Constitution

1. Name

The name of the organisation shall be: UK AMATEUR POKER PLAYERS for league and large Title Tournament activities hereinafter known as 'THE LEAGUE' and UK ASSOCIATION OF POKER PLAYERS for membership club purposes, hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘UKAPP’.

2. Objectives

The club is established to pursue the following objectives:

a) Participation in ‘THE LEAGUE texas Hold’em pub League’

b) The organisation, management and development of THE LEAGUE, a national network of independent pub league nights available to play at for all members of UKAPP.

c) THE LEAGUE offers its members and venues:

i) club members the opportunity to play for the purpose of establishing regular competitive play for the UKAPP leagues affiliated leagues and venues via points acrued across all affilaited venues and events except finals and large title tournaments.

ii)) Provide a greater and higher level of opportunity to play in THE LEAGUE for its members.

iii) Promoting and maintaining the highest standards of technical competence and overall standards in UKAPP and THE LEAGUE events in the public image .

iv) Upholding a reasonable standard to the rules of Texas Hold’em.

v)) Providing equal opportunities for successful participation by all section of the community over 18 years of age.

vi) The promotion of Texas hold‘em at grass roots level throughout public houses and social clubs on the United Kingdom Mainland.

vii) Creation of required infrastructure to enable the functionality of the above, starting with the inaugural National Executive committee hereinafter referred to as the ‘NEC’

3. Affiliations

UKAPP in whole shall be affiliated to by its members and THE LEAGUE is affiliated to by its member venues/leagues, both are published on the UKAPP website after meeting approval by the NEC for THE LEAGUE and the Venue Manager Tournament Directors and Affiliate Committee hereinafter referred to as the VMTDAC for UKAPP, in part at the appropriate level. further league particiaption requirements are listed in section 15 of this constitution.

4. Membership

All UKAPP members are subject and bound to the Constitution of the Club Membership and its regulations.

a) Membership of the club is open to all individuals provided they comply with this Constitution.

b) No person shall be refused membership on the grounds of race, colour, creed, religion, sex, sexual preference, impairment or disability.

c) All applications for membership shall be accompanied by the appropriate membership subscription, which shall thereafter be payable on demand.

d) After 3 calendar months of continued membership, Each member shall be entitled to attend and vote at the UKAPP Annual General Meeting.

e) 1 Member per affiliated venue may be elected or nominated to serve on the Venue Managers and TD Affiliate committee (VMTDAC), this is usually the affiliated venues poker night organiser, designated staff or landlord.

f) 1 Member of any sub committee will be elected or nominated to serve on the NEC as a non executive member.

g) Each member, on application for membership, will be given a member reference number.

h) Each member, when membership their application is complete, will be placed in a regional league, application to move regional leagues is possible only at the end of a season with no less than 14 days notice prior to the end of the current season

5. Suspension, Refusal or Termination of Membership

Cheating, Bullying, Problematic Issues, interpersonal relationships between members breaking down, abuse to fellow players or UKAPP representatives carrying out events or unwanted aggressive criticism of methods in organising future events, and such like that may arise from negative behaviour WILL NOT be tolerated, We do not employ people as such, as we are a non profit club, but we do have appointed persons that collate data, run events and maintain a degree of responsibility to enable the club and league to function orderly, Needling, disrespect and provocation towards any representative will be dealt by means of a verbal warning in the first instance, a written warning in the second and finally complete dismissal, instant termination of club membership given severity of the incident forthwith can also be applied by agreement of all NEC members, should any further problems arise after a written warning, at the discretion of the NEC, a ruling shall be sought and if applicable a hearing made with NEC appointing a neutral independent sub committee to resolve the outcome, this will include both parties concerned or multiples of if the issue is of a group nature, witnesses and representation of the aggrieved or accused, this may be relied upon to achieve an outcome suitable for all and governed by this constitution in practice.

