APAT Team Champs - Luton 22 / 23 October

I hear we aren't getting t-shirts?  I am a bit surprise Betfair arent going to provide anything, although I realise we are freerolling here but we dont want to look like the poor cousins do we?  Has anyone got any contacts  for getting some made up?  Bearing in mind the Team Champs thread on the APAT Forum says "Teams participating will be required to provide team shirts for their players and carry a thread and banner about the event on their forum."

Shame bf havent got any of them hoodies left!  [:(]

I agree with Andy. I'm happy to pay for a Betfair top if necessary. Think we might look a bit odd otherwise. Well even more odd than usual  :)

Guys/Girls - Whilst I do see your point re the tops, it is a Forum team and not intended as an official  Betfair team. Last year Betfair asked us to enter a team and we used criteria to set the team up and hence we got half of the buy in and tops.

It is probably all my fault for not making this clear sooner, but just to shed some light on the subject - iliketrips contacted me to let me know about the apat team event and to see if I would enter a team for ILPP this year. When I applied I also asked APAT if i could also enter a (Betfair) forum team. There was no obligation or involvement at all by Betfair - it was intended to be made up of Betfair forumites.

I then asked Betfair if they would contribute as the team and in my opinion they were generous enough to give us the option of sponsored tops or paying the buy in. I opted to go with the buy in. I was then informed that Betfair were expecting some memorabilia to come in and if it arrived in time, they would send it through - but they could not promise. I think we have to be fair here and appreciate what we have been given and not direct any criticism for what we didnt get. 


I am happy to organise you tops - will cost about £15-20 depending on choice. If you all agree to pay for your own, I will get them made for you so decide and let me know what style - see link below (could captain dud spud and AJ Cairns) please choose a style bearing in mind Sussexgirl is as the name suggests a saucy lassy [:p] - and inbox me your sizes

http://www.logos4clothes.com/hoodies

The head of Betfair Poker is sending me some of the Material betfair Poker stick on badges so I dont know if we actually need sponsored shirts, if we all had a t-shirt of the same colour with the stick on badges would that be enough?

I think that's a good option HF.

My team will be in ILPP T-shirts though :)

Hi chaps

We need a replacement for singlecask - he contacted me today and let me know his situation.

Is there any other forumite wanting in?

Dinos, I'm definitely not criticising anything Betfair have done. They've been extremely generous to pay for the buy in. I think HF idea is an excellent one. How about if we all get ourselves a plain navy blue polo shirt or something like that, which is easily available and then we use the stick on Betfair logos?

I'm more than happy to go along with whatever anyone feels is best, just think we need to make sure we are wearing similar items to represent a team of some sort :)

I now have the stick on badges in my possesion.

I think plain Orange polo shirts are the way forward for two reasons...  1) Will make us more visible...  2) I already own one!

Navy polo shirts would be fine though, can we please have some feedback?

Please don't make us wear orange, for the following reasons:

1. Orange is definitely not my colour. I'll look even more grotesque than usual :(

2. It's not the easiest colour to shop around for either. Not many nutters choose to wear orange unless they are forced to.

P.S Even though I do actually mean the above I'll still wear it if I have to, but no rude remarks about us looking like a bunch of satsumas :o)


P.P.S We really need to make a decision fairly soon so we can get what we need in good time.

I would suggest you choose either black or white. Not too many different choice of shades makes it easier :D

My vote is black then :o)

i still have a load of yellow ones with names on from january if anyone who was there then is going again[;)] Thrappers needs an orange one so u can see him get up and leave after 2 hands again

alexsdad! welcome back, you been away for a few months!

You fancy making up the Betfair Forum team? they are one short.

my post wasn't a criticism of bf or anyone else, i see the company on the link that klup put up only does printing for a min of 12 items.  They do some Orange ones though - the black with the orange polo shirts (prefer those to hoodies) look ok for about 10/11 quid.  http://www.logos4clothes.com/polo-shirts/alternative-polos/kustom-kit-sporti...

They look good Andy. How about if we wear those with the stick on Betfair if we can't get them printed?

If you are going to use stick ons to brand, might as well get £5 tops from Matalan or something

Like I said before I really don't mind what we wear. We could do with some input from the others. Where are they all hiding!

why dont we bring the yellow 1s from last time and stick the patch over the writing on em?

