[Matt D]

APAT Team Event Satellite. £10+1 buy-in per player. 7pm, Sunday 28th Sept.

If you don"t already have the APAT Coral software, please download from here: http://www.apat.com/online/

For full details of the APAT Team Championship that this event qualifies you in to, please see here: http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=15870.0 )

2 paid prizes of £440 each guaranteed

2 x paid entries to the live APAT Team Championship, each for 8 players = 2 x £440

Any excess will be paid to the next teams down. e.g. collected £1400 = £880 paid out for 2 team entries. Excess =£520. £440 paid to 3rd placed team. £80 paid to 4th placed team.

7pm start (no late reg. but 2 days of early reg, so please make sure you are registered in time!). 5k starting stack.


Qualification to Event

The top 2 finishing teams who haven"t already qualified for the Team Championship will be invited to play the event. This may end up being the top 2 teams overall, in which case they"ll win the buy-in for all players who took part in the satellite (a maximum value of £440). However, if these 2 teams finish outside the overall top 2, then then they will win invited (non paid-for) entry to the live event. For full details on the APAT Team Championship live event, please see here: http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=15870.0


Rules

Top 100 players will score points with 1 point for 100th placed finisher, and 100 points for 1st place finisher.

Tied teams will be separated via number of players who scored points (more players scoring points will decide the higher team. If this is also tied, then the individual higher finishing player will be the tie-breaker).

For those team members who have an account associated with our relationship with the sponsors Coral - i.e. affiliated with APAT/Coral, each team member will be awarded 2 pts immediately at the start of the event which will be in addition to any points won for their team from their event finishing position.


Eligibility

This satellite qualifier is open to ALL teams who applied to play the UK Team Championship, whether they have GOT A PLACE ALREADY OR NOT.  The only exception is that it"s not open to "B" or Additional teams, meaning, for e.g, The Hendon Mob team can play in this qualifier event, but as they already have a place in the live event, they are playing for "paid entry only" - not a "2nd team place".


How to enter

Simply post your team name, list of players real names and importantly their **accurate** APAT/Coral nicknames. Each team can consist of a maximum of 8 players (a minimum of 1). Please also specify who the Captain is, and include their APAT Forum name if they aren"t the person making the post. This person will be sent the password a full week before the event. It is their responsibility that it is passed on to the rest of the team. Please note, team members who contest the online qualifier, do not have to be the same members that play the live event. This is to ensure every team can get 8 players to play the qualifier (though as posted above, the minimum for any team is 1 player).


Results - Team

Team	Pts
Angie"s Room	379
London Poker Meetup	282
Geordie Poker	258
Frome Poker Group	246
Team APAT	235
Hitsquad	234
Team LBPN	221
Yorkshire Poker Club	195
Team Scotsquad	193

Key:
Red = Paid for entry (£440) + Qualification to APAT Team Championship.
Blue = Paid for entry (£440) + had already qualified for APAT Team Championship.
Green = Qualification to APAT Team Championship.