Venues Ultimately control who the responsible person is that is in charge of running poker in each venue, UKAPP does not have any power to remove these persons from their roles unless they are found to be operating unconstitutionally in which case further consultation betwen ukapp and the affiliate venue management will take place with agreement of the NEC.

a) The NEC shall be entitled to:

Refuse any application for membership on the grounds that such membership would be prejudicial to the objectives of the club as set out in Rule 2 of this constitution.

For good and sufficient reason, based on evidence, to refuse renewal of any existing membership or terminate or suspend any membership provided that the member concerned shall have the right to be heard by the full management committee before a final decision is made other than grounds for instant dismissal as a member, if this occurs that member shall remain suspended from taking part until the hearing.

b) The member may apply for reinstatement at the next AGM or a time period set by the NEC.

c) Any member under suspension shall be barred from taking part in any event under the control of UKAPP.

Affiliated venues may choose to allow banned players to still take part in events, if this occurs then the venue manager must still report the results as they stand by including and inputting the banned party in the games returning results but the banned party afterwards will not appear on any ukapp material published as thier score is nullified upon such a ban being implemented

6. General Meetings

a) the AGM shall be held each year at such time and place as determined by the management committee, at approximately twelve monthly intervals.

At each AGM the following business shall be conducted:

i)	Receive and confirm the minutes of the previous AGM.
ii)	Presentation of the clubs financial accounts for the year.
iii)	Presentation of clubs projected financial situation for the forthcoming year, and the setting of all fees
iv)	Presentation of Chairpersons report.
v)	Any other business brought before the meeting which has been submitted in writing to the secretary not less than one calendar month prior to the AGM, and any other business deemed relevant by the NEC

　

b) Notice for an AGM shall be a minimum of one calendar month.

c) A quorum for an AGM shall be 5 members.

d) Notice for a GM shall be one week and always held at the alternative 6 monthly interval to the AGM.

e) Notice for an EGM, emergency general meeting, shall be of a minimum of 24 hours notice, and stating the business to be discussed.

7. Rules for NEC Meetings

a) A minimum of seven days notice shall be given to executive members, except in the event of an EGM where the notice shall be 24 hours.

b) The Chairperson, or in his/her absence a member selected by the meeting, will take the Chair.

c) All members shall register with the Secretary prior to the start of the meeting.

d) On internal matters Each NEC member shall have one vote. Except the chair who retains two votes As The Chair may exercise a casting vote at any time, if this casting vote creates a tied vote amongst the NEC members then a poll shall be raised and put to the VMTDAC to cast one single collective vote at a later date unless the subject is immediately actionable

e) Members attending meetings who are not on the NEC/VMTDAC may be invited to vote on certain matters that arise.

f) The quorum shall be two thirds of those eligible to vote.

g) The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings and record all proceedings and resolutions to which all relevant subjects arising are published at each AGM for the previous year.

8. Appointment of Members to The National Executive Committee

a) The National Executive Committee are elected officials, any vacant roles should be provided by ballot at the AGM and shall consist of the following executive officers whose roles are defined as per thier designated task.

i)	Chairperson RUSS COCHRAN
ii)	Secretary
iv)	Treasurer
v)	Up to 10 collective executive members from the VMTDAC: NOT STOOD

　

b) All the above shall be entitled to one vote each at an AGM, except the chairman who carries two votes

c) The NEC may appoint any sub-committees it may deem necessary to deal with the matters of the club. The proceedings of all such committees shall report to the NEC by a representative elected by that sub-committee.

d) Election or appointment of members to vacant posts on the NEC is achieved by members submitting a statement of interest in writing and then through a ballot taken at an AGM of every member present, candidates must also have been proposed by 2 members. certain limitations on appointment are as follows: spouses or life-partners of existing committee members may not stand as there is an immediate conflict of interest, some roles require certain attributes of a person that may not be effictively carried out by some as deemed fit for the role by the NEC, candidates must have been an active member (7 games per season) of UKAPP for one year in order to run for an elected commitee role, any member with current CCJ's bankruptcy orders, previous or unspent criminal convictions may not run for an elected position. the NEC shall deem members or representatives of ukapp that already conduct internal roles within the club as a priority for placement on the NEC through thier past and current input to the club.

