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The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) is an organisation founded in 2006[1] and is Europe's largest organisation for recreational poker players, with a membership of over 20,000 players.
The Association element of the organisation is focused on consulting with gaming and industry bodies to enhance the player experience; with standardisation of rules, player friendly structures and event sponsorship at the top of its agenda.
The Tour element is primarily aimed at organising live poker tournaments in licensed venues across the United Kingdom, Ireland and other European countries. APAT has also hosted the APAT North American Amateur Poker Championship at the world famous Caesars Palace Casino in Las Vegas . APAT’s principal live events are differentiated from other organised Poker Tournaments in the UK by being fully dealer-dealt and featuring deep stacked, well-structured tournaments for a modest entry fee.
Tournaments [ edit ]
All principal APAT Tour events are run to APAT’s standardised rules, with blind structures targeted on providing value for the players. Tour events are reported, in real time, via APAT’s websites and have also been streamed live via the internet for online viewing.
In addition, APAT organises a series of Online Poker Championship events and the APAT National Online League via its headline gaming sponsors. In 2012, APAT has announced the PokerStars.com National Online League.
Additional products [ edit ]
World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) [ edit ]
The WCOAP is a five-day festival of poker which features a three-day World Amateur Poker Championship main event together with additional World Amateur Poker Championship side events. Side events include the World Amateur Team Championship and tournaments in other poker variants such as Stud, H.O.R.S.E. and Omaha and other formats such as Heads Up and Six Max.
Poker Circuit [ edit ]
Poker Circuit is an online news aggregator pulling together news from poker sites, operators, poker forums and players.
APAT Cash Tour [ edit ]
APAT test-trialled a cash tournament at the APAT European Amateur Championship (Season 6) event held in Brighton in late January 2012.
National Amateur Champions [ edit ]
Season 1 [ edit ]
Event
Venue/City
Date
Winner
APAT English Amateur Poker Championship
Broadway Casino, Birmingham
Friday 22 - Saturday 23 September 2006
Daniel Phillips
APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship
Aspers, Newcastle
Saturday 2 - Sunday 3 December 2006
Max Ward
APAT Welsh Amateur Poker Championship
Grosvenor Casino, Cardiff
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 February 2007
Lee Mulligan
APAT Scottish Amateur Poker Championship
Gala Maybury Casino, Edinburgh
Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 April 2007
Phil Starrs
APAT Irish Amateur Poker Championship
Fitzwilliam Card Club, Dublin
Saturday 2 - Sunday 3 June 2007
Jacques Kieft
APAT European Amateur Championship
G Casino, Luton
Saturday 25 - Monday 27 August 2007
Gareth Ower
Season 2 [ edit ]
Event
Venue/City
Date
Winner
APAT English Amateur Poker Championship
Grosvenor Casino, Walsall
Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 November 2007
Richard Offless
APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship
G Casino, Manchester
Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 December 2007
Simon Turton
APAT Welsh Amateur Poker Championship
Grosvenor Casino, Cardiff
Saturday 12 - Sunday 13 January 2008
Tim Magnus
APAT European Amateur Poker Championship
Poker Royale Card Casino, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 March 2008
Andy Kingan
APAT Scottish Amateur Poker Championship
Gala Maybury Casino, Edinburgh
Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 May 2008
Jason Jones
APAT Irish Amateur Poker Championship
Fitzwilliam Card Club, Dublin
Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 June 2008
Darren Shallis
APAT UK Team Championship - Team Prize
G Casino, Blackpool
Saturday 19 - Sunday 20 July 2008
Bristol & South West Meetup
APAT UK Team Championship - Individual Prize
G Casino, Blackpool
Saturday 19 - Sunday 20 July 2008
Mary Martin
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Omaha
Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London
Wednesday 27 August 2008
Dave Howard
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Razz
Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London
Thursday 28 August 2008
Michael Bodman
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Stud
Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London
Friday 29 August 2008
Owen Rankin
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Main Event
Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London
Saturday 30 August - Monday 1 September 2008
Nick Jenkins
APAT Masters Pro-Am
G Casino, Luton
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 October 2008
Neil Blatchley
APAT European Team Championship - Individual Prize
Grosvenor Casino, Brighton
Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 November 2008
Brendan Byrne
APAT European Team Championship - Team Prize
Grosvenor Casino, Brighton
Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 November 2008
Ireland
Season 3 [ edit ]
Event
Venue/City
Date
Winner
APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship
Grosvenor Casino, Walsall
Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 February 2009
Steve Redfern
APAT Welsh Amateur Poker Championship
Grosvenor Casino, Cardiff
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 April 2009
Simon Auckland
APAT Irish Amateur Poker Championship
Fitzwilliam Card Club, Dublin
Saturday 30 - Sunday 31 May 2009
Brian Yates
APAT Scottish Amateur Poker Championship
Gala Maybury Casino, Edinburgh
Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 July 2009
Derek Murdie
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Omaha
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Thursday 27 August 2009
Paul Pitchford
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - H.O.R.S.E.
