Reserve a seat

[Zozzy]

The click button to reserve a seat for the live tour is a new innovation and I took advantage of it to guarantee my Coventry seat.
I was running late travelling down and arrived 20 minutes after the start. I was pleased to see that my name was on the reserved list and I was taken straight to a table.

I was unsure whether I would have lost some blinds at this point. This wasn"t the case I had a full stack.
There were about 140 players at this point with the capacity capped at 160 so there were no issues.

My question is what would have happened if 160 players had already sat down when I arrived and there was an alternate list ?
Would my reservation be void after the first hand was dealt and then I join the back of the queue? or is there a time limit as to when I turn up with a seat guaranteed?
Would there be an empty seat with my name on it? or maybe other players on the waiting list would be allowed to take seats vacated by eliminated players and then when I arrived I jump to the front of the waiting list?

[Paulie_D]

Would my reservation be void after the first hand was dealt and then I join the back of the queue? or is there a time limit as to when I turn up with a seat guaranteed?

My understanding was that the seat would be held until, I think, 30 minutes before the scheduled start time after which it was up for grabs and you lost all claim (and a fiver).

If that were the case, and someone else bought in, you would go to the back/bottom of the reserve/late reg list.

EDIT: Just re-read the original thread and I can"t see any specified time/timeframe for "default" but I think the comp start time would be the very last.

After all, why deny another person the option to enter because the reserver isn"t there? If APAT had had a message that you were delayed then an accommodation could, perhaps, be made but in the absence of other information they would have to assume they had just "no-showed".

[Sugar_Free]

I was unsure whether I would have lost some blinds at this point. This wasn"t the case I had a full stack.

We were still on the first orbit and the blinds hadn"t actually got to you yet.

[SirPercival]

Wouldn"t have been an issue, Paulie D freed up a seat for you.  

[Zozzy]

What is the official answer to my OP please. Just in case I pay a fiver and turn up late again  

[Des]

Hi Craig,

If you"re not in your seat and have fully paid the buy in by the time the event starts, then you would lose your reservation. We also couldn"t put a player with a reserved seat at the head of the waiting list as there may be several of them (who may not turn up) and several locals waiting to play also.

Cheers,

Des.