APAT WCOAP Main Event: Day2 Live Update

[fandango]

Not sure why I am still up but I am so here goes.

A bad few days for me from a poker perspective but that"s all down to my own poor play and James Edward"s luck....

But a great few days in general, with so many people to credit, APAT fantastic, DTD fantastic, Dealers fantastic, Staff fantastic, Massuers fantastic (ty betfair).

Special mentions to Tighty, Leigh & Des - the day I discovered APAT must go down as one of the best discoveries I"ve ever made.

I also met so many people, some of whom are already friends, but a lot I was meeting for the first time in many cases have "met" online so if I forget to mention anyone I apologise

Fistly the usual suspects: My roommates Phil (another deep run, well played sir) and Chris. Then Ian (great result mate), Don L, Don R, Big Ger, Dawn, Steve (good for morale), Brian (fishy balls??  ), Stuart, John (nice triple barrel  ), Paul, Rudders (river rat) James, Mary & Joe

Then it was great to meet so many online teammates and adversaries in the flesh for the first time; Luton Teammates Warren, Richard, SuzyP (sorry about the 3-betting!!), Carl, Alan & Stuart also some players I have "known" or known of for some time but not got to meet before including Jack, Suzanne, Dan, Dylan, Little Ger, Dave, SharpLea & Julie -probably forgotten a few but I can blame the alcohol.

Congratulations also to all of the winners and medalists, final tablers etc.

Note 1 to self - You live 1 hour from DTD. Must visit more often
Note 2 to self - Do not drink so much
Note 3 to self - If Note 2 is ignored do not play cash

APAT ftw

Consign!!!  Couldnt of put it better myself  

[thinsy147]

Well done APAT (and all the other people involved) for another very enjoyable weekend.

Big thumbs up to DTD for a great card room with nice, friendly and competent dealers.

Thanks to Betfair for their sponsorship.

It was only my second APAT event, the last one being Luton 2009 so was pleasantly surprized to be remembered by John Murray, even if it was as "Mr Unlucky"...... Athough he may have a different name for me after hitting a 6 on the river to knock him out!!!!!!  

Enjoyed sitting next to Jeldon Fernandes for most of the Sunday, nice guy even if i did want to hog the TV time!! Congratulations on your high finishing.

Right, time to prepare for Luton.... Hopefully!!!!

Colin.

[Curlarge]

Huge congrats to Ben. Had the pleasure of sitting with him most of yesterday until I busted, and he played superbly well. Great to meet so many APATers. Well played to Ian (Pabbles) for his win and the Welsh boys (particlarly Cyntaf and Daiboot) also Fandango, Wazz1974, Aceonfifth, Alanmow all from Luton, and also the congrats and support from Nellie and the other Luton onliners.

A truely well run event at a fantastic venue. thanks to Betfair, all at APAT and DTD for making it so enjoyable for us all.

[Cyntaf]

Congrats to Wayne on  your bronze, great performance. Also to Rodders for his Silver. Ben what can i say mate? You are absolutely Awsome. Can"t tell you how pleased i am for You. Sorry I couldn"t stop for a drink, but by the time I"d got knocked out of horse comp, my lift was desperate to get home to North Wales.(Thanks for that btw Will Young).

Very well done on your Finishes and cashes to Gary Phillips of Wrexham in 33rd place. Well done matey, another deep finish  Also to henry of Cardiff in 37th spot.

Well done to all ft"rs

Cheers Paul Mac

[coprey]

Congrates to Ben for the win and Stephen and Wayne for silver and bronze. Congrats also to Mark Glassman 4th and Gareth Cash from Northern Ireland coming 5th.

[WYoung83]

 Congrats to the whole final table especially the medal winners, well done to wayne on the 3rd and gl in vegas, hope u get another good score. well done to apat for another great weekend of none stop poker (missed it so much this season),

No worries on the lift paul, unlucky in the horse btw, looked like u would tid.

