APAT Season Four - Pre Launch Discussion

[aciesielski]

Another +1 to bring back the Regional Qualifiers, the one at DTD on 12th April 2008 was super wicked cool. Understand if they are a pain in the ass to organise though.

The regional at DTD may have been top notch (most tourneys at DTD are!), but the playing field across all the regionals was off balance. Walsall wasn"t quite as good as DTD, and I suspect that neither were many other locations. Also, I suspect DTD was dealer dealt - hence you were probably playing twice as many hands per hour as other locations.  

And then when you consider that beating a field of 80 at DTD was worth 9 ranking points, whilst beating a field of 3 men and a dog in outer reaches of nowhere was also worth 9 ranking points......

Yeah, it actually wasn"t about the ranking points, just the seat for me...

[WASP]

If there is something you would like to see in the new season, please make your suggestions here.

Is there anyway we can ban Dan from online games as well?  

[bigalhx3]

I would not be in favour of the regionals coming back if people want a £20 game then they can go to there local casino and get that 7 days a week as bluesq and G casino do run there online and live league with great added value. there are sats online and the click feast  to the main event so i think that works fine. the apat online league was fine and i see they are thinking of going to 3 divisions dont see much difference from the north south or midlands only putting the stronger and bigger teams in the top flight sounds good

well done apat on another great season and like i said to des in bolton if its not broke dont fix it keep up the good work

[duke3016]

I would not be in favour of the regionals coming back if people want a £20 game then they can go to there local casino and get that 7 days a week as bluesq and G casino do run there online and live league with great added value. there are sats online and the click feast  to the main event so i think that works fine. the apat online league was fine and i see they are thinking of going to 3 divisions dont see much difference from the north south or midlands only putting the stronger and bigger teams in the top flight sounds good

well done apat on another great season and like i said to des in bolton if its not broke dont fix it keep up the good work

yep - as long as where ever it is you are not on my right  

[Mikeyboy9361]

I would not be in favour of the regionals coming back if people want a £20 game then they can go to there local casino and get that 7 days a week as bluesq and G casino do run there online and live league with great added value. there are sats online and the click feast  to the main event so i think that works fine. the apat online league was fine and i see they are thinking of going to 3 divisions dont see much difference from the north south or midlands only putting the stronger and bigger teams in the top flight sounds good

well done apat on another great season and like i said to des in bolton if its not broke dont fix it keep up the good work

I was a big fan of the regionals, as in Manchester it was nearly always full, and a really friendly atmosphere, with some good poker being played. But with the growth of APAT, more nationals, on line leagues, and the on line nationals, I now feel live regionals would just clutter the schedule. And as Al says there are lots of low buy in tourneys at most Casinos now freely available. So just stick to what you are doing, with maybe more mixed games, just for the laugh!!

[Robbiebox]

Nationals~ as everyone says , really great and add a day 2 comp.
One thing I would like to see though is playing later on the Saturday, up until the money places are reached. Although most do stay over , there are a fair few who might drive home upto a couple of hours and if they have to come back for day 2 it should be worth it. It would also mean that the final would finish earlier on Sunday night, which I think is sometimes a problem for people travelling home and then work on Mon am.

Online~ Can"t personally see the 3 divisions working. Div 3 and Div 2 will likely be a poor turnout. The number in teams, as I mentioned last year , needs to be capped or some system worked out that doesn"t bias the smaller teams too much.
Also once signed with a Club, are you that club member for life? Can you switch Clubs in between seasons? during seasons?
I think the original idea was to progress with some live games and that is why Clubs were based on areas, but as this doesn"t now seem to be in the plans, why not go to a pick your own team system???
Also the league was a bit too long and breaking it down into sections is a good suggestion to keep interest there.

[APAT]

Hi everyone,

In preparation for Season 4, I have two short announcements to make.

1)  APAT will be announcing a new sponsor for an expanded APAT Tour in Season 4.  I"d personally like to thank Blue Square for the tremendous partnership we enjoyed with them over the last two years.  They were the perfect partner for us at that time and I wish them the very best of luck in the market next year.  I hope all APAT members will join with me in sharing that sentiment.  I am unable to say anything more on this subject until the official Season 4 announcement is made at the end of this month.  This decision was made late last year, when we negotiated with several poker operators for the Season 4 APAT license.

2)  I"m sorry to have to tell you that Neil "lukybugur" Dawson has stepped down as Regional Controller.  Neil has been a fantastic asset to APAT over the last two years.  He did a huge amount for the Northern Division in particular and he will be badly missed by us all on the organisational front.  We still hope to have him as a regular player on our online and live tours.  The positive to come out of this is that I"m pleased to announce the appointment of Mary "xxMAIRXX" Martin as Divisional Controller.  Mary has been an APAT Administrator and Moderator and Captain of the Edinburgh Poker Club and she is a great acquisition for us.  Please join me in wishing Neil the best in his retirment (old git!) and welcoming Mary to the boys club - where Ian and Leigh will undoubtedly get a big shake up!

Further announcements to follow when all of the Season 4 details are finalised.

Thanks,

Des.

[duke3016]

1) I am sure it will be a great partnership whoever it is - (I trust the wee man from Westport)

2) Just take the "delete" button of her pleeeeeeees (great appointment and a very very big thank you to Neil for all his hard work and the first soft drink is on me  

[HaworthBantam]

2) Just take the "delete" button of her pleeeeeeees (great appointment and a very very big thank you to Neil for all his hard work and the first soft drink is on me  

B*gger, forgot about that. Is it too late to change our minds Des ?

And Neil, you"ll be missed mate. Has been a pleasure working with you, and I"m looking forward to seeing you at a few live events in season 4.

Take care.

[mike saban]

Thx Neil and best of luck to Mary. Take it live updates are now off the agenda for next season  

[Chipaccrual]

Welcome to the team Mary.  Looking forward to season 4 even more now.

Neil who ?    Name sounds familiar, but can"t seem to remember him.  

[BOINGBLITZ]

Good Luck Mary...and well done Neil too.

[MAIR]

Thanks all and thx to Neil for all his hard work.

Thx Neil and best of luck to Mary. Take it live updates are now off the agenda for next season  

LOL Mike I promise I will not do anything silly like deleting live update threads in S4

[CrizzyConnor]

1) Looking forward to finding out who the new sponsor is, hopefully one of the big two.

2) Hoping you"ll still be around playing Neil, you"ve done a geat job! And congrats to Mary too!

[CrizzyConnor]

1)  APAT will be announcing a new sponsor for an expanded APAT Tour in Season 4.

I missed this bit on first reading, interesting stuff, can"t wait for the announcement...