Friday, April 1, 2022

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7-card Stud and Mixed (ROE) Bracelets at WCOAP 2016

Attracting an excited field for 7-card Stud, they were slowly reduced to a Final Table 8 when in Level 12 with an Ante/Bring In of 500 with limits 1500/3000 Kev O’Hanlon 90k Rikky Wingate 37k Ananda Maharjah 8.5k Vince Eley 22k Warren Coleman 35.5k Stefan Roder 12k Alex Polnarev 68k Jonathan Dugdan 16k Outlasting all […]

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Italy’s incredible WCOAP 2016 performance continues

WCOAP Day 3 yielded Bracelets for Antes Only, Turbo and OFC, with the latter Championship Bronze going to Simon Brooke, Silver to John Black and Gold Medal and Bracelet to Italy’s Gabriel Iemmito, his 4th WCOAP Bracelet following his incredible run in the WCOAP 2015 where he helped his fellow Italian team mates take the […]

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WCOAP bracelets for 8-Game Players Championship, NLHE 3X and Mix Max

The second day of the WCOAP saw the conclusion of the 8-Game Players Championship when the Final Table of 7 resumed for the 2 Day event, with 3 APAT regulars holding the top 3 chip stacks: 1  168k  Jen Yue Chiang 2  251k  Gianluca Farabella 3  349k  Ady Lovelock 4  219k  Alex Kiy 5  275k […]

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Italy’s Dorina Clocan Wins Opening Bracelet Event

Italy’s Dorina Clocan has won the first bracelet of the 2016 World Championship of Amateur Poker.  Clocan; partner of three times bracelet winner Gabriel Iemmito, struck Gold in event #3 Shootout, the first to complete on day one of this year’s WCOAP. Elsewhere, Ibraham ‘JJ’ Abashei took a bracelet in event #1 No Limit Hold’em, while […]

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WCOAP Live Updates

The 8th annual World Championship of Amateur Poker has started at Aspers Casino, Stratford, London and you can follow all of the action live here at APAT.com.  We will be bringing you key hand and leaderboard updates throughout the festival via our live update blog while our live stream will come online on Friday, to […]

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APAT Prepares For Largest-Ever World Championships

The 2016 APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker features 22 events between March 19-28 at Aspers Casino, Stratford.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Linkedin   

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Blonde’s Have More Fun At APAT’s Coral UK Team Championship

G Casino Luton was the setting for APAT’s Coral UK Team Championship on 30th/31ST January when 240 players representing 30 teams sat down at the tables to battle it out, and having been a hive of excitement and anticipation in the run up, the spectacular new poker room fell suddenly quiet and things got serious […]

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APAT Announce Details of 2016 World Championship

The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) in partnership with Coral Poker, are proud to announce details of the 2016 World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP). The eighth edition of the WCOAP will take place at Aspers Casino in Stratford, London, between March 19th and 28th (Easter Monday) and offer 22 bracelet events across a […]

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Andy Dodson is UK Amateur Poker Champion

Aspers Casino, Newcastle played host this weekend for the APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship, and with over 50 players bought in 2 hours before kick-off, it was set to be a great event and didn’t disappoint with a healthy 148 entries by the end of late registration generating a prize pool of £11,100. Players sat […]

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APAT Newcastle Live Stream

  Follow the action from the APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship, in association with Coral Poker, live from Aspers Casino, Newcastle.  

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INAUGURAL BENELUX AMATEUR POKER CHAMPIONSHIP

The Casino de Spa hosted the very first APAT Benelux Championship, where the event also marked the Grand Final of the highly supported inaugural season of the APAT Belgian Amateur Poker Tour. With the classic €110 Main Event and no less than 9 Side Events, the 6-day festival was a feast for the recreational player! […]

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The Pokeriety Announce Team Captain

The Pokeriety are very pleased to confirm that Stuart Oliver will be captaining our team for the Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) UK Team Championship being held at the Grosvenor Casino Luton on the 30/31 January 2016. Stuart has a wealth of team experience within the APAT tour, unfortunately most of that is total abject failure due to his ...

