fee
Day 1A - August 28th
Day 1B - August 29th
Final - August 30th (2.30pm start)
Direct Buy In (Betfair Poker Lobby) - May 9th, 9pm

August 29th

WCOAP Six Max Championship
1 day / 3.00pm start / 72 players
£50/$77.50 entry fee
Direct Buy In (Betfair Poker Lobby) - May 9th, 10pm

August 30th

WCOAP H.O.R.S.E. Championship
1 day / 3.00pm start / 48 players
£50/$77.50 entry fee
Direct Buy In (Betfair Poker Lobby) - May 9th, 10pm


To celebrate the launch of this seasons WCOAP and APAT's partnership with Betfair Poker, we will be running a promotional freeroll and satellite with added seats this weekend.

Saturday 8th May

WCOAP Side Event Freeroll

The top 20 players will receive $77.50, which coincidentally is enough to enter one of the side events at this seasons WCOAP.


Sunday 9th May

WCOAP Main Event Satellite

This will be an open $15.50 satellite to the main event of the WCOAP.  Betfair Poker will be adding 5 seats to the main event (worth $155 each) to this satellite.

[duke3016]

[Paulie_D]

Leigh..

WCOAP Stud Championship....what kind of Stud?

5 card / 7 card / Draw?

[pables]

This may have already been mentioned but in the Betfair lobby there is an APAT Freeroll where the top 20 players receive a £50.00 WCOAP token. Is this right? Same time as sat triple tabling on Sunday ftw sweeeeeeeettt!

Valuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu  

[Chipaccrual]

Is this the only sat..

Will be be running the normal one (esp rebuy    0

It kinda clashes with the League - hey I can multi table

Also the fastest finger is in the middle of the league - so I could still be in the sat and if I buy in at 9pm and win a seat what happens does it put me in twice or does it stick me in a seperate holding tank, so many questions LOL

Further satellites info may be announced.  The direct buyin and satellites go into separate holding tanks, so if you play the satellite, direct buyin, then win a seat, you can just unreg from the direct buyin.  Or vice versa, or any combination etc.

Leigh..

WCOAP Stud Championship....what kind of Stud?

5 card / 7 card / Draw?

I"m pretty sure it will be 7 card stud, but will need Des or Rich to confirm that

This may have already been mentioned but in the Betfair lobby there is an APAT Freeroll where the top 20 players receive a £50.00 WCOAP token. Is this right? Same time as sat triple tabling on Sunday ftw sweeeeeeeettt!

Valuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu  

Got a message in with Betfair on this one.  The freeroll should be on the Saturday night, with the Satellite on the Sunday.  The freeroll will effectively pay the top 20 players $77.50 into their accounts, so they can direct buyin their choice of side event on the Sunday night. (No guaranteed seats, but Betfair are giving you the cash to buyin)

Will confirm if that changes.

[siberiankhatru]

3 day notice for the direct buy in!  

I have plans on Sunday which i can"t change which I would kept free.

The main event should be fine but I was wanting to play some side events.

Not at all pleased!

[Waz1892]

This may have already been mentioned but in the Betfair lobby there is an APAT Freeroll where the top 20 players receive a £50.00 WCOAP token. Is this right? Same time as sat triple tabling on Sunday ftw sweeeeeeeettt!

Valuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu  

when does this open for registeration?

[Swinebag]

Leigh..

WCOAP Stud Championship....what kind of Stud?

5 card / 7 card / Draw?

bit of a pedantic question given that Texas holdem is also a variation of stud (did you mean Razz instead of draw??)

Most people would assume it is 7 card stud - given that all other previous APAT events with "stud" in it were the 7 card (hi) variety

[FlashFlush1]

Can we pick Day1 A or B because how do we know if we are free for the 6 max or Omaha comps?

[Chipaccrual]

Can we pick Day1 A or B because how do we know if we are free for the 6 max or Omaha comps?

There are two holding tanks on Betfair. One for each starting day.

So at 9pm, they will both be active for registration.  Once you have your main event seat, you can fill in some days with side events from 10pm.

They are all currently under "Announced" in the lobby, if you want to familiarise yourselves with whats going on.

[Ant1966]

Why are seats on sale so early??

[Paulie_D]

Why are seats on sale so early??

Sigh!

[Paulie_D]

Leigh..

WCOAP Stud Championship....what kind of Stud?

5 card / 7 card / Draw?

bit of a pedantic question given that Texas holdem is also a variation of stud (did you mean Razz instead of draw??)

Nope...just checking!

Stud poker has a few variants of which 5 card (played in The Cincinatti Kid if I recall correctly), 7 card hi, 7 card hi-low and Razz are just a few but I don"t think Hold'em is a version of Stud....but I could be wrong....it"s been known...it was back in 1978 but it"s been known.

By "draw", I was referring to "draw poker" which, I suppose is technically not stud but in the absence of a definitive answer, I thought asking would be sensible.

Whatever, 7 card high is fine with me.

[Ant1966]

Why are seats on sale so early??

Sigh!

Sigh? Its a genuine question,the event is 3 months away give or take,with many other events
in between.

Leigh?

[rivertaff]

Okay, I think I"ve got it right.

At 7pm we start the sat to main event.

At 8pm we start the League match.

At 9pm we hovver over the hit button for the direct buy in.

I"ll have to do a "to do list"!!

Why run all 3 at the same time?

If we get a direct "buy in" and then qualify from the sat can we unregister from the direct "buy-in"?

Can they extend the 5 min break for the sat and league match to say 10 or 15 mins, so that I deal with all this. I am a male and find multi tasking very difficult, I also need to take my medication.

I can feel a headache already coming on just thinking about it all. Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest - not chaos!!