Results - Individual

Pos.	Nickname	Team	Pts	Bonus	Total
1	jockeyAPAT	Team LBPN	65	2	67
2	minnekus1908	Angie"s Room	64	0	64
3	Flip42Win	Angie"s Room	63	0	63
4	scatters1	Angie"s Room	62	0	62
5	Ratie1	Team APAT	61	0	61
6	abdoman11	London Poker Meetup	60	2	62
7	MutzNutz3	Team LBPN	59	2	61
8	LazzyBanker	London Poker Meetup	58	2	60
9	Nonai	Team APAT	57	2	59
10	sadmacambarstool	Geordie Poker	56	2	58
11	1booly1	Angie"s Room	55	2	57
12	Crabbed	Frome Poker Group	54	2	56
13	RunGood44	Team Scotsquad	53	0	53
14	AcesSteve111	Yorkshire Poker Club	52	2	54
15	wermington	London Poker Meetup	51	2	53
16	Belgium5	London Poker Meetup	50	2	52
17	ch3ckn0rr1s76	Hitsquad	49	2	51
18	SirGary2	Hitsquad	48	2	50
19	bobkkat	Yorkshire Poker Club	47	2	49
20	BadBeazzt	Hitsquad	46	2	48
21	bullus46	Frome Poker Group	45	2	47
22	HitsquadOban	Team Scotsquad	44	2	46
23	sleeves14411	Frome Poker Group	43	2	45
24	hettonmob73	Geordie Poker	42	0	42
25	Tsaaaar	Team Scotsquad	41	2	43
26	Frogess1	Angie"s Room	40	2	42
27	DogzLife	Hitsquad	39	2	41
28	BLACKANDWHITEDAN	Geordie Poker	38	2	40
29	p0k3rth3r3	Yorkshire Poker Club	37	0	37
30	folley55	Frome Poker Group	36	2	38
31	cashman8	Team APAT	35	2	37
32	Bethk92	Geordie Poker	34	2	36
33	StretchBaller23	Team Scotsquad	33	2	35
34	hawkeye1122	Angie"s Room	32	0	32
35	DEN5678	Angie"s Room	31	0	31
36	WhiteyUK87	Frome Poker Group	30	0	30
37	daveyzeezee	Yorkshire Poker Club	29	0	29
38	koytethechosenon	Geordie Poker	28	2	30
39	MacMonsterrrr	Hitsquad	27	2	29
40	angie12345	Angie"s Room	26	2	28
41	BruceWaynesNemes	Geordie Poker	25	0	25
42	AdrianLong1	Yorkshire Poker Club	24	2	26
43	DupDamo22	Team LBPN	23	2	25
44	RATFINK2	Team LBPN	22	2	24
45	Geordieppokerlg	Geordie Poker	21	2	23
46	5UGARFREEE	London Poker Meetup	20	2	22
47	rafflesaj	Frome Poker Group	19	2	21
48	bloglaw	Team APAT	18	2	20
49	M1ntTr4v	Team APAT	17	2	19
50	DJBigClub24	London Poker Meetup	16	2	18
51	Aptdanger	Team LBPN	15	2	17
52	LombBomb72	Team APAT	14	2	16
53	susiepea66	London Poker Meetup	13	2	15
54	bolesaa	Hitsquad	12	2	14
55	roddersNCFC	Team APAT	11	2	13
56	river4toon	Team APAT	10	0	10
57	Rab246	Team Scotsquad	9	0	9
58	ThePhoenixLBPN	Team LBPN	8	2	10
59	LBPNB055	Team LBPN	7	2	9
60	mikesAPAT	Team LBPN	6	2	8
61	scwuffy1979	Team Scotsquad	5	2	7
62	Bletsonater	Frome Poker Group	4	2	6
63	JamesOrchard	Frome Poker Group	3	0	3
64	Karljnr21know	Geordie Poker	2	2	4
65	Moodyb	Hitsquad	1	0	1

[Matt D]

Reserved.

[Matt D]

Get posting! As per above, all teams and players must be posted before satellite kicks off. Any players not listed at this time will not be eligible for points scoring.

[Sugar_Free]

For those team members who have an account associated with our relationship with the sponsors Coral - i.e. affiliated with APAT/Coral

Eh?

Is there an upper (or lower) limit on number of players each team enters?

[Matt D]

For those team members who have an account associated with our relationship with the sponsors Coral - i.e. affiliated with APAT/Coral

Eh?

See here for Tom's original announcement (August 8th): http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=15870.msg234077#msg234077

Is there an upper (or lower) limit on number of players each team enters?

Each team can consist of a maximum of 8 players.

[Sugar_Free]

For those team members who have an account associated with our relationship with the sponsors Coral - i.e. affiliated with APAT/Coral

Eh?

See here for Tom's original announcement (August 8th): http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=15870.msg234077#msg234077

Sorry Matt, I just don"t understand what it means. For example who would have an associated/affiliated account and who wouldn"t?

Is there an upper (or lower) limit on number of players each team enters?

Each team can consist of a maximum of 8 players.

Thanks

[Scousebill]

So only teams that already applied to play the Team Champs can play in this online satellite. What about players who never got selected for a team but would possibly be interested in forming a team to play in this satellite...?

[IrishTom]

So only teams that already applied to play the Team Champs can play in this online satellite. What about players who never got selected for a team but would possibly be interested in forming a team to play in this satellite...?