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Niall Farrell Wins EPT Malta Main Event

Congratulations to former APAT main event winner Niall Farrell, who has just won the main event of the Malta leg of the European Poker Tour.  The Scot went one better than APAT Pro League winner Steve Warburton, who finished runner up at the previous leg of the EPT in Barcelona last month. Niall; who took […]

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Dutch Rule Over International Field In Irish Amateur Championship  

The Regency Hotel, Dublin 25th-26th October 2015 saw no less than 13 nationalities fight it out to be crowned the APAT Irish Amateur Poker Champion.  This included a strong Irish and UK contingent joined by players from France, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, China, Lithuania, Sweden, Hungary and Ukraine, but it was the Dutch […]

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Dutch Rule Over International Field In Irish Amateur Championship  

The Regency Hotel, Dublin 25th-26th October 2015 saw no less than 13 nationalities fight it out to be crowned the APAT Irish Amateur Poker Champion.  This included a strong Irish and UK contingent joined by players from France, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, China, Lithuania, Sweden, Hungary and Ukraine, but it was the Dutch […]

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Once More Into Battle

Team events have a tendency to come and go in the UK poker calendar.  More often than not they are one off events with a promotion attached.  One such event that bucks this trend is the APAT UK Team Championship.  The weekend of the 30th and 31st January 2016 will see the next of these events.  The two day deepstack ...

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Norwegian wins Coral European Amateur Title

141 players descended on the G Casino in Manchester for the ninth annual Coral European Amateur Poker Championship, the latest leg of the APAT tour. With 15,000 starting chips and a 45 minute clock, the £110 buy in event afforded keen amateur players plenty of play in the chase for over £14,000 in prize money, […]

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Massimo Di Perri Wins Belgian Championship

Playing poker for 6 months…that is all the experience Massimo Di Perri needed to win a national APAT Championship! With an amazing performance he absolutely dominated the final stages of the Main Event en route to a €6.397 payday in his first ever casino tournament! With 317 players entering the Main Event of the Belgian […]

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Dave Burt wins the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship

138 players descended on Cardiff for the triumphant return to the city of the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship. A couple of changes from previous seasons saw an improved blind structure, and two opening days to cater for the big demand for seats. A fast-paced Day 1a ended with Rob Thomas, who is best known as […]

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Steve Warburton wins €941k at EPT Barcelona

Congratulations to Steve Warburton for his runner up finish to John Juanda at the EPT Barcelona main event yesterday, winning €941k for his efforts. Steve is no stranger to APAT having competed in the APAT Pro League in season four, where he finished fourth in the Luton leg before taking a bronze medal in the […]

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Tom Noble is Scottish Amateur Poker Champion

134 players braved the adverse Edinburgh weather on Saturday morning 4th July and made the decision that indoors was the place to be – and to fight it out for the title of Scottish Amateur Poker Champion. Despite the traditional APAT slow structured event, it was only 90 minutes into play before Gregory Barbour’s pocket […]

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Joe crowned English Amateur Poker Champion

Friday 29th May saw action get under way for the first stop of APAT’s Season 9 Tour at Grosvenor’s G Casino at Ricoh Arena in Coventry, and following a reduction of the field to 27 players, play resumed for Day 2 at noon on Sunday. First loss of the day was Adam Phelan when he […]

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APAT Unveils Its Schedule For Season 9

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The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) announces the schedule for its ninth season.

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APAT Announce Season Nine Dates

May 3rd 2015, London:  The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) is delighted to announce details for Season 9 of its popular tour for recreational poker players. Seasonal highlights include: Non-standard poker variants included in National Tour dates:   The year-on-year success of the WCOAP, with its huge variety of poker events, has given rise […]

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Play Poker In Dublin

There are three ways to play live with the Amateur Poker Association & Tour. Satellite or buy directly into our next live event utilising our online partner – Coral Poker.   Select ‘Online’ in the above navigation to download the Coral Poker software. Subject to seat availability, buy directly into the event at the casino […]

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Play Our Next Event

There are two ways to compete for Gold in this National Amateur Championship event. Satellite or buy directly into our next live event through our online partner’s poker lobby. To secure your seat please use this link to download Coral Poker.   The option to enter an event via this route will close approximately two weeks prior to […]

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WCOAP Day 10: Daniel Lewis Becomes World Champion

The final day of the 7th annual World Championship of Amateur Poker saw three bracelets awarded in event #15 Cash Championship, event #17 World Amateur Poker Championship main event and event #20 Heads-Up Championship. While the majority of focus was undoubtedly on the 92 players who remained to fight for the main event title, the […]

