The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) has delighted recreational poker players everywhere by announcing the dates of the 2025 World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP). Known in the APAT community as “the worlds,” the WCOAP is a week-long festival featuring bankroll-friendly tournaments across various formats and variants. Players flock to the WCOAP in droves, hoping to become a world champion in the amateur realm and capture a WCOAP bracelet and one of APAT’s famous medals.
Although the 2025 WCOAP schedule is still being finalized, the dates and venue are set in stone. Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham will host the 2025 WCOAP between August 20-25, with the International Team Event kicking the festival off in style on the opening day.
The International Team Event is the only confirmed event so far because APAT is searching for team captains. Up to 23 countries will compete for the team title. At the time of writing, only England, Switzerland, and Wales have captains in place, meaning 20 spots are available. Teams are made up of four players, including the captain, and those players earn points for their team based on their finishing positions in the event.
Last year, 11 teams entered the fray. The Netherlands ran away with proceedings, accumulating 307 points, 54 more than second-placed Switzerland and 61 more than bronze medallists Wales.
If you want to become a team captain, you can check out the available teams on the APAT website or contact Tom Brady via the official APAT Facebook page.
2024 WCOAP Results
The 2024 WCOAP saw 22 events pack the vast Dusk Till Dawn cardroom. Open to all, the WCOAP tournaments have affordable buy-ins aimed at players at the more recreational end of the scale. That said, the £210 WCOAP Main Event saw 518 players build a £90,650 prize pool, which champion Nick Bowyer claimed £15,000 from.
Similarly, the £350 buy-in High Roller awarded its worthy champion, Gholamreza Moghaddam, an impressive £10,780.
APAT regular Dave Howard was in incredible form at the 2024 WCOAP. First, he cashed in the £70 Mini Main Event, finished fifth in the £70 Triple Stud event, then won both the £70 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout and the £140 Limit Championship. Will you have similar results this August?
Expanding the table below reveals the results from all 22 events that made up a spectacular 2024 WCOAP at Dusk Till Dawn.
Upcoming APAT Events
You do not have to wait until August to sample a taste of what APAT events offer. The long-running tour, now in its 18th season, heads to the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin in March, where a €150 buy-in tournament makes up part of the Irish Poker Tour’s St. Patrick’s €100K For €100 festivities.
Then in May, APAT goes international and appears on the bustling Malta Poker Festival schedule. Its €120 buy-in event runs from May 3-4.
Although yet to be confirmed, you should expect to see some sort of online poker promotion between APAT and Grosvenor Poker. The two poker giants have partnered up this year and have already given APAT players more than £3,000 in added prizes via the APAT Winter Leaderboards. Watch this space.
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