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The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) has released the full schedule for its live events in 2023.

The WCOAP Main Event drew in a crowd of 1,751 players to partypoker, each paying $109 for the chance to become the tournament’s champion. This field meant the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool was surpassed by $21,500, which is an incredible result for amateur poker. Nobody at the final table walked away with less than $2,116 for the initial investment. Julian Selinger collected this sum when his 6.5 big blind shove with pocket deuces was called by Shane Pollington in the big blind with ace-ten. An ace on the river busted Selinger in ninth place. Stephen Prandstatter was the next player ...

The APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) has reached the halfway stage and the big results just keep on coming. This is what’s gone on in the WCOAP over the past couple of days. Adam Snee Wins High Roller Championship The prizes in the $265 buy-in High Roller Championship event were definitely on the large side and it was Adam Snee who banked the biggest of those chunky prizes, the festival’s first five-figure prize. Snee topped a field of 284 entrants and the British grinder saw his $265 investment swell to $13,850. Snee defeated Netherlands’ Hugo Allen when th...

$750,000 guaranteed APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP), the $55 buy-in 6-Max Knockout Championship. A bumper crowd of 1,456 players bought into this freezeout event and Totuli outlasted them all. Half the $75,000 prize pool went onto the heads of each entrant with the remaining 50% shared between the top 221 finishers. Estonia’s Guillermo Gordo was the unfortunate soul who burst the money bubble after crashing out in 222nd place. Gordo collected $31.25 worth of bounties along the way so didn’t leave empty-handed. Nobody at the seven-handed final table walked away wit...

Wales Beats Germany to Win Amateur Poker World Team Championship 3 Min read They’re celebrating in Wales this week thanks to an impressive performance by some of the country’s top amateur poker players. The Welsh flag is flying high after four of the country’s amateur poker stars won the 2021 APAT World Team Championship. (Image: BT) As part of the Amateur Poker Association and Tour’s World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP), 10 teams lined up for an international showdown on Partypoker. When the final chips fell, Team Wales emerged victorious. To make the victory even sweeter, th...