APAT All*Stars - Top 200

[Hammerite]

Congratulations Rodders  well deserved.

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[nosey-p]

This has been a great read over the past few days, well done to al the top 200 and everyone else for supporting this organization. it"s been a pleasure to be part of it.

Me and Rodders had a good battle in the WCOAP in season 4 when Ben had the title wrapped up and it was down to me and Rodders for silver and bronze. I still remember a certain had that saw things swing he"s way (still hurts today lol)    

[Waz1892]

Superb peice of work, and congrats to all those on the list, but in particular the top 10.

Great consistent results throughout the seasons.

Top work to Des!

[fandango]

Brilliant work Des thanks for spending all the time in putting all this together, has made for some compelling reading.

Huge kudos to Steve in being the #1 spot and the rest of those who have managed to figure in the top 200 players.

Some incredible stats by the top 2!!  

[Des]

Thanks all.  Remember this is just a line in the sand.  There will be lots of movements in the list over the next few months.  It does show the value of scoring a few ranking points regularly. 

I will publish the full rankings list tonight, featuring over 1500 players.

[AAroddersAA]

Hi Guy"s

First and foremost, great piece or work by Des, really excellent. Thanks for the comments of congratulations.

Was a bit surprised by the result, I obviously knew my results were good and expected to be pretty highly ranked but did not think I was in with a chance of the top spot as I thought John was a dead cert. John has been consistently successful for so long I don"t think anybody can question the fact he is considered the greatest player on the APAT circuit as nobody can touch his record, even if I happen to have more ranking points than him (and that may not be the case for long). All that being said I will happily accept the result. It was achieved with more than my share of good luck and also by luckily being in the position to be able to play a high number of APAT events, there are a number of other players who could easily have done the same in the same circumstances. I have probably played about 30-40 events which is a tiny number and without a lot of luck I could easily not even be in the top 200, When playing online going 40 tournaments without a cash is pretty standard even for a very good player (that is poker).

Des made the very valid point this now puts a bit of pressure on for the upcoming WCOAP (please tell me when that is *lol*). John will probably be planning to take back the number one spot and it would take a brave man to back against him doing just that with his mixed game skills at the worlds. However any player in the top 10 is capable of a run that will raise them to a position to take the top spot, even outside of the top 10 you have Chris Webber (who will almost certainly be top 10 by the end of the WCOAP), Rich Baker, JP Round, Glen Laming, Stu Ward and a number of other all of whom are good enough to go on a run to get right up there. Defending the position in 2016 will be hard but I intend to give it my best shot.

One question do the cards actually exist or are they virtual and can we buy them? I would like the whole top 10 if possible *lol*. Do they only exist for the top 10?

Oh and finally, I am pretty sure I won the season four live rankings outright and it was not a draw *lol* it went all the way down to the last event in Llorett Da Mar and was one titanic battle between myself, Darren and Jack and we were all still in it going into the last event, really enjoyed that season. :-)

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=5360.0

Have a great New Year people and look forward to getting back to it in 2016.

[CW86]

Do they only exist for the top 10?

No, 1 poor guy got the rub for not being top 10....

Massive congrats Rodders, im not sure i will ever be able to play enough seasons to catch you, especially with your consistent results, but as long as Apat run their brilliant WCOAP events i"m sure as sh!t gonna try!

[Des]

Just to confirm the scoring mechanism that we used to compile the rankings.

1)  The rankings are for live events only, so previously published seasonal lists may differ.

2)  Points have been allocated on the back of a cashes made, so a player finishing 8th in a side event, without cashing, does not receive ranking points or final table credits.

3)  Points were allocated in medal events as follows:-

- APAT & WCOAP main events - 18pts for 1st position, down to 1pt for 18th position.

- WCOAP side events - 9pts for 1st position, down to 1pt for 9th position.

- Team events (representing a team) - 3pts for 1st position, down to 1pt for 3rd position.

