TIME FOR TWO DAY ONES ??

[APAT]

Being as I seemed to have opened this can of worms.......why......if you have TWO Day one"s, do they have to be on TWO SEPERATE DAYS ?
  Just as a for-instance, for Walsall, day 1-A could be played there while day 1-B was at Star City ?.......on the SAME day ??
  Nobody needs extra days off work and people who pre-booked hotels etc, would still be within close proximity to the venue.
  While I am still miffed at missing out, I would be 10-times more unhappy had I booked flights and rooms for Dublin (As I did last year) only to find that I did not get in to that one.
  Surely the more people who can be accomodated, the more prize money is on offer and the more people get the opportunity to play.
   To people who say "That wont work" then dont enter !!
It would be great for some of us to have the choice !!
 

Typically the casinos charge two thousand pounds to run an APAT event.  Remember, they are all registration free and include free buffets, are fully dealer dealt and start early on both days.  In this environment, nobody would foot the incremental cost.  Unless we put a much more aggressive structure in place, you would also bring 50 plus runners back on Sunday and the finalists will not get out of the venue until well beyond midnight, which isn"t great if you"re in work the following day.  APAT isn"t the GUKPT lite.  We do a lot of things differently and the quality would suffer if you went to multi venue or three / four day events.  That said, our European and World festivals will run over four and five days respectively in Season Three.

[HaworthBantam]

It"s difficult enough organising an event in one venue, Brian, without trying to bring another on board on the same day. This kind of thing is easier to organise for organisations such as wsope, but APAT is run by amateurs with day jobs. There could also be an issue with our sponsors in using another casino chain within the same event, although I"m not 100% sure about that.

I have to admit to being in the two day 1"s camp myself. But having seen some of what goes into organising these events, there"s only so much that can be done by APAT. We"ve got to remember that APAT is run by volunteers, and unpaid volunteers at that.

[Mikeyboy9361]

As much as it pains me to agree with a koppite. Dan (Kinboshi) is spot on! I also agree with Tony ...... automatic entry for Uni-dexters!!!

[rubertoe]

I just read this and i totally agree with what everyone is saying!!

Ps - Des does a great Job and i especially agree with what he says (sometimes)

[BOINGBLITZ]

Good answers guys and that gives us SOLID REASONS why it cannot happen !!

I am just going to have to go to the Baggies v Newcastle game instead then........hang on.......I am a season ticket holder so I couldn"t make Walsall anyway.

All"s well that end"s well..........I think !

Good luck to you all.

[George2Loose]

+1 for what Dan said

Cant believe some of the negativitey that"s coming out from people who haven"t got in thru the click fest.

[APAT]

Those who accuse Des or any of the other organisers of impropriety need to get a grip.  If they did the same at a casino and threw around unfounded accusations like that, they"d probably end up banned.  They"re probably the same people who complain about online poker being rigged against them, and that the police have a thing against them, and that life just isn"t fair because someone else has something they want.  Pathetic.

^ This ^

Also if the reason for not having two day one"s is due to Des and Co"s own family/work commitments etc then there"s really no debate to be had - especially if Des isn"t being paid for taking the time out to run APAT - I always assumed he got paid as part of sponsorship with Blue Square. Maybe WE should all get Des & Tighty medals to present at the national instead of vice versa!

lol...didn"t see this earlier.  Nobody gets paid to work at APAT and more importantly, nobody is asking to get paid either.

[AMRN]

Heroes come in all forms!!  Des - you and the guys do an absolutely wonderful job that benefits so many of us wannabe poker players, and whatever format is used for APAT games, we"ll all be there and will be hugely grateful

Next new year honours list........  Sir Des!!

[BOINGBLITZ]

As anyone who organises knows Des, you will NEVER please everyone.
Keep up the good work all of you.

[Hammerheid]

i"m gonna sit on the fence here , there are very good arguements for both sides on this issue .
Yes more would get in to play but on the other side there is more work / financial outlay for APAT .
I think its a no win situation for suporters of either side .
But when all is said and done if it isnt broken dont fix it

[MintTrav]

[duke3016]

don"t start me on Wogan......

[Chipaccrual]

You see this is what I love about APAT.


This thread starts with a suggestion of two day ones,

Follows on with a debate on the pros and cons of said suggestion,

Deviates to why Des should be knighted, and then why he can"t,

Before what I feel will now be a full blown opinionfest on Terry Wogan.


No where else, I tell you, no where else.  

[APAT]

[APAT]

So anyway, Wogan....