Season 4 Announcement

[Roscopiko]

Very small gripe, the online satelittes, are these remaining in $? Dont betfair have multi currency so they could be run in £?

[APAT]

Thanks for your note yesterday Ross.   I believe everything in the lobby is in dollars; despite the multi currency wallet, so the direct buy in to the clickfest will also be in $ - $120 - which is nearly £79.00.  All of the entry money will be sent to the casino, so effectively there will be x number of players times £79.00 in the prize pool.  All of the money will be paid out in sterling at the casino.  Should be fine.

[Roscopiko]

Not played there for a while tbh.  I had no doubt at all in that way, just it would obviously be more transparent in £ if that were possible.

[Paulie_D]

I think the primary aim of the Sunday events was to cater for people who had bust out of the main event (ie the people who would be there anyway)

That makese sense Jon (and explains the limited number of seats).

I wonder if the early busters (like me) get the first crack at seats?

Entries open from 2.45 on Saturday then?

[Jon MW]

I think the primary aim of the Sunday events was to cater for people who had bust out of the main event (ie the people who would be there anyway)

That makese sense Jon (and explains the limited number of seats).

I wonder if the early busters (like me) get the first crack at seats?

Entries open from 2.45 on Saturday then?

That"s the kind of details I was thinking would be interesting to know

[Paulie_D]

While I"m bitching raising legitimate concerns...how many non-pro runners will there be in Swansea...100, 150, 200 or...?

Aspers gives their capacity as 100, I doubt they can double that.

Even 150 seems unlikely as they will also be running the Professional League comp at the same time on the Saturday.

I"m afraid the number of seat available to us average amateur punters is going to be severely diminished this season.

[bigalhx3]

just had a read through and well done apat looks like you have done a very good deal for your members and made season 4 bigger and better
On a personal note i will not be playing any of the comps abroad so thats 5 comps i will miss and im away on my holls for the dtd comps  :"(  so it will be coventry and bolton  live just for me this season but will be playing all the online events.
So GL to eveyone and im looking forward to bashing the duke up online again  

[APAT]

100 Amateur seats are available in Swansea, in addition to 50 Pro League and 50 Specialist Series seats.  The majority of the venues in season 4 will have 150 Amateur seats and DTD will have many more.  With the Pro League sponsorship package at stake, I expect a number of existing tour members to step up and play that.  That said, we can adjust the numbers easily within a week of the event, so if we only had 30 register for the Pro League, we would allocate a further 20 seats to the Amateur Championship event.

[Sugarnes]

I"ve floated around the board for a few monthes now I guess and have enjoyed the odd dalliance into the forum but I"m still very much a newbie and not properly enveloped into the APAT community......that said I just have to say.....I"m soooo excited!

Schedule looks great - well done to those involved.  Hope to be more involved this coming year

[Shy Talk]

Thanks for your note yesterday Ross.   I believe everything in the lobby is in dollars; despite the multi currency wallet, so the direct buy in to the clickfest will also be in $ - $120 - which is nearly £79.00.  All of the entry money will be sent to the casino, so effectively there will be x number of players times £79.00 in the prize pool.  All of the money will be paid out in sterling at the casino.  Should be fine.

Just a quick question - would that mean you need to have the $120 in your betfair account to be able to get a seat via the clickfest? (sorry if that"s me being a numpty - but nothing new there   )

[APAT]

Thanks for your note yesterday Ross.   I believe everything in the lobby is in dollars; despite the multi currency wallet, so the direct buy in to the clickfest will also be in $ - $120 - which is nearly £79.00.  All of the entry money will be sent to the casino, so effectively there will be x number of players times £79.00 in the prize pool.  All of the money will be paid out in sterling at the casino.  Should be fine.

Just a quick question - would that mean you need to have the $120 in your betfair account to be able to get a seat via the clickfest? (sorry if that"s me being a numpty - but nothing new there   )

I think that"s the only way it would work Pete.  

[Swinebag]

well done Des for sorting out such an exciting schedule. Really looking forward to this.

I think that its a shame that the number of seats available for the amateur tourneys are down, but the flipside is the professional series. This is a great initiative and I really hope it works well.

That said, I do think that a 50 runner £250 buy in will struggle to attract pros, but will cetainly suit amateurs with bigger rolls.

As for Betfair as the main sponsor....

I do remember Neil (lukyburger) winning a package with them and being really disappointed with it (sorry only bitching)

They are a massive company and they have been super generous with their sponsorship. I like the software. It is very simple and functional. I always set my other sites in a similar way. I am looking forward to playing more on there.

Also, 1 question (and apologies if its already been answered). Are the satellites for the online tourney on friday really $20 for a $50 seat?

[furnesspoker]

Is there any chance that forum owners can have Apat banners depicting the new season and sponsor?

[Shy Talk]

Thanks for your note yesterday Ross.   I believe everything in the lobby is in dollars; despite the multi currency wallet, so the direct buy in to the clickfest will also be in $ - $120 - which is nearly £79.00.  All of the entry money will be sent to the casino, so effectively there will be x number of players times £79.00 in the prize pool.  All of the money will be paid out in sterling at the casino.  Should be fine.

Just a quick question - would that mean you need to have the $120 in your betfair account to be able to get a seat via the clickfest? (sorry if that"s me being a numpty - but nothing new there   )

I think that"s the only way it would work Pete.  

Thanks Des - thought that would be the case but thought I"d better check. Just need to make sure I have the readys ready!! (unless I get through the sats of course)

[APAT]

Sorry everyone, I"ve not been around much today but I will be on site this evening to catch up with outstanding questions.