e) Members of the NEC hold their post indefinitely until they stand down from their post in writing

f) No members individually or as part of a group are permitted to remove or attempt to remove any member of the NEC such action would result in a lifetime ban from UKAPP

9. Complaints Procedure

a) If a Member or a group of Members find cause to complain about the direct actions or inactions of a committe member, representative of ukapp or a fellow club member(s) they should do so in writing

b) We cannot uphold any form of oral complaint by bringing it to the committee's attention without the full understanding of any situation and evidence if required, when regarding rise of any complaint, as consultation of all parties will take place upon a complaint being raised and further to that shall be partially dealt with in the same way as rule 5 of this constitution.　

10. Data Protection Policy

UKAPP needs to keep certain information on its members and representatives to carry out its day to day operations, to meet its objectives and to comply with legal obligations. by playing in the league from 1/4/18 you are agreeing to GDPR compliance of this policy

 

The organisation is committed to ensuring any personal data will be dealt with in line with the Data Protection Act 2018. To comply with the law, personal information will be collected and used fairly, stored safely and not disclosed to any other person unlawfully.  

 

The aim of this policy is to ensure that everyone handling personal data is fully aware of the requirements and acts in accordance with data protection procedures. This document also highlights key data protection procedures within the organisation.

 

In line with the Data Protection Act 2018 principles, UKAPP will ensure that personal data will:

Be obtained fairly and lawfully and shall not be processed unless certain conditions are met

Be obtained for a specific and lawful purpose

Be adequate, relevant but not excessive

Be accurate and kept up to date

Not be held longer than necessary

Be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects

Be subject to appropriate security measures

Not to be transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA)

 

The definition of ‘Processing’ is obtaining, using, holding, amending, disclosing, destroying and deleting personal data. This includes some paper based personal data as well as that kept on computer.

 

The Personal Data Guardianship Code suggests five key principles of good data governance on which best practice is based. The organisation will seek to abide by this code in relation to all the personal data it processes, i.e. 

Accountability: those handling personal data follow publicised data principles to help gain public trust and safeguard personal data. 

Visibility: Data subjects should have access to the information about themselves that an organisation holds. This includes the right to have incorrect personal data corrected and to know who has had access to this data. 

Consent: The collection and use of personal data must be fair and lawful and in accordance with the DPA’s eight data protection principles. Personal data should only be used for the purposes agreed by the data subject. If personal data is to be shared with a third party or used for another purpose, the data subject’s consent should be explicitly obtained.

Access: Everyone should have the right to know the roles and groups of people within an organisation who have access to their personal data and who has used this data. 

Stewardship: Those collecting personal data have a duty of care to protect this data throughout the data life span.

 

UKAPP processes the following personal information: NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, ADDRESS, POSTCODE, EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER of which this Personal information is kept in the site database and at no other location

 

The stewardship and groups of responsible people within the organisation who will process personal information are: Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, the core NEC and venue managers

 

Under the Data Protection Guardianship Code, overall responsibility for personal data in UKAPP a not for profit organisation rests with the governing body.

 

The governing body delegates tasks to the Data Controller. The Data Controller is responsible for:

understanding and communicating  obligations under the Act

identifying potential problem areas or risks

producing clear and effective procedures

notifying and annually renewing notification to the Information Commissioner, plus notifying of any relevant interim changes

 

This policy will be reviewed annually

 

11. Finance

a) The income and property of the club, however derived, shall be priority applied towards the objectives costs and overheads of the club as set out in Rule 2, of this constitution any remaining finances left over from the previous financial year shall be distributed accordingly at that time by means of a series of events held across the network, or purchases made for the benefit of its affiliate venues and members.

b) The club shall have the power to raise money by means of member subscriptions from each attendance to T.I.L.T series events as determined by the NEC at the Annual General Meeting, at present this is set at £3 per attendance as a good cause

c) All monies shall be lodged in a bank account in the name of the club.

d) The Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary shall be authorised signatories to sign cheques on behalf of the club, of which two signatories shall be needed.