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WCOAP Day 9: Don Roberts Takes HORSE Bracelet

Day 9 of the World Championship of Amateur Poker proved memorable for long term APAT favourite Don Roberts, who took his first title, winning gold in event #19 HORSE Championship.  Roberts, who had taken the silver medal in event #9 Stud Championship earlier in the week, showed incredible prowess across five poker disciplines to best a sold […]

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Gabriel Iemmito Wins Second APAT WCOAP Title In a Week

Gabriel Iemmito won his second title in a week at the 2015 APAT World Championships Of Amateur Poker in London.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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Four Champions Crowned at the APAT World Championships

The 2015 APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker kicked off this weekend and crowned its first four champions.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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Mark Sanders Wins Sell Out APAT European Championship

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Mark Sanders won the 2015 APAT European Championships in Coventry and walked away with £4,750 and a coveted gold medal.

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DTD Grand Prix Kicks Off Jan. 9; APAT Ireland Jan 10

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The latest DTD Grand Prix runs from January 9 through January 18 and boasts of a £200,000 prize pool for a £110 buy-in.

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APAT Announce WCOAP Schedule

It’s taken a while since the Amateur Poker Association and Tour announced their Season 8 schedule for them to provide further details of their flagship event, the World Championship of Amateur Poker.  The venue, Aspers Casino Stratford, and the dates, 28th March to 6th April 2015 had been confirmed, but now we have a full schedule.  And what a schedule ...

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Scots Rule Britannia in the Coral APAT UK Team Championship

It was Scotsquad who won the team event and Paul Lamonby who claimed the individual title at the APAT Team Championships.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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Carl Norris Takes Down the APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship

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Carl Norris outlasted a crowd of 123 players in the Leeds leg of the 2014 Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT).

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Amateur Poker Association & Tour Heads For Leeds on October 11

Fancy some low-stakes yet exciting poker action this weekend? Then the APAT UK Championships in Leeds could be what you are looking for.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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Jake Dursley Wins APAT Gold

The first leg of the Amateur Poker Association & Tour’s (APAT) Season 8 schedule saw the cream of the UK recreational players head to the Bristol for the two day deepstack Welsh Amateur Poker Championship. 152 runners created a prize pool of £11,400, along with the usual APAT medals and added value seats courtesy of APAT’s season sponsor Coral Poker. ...

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Porter Leads The Way In APAT Bristol

Porter Leads The Way In APAT Bristol The Amateur Poker Association and Tour (APAT) are in Bristol this weekend for the first leg of their Season 8 schedule.  You can find all of the details for the rest of the season via our APAT Schedule Page. APAT were the first tour to offer deepstack, affordable poker to the recreational player ...

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From Pub Poker To The World Series Of Poker

From Pub Poker To The WSOP The Live Pub Poker League have already written their names in the UK poker history books €¦.already one of the premier Pub Poker Leagues in the U.K, they sprang to fame back in 2009, when on their inaugural trip to Las Vegas, one of their group Steve €˜El Donko €™ Bradbury finished 7/2095 runners ...

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APAT WCOAP 2014 @ ASPERS STRATFORD

WCOAP 2014 Round Up a roooooooo Back to the real world, but what a great week it was (as always). Jumped on the early train to Paddington, and having pre reserved my seat i was looking forward to a comfortable, relaxing ride .Oh wait, hang on, this is the Paddington train in the morning .  Kids screaming, Business men in ...

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2014 WCOAP: Paresh Mahendra Spoils Michael Perry’s PLO Party

Paresh Mahendra defeats Michael Perry heads-up in the APAT WCOAP Pot Limit Omaha event, preventing Perry from successfully defending his title.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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2014 WCOAP: David Rudling-Smith Is Cash King; Derek Rowland in Split Pot Heaven

The 2014 APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker crowned two more champions on Saturday, a day that also saw the start of the Main Event.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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2014 WCOAP: France Win Team Event; David Bradbury and Matt Kirby Strike Gold

In a busy day at the 2014 APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker three champions were crowned.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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2014 WCOAP: Andrea Canli and Maxcel Verdugo Win Gold Medals

Maxcel Verdugo won the APAT 2014 World Championship Of Amateur Poker H.O.R.S.E. event while Andrea Canli claimed top honours in the Antes-Only event.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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Nuno Duarte Crowned 2014 WCOAP High Roller Champion

