Amateur Poker Association & Tour

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.

Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT)
SportPoker
Founded2006
CountryUnited Kingdom & Europe
Official websiteAPAT.com

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

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

World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP)

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

Poker Circuit is an online news aggregator pulling together news from poker sites, operators, poker forums and players.

APAT Cash Tour

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

Season 1

EventVenue/CityDateWinner
APAT English Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland Broadway Casino, BirminghamFriday 22 - Saturday 23 September 2006England Daniel Phillips
APAT UK Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland Aspers, NewcastleSaturday 2 - Sunday 3 December 2006England Max Ward
APAT Welsh Amateur Poker ChampionshipWales Grosvenor Casino, CardiffSaturday 24 - Sunday 25 February 2007England Lee Mulligan
APAT Scottish Amateur Poker ChampionshipScotland Gala Maybury Casino, EdinburghSaturday 14 - Sunday 15 April 2007Scotland Phil Starrs
APAT Irish Amateur Poker ChampionshipRepublic of Ireland Fitzwilliam Card Club, DublinSaturday 2 - Sunday 3 June 2007Republic of Ireland Jacques Kieft
APAT European Amateur ChampionshipEngland G Casino, LutonSaturday 25 - Monday 27 August 2007Wales Gareth Ower

Season 2

EventVenue/CityDateWinner
APAT English Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland Grosvenor Casino, WalsallSaturday 3 - Sunday 4 November 2007England Richard Offless
APAT UK Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland G Casino, ManchesterSaturday 8 - Sunday 9 December 2007England Simon Turton
APAT Welsh Amateur Poker ChampionshipWales Grosvenor Casino, CardiffSaturday 12 - Sunday 13 January 2008England Tim Magnus
APAT European Amateur Poker ChampionshipAustria Poker Royale Card Casino, Wiener Neustadt, AustriaSaturday 22 - Sunday 23 March 2008England Andy Kingan
APAT Scottish Amateur Poker ChampionshipScotland Gala Maybury Casino, EdinburghSaturday 3 - Sunday 4 May 2008Wales Jason Jones
APAT Irish Amateur Poker ChampionshipRepublic of Ireland Fitzwilliam Card Club, DublinSaturday 14 - Sunday 15 June 2008Wales Darren Shallis
APAT UK Team Championship - Team PrizeEngland G Casino, BlackpoolSaturday 19 - Sunday 20 July 2008Bristol & South West Meetup
APAT UK Team Championship - Individual PrizeEngland G Casino, BlackpoolSaturday 19 - Sunday 20 July 2008Scotland Mary Martin
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - OmahaEngland Grosvenor Victoria Casino, LondonWednesday 27 August 2008England Dave Howard
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - RazzEngland Grosvenor Victoria Casino, LondonThursday 28 August 2008England Michael Bodman
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - StudEngland Grosvenor Victoria Casino, LondonFriday 29 August 2008England Owen Rankin
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Main EventEngland Grosvenor Victoria Casino, LondonSaturday 30 August - Monday 1 September 2008England Nick Jenkins
APAT Masters Pro-AmEngland G Casino, LutonSaturday 4 - Sunday 5 October 2008England Neil Blatchley
APAT European Team Championship - Individual PrizeEngland Grosvenor Casino, BrightonSaturday 1 - Sunday 2 November 2008Republic of Ireland Brendan Byrne
APAT European Team Championship - Team PrizeEngland Grosvenor Casino, BrightonSaturday 1 - Sunday 2 November 2008Republic of Ireland Ireland

Season 3

EventVenue/CityDateWinner
APAT UK Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland Grosvenor Casino, WalsallSaturday 7 - Sunday 8 February 2009England Steve Redfern
APAT Welsh Amateur Poker ChampionshipWales Grosvenor Casino, CardiffSaturday 4 - Sunday 5 April 2009England Simon Auckland
APAT Irish Amateur Poker ChampionshipRepublic of Ireland Fitzwilliam Card Club, DublinSaturday 30 - Sunday 31 May 2009England Brian Yates
APAT Scottish Amateur Poker ChampionshipScotland Gala Maybury Casino, EdinburghSaturday 18 - Sunday 19 July 2009Scotland Derek Murdie
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - OmahaEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamThursday 27 August 2009England Paul Pitchford
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - H.O.R.S.E.England Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamFriday 28 August 2009England Andrew Tracey
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Main EventEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamSaturday 29 - Monday 31 August 2009England Charles Mason
APAT English Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland G Casino, BoltonSaturday 24 - Sunday 25 October 2009England John Kay
APAT European Team Championship - Team PrizeEngland G Casino, LutonThursday 19 - Friday 20 November 2009Poland Poland
APAT European Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland G Casino, LutonSaturday 21 - Sunday 22 November 2009England Stuart Ward
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Team PrizeEngland Grosvenor Casino, ManchesterSaturday 23 - Sunday 24 January 2010APAT Team
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Individual PrizeEngland Grosvenor Casino, ManchesterSaturday 23 - Sunday 24 January 2010England Bill Wallace