e) The financial year of the club shall run from 1st January to 31st December

12. Amendments to the Constitution

This Constitution may only be amended by a proposal from members passed to the NEC through a VMTDAC representative to be considered as a valid proposal, at least one calendar month in advance of the AGM, to be voted on by a majority of members present and entitled to vote at an Annual General Meeting. Or a motion to amend the constitution may be passed directly at any GM by the NEC if it is deemed to be immediately actionable

13. The Dissolution Of The Club.

a) Any resolution to dissolve the club may be passed at any General Meeting or National Executive committee Meeting provided that:

i) at least SEVEN days notice in advance of the proposed resolution shall be given to the secretary

ii) the club may only be dissolved with a whole majority margin upon vote only by the National Executive committee members.

b) Upon dissolution of the club, after all club and Trustee liabilities have been cleared, all remaining financial and material assets shall be given to the inaugural chairman, inaugural secretary and inaugural treasurer 50% 25% 25% respectively.

14. UKAPP General Activities

a) All activities shall be published on the UKAPP website for every member to have the chance to participate in.

b) UKAPP remains impartial towards players choice of venues and where to play, however some venues and events require pre registration, UKAPP members are obliged to comply with the pre-registration procedure and it is their responsibility to do so, failure to do so may result in players being excluded from the game they failed to pre-register for correctly.

c) UKAPP will maintain an 80% minimum amount of league venues where games are held to be accessible to disabled and impaired members, some venues are simply not licenced correctly due to physical access/egress/traffic or accessible, all venues are vetted in a procedure outlined by the NEC.

d) UKAPP will hold the league grand final quarterly

15. Standardised rules and league participation requirements

Players wil be subject to each individual venues set of rules but scoring and ukapp league system has to be uniformed in reporting

a) during the course of a season, only TILT events are allowed to be held at double points.

b) Bust outs MUST be recorded as part of any league event

c) New players to any affiliated venue must be made clear of any varient rules before play commences

d) any events that offer a top up or second chance rebuy to players in the same stake buyin to players record bust outs at the final point the player busts and credits the person who busted them accordingly

e) Results of games must be reported and input by 6pm the following day so that the table remains displayed correctly and as currently up to date as possible, HARDCOPY RESULT SHEETS ARE TO BE KEPT BY THE TD FOR A MINIMUM OF ONE FORTNIGHT FOLLOWING A GAME, if any errors are made in the chronology of the recorded results when inputting they can be edited but pending league investigation of the correct outcome, the league reserves the right to reject any claim from a player to the results being different other than the reported declared result at the point it was uploaded by the ukapp TD/affiliate returning the result.

f) Usually only One games results per venue per night may be recorded and uploaded, unless there is a shortfall in players attending, the shortfall is set at 12 players or less, eg if you hold a night and only have 7 players you may upload 2 games results as some venues hold 2 games as standard as per their league night structure. Only Results from games with 4 players or more will be accepted, if results are found to be falsified or recorded as incomplete appropiate action will be taken ie: a game will be voided if a chop occurs 3 handed or more as bust outs cannot be determined.

g) If results are not returned by the last day of the season those results WILL NOT BE CREDITED or added post-season. 

h) League seasons are as follows: SPRING 1st Jan to 31st March, SUMMER 1st April to 30th June, AUTUMN 1st July to 30th september, WINTER 1st October 31st December

i) In normal league Games Points are scored as follows, First Place 25%, Second Place 15%, Third Place 10%, Fourth Place 9%, Fifth Place 8%, Sixth PLace 7%, Seventh Place 6%, Eighth Place 5%, Ninth Place 3%, Tenth Place 2%, 11th-20th Place 1% Depending on where you finish in that game, you will earn a certain percentage of those points, with a double points game the attending players input 200 points each to the pool thus doubling the pool

j) UKAPP does not dictate the structure any venue employs but does seek to provide a good standard of texas holdem and expects affiliated venues to uphold the basic rules of the game, whereas one venue may have slightly different rules to another, the principles, etiquette and general ethics of the game must be adhered to. Any existing game that then chooses to affiliate to UKAPP must be prepared to make only a few minor changes in order to conduct a game effectively, this does not mean we require you to change anything about the way you do things just to adopt a common way of thinking when considering that they now have become part of a wider thing and now must record the results as such.