But we're getting the buy in for free, surely we can get a team top sorted of some kind. I'd really like some idea of what I'm wearing before I get there. Us girlies are fussy like that you know :o)

Hi I don't want to stand on anyones toes.
I am happy to be playing I will do my best for either team.

Mister Gain,
Clive. Moore

Yes Klup, didn't take you long to spot my original post was a wind up, mistergain has been unbearable since his victory in Betfair Forum Games telling everyone he meets he is a world champion, so the aim was to bring him down a peg or two. As you correctly point out he was carried to victory by AJ and Mrs Klup and the swop with Captain Dud Spud meant as the ultimate insult.
Regarding the shirt issue, I agree that we need them, at the moment half of the team is the same as last times earlier this year, I see no reason why the same shirts should not be used and if AlexsDad joins us even better.If he has spare shirts the new players can use these and use the Betfair logo to cover whatever name is printed. You might not look glamerous Sussex Girl, but trust me you'll be spotted in a crowd or yes even in a train tunnel.

ummm, will have to check I havent chucked it out...

and i thought you'd safe it for best

Right folks we need to make a decision it is only 10 days away.

What are we wearing?

The script on the yellow ones we used in Jan reads 'APAT Team Championships 2011 Betfair Forum and persons name,' so is still current. AlexsDad has spares for new players, so if everyone still has them, I think we should use them.

i have just found my yellow peril tshirts from January stuffed away in a cupboard - apart from my screen name being incorrectly spelt it does indeed do the job.

at least if nothing else, they will see us coming.

they will see you going as well! :D

I'm happy to go with whatever you choose - yellow sounds good!

As long as we know who is who so we can avoid any big collisions..

trust me, you wont miss there yellow shirts

*these

Reckon you need some new logos:

"Playing live because BF/Ongame has crashed again"

"Server down - steal my blinds"

But please send some chip updates - as the forum seems to work fine.

And go for the yellow!

Hi Dinos yes been away from most things for awhile, holidays and setting up a new business as well as running the old one doesnt leave a lot of time for poker. I will make up the team if your one short but only if no-one else can do it. i wouldnt want to play in place of someone who posts on here regulary or plays as i dont and i was a supporter of those who post and play should get first shout on all and any promos offered by bf. So how are we all these days, are bf treating you well and someone said there was a new design on the tables. any good? hope to see u all soon

Hi Gareth

Would love you to come along chief. We are essentially one player down and having you on board would be fab! I will put you down to play and look forward to seeing you.

Welcome aboard Gareth, it'll be great to see you again.
On the question of team shirts, have we made a decision yet? I know The Klup is sorting out shirts for the 'B' team, so come our 'A' team leader show us the way.

ok i will come down - be nice to see people again[:D]

Right Chaps (and chappette).

Decision made we will go with the yellow shirts from january.

I have a spare one which someone can wear and can cover my username with a Betfair stick on badge.

Can we have a shout up for how many of these shirts we actually have!

i have two, neither with my correct username and I think they are both medium (ish)

Nice work Skipper, I've only got one shirt, left the other in Estonia.

OK chaps ... Vaino Tiik has upped the ante here.

He referred to the ILPP team as the "B" team!

So ... I am putting up a $108 MTT ticket as bounty reward for any ILPP team player who knocks out a Vaino and a $33 ticket on all the other Betfair Forum team members (David Underwood, Mark Heathfield, Andy Cairns, Ted Smith & co!!

So ... 2 dogs, iliketrips, Gilfie, Adam & Sara Mason, Kevin Corcoran & Clive Moore - to find these bounties ... just look for the ripe old LEMONS wearing bright yellow shirts that make the Sun look dull! :D)))))

Lol nice one Dinos, typical of you to put up nice prize for your 'B' team,when in reality they are unlikely to collect, much more likely of course is that one of the 'A' team will knockout one of the 'ILPP' team. I have a bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label, that I will give to any of the 'A' team to send the Klup packing. But if he evades capture and makes the final table, he can have it himself. Anyone else on the Betfair Forum 'A' team that knockouts out a 'ILPP' player can have a couple of drinks from the bar. I'm not as generous or rich as Dinos, but much more likely to pay out.