Unfortunately yes Bill that is correct.  The UK Team Championship is NOT for a group of guys (or gals) who just want to put a team together for the sake of getting into this event - it is for those considered to be a recognised and acceptable "forum" or "league" or "players" that we consider appropriate for the UK Team Championship - and this Online Qualifier is for those who applied to get into the live event, whom we considered appropriate - meaning whom we considered "could" have had a team place -  to give them a final opportunity because they missed out (and we subsequently got agreement for a few extra tables at the venue).

[Scousebill]

Yeah ok now worries... Can"t make it now anyway even if I was picked for a team...  

[Chipaccrual]

So only teams that already applied to play the Team Champs can play in this online satellite. What about players who never got selected for a team but would possibly be interested in forming a team to play in this satellite...?

Unfortunately yes Bill that is correct.  The UK Team Championship is NOT for a group of guys (or gals) who just want to put a team together for the sake of getting into this event - it is for those considered to be a recognised and acceptable "forum" or "league" or "players" that we consider appropriate for the UK Team Championship - and this Online Qualifier is for those who applied to get into the live event, whom we considered appropriate - meaning whom we considered "could" have had a team place -  to give them a final opportunity because they missed out (and we subsequently got agreement for a few extra tables at the venue).

The difficulty here Tom is that I am assuming that those teams that did not get in have considered that you felt that they weren"t appropriate (albeit there was no actual reply to tell them one way or another).  Perhaps allowing the likes of Bill to put together a team would result in greater numbers for this.

After all, a number of the teams that are playing the live event are doing so through the original online qualification route, which was basically an opportunity to put a team together however you liked.

Good luck to those that play.

[IrishTom]

So only teams that already applied to play the Team Champs can play in this online satellite. What about players who never got selected for a team but would possibly be interested in forming a team to play in this satellite...?

Unfortunately yes Bill that is correct.  The UK Team Championship is NOT for a group of guys (or gals) who just want to put a team together for the sake of getting into this event - it is for those considered to be a recognised and acceptable "forum" or "league" or "players" that we consider appropriate for the UK Team Championship - and this Online Qualifier is for those who applied to get into the live event, whom we considered appropriate - meaning whom we considered "could" have had a team place -  to give them a final opportunity because they missed out (and we subsequently got agreement for a few extra tables at the venue).

The difficulty here Tom is that I am assuming that those teams that did not get in have considered that you felt that they weren"t appropriate (albeit there was no actual reply to tell them one way or another).  Perhaps allowing the likes of Bill to put together a team would result in greater numbers for this.

After all, a number of the teams that are playing the live event are doing so through the original online qualification route, which was basically an opportunity to put a team together however you liked.

Good luck to those that play.

I would hope that those teams that did not get in realised we had a very difficult decision due to the event being so over-subscribed  and for the vast majority it was NOT a case of not being appropriate - it was an extremely difficult decision and even more of a disappointment to have to let down so many teams.

For those whom we considered in this category (not appropriate), I think they were aware before the final decision was made.  We clearly stated that this event is not for those who want to put a team together simply to gain entry to the event - in no way would we want to disappoint even more than we did.  Therefore I don"t believe it is now appropriate to allow anyone and everyone to play the online qualifier at the expense of those we had to disappoint - this online qualifier is not about greater numbers - it is about trying to give those we had to disappoint a final opportunity to get into the event.

Looking ahead, if we get the same number of (appropriate) team applications for next year, then I would be hopeful of not having to disappoint any of them - unless of course we dispense with the "appropriate" tag, which is something I will discuss/confirm with Des and Matt when the time comes.

[Chipaccrual]

You"ll have to play it at Wembley if the applications keeping increasing Tom.

A couple of questions if I may :-

Is there a minimum number of players required in a team to try and win a team entry into the live event ?

If you already have a Coral account, it seems a bit of a disadvantage with the bonus points for having an APAT affiliated account.  Is this likely to be a significant factor in the overall winners ?


Cheers

[Matt D]

You"ll have to play it at Wembley if the applications keeping increasing Tom.

A couple of questions if I may :-

Is there a minimum number of players required in a team to try and win a team entry into the live event ?

Hi Leigh, no minimum, a maximum of 8. Hope you decide to enter! As would love to see you there and you can help me with the scoring when you"re knocked out (joke  ).