k) League Games Must be Held on an public open access basis even if in a private members club (pre reg rules apply) ukapp members must be allowed to play any scheduled listed league game in order to be able to acrue points, games held without access will be refused reporting to the site. exceptions are made to this is if a game requires certain requirements set in order to access it, ie qualification or eligibility to play, listed venues are only given full exposure in written print if open access is provided as the protocol, provision for advance pre registration is made via central UKAPP based source so it is open to all members and not by any external or affiliate means whereby a player may attend but will then be excluded from play for not following a protocol they may not be aware of. If Eligibility requirements must be met then players who are illedgible will not be permitted to play, qualification requirements are the lines laid down to aim for, these cannot be changed due to integrity of the club, however certain aspects of circumstances permit allowances for example if the landlord want to play such a game in their venue and isnt eligible we would allow them to play as the event is being hosted by them we would permit it.

l) Monthly Occuring Venues work over a collated 12 month annual league that is not displayed on the site, they are permitted to input up to 4 games per quarter, the top 25% of that venues league table Qualify for the league grand final after the 3rd month, if only 2 months are played then it is the only the top 20% as a maximum and if there is only one month played before the end of season then only the top 10% qualify for finals.

m) a venue MUST complete a miniumum of 9 games over 9 seperate dates in a season for a winner to be declared in that venue, the overall league is ony considered as valid when 2 or more venues complete more than 9 games on seperate dates in within one 3 month season.

n) both club and affiliate TD expectations are to keep within the ethics of the game and represent both the venue and UKAPP to the most efficient level whilst baring in mind the social aspect of the game and that players also have rights, this does not give any player a reason to question a TD's decision or bear impact to any game to gain an advantage, any such complaint should be lodged using section 9 of this constitution.

o) Although affiliate venues may conduct variations in rules and methods to run thier poker nights we try to keep UKAPP-ran games within the TDA official rules found here: http://www.pokertda.com/custom_posts/view-official-tda-rules/

p) etiquette and general manners whilst playing are as follows:

i) Individuals must maintain a level of Respect towards fellow players and the environment they are playing in.

ii) clear forward motion and release as a gesture of a players cards toward the muck in a hand will constitute a fold, if the table does not have a betting line, should a table have a betting line, once cards are released over the line they are mucked, this also applies to a call with chips un-announced, any chip placed in gesture of action constitutes a call if no verbal action is made. if the hand is over and any further action remains undeclared, the hand of person who failed to act before the community cards are mucked is declared dead.

iii) blinds posted do not count at a certian level if the blinds go up before the deck is cut unless there was a dealer error in making the deck set, we try not to operate on the 'blinds were in' rule as this is an incorrect method of self deal tournament play.

iv) calling for a clock is allowed across the tournament on any table, 10% of a blind level is the normal time allowed so for example at 15 min binds, after the last action 90 seconds has to pass before calling a clock then a further 50 seconds is counted down until the clock-called players hand is declared dead.

v) talking about a hand in play is forbidden unless you are facing a decision as the last to act heads up, also while you are not involved the hand after folding, it will result in a one round penalty, a hand may only be discussed at a point of heads up last to act and cards exposed at this point will still be live if last to act.

vi) Rabbitting and Ferreting for deck and mucked cards whilst action is still live is forbidden and punishable by a 1 round penalty, that said, after play has ceased this may occur if not causing play to stall, nevertheless it remains scorned upon unless agreed by every player seated at the table prior to the cards being sought. frequent showing players or spectators off the table your cards whilst still live will result in the showing players cards being made dead, it is purley down to a coaching rule and reaction by the players can be seen as an angle, talking about what cards you folded or indeed coaxing action from the table by suggesting action will result in people being asked to leave the table.