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Friday 28 August 2009
Andrew Tracey
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Main Event
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Saturday 29 - Monday 31 August 2009
Charles Mason
APAT English Amateur Poker Championship
G Casino, Bolton
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 October 2009
John Kay
APAT European Team Championship - Team Prize
G Casino, Luton
Thursday 19 - Friday 20 November 2009
Poland
APAT European Amateur Poker Championship
G Casino, Luton
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 November 2009
Stuart Ward
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Team Prize
Grosvenor Casino, Manchester
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 January 2010
APAT Team
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Individual Prize
Grosvenor Casino, Manchester
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 January 2010
Bill Wallace
Season 4 [ edit ]
Event
Venue/City
Date
Winner
APAT Welsh Amateur Poker Championship
Aspers, Swansea
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 March 2010
Gareth Johns
APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship
Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London
Saturday 17 - Sunday 18 April 2010
John Murray
APAT Central European Amateur Championship
Concord Card Casino, Vienna Simmering, Austria
Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 May 2010
Christoph Kreindl
APAT Scottish Amateur Poker Championship
International Casino, Aberdeen
Saturday 19 - Sunday 20 June 2010
Scott Wilson
APAT Northern European Amateur Championship
Olympic Casino,Tallinn, Estonia
Saturday 31 July - Sunday 1 August 2010
Vladimir Fedotov
APAT World Team Championship - Team Prize
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Thursday 26 August 2010
Wales
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Heads Up
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Thursday 26 August 2010
Dave Howard
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Stud
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Friday 27 August 2010
Ian Thompson
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Omaha
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Saturday 28 August 2010
Max Kruis
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - 6 Max
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Sunday 29 August 2010
Colin Young
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - H.O.R.S.E.
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Monday 30 August 2010
Stephen Wintersgill
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Main Event
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Saturday 28 August - Monday 30 August 2010
Ben Young
APAT Irish Amateur Poker Championship
Fitzwilliam Card Club, Dublin
Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 September 2010
Simon O'Hare
APAT English Amateur Poker Championship
G Casino, Luton
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 October 2010
Tod Wood
APAT European Amateur Poker Championship
G Casino, Coventry
Saturday 27 - Sunday 28 November 2010
Brian Martin
APAT Southern European Amateur Championship
Casino de Lloret, Lloret, Spain
Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 January 2011
Oriol Sanchez
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Team Prize
G Casino, Bolton
Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 January 2011
London Poker Meetup
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Individual Prize
G Casino, Bolton
Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 January 2011
Niall Farrell
Season 5 [ edit ]
Event
Venue/City
Date
Winner
APAT English Amateur Poker Championship
G Casino, Coventry
Saturday 26 - Sunday 27 March 2011
Mark Briggs
APAT UK International Home Team Championship - Team Prize
Aspers, Newcastle
Thursday 21 - Friday 22 April 2011
Wales
APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship
Aspers, Newcastle
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 April 2011
Ben Young
APAT Welsh Amateur Championship
Les Croupier, Cardiff
Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 May 2011
Lukas Daszynski
APAT UK Pub Poker Championship - Team Prize
G Casino, Blackpool
Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 June 2011
Edgworth Cricket Club
APAT UK Pub Poker Championship - Individual Prize
G Casino, Blackpool
Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 June 2011
Tony Trippier
APAT Scottish Amateur Poker Championship
Gala Casino Merchant City, Glasgow
Saturday 30 - Sunday 31 July 2011
Grant Speirs
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Stud
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Thursday 25 August 2011
Jonathan Seal
APAT World Amateur Team Championship - Team Prize
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Thursday 25 - Friday 26 August 2011
Wales
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Heads Up
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Friday 26 August 2011
Chris Peers
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - H.O.R.S.E.
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Saturday 27 August 2011
Paul McGuinness
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - 6 Max
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Sunday 28 August 2011
Liam Batey
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Omaha
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Monday 29 August 2011
Andrea Lombardi
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Main Event
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Saturday 27 - Monday 29 August 2011
David Garden
APAT Irish Amateur Poker Championship
Macau Sporting Club, Cork
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 September 2011
Bobby O'Donnell
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Team Prize
G Casino, Luton
Thursday 26 August 2011
Gambling Network Forum
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Individual Prize
G Casino, Luton
Thursday 26 August 2011
Nick Mazur
APAT American Amateur Poker Championship
Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, USA
Saturday 19 - Sunday 20 November 2011
Michael Paterson
APAT UK Open Championship
G Casino, Manchester
Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 December 2011
George Downie
APAT European Amateur Poker Championship
Rendezvous Casino, Brighton
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 January 2012
Marie Sherwood
Officials [ edit ]
Managing Director: Des Duffy
Chairman: Tony Kendall
Director of Live Events: Richard Prew
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]