Outstanding Rhino, i will ck the garage and see if i can locate the yellow peril shirts from january, also i will put up £50 for anyone from our team who knocks dinos out and i will double it if u knock him out with 72 and make him show the world

And on another note dinos any chance of that gear that i sent you last yr being returned with or without the logos on, winters coming and i need some extra insulation being a skinny bloke an all[;)]

I will chase it up now!

ok yellow shirts, i have 2 for me, 2 of XL nick flick, 2 of 3xl Fface, 1 of small katos, 1 of XL The Klup (was obviously 6 sizes too small hence it was left behind) thats it im afraid, dont know how helpful they will be. Obviously the klups can be used for loo roll but apart from that, who knows?

check my 15 Oct 11 12:31 post too for extra shirtage

I want a big baggy one so I can put a top underneath because I'll get cold in short sleeves. Can I have one of nickflick's xl please, and are we having a Betfair sticky thingy to put over the name?

'Betfair sticky thingy' - i thought the only Betfair sticky thingy was what kunoba took out of his ear after rooming and wrestling with dinos, im confused, is there another Betfair sticky thingy im not aware of!!![:o][:o]

Yes we are having sticky thingy's to cover the names.

Glad to hear it, or else everyone will be calling me Nick all day haha :o)

This time next week the A team will be in action. Hope we're beating the B team!

are the "nuclear" yellow too?

i am going away for business today so wont be logging on again til probably weds at the earliest, if anything changes can u contact me dinos/thrapps via phone or email and let me know if its urgent, if not i will pick up any changes later in the week. Good luck all for this week whatever ur doing!

I'm worried about this sticky thing. If you are not careful Deb's shirt will read SussexGirl loves NickFlick.

Definitely a drink from me for any Forumite knocking out a ILPP playewr at my next live event. A double for knocking out Dinos!

Nice to know there is a shirt with my name out there. And an honour that SussexGirl is wearing it.

Good luck all, I'll watch the live streaming/community updates.

haha Nick, shame you're not playing yourself though then we could be the NickFlick twins :o)

do u want to play nick ?

yep nick im only playing as a last resort so if u want to play its ok with me to sit out

I think tomorrow is the last day for team amendments as they are doing the seat draw on Friday. I'm really looking forward to this event, should be good fun :o)

Gnasher have left you a message on Facebook sir!

See you all on Saturday, buzzing to see us take this down!

i will be arriving at luton early saturday but then i have to go to heathrow, can someone meet me in luton circa 11am to take the shirts of me as i wont be back until approx 1530, so will miss the first hour, but at least i will beat thrappers as he will be out before im halfway back from heathrow and doing the updates on the laptap.

I'm not planning to hit Luton till about midday, why dont you leave the shirts at the casino Alexsdad, I'm sure they wouldn't mind and you will need to make yourself a member, the casino is open 24 hours.
Despite the banter between the two teams, I sincerely hope that the teams both run good and finish first and second. Both teams have players capable of achieving good results.
I'd like to say a big Thank You to Dinos for again organising the teams and making it all possible.
I'd also like to thank Betfair and I love playing poker for the sponsorship of the event.
The event is a great tournament and is always well run by the APAT and I am proud to be taking part in one of the teams.
I'm looking forward to meeting a few new faces and getting back together with some old friends.

I totally agree with the above. Hope both teams run good (but we run better of course haha). If you leave the shirts with Tighty at the casino they will be perfectly safe there. He is normally there early to set things up. I'm sure Des will be there as well.  They have just posted the table draw on the apat forum. Hope I'm allowed to post the link here, if not can someone please delete it. They have asked if we can all be there by 1.45 at the latest to sign in and have team photo, so looks like ours might be one short.

So looking forward to this and a big thank you to Dinos and Betfair :o)

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=9807.0;topicseen

Thank you appollo and sussexgirl - but credit should also go to iliketrips & Aj Cairns who planted the seed.

I also would not be true if I didn't say that I would be happier the quicker the ermm .. cough cough ... so called 'A' Team is eliminated. :D   

Just so you all know, Im not leaving Grantham before 11.15 so i wont make it there before 1.30. If im running late, thrappers will be informed! Travel well all and look forward to seeing you.

Think you mis-hit the key there and meant to hit B instead :o)

I have a friend who lives in Grantham. I'm coming up there next weekend. Didn't realise B Team rif-raf lived there too!!

ok will do and will hope to see you all there, im staying at the icon just round the corner, anyone else?

