Season 6 Discussion

[kohan]

IMO The live tour should have balance geographically. Also i think it would be good to have the team events spread throughout the year.

My proposed schedule is as follows:-

Feb   Coventry         English
Mar   Cardiff            Welsh
Apr    Luton             Pub
May   Newcastle       UK
Jun    Dublin/Cork      Irish
Jul     Manchester     Open
Aug    Notts             World
Sept  Brighton/Abroad  European
Oct    Glasgow          Scottish
Nov    Leeds             Forum/Team

Most people would have an event that they go get to every 2/3 months this way.

September is a good month to travel abroad as it"s cheap and still warm in alot of countries. If abroad is a no go then Brighton helps balance the tour geographically.

The online events i think should be on a Sunday at 7pm. The online league to run for 16 weeks on a 2 weeks on/off basis.

=1

[Fatcatstu]

A Des announcement is like any principle, law, tenet, probability, happening, circumstance, or result and can in no way be directly, indirectly, empirically, or circuitously proven, derived, implied, inferred, induced, deducted, estimated, or scientifically guessed, it will always for the purpose of convenience, expediency, political advantage, material gain, or personal comfort, or any combination of the above, or none of the above, be unilaterally and unequivocally assumed, proclaimed, and adhered to as absolute truth to be undeniably, universally, immutably, and infinitely so, until such time as it becomes advantageous to assume otherwise, therefore SOON.

Ger, one of these days I will understand your posts  

scarily, i understood this more than i do most of your posts in the APAT acadamy :p

[scouse3465]

A Des announcement is like any principle, law, tenet, probability, happening, circumstance, or result and can in no way be directly, indirectly, empirically, or circuitously proven, derived, implied, inferred, induced, deducted, estimated, or scientifically guessed, it will always for the purpose of convenience, expediency, political advantage, material gain, or personal comfort, or any combination of the above, or none of the above, be unilaterally and unequivocally assumed, proclaimed, and adhered to as absolute truth to be undeniably, universally, immutably, and infinitely so, until such time as it becomes advantageous to assume otherwise, therefore SOON.

Ger, one of these days I will understand your posts  

scarily, i understood this more than i do most of your posts in the APAT acadamy :p

Understand it or not , which i do .

Ger is just a leg end !

that is all

[Santino67]

A Des announcement is like any principle, law, tenet, probability, happening, circumstance, or result and can in no way be directly, indirectly, empirically, or circuitously proven, derived, implied, inferred, induced, deducted, estimated, or scientifically guessed, it will always for the purpose of convenience, expediency, political advantage, material gain, or personal comfort, or any combination of the above, or none of the above, be unilaterally and unequivocally assumed, proclaimed, and adhered to as absolute truth to be undeniably, universally, immutably, and infinitely so, until such time as it becomes advantageous to assume otherwise, therefore SOON.

Ger, one of these days I will understand your posts  

scarily, i understood this more than i do most of your posts in the APAT acadamy :p

yeah shove or fold, this time he"s gone a bit Stephen Fry with this explanation. Fantastic Ger  

[pewpwagoon]

dont know if anyone has mentioned this but you could add a "high roller" event for WCOAP like a £300 buyin

[Chipaccrual]

dont know if anyone has mentioned this but you could add a "high roller" event for WCOAP like a £300 buyin

Now that is one of the better suggestions I think I have come across.

Great idea.

[Santino67]

dont know if anyone has mentioned this but you could add a "high roller" event for WCOAP like a £300 buyin

Now that is one of the better suggestions I think I have come across.

Great idea.

+1

[Des]

dont know if anyone has mentioned this but you could add a "high roller" event for WCOAP like a £300 buyin

Has been discussed with DTD.  

[Santino67]

dont know if anyone has mentioned this but you could add a "high roller" event for WCOAP like a £300 buyin

Has been discussed with DTD. 

Always 1 step ahead of us  

[SirPercival]

dont know if anyone has mentioned this but you could add a "high roller" event for WCOAP like a £300 buyin

Has been discussed with DTD. 

Always 1 step ahead of us

not if we"re heading to the bar.

[Scousebill]

Nice to finally meet Des & Tighty in Manchester, only my second APAT Live event after DTD Worlds. Enjoyed them both and look forward to attending more.
After just spending the last hour reading the whole thread there isn"t much left to add or contribute.

Somebody mentioned dropping the $10 entry to $5. Not for me, I find that with a buy-in as small as $5 too many players play with a "could not care attitude" and you see more stupid all-in calls or holding until the river suck outs.

I can"t remember how I came about playing APAT Online League but it is something I look forward to each Sunday. I think because of it my standard of play has improved and it is just unfortunate that the league format is struggling. The only thing I can think of to make the League more attractive or competitive is changing the points structure. Possibly keep the "Four from each team" scoring but award the positions to the top 20 in a different way..

Top heavy for winning....

30 Points for winner
25 points for runner-up
20 points for third
17 points for fourth then right down to
1 point for twentieth.


Then total the team points up and allocate points for all scoring teams, points scaled to how many teams score.

So if 6 teams score then points could be...

10 for winning team
7 for second
5 for third
4,3,2 for places.

This in my view can still give some encouragement to the teams at the bottom to climb the league. There is nothing more disheartening to be at the bottom, than being there with nil points...

On a gambling matter, will we be having the same promotion as last year for the Grand National as I would like to try to defend my title.. "Grand National Freeroll Winner 2011"

Only made a suggestion about the Online League as it is the one I enjoy playing the most, everything else is working fine in my view so keep it as it is...

Oh yes..Finally, I would not mind helping out in some small way to keep a record of weekly Individual Online League positions and keep others updated with regular rankings..

[Mikeyboy9361]

Just a quick one re the league. Whatever you do, please leave the structure as it is, perfect for a Sunday night with work the next day.

[s4ooter]

My only massive beef was the WCOAP Heads Up tourny this year.
Dont think u can have early rounds best of 1, with middleing starting stacks, then up it to longer matches later on, left no room for play.

Id rather see the early rounds be best of 3, BUT have a shorter starting stack so it doesnt take to long

[AMRN]

My only massive beef was the WCOAP Heads Up tourny this year.
Dont think u can have early rounds best of 1, with middleing starting stacks, then up it to longer matches later on, left no room for play.

Id rather see the early rounds be best of 3, BUT have a shorter starting stack so it doesnt take to long

^^ THIS.    It"s often going to come down to a flip at some point - horrible to get an early cooler/flip and be out so quick.... at least best of 3 overcomes that (slightly).  All rounds should be best of 3, with shallow stacks early on to keep the timings reasonable.

[lucasj37]

My only massive beef was the WCOAP Heads Up tourny this year.
Dont think u can have early rounds best of 1, with middleing starting stacks, then up it to longer matches later on, left no room for play.

Id rather see the early rounds be best of 3, BUT have a shorter starting stack so it doesnt take to long

^^ THIS.    It"s often going to come down to a flip at some point - horrible to get an early cooler/flip and be out so quick.... at least best of 3 overcomes that (slightly).  All rounds should be best of 3, with shallow stacks early on to keep the timings reasonable.

Agree wholeheartedly.