- Team events (individual leaderboard) - 9pts for 1st position, down to 1pt for 9th position. 

- Players outside of the above positions, who still cash - 1pt

4)  Where players are level on ranking points, the list is then sorted in order of a) number of cashes, b) average field size and c) number of buy ins won.

[Des]

Correction

One event had been omitted from the rankings list, the 2008 WCOAP Stud Championship.  3 players scored points in this event as follows:-

9pts - Owen Rankin
8pts - Dave Howard
7pts - Charles Sanderson

The most notable difference sees Dave Howard moving from #18 to #14, while Steve Redfern, Richard Baker, Ian Thompson and JP Round move down 1 position.

The updated top 200 list follows.

[Des]

Correction

The following players cashed the ECOAP Six Max Championship in August 2012, but were outside of the top 9.  Each has now received 1 point for this result.

Chris Radford
Daniel Holmes
Christopher Barker
Daniel Thursfield
Paul Davis
Sarunas Dargis
Darren Underhill

[Des]

The updated top 200 is as follows [December 28th]:-

RANK	PLAYER	POINTS	CASHES	AV FIELD	BUY INS	FINALS	MEDALS	WINS
1	Steve Roderick	124	11	139	155	7	6	1
2	John Murray	118	17	109	126	9	7	5
3	Andrew Duncan	108	13	144	69	8	1	1
4	Darren Shallis	101	9	164	110	7	2	1
5	Warren Jones	84	9	131	107	5	3	2
6	James Edwards	83	8	160	63	5	1	1
7	Don Roberts	79	9	130	91	7	5	1
8	Tod Wood	79	5	215	145	5	3	1
9	Paul McGuinness	77	11	99	99	5	4	3
10	Carl Pilgrim	73	11	141	176	7	5	3
11	Anthony Williams	72	9	176	72	5	2
12	Christopher Webber	69	11	115	102	7	4	2
13	Mark Donnelly	69	5	161	77	4	2
14	Dave Howard	67	10	103	109	8	6	2
15	Steve Redfern	64	13	94	116	5	7	4
16	Richard Baker	63	14	153	47	5	2	1
17	Ian Thompson	61	10	119	57	3	3	1
18	JP Round	59	9	125	64	6	4
19	Andrew Tracey	59	5	103	55	5	2	1
20	Simon Auckland	59	4	166	74	4	2	1
21	Glenn Laming	56	6	170	52	3	1
22	Vikrum Mehta	55	6	112	52	4	3
23	Martyn Sharp	52	6	161	48	3	1
24	James Eccles	51	5	63	40	5	3
25	Stuart Oliver	49	7	112	69	4	4	1
26	Craig Dawson	47	4	135	42	3	1
27	Paul Davis	46	8	96	45	2	5	1
28	Tim Magnus	45	5	167	61	2	1	1
29	Tom Clark	44	7	122	28	3	2	1
30	Brian Yates	44	5	135	55	3	3	1
31	Duncan Hodgkins	44	5	111	26	4
32	Brian Martin	44	4	174	56	2	1	1
33	Jason Kemp	44	4	92	31	3	2
34	Linda Iwaniak	43	6	157	44	5	1
35	Jonathan Walker	42	3	179	41	3	1
36	Sean Priest	42	3	135	46	2	2
37	Stuart Ward	41	8	137	70	2	4	2
38	Jeldon Fernandes	41	5	208	35	2	1
39	Hugh Cairnie	41	5	105	20	2	1	1
40	Robert Swindells	40	5	137	46	3	2	1
41	Anthony Gale	40	4	259	76	2	2
42	Steve Bayliff	39	7	82	32	4	3	1
43	Wayne Parker	39	6	198	63	2	3	2
44	Steve Talbot	39	4	184	27	3