And very well done to Ben Young. Your pals told me that u would take this one down even before day 2 began, and u defently ran the show for the whole of day 2.

[AceOnTheRiver]

And very well done to Ben Young. Your pals told me that u would take this one down even before day 2 began, and u defently ran the show for the whole of day 2.

This.

They said exactly the same to me as you continued to amass chips. Well played

[Diablo]

As always, a big thanks to the APAT team for a fantastic tournament. I would also like to thank DTD - the managment and especially the dealers (world class). Betfair for all the sponsership and not to forget the APATers that make this event something to remember.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate all the final tablist especially the top 3 finishers. Unfortunately I never had the opportunity to play Ben Young prior to the final table.

I would also like to thank to a few apat members that made this a memorable event for me.

John Murray - for making it very lively on my table and telling everyone I"m a luckbox (thanks John)
Don Roberts & Darren Shallis - for your support (apologies if I missed anyone who was railing me)
Colin McCarthy & Stu Pillinger - top quality lads

p.s Tikay my wife accepts your apology for first refering me as the dealer on the final table and secondly re naming me as Yeldon. She said its a good thing this wasn"t being pushed out on national TV.

[jayteejack]

what a week end. thanks to everyone for making it so enjoyable. special mentions to: apat team, richard, leigh, des and all the volunteer extras; dtd , excellent venue and dealers; betfair for all sponsorship extra value etc

special thanks to leigh for encouraging me to sell my HORSE ticket; also to Paul and his mrs for transporting me and my car to the hotel

well done to the medallists in the main event. great playing with you

me , my penguin shirt and boofle(mascot) will see ya all in dublin

[AAroddersAA]

Another good weekend at APAT and DTD. Thanks for the support and messages on the forum and for the people at DTD. enjoyed playing with a lot of the players, Joe, Jeldon, Gareth Cash and Ger Smyth Jnr were all very good players who got a bit unlucky. I m very pleased with the result obviously although I think I could have played the final table better.
 
Well done Ben, you played great and deserved to win Wayne also played well for bronze as did most of the final table. Mark Lassman just missed out on the meals but can still be happy with his performance over the two days at all stages of the tournament.

DTD is of course a great venue, The staff the dealers, Simon Trumper and Rob the owner all impressed me a lot. Nice to see Tikay and Des at an APAT of course with Tikay and Simon doing the final table coverage. Also most importantly Leigh and Richard without who APAT simply would not run.

Now I just need to work on going one better in Dublin. Hopefully will not have to contend with playing against Ben there :-)

[duke3016]

Now I just need to work on going one better in Dublin. Hopefully will not have to contend with playing against Ben there :-)

Brilliant result - watch out in Dublin for the ould lad and the young pretender - we will hit sometime  

[jjandellis]

Congratulations Ben!!!

I moved to his table about 2000 hrs on Day One, having been comfortably double the average stack all day. BOOM - I ran into this guy and another Cardiff lad (Griffiths???)

Anyway, longstory short, they completely owned the me (and the rest of the table!!!). I actually pinpointed a hand with Ben as being the start of my downfall. I"d raised UTG with 7"s and he shoved all in from the SB. After a while I had to pass and he took about 8k of my 32k stack....he showed a 3!!!!!!!!!

It was quite apparent that he has got some seriously good game throughout that evening - re-raising, 3 betting, squeezing...it was all on show. IMO a very worthy winner!!!!

[Dewi_cool]

that would be Henry Griffiths

[gerry5421]

At work today will detail experience on blog when i get home. Well done to all medallists and a Big thank you to APAT/DTD for another great weekend. Got home at 8pm last night, Dawn slept all the way home hit the couch and is still there by all accounts.........

lol now theres a surprise at least it saved the ear plugs for the car

[SwissToni]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Thank you Dewi

Great weekend guys and a brilliantly run tournament. Obv over the moon for my mate Ben to have shipped this, my turn next?

That is all.

The aforementioned Henry Griffiths