Champions Elect
Andy Cairns   11 seat 8
David Underwood   12 seat 6
Mark Heathfield   13 seat 10
Vaino Tiik   14 seat 2
Ted Smith   15 seat 2
Debbie Kimm   4 seat 10
Mark Porter   5 seat 1
Gareth Fry   2 seat 9

Chappie Dog food
Rob Barker   2 seat 3
Constandinos Patrinos   16 seat 3
Adam Mason   15 seat 5
Sara Mason   6 seat 9
Ian Matthews   19 seat 1
Barry Guildford   14 seat 5
Kevin Corcoran   17 seat 9
Clive Moore   9 seat 7

As much as I would have loved to play I was not available this weekend. My little un (James 17) visiting as its half term. As a divorcee any time with my boys will always take priority over poker.

Apologies for not posting earlier though I did chat briefly online at the table on wednesday.

The beer/drink offer is still on. Also extended to any of the ILPP team knocking out Dinos too, and to Dinos for organising the entries. Also other forumites posting.

Hope to meet some of you again at a live event soon (so that you can cash in your drink token), as well as those that I have not met before (mainly because my only live tourney was that Betfair live London event where I made quite a few friends by being the bubble boy). You all seem friendly enough on line.

Enjoy the weekend all of you!

As for team photos/lateness: both teams probably need an inflatable dummy/doll or even those bright yellow bananas and put the yellow shirt with sticky name tag on so you can quickly find your seats.

Of course, if I were playing, i'd be so tight early on anyway that I'd have same amount of chips as not being there. I'd be waiting for those suited aces.

And apologies for not being so chatty lately. I've had the flu. And had to take more sick leave in October than in the whole of my working life. It's not been good for any on-line poker. I could not concentrate, and have done really silly things like ignoring add-ons or even forgetting to rebuy and then wondering what has happened.

My arrangements for this weekend. Get to King's Cross by 10am (no Victoria Line)! New Malden-Waterloo-Euston and walk. James has no direct train from  Norwich to Liverpool Street, so he has to go via Cambridge.
Meet and get back to New Malden. Drop of gear. Ensure he and I have footie gear. he definitely has 90 minutes. I'll probably have to walk through 90 minutes too. Get a lift to an away match in Chertsey area for 2ko. Back to pub in New malden, chat with football friends (we run two teams). Order food and watch Norwich v Liverpool.

No doubt when we get home he will have X factor on and I'll be on-line reading forum postings here (and on APAT). And then match of the day.

Sunday morning will be breakfast and Rugby World Cup. James will be at Secombe Centre in Sutton for final rehersals (he has volunteered to do back stage scenery work for the week). This is the Scout County Gang Show.
James will no doubt chat to everyone about his 3 weeks at the World jamboree in Denmark, Sweden and Poland during the summer. I'm going to have sunday lunch and watch the Man Utd v Man  City game.

I'll then be picking up on-line how you all are getting on.


James and I will find some time during the week to get the Betfair WSOPE chipset out and play some deep stack Heads Up NLHE. He'll have all his poker gear on, his cool shades for spending summer in lots of sunlight, the shirt, his headphones/music. I'll not even look at my cards and get my reads from his actions. His feet tapping is a dead give away.

As it seems there are a couple of shirts with my name on (which is better than a couple of bullets with my name on). After the event can one of you post one of them to me?

Even though loud - sounds just the item I need. And seem's as iconic as one of those legendary Betfair hoodies.

Thanks.

Nick

Good luck to all have  fun i would love that i could go to !

Dino, go get that captain pimp for me please

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Good luck peeps

Hello from Luton.

Sorry but no pictures (pictures weren't even working yesterday)

Just reached the 1st break and we are down to 6 already with Vaino and AJ Cairns both out.

Other stacks are as follows... (starting stacks 10k)

eachie 21k
Gnashers 9500
Sussex Girl] 10500
MPorter 9450
Alexsdad 9500
Me 4300


The set seems good but yet another venue with no Wifi so luckily have brought my dongle but thats enough about Klup.

I would tell you how the ILPP team is getting on but I dont care!

My team have respectfully requested that we do not update the forum as it would be quite insulting for the losers.  As such we will leave it to the losers to tell you what's happening. Final insult will keep you all up to date.

Talking of losers, how many chips has Klup got?

Same as me feck all.

5 left

Eachie 17
MPorter 6
Sussex Girl 6
Alexs Dad 8
Gnashers 13 (just doubled up)

Good luck us as we are going to need it.

Ok,

2nd Break

Gnashers 23k
Eachie 5.3k
MPorter 8.4k
Sussex Girl 5.4k
AlexsDad 8.3k

come on ILPP team

sprinkle some lucky aftershave ;)



weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee glglglgl

3 left now...

