Season 4 Announcement

[CrizzyConnor]

Couple of Q"s:

Will the buy ins for the Specialist Series be online too or just buy in when you get there?
If it"s the latter what kind of capacity will these events have and how will they be assigned?

Are the Professional league seats put on sale at the same time as £75 buy in?
In the case of multiple-events per date (ie DTD worlds) will all events go on sale at the same time?

If you play one or two of the professional events does it prevent you from playing future £75 ones?
(I"m assuming no but realised at DTD when trying to register for a beginners tourney never to assume!)

[MintTrav]

Very good all round. You get a tick and a gold star.

Don"t want to be picky just yet but I have a question.

Some of the venues were a bit cramped in S3 and places had to be limited. Won"t another 50-seat event running alongside affect the numbers that can be accommodated in the Amateur event?

Secondly, someone in the points shake-up may be faced with the conundrum of whether they should pass up a Pro seat they have won in order to try to maintain their position in the points race. I know points can also be won in the smaller Pro event but, presumably, they don"t come easy.

Both of these would be alleviated by running the Pro event on the Sunday. I know there is an additional event that day but there would still be fewer runners combined than on the Saturday.

[KarmaDope]

Both of these would be alleviated by running the Pro event on the Sunday. I know there is an additional event that day but there would still be fewer runners combined than on the Saturday.

Good idea.

Only problem I can think of is casinos having the ability to run 3 separate tourneys at the same time.

[Jumpa]

wow.... really looking forward to new season as a newbie last year I was impressed with the structures of the tourneys hats off to Des and the team

as an additional bonus found £29 in my old betfair account..sweet

[scouse3465]

Excellant news Des . Well done defo worth waitin for

[Paulie_D]

Well done to Des and the rest of the APAT team to putting together a really superb season schedule and package. I was blown away but how much there was on offer (especially the non-HE games).


Some, points which aren"t meant to be criticisms.

I would like to re-iterate the need for the European cities to be announced as soon as possible in order for those (like me) who are really keen to research flights and hotels.

Yes, yes, I know they are months away.


Space...sometimes at a premium. I notice that Aspers in Swansea advertises a 100 seat poker room...and you"ll fit in 200? I"m well under-height and hate being that cramped.


Only 50 seats for the Specialist Series...really? I could fill that with my lads alone. I think APAT has massively underestimated the demand here.


OK, perhaps that came off too critical which isn"t my intention. I"m very happy with what"s on offer as I know it"ll be a huge success...I just want MORE.

/wp

[Jon MW]

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Only 50 seats for the Specialist Series...really? I could fill that with my lads alone. I think APAT has massively underestimated the demand here.

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It"s very easy to overestimate the demand for some of those games, i.e.  a lot more people say it"s a great idea compared to how many people actually want to buy a seat.

Having said that I suspect that the cap is more down to a supply side issue rather than the demand.

[SirPercival]

just back from the pub and a little fresh lets say would like to say well done and good luck with the new season will read again tomorrow to take it in better love the  Estonia event winner winner winner
on the down side $20 sat to win a $50 seat for the welsh online is very strange

but once again thanks for all your work at apat for season 4 and good luck

I believe it is a $20 sat into the £75 live event (same as last year)

[Paulie_D]

It"s very easy to overestimate the demand for some of those games, i.e.  a lot more people say it"s a great idea compared to how many people actually want to buy a seat.

Having said that I suspect that the cap is more down to a supply side issue rather than the demand.

Jon, you are right on both points, I suspect, especially on the supply (read..dealers) side. However, I"d rather have a 100 seat tourney on offer and only have 70 runners than a 50 seat tourney with 20 disappointed punters.

But, hey-ho...the longest journeys always start with a tiny step in the right direction.

At least we have more (i.e. more than 1) non-HE events this year

[tiredofwork]

Great work Des,Tighty. The schedule looks amazing. Obviously need to brush the dust off the betfair account and get some serious practise on all variations of poker! Wow

[Joker161]

Result - I"d already booked Vegas for the last week in May, and assumed the Irish event would clash. But no clashes!

Good work, by the way, on a great sponsor and the variety of events. Hope to see you all as often as possible!

[zzBlizzardzz]

Looks like a good year..

[Class]

I can"t wait to play Annette Obrestadt heads up.  

[Mikeyboy9361]

Well worth the wait, fantastic work guys. Now to make my first Betfair deposit.

[THEGUY84]

I had $0.29 i old betfair account, just manged to crush a $0.11, 9 max sng for a for a total of $0.45 win.

Wooop wooop GOOOOOOOOOOOO betfair!!

p.s think i have found my level!!