What has happened to the APL poker in this region? Suddenly, Bathurst only has 1 free event per week. Even Oberon has pulled out. Our teams in Bathurst cannot possibly compete for Regional Leader, Weekly Top 10 or even POTY awards. It's become the secondary poker to the now booming NPL.
The APL Franchisee owner Shane Mcdowal gave no prizes whatsover this season to the Regional Leader or any of the venue leaders. At the regional playoffs, the only thing on offer from the APL was 9 State champs tickets. The Las Vegas trips that were drawn were given by the venues, as were the Harvey Norman vouchers in Orange, and the bar fridges in Bathurst. Well done to those clubs!
The Franchisee owner (at very conservative figures) made at least $30,000 profit from the Bathurst/Orange area, but has given back nothing to the people that gives him this income - the players. He has turned a large franchise into a tiny franchise in just a matter of weeks, and seems to have no interest in trying to gain new venues for the people of Bathurst.
I personally feel that the APL doesn't give a rat's arse about us anymore, so I will now be concentrating my efforts on NPL.
Shane, would it have killed you to throw a couple of grand to the winners of the region?
APL - R.I.P.
Monday, July 9, 2007
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it must come as a shock to the bathurst folk going from 5 events a week to one but instead of whinging about the lack of events why not trave 30mins down the road and challenge the best from here on a weekly basis, but now you see why it was hard for orange players to claim regional honors when we only had 3 events a week compared to you 6 so just deal with it(no pun)
1. The best certainly isn't at Orange.
2. Chris, you could never hope to win regional lead even if there was 100 events a week right next door to you.
3. I am dealing with it, I'm playing NPL.
1. he said the best from here ie orange not the best in the region
2. well thats true, and we cant get away from that
3. apl is still the best when it comes to TD's prizes for 1st 2nd and 3rd on the night compared with pat who well shit what cant i say that will get me in trouble ohh yeah he cant run a tournment to save his life and chris ill see u in orange every chance i get
damn diz you still mad we got your 2 best players hey? 5 hats and the wizzadd aint nuthin but tip rats and cowie is a str8 pussy wont back up all that shit he be talkin NPL aint shit its your dip shits fault the APL folded in bathurst, you dont support the venues that hold the events and the NPL will follow in the same footsteps, you dicks turn up 5 mins before an event starts dont buy no drinks leave str8 after you get out and you wonder why the clubs wont hold your events, but if its such a drama for you cowie why not start your own poker league you can call it the BWBPL (Broke Whingin Bitches Poker League)
also "diz" i see that you have played 137 APL event for the grand total of 1 victory thats an amazing strike rate man i definatly cant fuck with you on the felt
u dumb fuck learn to count i have won 4, two in a row also 3rd in the region at the moment and where r u i cant be bothered to turn the page so i dont know where u r... in the last season i was 15th and the season before 4th where r u compared to me even with averages man dont talk to me, and wizzadd and cowie r the same person
Fuck man sensation you seem to be a keyboard warrior how tough are you on the internet. Cowie's made a valid point here about the lack of support from the APL in Bathurst which is true, aside from the regular events the APL has done nothing to provide incentive to players to strive to consistently achieve at their local venues. It really isnt a problem with the APL as a company but rather Bathurst management which has just kept plodding along with the same old tired events with no extra "special" events or bonuses that the other regions have been getting.
Also the point you were making about Bathurst having 6 events... where the fuck did that come from, Bathurst this season had a grand total of 3 regular events, the two Panthers games and the golf club. Each of those were undercut by NPL's later start time, deeper stacks and lack of rake. NPL has dominated a region that it literally should not have had even a tiny stake in due to extremely poor management decisions by the APL. In Newcastle, this season the players in that region have had access to no less than 15 WTTOC tickets. That's this season. We have had one in the last 12 months. Bathurst has been taken over by the NPL and my friends and I are actually leaning towards more and more homegames because they lack the complications and politics of the big freerolls (not to mention some of the ridiculous bingo play).
Just accept that in a nation where pub poker is experiencing a ridiculous boom with players and coverage increasing exponentially the Bathurst and Orange region's APL is lagging behind.
ill adress both of you retards in the one post first off diz youve played twice as many events as me and if you do have 4 wins thats only one more then me and ive played half the events and i dont give 2 shits where i finish in the regional leaderboard as im lucky to play 20 events a season
as for stylez you wanna call me an internet warrior and that im only tough talkin on the net well why not get at me next time you are in orange and see if ill back up the shit im talkin now, i dont know who the fuck you are or what you look like but it wont be hard to find out so you best be gettin at me when you see me because i ask questions second muthafucker
Team T calls peace nottttttttttttttttt
listen sensation don't bring points and crap into this your team is holding u up while your drowning wish i knew why ?? but lets have a look your average last season it was 23.53
and don't say its cause u didn't play as many games as other people i played only 23 games and got a average of just over 49 ( me bragging lol) and the last thing is Team T is the best team in poker anyone up for the challenge to take the team on in heads up
Advice for New Era be nice when you let go of sensation be nice don't let him drown give him something to old on to or maybe be smart and let him go full stop Team
T Kicking of ( cause i cant use dice cause iam not a gangsta lol)
Hey Tamin, if you didnt realise it before you will now, i created team New Era so i wont be going anywhere, and since your into the past the season before that my average was 46 so whats your point?
the only reason you are a one man team is not because you choose to be but more to the fact that no one likes you or would want to be your teammate
Dude, who the hell are you that you come and just talk shit about people that you don't even know? Don't you have like... friends to hang out with or something?
where the FUCK do u get off thinking the stuff that u have said 1. had almost the same average as u and i dont care where i finish either but ur team mates do chase the points like mofos. those poker sluts will leave u like they leave every other team in the region, and how r u going to back up the talk on the net by getting ace or wolf to bet us in orange u have no game and the only reason ace and wolf r part of ur team is so they can be part of a team that is in orange that has no chance of betting the opc that right u r even worse than the opc and the suck
Where is the love?
hey mauler man where joshen with you but u have attacked us, cant u take a joke
Nice mate real nice i was just kidding around but u made it personal pretty low mate as many people know i dont put up with alot of shit but ur not even worth my time!!!!
hey mark your post went off on a tangent, anyways i agree with many of your sentiments about the APL compared to other regions, yes we are getting screwed and it is a shame cause the APL is the best franchise nation wide. I do however agree that the players in Bathurst are to blame as well due to the lack of patronage of the venues, i have friends who work there that can back that comment up.
Shane McDowall has a lot to answer for, cause there is no doubt that poker is booming and we are being left behind, our region has some very loyal players and it is dis-heartening to see other regions get big events eg: Dubbo had 200 runners on Sunday for 2 WTTOC seats, the O.P.C was represented whilst i know 5 Hats were at Leura as well. New Error to my knowledge went nowhere as they are true free-rollers.
All the best in the NPL, hopefully we will cross paths on the felt soon.
and here u are again sensation still bad mouthing everyone you must be a pretty good player 2 be bad mouthin every1
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