If you already have a Coral account, it seems a bit of a disadvantage with the bonus points for having an APAT affiliated account.  Is this likely to be a significant factor in the overall winners ?

Cheers

There"s no real way of telling. However, where players have original Coral accounts and have tried to move them to APAT/Coral yet failed (due to Coral saying "no"), we will include these in the +2 points. Accounts that won"t be eligible for +2 points are Coral or APAT/Coral accounts that have moved to another Coral skin (e.g. PokerEncore, Blackbelt, Blueblood). This is to encourage players, where possible, to play APAT games on the APAT skin. Our sponsorship, and therefore the future of the tour, is massively reliant on the numbers we see online. To this end, we"ll shortly be including added value games where only Coral and APAT/Coral accounts are eligible for the added-value prizes (though all accounts regardless of affiliation will be eligible for the non-value-added part of the prizepool). That"s for another day/thread though.

[Chipaccrual]

You"ll have to play it at Wembley if the applications keeping increasing Tom.

A couple of questions if I may :-

Is there a minimum number of players required in a team to try and win a team entry into the live event ?

Hi Leigh, no minimum, a maximum of 8. Hope you decide to enter! As would love to see you there and you can help me with the scoring when you"re knocked out (joke :-p).

If you already have a Coral account, it seems a bit of a disadvantage with the bonus points for having an APAT affiliated account.  Is this likely to be a significant factor in the overall winners ?

Cheers

There"s no real way of telling. However, where players have original Coral accounts and have tried to move them to APAT/Coral yet failed (due to Coral saying "no"), we will include these in the +2 points. Accounts that won"t be eligible for +2 points are Coral or APAT/Coral accounts that have moved to another Coral skin (e.g. PokerEncore, Blackbelt, Blueblood). This is to encourage players, where possible, to play APAT games on the APAT skin. Our sponsorship, and therefore the future of the tour, is massively reliant on the numbers we see online. To this end, we"ll shortly be including added value games where only Coral and APAT/Coral accounts are eligible for the added-value prizes (though all accounts regardless of affiliation will be eligible for the non-value-added part of the prizepool). That"s for another day/thread though.

Brilliant, thanks Matt.

[IrishTom]

So only teams that already applied to play the Team Champs can play in this online satellite. What about players who never got selected for a team but would possibly be interested in forming a team to play in this satellite...?

Unfortunately yes Bill that is correct.  The UK Team Championship is NOT for a group of guys (or gals) who just want to put a team together for the sake of getting into this event - it is for those considered to be a recognised and acceptable "forum" or "league" or "players" that we consider appropriate for the UK Team Championship - and this Online Qualifier is for those who applied to get into the live event, whom we considered appropriate - meaning whom we considered "could" have had a team place -  to give them a final opportunity because they missed out (and we subsequently got agreement for a few extra tables at the venue).

The difficulty here Tom is that I am assuming that those teams that did not get in have considered that you felt that they weren"t appropriate (albeit there was no actual reply to tell them one way or another).  Perhaps allowing the likes of Bill to put together a team would result in greater numbers for this.

After all, a number of the teams that are playing the live event are doing so through the original online qualification route, which was basically an opportunity to put a team together however you liked.

Good luck to those that play.

I would hope that those teams that did not get in realised we had a very difficult decision due to the event being so over-subscribed  and for the vast majority it was NOT a case of not being appropriate - it was an extremely difficult decision and even more of a disappointment to have to let down so many teams.

For those whom we considered in this category (not appropriate), I think they were aware before the final decision was made.  We clearly stated that this event is not for those who want to put a team together simply to gain entry to the event - in no way would we want to disappoint even more than we did.  Therefore I don"t believe it is now appropriate to allow anyone and everyone to play the online qualifier at the expense of those we had to disappoint - this online qualifier is not about greater numbers - it is about trying to give those we had to disappoint a final opportunity to get into the event.

Looking ahead, if we get the same number of (appropriate) team applications for next year, then I would be hopeful of not having to disappoint any of them - unless of course we dispense with the "appropriate" tag, which is something I will discuss/confirm with Des and Matt when the time comes.

I"ve briefly discussed this final point between Matt and Des and it is something we will investigate further.  I"m away from now until early next week (APAT Belgium) so please address any questions etc with regards to the UK Team Champs Online Qualifier to Matt.

Cheers/Tom