TIME FOR TWO DAY ONES ??

[CrizzyConnor]

any seats still left after the above 1st come 1st served on the day!
If you REALY want to play and you've missed all the above, get there
REALY early!

Worst idea ever, if this was to happen then you might have 300 odd folk travelling for hours to a 200 capacity event. It"d cause riots at the casino and be a nightmare!

[Tony1Leg]

didn"t last year and that was just for alternates

[Chipaccrual]

any seats still left after the above 1st come 1st served on the day!
If you REALY want to play and you've missed all the above, get there
REALY early!

Worst idea ever, if this was to happen then you might have 300 odd folk travelling for hours to a 200 capacity event. It"d cause riots at the casino and be a nightmare!

I"ll take the food franchise outside the casinos.  Should be a money spinner.  

[CrizzyConnor]

didn"t last year and that was just for alternates

Yeah but not many people travel to be alternates, only a select few, obviously hundreds would travel down if it was 1st come 1st served free for all... wouldn"t work, ever, imo.

[Swinebag]

accomodation issues as well. You dont want to book a room in a hotel and find you aren"t playing....

[kinboshi]

didn"t last year and that was just for alternates

Yeah but not many people travel to be alternates, only a select few, obviously hundreds would travel down if it was 1st come 1st served free for all... wouldn"t work, ever, imo.

Especially if there were two day 1s...

[CrizzyConnor]

[Tony1Leg]

i"ll shut the **** up in future then

[Chipaccrual]

i"ll shut the **** up in future then

Tony,

As I posted earlier, we are always grateful for peoples views and ideas.  APAT is a place for open debate on these subjects and everyone has a view.

Normally these views will be different.  

Leigh

[Swinebag]

i"ll shut the **** up in future then

Just a debate Tone, would never want to (or be able to ) shut you up

[Logie66]

Just thought I would contribute to the debate, and whilst i can understand people"s disappointment at missing out on a seat, there seems to be a complete over reaction from some.

The main thing to remember is that the tournaments are all for amateurs run by volunteers who sacrifice a lot for our enjoyment.  The completion of Season 3 has generated a lot of excitement and everyone is keen to play, especially with even more people becoming involved due to the online league.  With this in mind the first tournament was always going to be in huge demand and people are unfortunately going to miss out, everyone needs to accept this as it will continue to be like this I feel all year.

Some poor comments have been made and not retracted yet on some threads.  I started playing APAT associated tournaments last year and have enjoyed getting to know many people online and at the live events, I wasn"t a regular name but managed to play at the European, Scottish, Irish and World Amateur main event, I qualified for one via satellites and managed to get seats throught the clickfest for the others and was fortunately never disappointed, but I"m sure I will be this year.

So, some need to have a reality check, remember it"s run by volunteers, we are all amateurs, we enjoy the live events if we get to them, they are superb, but they are not guaranteed for anyone.

Be thankful we have this great organisation that provides us the opportunity to socialise, enjoy poker for extremely good value.

See you all in Walsall !!

Don

[Tony1Leg]

Like it wud come down to 1st come anyway!
If we did the Saturday thing 8 from each regional x2 x regions
You're the teacher rob how many wud that leave to win on line?

[AMRN]

Just thought I would contribute to the debate, and whilst i can understand people"s disappointment at missing out on a seat, there seems to be a complete over reaction from some.

The main thing to remember is that the tournaments are all for amateurs run by volunteers who sacrifice a lot for our enjoyment.  The completion of Season 3 has generated a lot of excitement and everyone is keen to play, especially with even more people becoming involved due to the online league.  With this in mind the first tournament was always going to be in huge demand and people are unfortunately going to miss out, everyone needs to accept this as it will continue to be like this I feel all year.

Some poor comments have been made and not retracted yet on some threads.  I started playing APAT associated tournaments last year and have enjoyed getting to know many people online and at the live events, I wasn"t a regular name but managed to play at the European, Scottish, Irish and World Amateur main event, I qualified for one via satellites and managed to get seats throught the clickfest for the others and was fortunately never disappointed, but I"m sure I will be this year.

So, some need to have a reality check, remember it"s run by volunteers, we are all amateurs, we enjoy the live events if we get to them, they are superb, but they are not guaranteed for anyone.

Be thankful we have this great organisation that provides us the opportunity to socialise, enjoy poker for extremely good value.

See you all in Walsall !!

Don

+1

[BOINGBLITZ]

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 !!
 

[Roscopiko]

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 !!
 

Resonable thought but no way you are going to reduce the field of 400 to 1 in 2 days, you would need a 3rd day of play anyway or a complete crap shoot structure imo.