APAT European Amateur Poker Championship Live Update

[Hammerite]

Firstly congratulations Brian on your win. Must have been that mega breakfast at Tesco"s   that gave you the momentum or was it the bracing walk after a cold shower, whatever it was well played. Unlucky Darren another final table, truly outstanding.

Thanks to all the Apat & Casino staff who put on yet another memorable weekend. Hopefully see you at Bolton but if not I look forward to seeing you all again in season five.

Great to see so many Apat players who I now count as my friends, especially, The Stockton Crew, Jp, Pables, Paulie, The Gers,Scouse, Andy K, John Murray, jeldon, Steve R, Suzanne, James E, Chen,Mark L, Ant 66 (even though I did"nt actually run into him this time), well it is a big place, and anyone who knows me who I may have overlooked.

Carl & Paul absolute top gents, I guess I owe you one. As for you Lee I should have left you in the car to freeze with the lucozade.

P.S Let it be known in the unfortunate event of us having a new sponsor for season 5 my new player name will be Walter Feature. I guess I am going to get stick for a while about that one.  

[Swinebag]

After 5 years of trying, I was delighted to finally make an APAT live national Final table.

I remember boasting to Ian (Pables) before the tourney started, that If I ever make a Final table, I will go on and win it. LOL

One look at the line up on that final table line up and it was a pretty obvious I had a hell of a lot to do to live up to that boast and it was no surprise that the cream rose to the top leaving me out in 7th.

Ul George and Darren for falling short. A player who has not received much credit though, was Paul Rider who finished 4th. He came to our opening table on Day 1 having clearly ran over his previous table. On his new table he had no luck whatsoever and just couldn"t get anything going. When our table broke, he was short stacked. Fair play to him for adjusting and getting back to chip leader at the end of Day 1 and looked set for a great run at the title when he was chip leader on the FT.

Special mention to Brian. He was such a deserving winner and hardly put a foot wrong. I had the privilege of playing with him (and getting continually rubbed down) for most of the tourney. I was especially impressed that he nursed his short stack on the FT for so long whilst the rest of us were getting Ko"d. He had a terrible draw with all the shorties to his right and the big stacks to his left and adjusted to the situation perfectly. Well played Fella!!

Whilst 7th was far from ideal for me, a FT was an achievement to be proud of. Thanks to Leigh, Rich, Mayliss, Jesse and Neil and the gang for all their hard work.

See you in Bolton

[Maylis]

Excellent tournament.  Big thanks to Rich, Leigh, James, Maylis and the staff at G casino Coventry for all their hard work.  Outstanding final table, well done to all the players involved and great to see some many APAT regulars battling out for the trophy.  Well done to Brian for a great victory.

James you and your partner were excellent on the Mic, and the feed was so much more stable than usual, made for a very enjoyable viewing experience.

Lol partner

[Santino67]

After 5 years of trying, I was delighted to finally make an APAT live national Final table.

I remember boasting to Ian (Pables) before the tourney started, that If I ever make a Final table, I will go on and win it. LOL

One look at the line up on that final table line up and it was a pretty obvious I had a hell of a lot to do to live up to that boast and it was no surprise that the cream rose to the top leaving me out in 7th.

Ul George and Darren for falling short. A player who has not received much credit though, was Paul Rider who finished 4th. He came to our opening table on Day 1 having clearly ran over his previous table. On his new table he had no luck whatsoever and just couldn"t get anything going. When our table broke, he was short stacked. Fair play to him for adjusting and getting back to chip leader at the end of Day 1 and looked set for a great run at the title when he was chip leader on the FT.

Special mention to Brian. He was such a deserving winner and hardly put a foot wrong. I had the privilege of playing with him (and getting continually rubbed down) for most of the tourney. I was especially impressed that he nursed his short stack on the FT for so long whilst the rest of us were getting Ko"d. He had a terrible draw with all the shorties to his right and the big stacks to his left and adjusted to the situation perfectly. Well played Fella!!

Whilst 7th was far from ideal for me, a FT was an achievement to be proud of. Thanks to Leigh, Rich, Mayliss, Jesse and Neil and the gang for all their hard work.

See you in Bolton

Well done Rob, nice result and well played mate. Was great catching up with you, i enjoyed it so much being part of APAT again and gained more invaluable experience.

Hope to catch up again soon
Grant

[Santino67]

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APAT European Amateur Poker Championship

G Casino, Coventry

27-28 November 2010

Entries 150

Buy in £75

Prize Pool £11,250


1st Brian Martin £3,000
2nd Darren Shallis £1,700
3rd Rupinder Bedi £1,100
4th Paul Rider £600
5th Stuart Oliver £600
6th Andrew Duncan £600
7th Rob Swindells £600
8th Gary Motson £600
9th Thomas Ault £600
10th Paul Williams £600
11th Daniel Thursfield £250
12th Thomas McNally £250
13th Andy Hall £250
14th Andy Overton £250
15th James Edwards £250
16th Grant Speirs £250
17th Steve Roderick
18th Derek Liddle

Where"s my money Rich and what"s with all that bubble boy rubbish  

[TightEnd]

Oops, an unfortunate typo

Still, you"ll get an entry on the Hendon Mob results database now lol

[Santino67]

Oops, an unfortunate typo

Still, you"ll get an entry on the Hendon Mob results database now lol

I"m quite chuffed i got a mention in your report Rich, Cheers. Will definitely see you in 2011.

[Cyntaf]

Congratulations Brian, don"t know if it was the brekky, the 5 a.m. finish or the ice cold shower, but very well played mate.
Huge congrats to Darren for yet another final table. WP george for bronze and all the other ft"rs and day two"rs.
Nice to see Rob and Stuart at the final too. Great weekend, liked the place and staff. Well done team Apat once again.

If anyone has any doubt as to how many attend Coventry City on a Saturday, all they had to do was come to our Room, it was flooded. (With bodies/not water).

Cheers Carl

Massive Congrats to Steph for his Pro League Win. Will be great to see him rutting with the big boys Next season.

Hope to see you all soon

Cheers

Paul M

[Curlarge]

+ 1 on Paul"s post. Sat on Brian"s left and (watched mostly) played as best I could but he killed me. Congrats to Darren, Andy O and John for sterling performances good to see you all again.

Big shout for England"s new sycronized swimmimg sensation, HAMMERMAN (hammerite). Don"t forget to pack your trunks for sunny Bolton Don!!!!

Merry Xmas to you all.

[Hammerite]

Thanks for that Richard. If I am fortunate enough to get picked for Bolton, I thought I may go the whole hog and do a couple of widths just for the cameras lol.   Was nice to meet you by the way and reminisce about all those great seventies footballers, Bowles, Currie, Marsh etc.

[Santino67]

Thanks for that Richard. If I am fortunate enough to get picked for Bolton, I thought I may go the whole hog and do a couple of widths just for the cameras lol.   Was nice to meet you by the way and reminisce about all those great seventies footballers, Bowles, Currie, Marsh etc.

Got to love that "Mind the Pond" photo in Maylis"s blog *tips hat to cyntaf*