APAT

Blue Square Poker is proud to sponsor the Amateur Poker Association & Tour - a leading provider of low cost, high quality amateur poker tournaments in the UK and beyond. The partnership with APAT means that Blue Square Poker is the only place to qualify online for APAT live tournaments.

Already sponsors of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, the tie-up with APAT enables Blue Square to further support the live poker scene in the UK and to secure its place as the pre-eminent online poker provider for players wanting to qualify for live poker tournaments – whatever their bankroll or experience.

APAT members can participate in an exclusive and high profile series of both live and online tournaments, with considerable added value prize pools and guaranteed media coverage. With low risk buy-in’s, APAT Live Championship events usually sell out within minutes of going on sale and take place at premier, licensed casino locations across the United Kingdom.

Free membership is available to Blue Square players through participating in an APAT online event or by signing up directly at www.apat.com.

Season Two

The partnership between Blue Square Poker and APAT generates close to $200,000 in sponsorship for Season Two; more than double APAT’s Season One budget, and will be returned to players in GUKPT and WSOP event entry packages, added prize money in live and online events and in the removal of player registration fees at all live APAT events.

With the inclusion of a Regional Championship series, extended National Championship series, International Team Championship, World Amateur Championship festival and inaugural Masters Pro-Am, APAT's Season Two schedule offers an incredibly mouth watering prospect for players of all abilities.

APAT Regional events will reward leading players with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, ranking points and seats at APAT National Championship events where APAT members will compete for 6 x GUKPT packages, 3 x GUKPT Grand Final packages and 3 x World Series of Poker main event packages in addition to championship cups and medals.

The highlight of the season will be the 2008 World Championship of Amateur Poker which will take place at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London and be extended across several days to include Omaha, Heads Up and Stud events, in addition to the World Amateur Poker Championship main event. The winner of the main event will receive an expenses paid entry to the $10,000 Championship event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Online satellites to each APAT National event will be held exclusively at Blue Square.

Regional Championships

“Northern”, “Southern”, “Eastern” and “Western” Regional Championships will take place at casinos throughout the UK during Season Two. These events are a means of playing live, earning ranking points and qualifying for National Championship events in addition to prize-money. The regional events cost just £20 to enter, hold a maximum of 80 players and take place on scheduled Saturday afternoons. Click here to see the APAT Regional Championship Schedule.

National Championships

There are 11 Championship events, the majority of which cater for a maximum of 200 players in a 2 day tournament held on scheduled weekends until November 2008. The top 10% of players at each APAT Regional Championship event and online satellite will be allocated a seat at a National event. The remaining seats will be allocated via direct buy-in via the APAT website. In addition to the prize-money, cups and Gold medals, winners of APAT National Championships will receive a great deal of media coverage and be provided with a seat at either a leg of the GUKPT, the GUKPT Grand Final or at the WSOP main event (all including expenses) by Blue Square Poker. Click here to see the APAT National Championship Schedule.

Online Series

APAT Online is a series of 50 International online tournaments. These 5000 chip deep-stack tournaments enable creative play throughout and each event offers excellent value with a buy-in of just $10+$1. In addition, the top three in each APAT Online Series event will secure Gold, Silver or Bronze medals. Click here to see the APAT Online Series Schedule.

Regional Rankings

Members will earn ranking points for finishing in the top 9 players at each of 5 Regional Championship legs.
Players can accumulate points towards the Regional Championship, from any venue within that Region. Points cannot be carried over from Region to Region. However, ranking points earned within any Region will count towards a player's National ranking.
The rankings winner at each of the 4 Regional Championships will receive a seat into the World Amateur Poker Championship at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, being held in London over the August Bank Holiday Weekend in 2008.

National Rankings

Members earn between 1 and 9 ranking points for finishing in the top 9 players at each of 50 Online Series events at Blue Square Poker.
Players will earn between 1 and 9 ranking points for finishing in the top 9 players at each of the 67 Regional Championship events.
Players will earn between 1 and 18 ranking points for finishing in the top 18 players at each of 8 National Championship events. The remaining National events will be non ranking due to their invitational or one day structure.
The National Rankings winner will receive an expenses paid entry to the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final.

For more details visit: www.apat.com


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