APAT Announce European Amateur Poker Championship

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London, August 3rd, 2007 – The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (“APAT”), in conjunction with Blue Square, today announced details of the sixth live event in its critically acclaimed tour.

APAT is the world’s first combined Poker Association and Tour, and will hold the European Amateur Poker Championship at the Grosvenor G Casino in Luton, over the bank holiday weekend, August 25th to 27th.

The entry fee will be £75.00 and the winner will take home an expenses paid entry to the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final, worth up to $8,000, in addition to the European Amateur title and a substantial cash prize. Players will not be required to pay a registration fee for the event and APAT standardised rules will be in operation at Grosvenor.

Players will start the event with 10,000 in chips, and a structure designed to encourage creative play throughout.

300 seats are being made available and these will be allocated in the following way:

• A seat option will be available for every $160 in the prize pool, via one online satellite at Blue Square, taking place on Monday August 6th at 8pm sharp. This event will feature a $20 + $2 entry fee. The Blue Square poker client can be downloaded via www.bluesq.com. The APAT satellite can be found under “Scheduled Tournaments / Satellites”.

• The remaining seats will be allocated via a direct buy in at www.apat.com on Wednesday August 8th at around 7.00pm.

The event will feature two day ones and players will have the opportunity to nominate on which opening day they would prefer to play. Day options will be granted on a first come first served basis as there will be a requirement to have an equal number of players on each day one.

APAT members from several European countries have expressed their intention to travel to Luton, ensuring that this will be the largest and most international APAT tournament field to date.

In season one, APAT features seven national and international events culminating in the World Amateur Poker Championship. Each APAT event winner receives a cash prize, an engraved Championship Cup and an expenses paid Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, European Poker Tour or World Series of Poker main event entry.

Details of the APAT World Amateur Poker Championship will be announced later in August, where the winner will take a Blue Square sponsored expenses paid entry to the main event at the World Series of Poker.

APAT Membership can be obtained online at www.apat.com.

Further Information For Editors

Daniel Phillips was the winner of the inaugural APAT event, the English Amateur Championship in September 2006 and played in the EPT Copenhagen event as part of his winner’s prize.

Max Ward was the winner of the UK Amateur Championship in December 2006 and will play in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event as part of his winner’s prize.

Lee Mulligan was the winner of the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship in February 2007 and played in the EPT Dortmund event as part of his winner’s prize.

Phil Starrs was the winner of the Scottish Amateur Championship in April 2007 and will play in the season four Barcelona EPT event as part of his winner’s prize.

Jacques Kieft was the winner of the Irish Amateur Championship in June 2007 and will play in a season four EPT event as part of his winner’s prize.

For images or additional information on the Amateur Poker Association & Tour, contact Richard Prew via media@apat.com, or visit the Press section at www.apat.com.

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