vii) Mobile Phones cannot be used whilst sat at the table while you have live cards in play, if you are using your handset when your live cards are in play your hand will be mucked.

viii) respect for a TD decision must be adhered to, this maintains intergirty and order if a TD feels violated or contradicted in any way they may remove the players chips and the players stake WILL NOT be refunded

ix) Obnoxious or drunken behaviour in the poker room environment will NOT be tolerated if 50% of a field of remaining players feel someone has become far too intoxicated or is being too loud whilst representing the clubs interests in a venue they will be asked to maintain themselves in a proper manner or on the second time of asking the venues management will be asked to remove the player from the venue at that point.

x) Play is undertaken in tournament play, so tables are balanced as players bust out, tables are duly broken as the field diminishes until a final table is declared at which point players will be asked to draw a card to determine the table seating positions, this format is the expected standard but with each affiliates set of rules other formats may be used to complete the game withing texas holdem framework rules, this could be a shoot out ie: top 'x' from each starting table to form a final table which the clock must be paused when the last table completed and the last level of play run through the same amount of time from when the first table stopped playing, or if a heads up situation this must be completed in pre-listed tiers, 

xi) acting out of turn; we operate a 2 strike rule, afterwhich a 1 round penalty will be imposed, as well as this clear betting is required at all points, spoken announcements of action is binding, pre flop betting with one chip and no verbal statement constitutes as a call, post flop dropping a single chip in BEFORE announcing the bet size will be a bet sized to the amount placed forward

xii) English is the only language to be spoken at the table DURING a hand

xiii) If You are not in your seat when dealt your cards may be mucked.

q) Late Registration Rules, we expect venues to ahere to the following late reg policy if they offer it:

i) Players who inform a venue manager they are attending late and request a stack is placed on the table will be blinded out chronologically from the start or during the late reg period, they must be in attendance and have played a hand, before the points finishing place is at 10th place or the stack will be removed and any stake returned regardless if they have had someone buy them in or not, it is unethical to award league points if the player is absent without even playing a hand. this creates a no late reg rule if the game starts with 8/9/10 players as it creates and unfair situation for those who bust out initially.

ii) late reg is offered with an in-play reduction (post) in some venues this reduction must be the total sum (rounded up) of the big blind plus the small blind to be posted in the next pot as the player is seated 

iii) late registration is offered for the period advertised in each venue, but however if a game was late starting and offers 30 mins, or 2 levels at 15 min blinds of late reg, it is done chronologically as the priority and not on the advertised late reg time

iv) alternates may be accepted if a games capacity is full and players wish to late reg, for example if a venue has a capacity 27 runners seated, it may offer any late comers empty seats for up to an hour after the game starting ONLY IF the seats become available through players busting out, players should not be seated at unbalanced tables or to cause an inbalance unless a seat becomes available, alternates must post as per any other late registration at the level they are seated at (see ii)

r) Bust outs are recorded at the final point a player is out of the game, if 2 or 3 players chop an uneven pot and a player busts, the least aggressive, ie committed player gets the bust out furthest out of position as chips are immdaitely more valuable the player closest the button gets the extra, if the pot is evenly split the player is busted by the person nearest the button.

s) Chops are not permitted at UKAPP-ran league events and any TD of an affiliate event should take great care in applying ICM and awarding points for placings if a chop is the only option to decide an outcome of a game, this should only be done only under special circumstances, this must be fairly agreed amongst players, we want points be scored fairly, if there is an EQUAL chop we ask that they are played on for the same way even though the dynamic of the games monetary reward has changed, if an immediate ICM EQUITY based chop occurs due to a game having to end at that point, with agreement by all players, the TD must record the greatest amount in chips as having made 1st place at the time of the chop and so forth but ONLY if the game has  a valid reason to end at that point and not just because the players want to end the game (ie the game has gone on longer than the premises is allowed to be open for) the league reserves the right to void the points of players that discuss a proposed chop at any point during or after a game this also applies to affiliates seen to be awarding points from chopped games, any players found to be discussing a chop in-play will be credited as last place league points. 