APAT crowned two more world champions on Wednesday when Nuno Duarte won the High Roller Championship and Chris Webber the Mixed Game Championship.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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Van Thang Nguyen Wins the Opening World Championship Of Amateur Poker Event

Van Thang Nguyen won the opening event of the APAT 2014 World Championship Of Amateur Poker while Fred Bekker took down Event #2.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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Largest Ever World Championship of Amateur Poker Begins

The 2014 APAT World Championships Of Amateur Poker takes place April 15-21 at the Aspers Stratford Westfield casino.  Share: Facebook Twitter Google+   

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Easter Extravaganza Of Poker For UK

Easter Extravaganza Of Poker For UK Strap yourselves in for what is going to be a manic few weeks of poker in the UK. Big buyin tournaments are great for the headlines and exposure of poker, but the events taking place in the UK in the next fortnight are the learning grounds of the next potential big professional players. The ...

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Donkeys Aren’t Deaf - Ranting and Raving- More APAT Misery.



Three Part Blog Update.


Pt1, Ranting & Raving.

I’ve been guilty of many a rant at the poker table and I guess that’s something I have to live with as I’m never going to totally eradicate that from my game no matter how hard I try. (I do try) I really wish I could just take bad beats, bad play, slow rolls etc. and let it all wash over me but I just can’t.

Well not 100% of the time anyway. Sometimes I get unlucky and I’m fine with it and other times I have a bit of a rant. There is no real way of knowing what triggers it for me as it can be in a tiny buy-in or insignificant game where I have a minutes red mist and other really big games where I take it as I should all the time.


I’m very embarrassed by it often within seconds of doing it, yet still cannot stop myself. My language on occasions is just awful and if ever my mother was sat at the same table as me she’d be washing my mouth out with soap.


On a positive note I’m generally a good winner and don’t give people rub downs when I get lucky or on those rare occasions where I might actually outplay someone. (Unless I know them well enough then it’s allowed of course!)


Pt 2, APAT Misery


Played the APAT English Open at G Coventry last Saturday and it didn’t go well. I had a massively frustrating day right from the get go. I didn’t get above the 15k starting stack at any point.


I had one pretty tough opponent on my table and 8 others who I wasn’t the slightest bit worried about. Our table was very nitty and this was proved by the point that I was the first player eliminated from the table at about level 8 I think it was.


Based on what the APAT stands for I should just play and enjoy them, I’d just so like to win one that I end up taking it far too seriously. I put pressure on myself because I want to do well and when I made a bad call (well I told the guy the exact 2 cards he had, I was right & still called) versus some total nit who's probably never bluffed in his life. I was furious with myself. My language was awful, though it was directed at me which made it slightly less terrible. I had to apologise to a lady player sat 2 to my right after I'd calmed down. What a dick I am sometimes. Bearing in mind this is an APAT event I felt really bad about it.


After exiting the main event at almost exactly 8.30pm I entered the £20 evening comp and actually enjoyed it a lot. No pressure on myself and I played well. I had a good table with some nice people on and we had some fun.


When I busted quite deep into the evening tournament it was more to do with the blinds/chip average than anything else, so I was totally cool about it.

I actually went looking for a cash game as I felt that after playing badly in the APAT I’d played really well in the evening comp.


I was totally card dead in the cash and just couldn’t get anything going but as the blinds didn’t go up every 30 minutes I was prepared to be patient. I thought I’d get a spot eventually. I moved tables 3 times to get on the easiest one which I managed eventually.



My last hand of the day was when I opened a pot in late position with 9,6. I know it’s not the best starting hand but I always seem to do well with it and I’d been very tight so thought I could rep a much bigger hand if I had to.



Anyway as I open the pot for a standard raise and the young kid to my immediate level says raise and chucks some chips in. Now I know 100% for sure he didn’t notice that I’d already opened so I knew he didn’t intend to 3 bet he just thought he was opening.


1 other player calls the 3bet so I just make up the difference and we are 3 way to the flop.


The flop comes 6h,7h,9h. I check the kid bets about 2/3rds of the pot, the other guy calls and I ship all my chips in for a pretty big over bet raise.


The kid tanks for a while and calls and then the other guy does the same.


