With all of the new tours available, it's hard to choose which ones to play in, much less which ones to watch!

The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT), in association with PokerStars.com and PokerPlayer Magazine, launched this week. APAT looks set to promise a bright future for the amateur, or up and coming, poker player.

The APAT is the worldÂ’s first combined Poker Association and Tour and the opening tour event has already been arranged. The plush Broadway casino in Birmingham is the venue for the English Amateur Poker Championship on September 23rd and 24th. The tournament offers 10,000 starting chips to players and therefore should be a very "poker player friendly" event.

Season one will feature seven national and international events culminating in European and World Amateur Poker Championships. Each APAT event winner will receive a cash prize, an engraved Championship Cup and an expenses paid European Poker Tour or World Series Of Poker main event entry.

Link.


. . .