45	Richard Offless	38	5	181	71	4	1	1
46	Jack Prime	38	5	179	40	2	2
47	Stephen Boyd	38	4	29	24	4	2	2
48	Matt Carter	37	8	101	30	3	3	1
49	Andy Overton	37	7	162	34	3	1
50	Suzanne Hayward	37	6	145	70	1	2	1
51	Gareth Johns	37	4	127	37	2	1	1
52	Chen Tam	37	4	60	32	4	4
53	James Barber	36	6	80	33	3	3
54	Anthony Johnson	36	3	149	27	2	1
55	Ben Young	36	2	290	138	2	2	2
56	Paresh Doshi	35	5	62	66	5	4	2
57	Shirley Cole	35	4	259	66	1	1	1
58	Ian Witt	34	4	104	40	4	1	1
59	Ian Burnett	34	3	266	46	2	2
60	Brendan Byrne	33	8	119	36	1	4	4
61	Mark Lassman	33	5	167	38	4	2
62	Robert Ingoldby	33	3	179	19	2
63	Andy Whiteford	33	2	153	49	2	2
64	Tony Trippier	32	6	106	39	2	3	2
65	Andy Kingan	32	4	133	57	1	2	1
66	Liam Crawford	32	4	125	36	3	1
67	Mark Sanders	32	3	327	59	2	1	1
68	Paul Williams	32	3	159	16	2
69	Paul Townsend	32	2	172	32	2	2
70	Tom Feilding	31	8	114	36	2	4	2
71	Gabriele Iemmito	31	5	47	44	2	4	3
72	Tony Ross	31	3	105	36	3	2
73	Kevin O"Driscoll	31	2	147	29	2	1
74	Sharon Roberts	30	4	150	41	2	2
75	Richard Davies	30	2	165	23	2	1
76	Bill Sheppard	30	2	143	36	2	1
77	Brian Frew	28	6	146	45	2	4	1
78	Antony Wolsey	28	5	101	17	2	1
79	Michael Perry	28	5	71	57	5	2	1
80	Dan Crabbe	28	3	241	22	3
81	Rupinder Bedi	28	3	172	25	1	1
82	Daniel Phillips	28	3	114	65	1	1	1
83	Lee Mulligan	28	2	184	56	2	1	1
84	Alan Horsburgh	28	2	163	38	2	1	1
85	Tristan Chaplin	27	6	159	93	3	2	2
86	William Young	27	4	160	23	2	1	1
87	Jason Jones	27	3	106	60	3	2	1
88	David Garden	27	2	255	151	2	2	2
89	Andrew Jones	27	2	163	40	1	1	1
90	Gary Phillips	26	7	259	25	2
91	Dylan Herbert	26	6	56	32	2	4	2
92	Jonathan Seal	26	4	156	51	3	3	1
93	Mark Redshaw	26	3	181	19	1
94	Phil Tompkinson	25	7	183	38	1	2
95	Niki Raskin	25	4	180	45	2	1	1
96	Michael Gale	25	4	143	15	2
97	Chris Peers	25	3	159	37	2	1	1
98	Steve Harrison	25	3	156	17	3
99	Dave Potter	25	2	254	19	2
100	Nigel Johnson	25	2	175	17	2
101	George Dick	25	2	135	13	2
102	Jamie Kearns	25	2	134	29	1	1
103	Nick Jenkins	25	2	119	51	2	2	1
104	Colin Wilson	25	2	117	12	2
105	Richard Rudling-Smith	24	7	72	33		4	3
106	Marcin Rejmak	24	6	211	42	2	2	2
107	Derek Rowland	24	5	190	53	4	2	1
108	Jon Laight	24	4	90	18	1	2	1
109	Paul Pitchford	24	3	142	35	1	1	1
110	Alan Armitage	24	3	138	18	2	1
111	Benjamin Naylor	24	3	133	31	3	1
112	John Bannerman	24	2	126	12	1
113	Daniel Thursfield	23	6	120	16	1	2
114	Andrew Macleod	23	3	224	18	2	1
115	Barrie Cullen	23	3	187	16	2
116	Helen Godfrey	23	3	162	21	2	1
117	Michael Martin	23	3	133	19	2	1	1
118	Philip Mildon	23	3	92	20	3	1
119	Rieuwert Fleer	23	3	57	31	3	2	1
120	John Mcglynn	23	2	285	62	1	1	1
121	Steve Lacey	23	2	179	37	1	1
122	Kevin Simpson	23	2	160	16	1
123	Derrick Andrews	23	2	113	35	2	1