Season 4

EventVenue/CityDateWinner
APAT Welsh Amateur Poker ChampionshipWales Aspers, SwanseaSaturday 20 - Sunday 21 March 2010Wales Gareth Johns
APAT UK Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland Grosvenor Victoria Casino, LondonSaturday 17 - Sunday 18 April 2010Republic of Ireland John Murray
APAT Central European Amateur ChampionshipAustria Concord Card Casino, Vienna Simmering, AustriaSaturday 15 - Sunday 16 May 2010Austria Christoph Kreindl
APAT Scottish Amateur Poker ChampionshipScotland International Casino, AberdeenSaturday 19 - Sunday 20 June 2010Scotland Scott Wilson
APAT Northern European Amateur ChampionshipEstonia Olympic Casino,Tallinn, EstoniaSaturday 31 July - Sunday 1 August 2010Estonia Vladimir Fedotov
APAT World Team Championship - Team PrizeEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamThursday 26 August 2010Wales Wales
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Heads UpEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamThursday 26 August 2010England Dave Howard
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - StudEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamFriday 27 August 2010England Ian Thompson
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - OmahaEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamSaturday 28 August 2010Netherlands Max Kruis
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - 6 MaxEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamSunday 29 August 2010England Colin Young
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - H.O.R.S.E.England Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamMonday 30 August 2010England Stephen Wintersgill
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Main EventEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamSaturday 28 August - Monday 30 August 2010Wales Ben Young
APAT Irish Amateur Poker ChampionshipRepublic of Ireland Fitzwilliam Card Club, DublinSaturday 25 - Sunday 26 September 2010Republic of Ireland Simon O'Hare
APAT English Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland G Casino, LutonSaturday 23 - Sunday 24 October 2010England Tod Wood
APAT European Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland G Casino, CoventrySaturday 27 - Sunday 28 November 2010England Brian Martin
APAT Southern European Amateur ChampionshipSpain Casino de Lloret, Lloret, SpainSaturday 15 - Sunday 16 January 2011Spain Oriol Sanchez
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Team PrizeEngland G Casino, BoltonSaturday 29 - Sunday 30 January 2011London Poker Meetup
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Individual PrizeEngland G Casino, BoltonSaturday 29 - Sunday 30 January 2011Scotland Niall Farrell

Season 5

EventVenue/CityDateWinner
APAT English Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland G Casino, CoventrySaturday 26 - Sunday 27 March 2011England Mark Briggs
APAT UK International Home Team Championship - Team PrizeEngland Aspers, NewcastleThursday 21 - Friday 22 April 2011Wales Wales
APAT UK Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland Aspers, NewcastleSaturday 23 - Sunday 24 April 2011Wales Ben Young
APAT Welsh Amateur ChampionshipWales Les Croupier, CardiffSaturday 28 - Sunday 29 May 2011Poland Lukas Daszynski
APAT UK Pub Poker Championship - Team PrizeEngland G Casino, BlackpoolSaturday 25 - Sunday 26 June 2011Edgworth Cricket Club
APAT UK Pub Poker Championship - Individual PrizeEngland G Casino, BlackpoolSaturday 25 - Sunday 26 June 2011England Tony Trippier
APAT Scottish Amateur Poker ChampionshipScotland Gala Casino Merchant City, GlasgowSaturday 30 - Sunday 31 July 2011Scotland Grant Speirs
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - StudEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamThursday 25 August 2011England Jonathan Seal
APAT World Amateur Team Championship - Team PrizeEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamThursday 25 - Friday 26 August 2011Wales Wales
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Heads UpEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamFriday 26 August 2011England Chris Peers
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - H.O.R.S.E.England Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamSaturday 27 August 2011Wales Paul McGuinness
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - 6 MaxEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamSunday 28 August 2011England Liam Batey
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - OmahaEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamMonday 29 August 2011Italy Andrea Lombardi
APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker - Main EventEngland Dusk Till Dawn, NottinghamSaturday 27 - Monday 29 August 2011England David Garden
APAT Irish Amateur Poker ChampionshipRepublic of Ireland Macau Sporting Club, CorkSaturday 24 - Sunday 25 September 2011Republic of Ireland Bobby O'Donnell
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Team PrizeEngland G Casino, LutonThursday 26 August 2011Gambling Network Forum
APAT UK Amateur Team Championship - Individual PrizeEngland G Casino, LutonThursday 26 August 2011England Nick Mazur
APAT American Amateur Poker ChampionshipUnited States Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, USASaturday 19 - Sunday 20 November 2011Scotland Michael Paterson
APAT UK Open ChampionshipEngland G Casino, ManchesterSaturday 3 - Sunday 4 December 2011England George Downie
APAT European Amateur Poker ChampionshipEngland Rendezvous Casino, BrightonFriday 20 - Saturday 21 January 2012England Marie Sherwood

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Officials

  • Managing Director: Des Duffy
  • Chairman: Tony Kendall
  • Director of Live Events: Richard Prew

References

  1. "Amateur Poker Association & Tour Launches". uk.pokernews.com. August 3, 2006. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
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