Gnashers 18k
SussexGirl 9.7k
MPorter 13k

100 players left

update please .....

Bf Forum team, first team knocked out.
ILPP team, second team knocked out

Yes not one player in the top 50...

EPIC FAIL!!!

god we were poor
it was not hard to find our team at the curry break they were all up the bar..
next time we should turn up with Alexs dad 3 hours late maybe we would last 4 hours:-)))

Sigh, that went well.

I take small pride on winning the last longer for the 'A' team... fitting that I was knocked out by the last remaining player for the 'B' team.

I was enjoying a pre match drink at the pub down the road from the venue, when '2 dogs' walked in, the first thing he said was you're heading for a fall pal. He was of course refering to all the banter that has gone off on this forum and facebook regarding the 'A' team v 'B' team challenge. He was quite right, a good judge. About an hour later I was one of the first out, most of the damage being done when my raise with 66 was called by 74, I hit trips but he made a straight on the river, sigh. I was followed unfortunately my one after the other of both the Betfair Forum and ILPP team players. The requirement to get on the scoreboard was to get to the final 50 of the tournament. Not one player from either side managed this. So We can't even claim an honorable 0-0 draw, because in reality it was a massive defeat for both sides. It was very disappointing result but on the upside the tournament was as ever excellently organised, the company fanastic, it was great to make some new friends, as well as renew old aquaintances.
One final achievement over the weekend was when Keith S (late reserve for ILPP) took a 6 way split about 4.30am in the £30 freezeout tournament winning £400.

jeez not sure ians mrs would have waited that long - i went out that in 10th for a min cash, and a load if earache for ian

how would you like your 10% Vaino? 

LOL ... mporter:  I take small pride on winning the last longer for the 'A' team... fitting that I was knocked out by the last remaining player for the 'B' team.
Good to know that as I now have a bounty to pay and will take joy from that!!

Appollo ... remind Keith S that he needs to share his side event prize with the rest of the ILPP team!

On a serious note, thanks to all who took the time out and made the effort to join in at the weekends festivities. Thank you also to Betfair and finally to any apat organiser who might come across this thread, congrats on a well organised event at an excellent choice of venues!

Back home after a brilliant weekend. Just sorry we didn't manage to actually win anything. If there was a prize for brightest team shirts we would have won that though, and we were nicknamed The Banana Splits lol. Think I came about 70th and Mark did well to last as the longest player in the A team. Just to mention I went out with AK again, for the 4th tournament running. I'm planning on folding this hand at every opportunity in the future. The sickening thing was I had just doubled up the hand before with KK!

Just wanted to say a big thank you to Betfair and Dinos for organising the Betfair team. I really hope we enter this event again next year and think the bright yellow shirts made us lose concentration. That's why we didn't win the event haha. Can I put my name down for next year please.  Fantastic venue and event, thanks again.

Same here nice one dino & betfair had a great time on my table ,and a good day all round.

AJ, get Ian and Mrs Ian a drink, have a arf yourself and I'll the rest in installments

Well what a sexy team we looked but unfortunately we played utterly pooh!

As others have said big thankyous to APAT for a well organised and enjoyable tourney, to Betfair poker for kindly paying our entry fees and to Klup for being a fat Greek fish!

I really can't remember what on earth I was laughing at in that pic but I'm cringing now. Dunno about the Banana Splits, I looked more like the Cheshire Cat!

Sussexgirl ... you were laughing because someone yelled out the word "champions"

Thank god i was late, missed the pic

Its ok Gareth he had a wide angle lens!

Was great meeting some of the team at the weekend, I played for the APAT Forum Team on the same table as Ted (Gnasher) before his exit. Already know Debs (sussexgirl) and Mark (mporter) so was brilliant to catch up with them as well. Hope to see you all again next year, if not before.

Cheers
Grant

And here's a wee pic of Ted at our table

or maybe not, don't know why it didn't work lol. OK this time, here he is, next to Wayne Parker and my favourite dealer Raj

nice pic of the lazy so and so.

was a great weekend, and if selected hope to see many of my friends next year.

alexsdad, I didn't even get to say hello to you, so sorry. How bad is that for a fellow team-mate. Did you disappear quickly or something?

Just in case Debs thinks she's escaping :~)


and to balance it out here's one of me

oh great, thanks Grant for the miserable looking photo lol. Couldn't you at least have found a smiley one of me!