UK Team Championship 2025 Team Applications
We are delighted to confirm APAT’s first live event in 2025 will be our ever-popular UK Team Championship played at the home of UK poker, Dusk Till Dawn over the weekend of Friday 31st January.
We’re also delighted to confirm that the Top 3 Teams and the Winning Individual from 2024 have an automatic invitation to accept a team spot in 2025:
Team Gold Medal: Talk Club
Team Silver Medal: Midland Freelancers
Team Bronze Medal: Fair Play Poker
Individual Gold Medal: Rob Swindells
Whilst we will host side events over the weekend starting on Friday evening, the UK Team Championship will play out on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd February 2025.
TEAM APPLICATIONS
The UK Team Championship is an invitation only event, and interested poker clubs, forums, societies, leagues, groups and communities etc need to register interest in entering a team by the deadline Sunday 24th November 2024 via any of the following means:
Email: direct to tombrady[at]hotmail.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TomBrady65/
WhatsApp: Tom Brady 07957 977 057
(either way, please make sure I reply to confirm receipt).
In the event of teams being oversubscribed, which is usual, a ballot with a reserve waiting list will be held
Teams will be confirmed on Monday 25th November, and successful Team Captains must confirm their team member names by Sun 8th December (direct to myself) and with each player buy-in required to be paid in advance by Sunday 5th January at the latest (details tbc).
EVENT OVERVIEW
Teams consist of 8 players who will compete for both a team and an individual prize pool in the UK Team Championship, which will be run as a regular 2-Day MTT and entry is £115 + £25 per player – THE COMPLETE TEAM BUY-IN will be required to be paid in advance by Sunday 5th January at the latest by each player, with payment details tbc.
The total prize pool will be paid out on a 75/25 basis to the top 5 teams and the top 15 individual players from the MTT, with the top 3 teams winning the coveted APAT Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals, along with the top 3 individuals. Deals are not facilitated. The Top 3 Teams and the Winning Individual secure themselves a guaranteed invitation to the UK Team Championship 2026.
Points will be scored based on individual player finishing positions, and start to be earned on Day 2 by all players on a ‘reverse position’ scoring eg 100th wins 1 point etc.
As usual, teams are to wear their own matching colour team shirts for the event – if desired, team shirts are available via APAT with full event details and team logo / name printed on each for £18 per shirt or £30 per hoodie / zipped hoodie – APAT can assist any team in creating a team graphic / logo. Further team graphics or printing on the back is available.
This event always sees huge demand, and we are expecting similar interest this year – it is usually over subscribed and therefore competing teams are decided by ballot – DO NOT BOOK HOTEL ROOMS WHEN SUBMITTING TEAM APPLICATIONS – SADLY NOT ALL TEAMS WILL SURVIVE THE BALLOT AND GET TO COMPETE.
The event has also on occasion previously suffered from “team last minute dropouts”, and therefore, as we did previously, we will again retain a reserve list and any team not meeting the buy-in deadline of 5th January (all 8 members) will have their team entry offered to teams on the reserve list.
The UK Team Championship is an OPEN event – ie open to ANY poker player as part of an organised team, and the weekend supporting events are open to ANY individual player whether they play in the UK Team Championship or not
If you have any questions about the event, please feel free to contact me personally.
Tom Brady
APAT Operations Director
Live Events & Tour
Email: tombrady[at]hotmail.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TomBrady65/
WhatsApp: 07957 977 057
