Amateur Poker Association & Tour Launches
3 August 06
The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) launched
this week. APAT looks set to promise a bright future for
the amateur, or up and coming, poker player.
The APAT is the world’s first combined Poker Association
and Tour and the opening tour event has already been arranged.
The plush Broadway casino in Birmingham is the venue for
the English Amateur Poker Championship on September 23rd
and 24th. The tournament offers 10,000 starting chips to
players and therefore should be a very "poker player
friendly" event.
Season one will feature seven national and international
events culminating in European and World Amateur Poker Championships.
Each APAT event winner will receive a cash prize, an engraved
Championship Cup and an expenses paid European Poker Tour
or World Series Of Poker main event entry.
Tony Kendall, APAT Chairman, said: “I am delighted
to be associated with the Amateur Poker Association &
Tour, which I believe is a significant new development in
European poker. The APAT will quickly become ‘the’
affordable proving ground for players wanting to realise
their potential in high quality live events, and a guaranteed
added value prize pool is great news for everyone. I look
forward to welcoming players of all abilities to the APAT,
and if it’s your first time in a casino environment,
then we’re going to give you a truly memorable experience.”
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