124	Mark Porter	22	5	203	14		1
125	Arnaud Benaddi	22	5	178	35	2	1
126	Nick Mazur	22	5	161	59	2	4	2
127	Richard Sheils	22	4	148	25	1	2
128	Joseph Craig	22	3	204	53	3	1	1
129	Sam Morris	22	3	146	17	2
130	Jamie Reeve	22	2	323	54	1	1
131	Salvatore Pino	22	2	202	23	1
132	Brendan Hartnett	22	2	176	27	1	1
133	Adam Smith	22	2	153	10	1
134	Alan Lake	21	4	140	28	1	2
135	Adam Sharples	21	4	47	14	2	3
136	Mike Scothern	21	3	183	21	1	1
137	Debbie Kimm	21	3	153	8	1
138	Amar Morjaria	21	3	25	16	3	2
139	Steve Stringer	21	2	175	13	1
140	Stephen Coope	21	2	160	12	1
141	Lukas Daszynski	21	2	144	57	2	1	1
142	George Downie	21	2	143	38	2	1	1
143	Grant Speirs	21	2	142	44	1	1	1
144	Ben Walton	20	6	134	42	1	4	4
145	Kevin O"Hanlon	20	5	54	22	2	3
146	Ben Burnhill	20	4	216	17	2
147	Ky Hutchinson	20	4	159	23	1	2
148	Mark Morris	20	4	146	13	1	1
149	Andy Barnes	20	3	285	12	1
150	Graham Wills	20	3	221	17	1
151	Guy Gullen	20	3	64	34	1	3
152	Andy Hall	20	2	150	13	1
153	Dave Burt	20	2	98	43	2	1	1
154	Carl Lybert	20	2	92	25	2	1
155	Phil Starrs	20	2	68	43	1	2	1
156	Michael Paterson	20	2	50	37	1	2	1
157	Christopher Kelly	19	4	101	15		1	1
158	Jonathan Rees	19	4	73	19	2	1
159	Dwayne Stacey	19	3	122	29	2	1
160	Noe Purdie	19	3	116	12	2	1
161	Daniel Lewis	19	2	257	87	1	1	1
162	Seb Kerrien	19	2	205	30	1	1	1
163	Scott Wilson	19	2	176	56	1	1	1
164	Leigh Wiltshire	18	4	175	17		1	1
165	David Stephenson	18	4	145	34	2	3
166	Simon Lawlor	18	4	77	19	3	2
167	Kevin Ridley	18	3	219	16	1	1
168	Paul Lamonby	18	3	178	57	2	2	2
169	Antony Spillings	18	3	144	27	1	2
170	Martin Turner	18	2	215	23	1	1
171	Neil Walsh	18	2	200	35	1	1
172	Robert Quinn	18	2	192	27	1
173	Steve Kearns	18	2	155	11	1
174	Ben Russell	18	2	100	33	1	2
175	Brendan Payne	18	2	84	20	1	2
176	Erimas Livonas	18	1	449	100	1	1	1
177	Olivier Ledouble	18	1	349	69	1	1	1
178	Charles Mason	18	1	314	70	1	1	1
179	Gareth Ower	18	1	300	50	1	1	1
180	Robert Blaauwgeers	18	1	272	69	1	1	1
181	Artan Harizaj	18	1	271	64	1	1	1
182	Barry Simpson	18	1	251	67	1	1	1
183	Max Ward	18	1	210	50	1	1	1
184	Trifon Pappas	18	1	205	45	1	1	1
185	Massimo Di Perri	18	1	200	63	1	1	1
186	John Kay	18	1	200	46	1	1	1
187	Simon Turton	18	1	188	46	1	1	1
188	Vladimir Fedotov	18	1	180	45	1	1	1
189	Christoph Kreindl	18	1	179	44	1	1	1
190	Mike Hudson	18	1	165	51	1	1	1
191	Mark Briggs	18	1	156	48	1	1	1
192	Jake Dursley	18	1	152	48	1	1	1
193	Jacques Kieft	18	1	149	40	1	1	1
194	Andy Dodson	18	1	148	40	1	1	1
195	Jacob Andersen	18	1	141	42	1	1	1
196	Oriol Sanchez	18	1	140	37	1	1	1
197	Paul McHenry	18	1	137	41	1	1	1
198	Tom Noble	18	1	134	40	1	1	1
199	Derek Murdie	18	1	130	40	1	1	1
200	Robert Parcesepe	18	1	130	39	1	1	1

