APAT Central European Championships in Vienna

[GRINTLER]

Hi there everybody. First things first, im new to the site as of today and was impressed so much by everything about it i decided to take an interest in the austria tournament and did a bit of number crunching whether my student loan can cover the costs.

Ten minutes later, i decided to purchase flights to vienna for the tournament and now im just waiting for the holding tournament to come up to register into. So within the matters of 18 minutes i managed to find this website and book a weekend in Austria because of that....

So basically, i have made an impulse decision on playing the tournament and this will be my first live tournament outside of my local casino, just wondering if any of you veterans of the circuit could give me some words of advice about the structure of the tournament, etiquette etc and basically what to expect from the experience. And more specifically, where to book a hotel? What discounts are there with laterooms?

Any advice will be much appreciated and if you see a very lost looking twenty year old in the middle of vienna, please come over and guide me in the right direction!  

Thanks,

James

[Paulie_D]

[GRINTLER]

OK thanks for your reply, all really useful stuff. Will get looking around for hotels but like the idea of knowing exactly what you get with Holiday Inn.

All sounds very exciting and look forward to meeting some of you there!

[Paulie_D]

Taxi from the Vienna Airport...I found this...C&K Airport Taxis

Once we know whose staying where and arriving when, I"m sure we can arrange a meet-up at the Arrivals lounge and split the cost.

[Paulie_D]

If you haven"t booked your flight yet, I found Austrian Air from Heathrow for £125 return via Expedia.

[MintTrav]

Just wondering - are you based in the Portsmouth/Southampton area, James?

[duke3016]

We"re a nice bunch for the most part (well, except the Duke  ) and very forgiving.

sigh - just sigh - welcome aboard James

[duke3016]

Cheers Duke, you"ll beat me good and proper one of these days

Classic rubdown - I"ll have ya one day  

[Foggy]

Try these hotels that have a special rate with the Concorde

http://ccc.co.at/content/view/12/14/lang,en/

Also there is a very nice Knocking shop next door

[duke3016]

In the light of recent developments, where Iceland farts a cloud of dust and all flights in and out of the UK are affected, I have been researching alternative ways of travelling to Vienna.

A leading Volcanist (a disciple of Mr Spock maybe) predicts that this will be spewing on and off for the next two years.

So, if the worst comes to the worst, it's either road or rail. Rail is the preferred way as I can relax with a bevy or two.  Not bad at all.

London (St Pancreas)
|
Brussels (Midi)
|
Cologne
|
Vienna

London-Brussels - £69 return (Eurostar to Brussels in 1hr 50 mins WOW)
Brussels-Cologne-Vienna £70.60 return (SparNight in a couchette compartment WTF)

[Paulie_D]

So, if the worst comes to the worst, it's either road or rail. Rail is the preferred way as I can relax with a bevy or two. 

More information on the rail options...HERE

[DFCkebabus]

Ok, I have opened my betfair account, deposited the cash, now am waiting for 2100!! Without wanting to appear thick, i can"t find a link on betfair for entering the Vienna gig, help please, how do you apply for the 100 direct buy in seats?

[Paulie_D]

For those planning on buying in direct via Betfair"s POKER software you might wish to narrow your options to make the tank easier to find.

Select Tourney Lobby and All or Regular.

From your tickable options...untick EVERYTHING except HIGH and TURBO. That should leave only 5 listed of which 2 are APAT.

You want APAT Vienna Holding Tank #380877

[HOLDorFOLD]

You could even buyin direct on Thursday to guarantee a seat, and still try and qualify for a package next week

If we direct buy in tonight, and manage to bink a sate next week though, I"m assuming one of the seats will have to be sold via the seat exchange?

If this is the case, what"s the demand likely to be for Vienna seats?  There"s a large capacity (300 I think was mentioned), so would it likely sell out?  Just wondering whether the demand would be there to buy seats for Vienna like other venues?

[duke3016]

You bink a satellite next week just unreg from the holding tank -- ldo