So I’m all-in and covered in a 3 way pot but they still have chips. The pot is more than big enough to cover my whole day so I’m praying no Heart hits as I know I must lose if it does.


The turn is 3c and they both check. The river is the 8d and again they both check. This fills me with confidence as the flush doesn’t hit and their checks suggest weakness.


So I announce very clearly that I have” Two Pair” and the one guy immediately says “that beats me” and he shows the Ah and mucks.


The kid to my left say something like “what 2 pair have you got?” and Patrick the dealer says “Show and take” or similar, so I turn my hand over and show the 9, 6.


He still does nothing for a while then turns over his cards and says “I have a straight” and shows 5h,5s.



I was not a happy bunny. First of all that he could call a pretty big shove with an under pair to the board, and secondly for the blatant slow roll.


Now recently I played a shocker versus Tom French in a tournament at Coventry where I tanked for a long time with the 2nd nuts before calling, (it was a long story why I tanked so long which I won’t bore you with) but at least I flipped my cards over as soon as I actually made the Fekin call.


I told the kid what I thought of his call on the flop and suggested in some pretty colourful language that it would have been easier for me to take if he’d just said “I have a straight” as soon as he checked behind on the river.


That was the end of a not so great day for me.


Baz “God” McDonald on the other hand did rather better than most in the Main Event, and if you want to know why they call him “Run like God McDonald”, a perfect example happened earlier in the day when someone shipped in from the button for 25k with AK and he called from the sb with AQ.



The big blind folded and then all hell broke loose when it was realised that the buttons cards (AK) had been mucked by the dealer.


So Baz wins a 50k pot without the worry of having to try and outdraw the AK. Apparently the guy was moaning like F about it, but to be honest the way Baz runs he’d have binked anyway. Baz went on to make the Final Table on day 2.


Pt 3, Donkeys Aren't Deaf.


I played the GUKPT £1,000 Main Event at Walsall recently and had a good day even though it all ended badly.


My initial starting table was pretty easy but throughout the day as players busted out it got tougher and tougher. All the empty seats were filled by better and better players and I was surrounded by professional players.


The table talk between the pro players I found amusing and annoying in almost equal measure, mainly because they were talking about me!


I had some good hands in some good spots and for the most part I didn’t need to show my hole cards. There were three or four hands when I put in a big 3 or 4 bets to take pots and I didn’t show my cards when they folded.


2 of the pro’s, (1 either side of me) would then start saying what they folded and what they thought I had and talking about me as if I wasn’t even there. Their comments were not complimentary and were borderline insulting.


Yes they are better players than I am, but I’m fairly confident that I am better than they thought I was. It suited me that they were underestimating me though. To win money at poker you do not necessarily have to be more skilful than your opponent. You can win with less skill, so long as you are just more skilful than he thinks you are. Underestimating your opponents level is a recipe for disaster.


Even though I could do, I will not name the pros that were guilty of bad mouthing me.


I think in fairness I’ve been guilty in the past of doing to others what they did to me. I’ve been on tables at Coventry or the Broadway or Gala with regulars that I know well and we’ve openly discussed the play of other players in less than glowing terms.


I try to stop myself from swearing or moaning when I suffer bad beats etc but it’s tough in the heat of the moment. However I will make a point of not discussing peoples play as if they are deaf in future having been on the receiving end.


On a positive note I had Chas Chatta sat next to me for a short while. He’s a sponsored pro for Genting and is something to do with Bankroll Supply I think. Without doubt one of the nicest guys in poker. I’ve only met him once previously; in the £250 6max at the GUKPT Coventry last year and he struck me right away as a good guy.


My GUKPT main event ended in a massive pot 20 minutes from the end of day 1. After playing all day and going from the 20k starting stack up to 64k I get moved tables and bust 1st hand. I 3 bet someone when I pick up 9,9 and he and the BB call me.


So even though I 3bet we are 3 way to the flop and I hit a set. Can’t remember the last time I hit a set in a 3 bet pot, it was probably 1987.


Sadly though one of my opponents hits a middle pin straight on the turn and I bust out in a pot that had 140k + in it.


At the end of the day the tournament CL had 170k so the 140k would have put me about 3rd in chips of the 55 remaining.


So dreams of winning a GUKPT or APAT are still on hold. Work to do on my Helmuth rants and must remember that Donkeys aren’t deaf.

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