[Des]

Congrats to Rodders.

Well deserved for his numerous podium finishes and, not least, his consecutive high finishes this season.

Well done to Des too for a major piece of work.

Thanks John.  If I"d had the time over the past few months to publish this piece of work, you"d have been on top - as you have been for the past couple of years.  That"s clear for all to see.

That said, I"m sure this sort of visibility will motivate players to scrap hard for points in the coming months, and that"s what you do best!  So I"m really look forward to seeing how Steve and yourself can protect your positions in the coming months.

[Des]

Hi Guy"s

First and foremost, great piece or work by Des, really excellent. Thanks for the comments of congratulations.

Was a bit surprised by the result, I obviously knew my results were good and expected to be pretty highly ranked but did not think I was in with a chance of the top spot as I thought John was a dead cert. John has been consistently successful for so long I don"t think anybody can question the fact he is considered the greatest player on the APAT circuit as nobody can touch his record, even if I happen to have more ranking points than him (and that may not be the case for long). All that being said I will happily accept the result. It was achieved with more than my share of good luck and also by luckily being in the position to be able to play a high number of APAT events, there are a number of other players who could easily have done the same in the same circumstances. I have probably played about 30-40 events which is a tiny number and without a lot of luck I could easily not even be in the top 200, When playing online going 40 tournaments without a cash is pretty standard even for a very good player (that is poker).

Des made the very valid point this now puts a bit of pressure on for the upcoming WCOAP (please tell me when that is *lol*). John will probably be planning to take back the number one spot and it would take a brave man to back against him doing just that with his mixed game skills at the worlds. However any player in the top 10 is capable of a run that will raise them to a position to take the top spot, even outside of the top 10 you have Chris Webber (who will almost certainly be top 10 by the end of the WCOAP), Rich Baker, JP Round, Glen Laming, Stu Ward and a number of other all of whom are good enough to go on a run to get right up there. Defending the position in 2016 will be hard but I intend to give it my best shot.

One question do the cards actually exist or are they virtual and can we buy them? I would like the whole top 10 if possible *lol*. Do they only exist for the top 10?

Oh and finally, I am pretty sure I won the season four live rankings outright and it was not a draw *lol* it went all the way down to the last event in Llorett Da Mar and was one titanic battle between myself, Darren and Jack and we were all still in it going into the last event, really enjoyed that season. :-)

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=5360.0

Have a great New Year people and look forward to getting back to it in 2016.

Thanks Steve. 

With regards your specific questions:

The cards are virtual at this time, and available only for the top 10 and our poster boy.  We will shortly announce a development of All*Stars that will allow players to earn their own cards, both virtual and physical.  We"re pretty excited about this, more to follow.

You certainly did win the S4 rankings in one of our most dramatic finishes ever.  My comment related to how points were allocated in the season with this specific scoring mechanism.  So slightly different.  We had a very dramatic finish to S1 also, which finished level after all live and online events were completed, requiring a shootout....

[Des]

A few more memories, the season 3 review video....

[Des]

APAT All*Stars - All Players - End 2015