t) once your stake is placed in the pot and play commences it is no longer refundable under any circumstance

u) a shorted pot will require an investigation as to who failed to pay on sign-in, if the situation remains unresolved then the player who won the game will be allowed to play for nothing in the next game at that venue. any person found to be intentionally trying to evade making payment of their stake will be banned for a season.

v) General Ukapp League structure:

We offer standard game blind structure as a base for all affiliates to use although this may not be the format offered in any particular venue, 15 mins with the following levels:

25/50 - 50/100 - 100/200 - 200/400 10 min break 300/600 - 400/800 - 600/1200 - 800/1600 10 min break 1200/2400 - 1600/3200 - 2k/4k - 3k/6k  10 min break 4k/5k - 5k/10k - 6k/12k - 8k/16k - 10k/20k

w) under ukapp format rules blinds may be shortened to 10 mins at the end of a game (if started at 15 mins) or 15 mins (if started at 20 mins) this is only  if the game is dragging and may not be completed by the venues closing time, anyone stalling or taking an unncessary amount of time to make decisions when at the end of a game from 3 handed onwards, may have a 30 second clock called on them after 40 seconds after the last action IF the blinds have been shortened see section 14.o.iv for further rules on the clock being called.

x) If a venues results are witheld for more than 1 calendar month UKAPP reserves the right to disaffiliate the venue from the league and any points outstanding will become null and void to the league standings, if a venue disaffiliates, closes or stops holding poker and lets UKAPP know by oral or written consent with more than 50% of the games completed prior to a season ending UKAPP will seek the nearest posible venue to hold the remaining games in until a replacement venue is sought for in the following season, UKAPP reserves the right to migrate any of its league tables and players at any point.

 

16. Prizes

a) No cash or material value will be awarded as a prize incentive for winning any ukapp league table by UKAPP.

b) The overall league table awards 4 trophy places per season, 1st place overall UKAPP league winner, the highest average is awarded for 50% a 3 month season in games played by the player with the biggest average scored less double ponts, the ninja award that is defined by the site stats, and the bust out award for most aggressive player overall

c)   to qualify for a winners trophy.

weekly affiliated venues must complete a minimum of 9 weekly games in a season for us to commission a trophy and monthly games must complete 9 games within the annual league time from january 1st - 31st december

d) THE TOP 150 PLAYERS IN A LEAGUE  SEASON QUALIFY. Please see the finals qualifying tab on this website to obtain full details if you have qualified, extended special circumstances are as follows: the previous winner of the grand final automatically qualifies for the next one to defend it, any invitational non-league game winners qualify. free buys are normal rate if over 7000 points scored by the winner, 2x for 5000-6999 and 3x for any winner tallying under 5000.

e) our expected £5 stake or less £100 max pot league night prize pool breakdown is as follows:

i) 4-5 runners winner takes all, 

6 runners £30 2 places £10/£20

7 runners £35 2 places £10/£25

8 runners £40 2 places £10/£30

9 runners £45 2 places £15/£30

10 runners £50 2 places £15/£35

11 runners £55 2 places £20/35

12 runners £60 3 places £10/20/30

13 runners £65 3 places £10/£20/£35

14 runners £70 3 places £10/£20/£40

15 runners £75 3 places £10/£25/£40

16 runners £80 3 places £10/£25/£45

17 runners £85 3 places £15/£25/£45

18 runners £90 3 places £15/£30/£45

19 runners £95 3 places £15/£30/£50

20-23 runners £100 3 places £15/£30/£55

24-36+ runners 4 places £5/£15/£30/£50

 

ii) our expected £5 stake £250 max pot league night prize pool in a £250 gaming permit venue breakdown is as follows:

4-5 runners winner takes all, 

6 runners £30 2 places £10/£20

7 runners £35 2 places £10/£25

8 runners £40 2 places £10/£30

9 runners £45 2 places £15/£30

10 runners £50 2 places £15/£35

11 runners £55 2 places £20/35

12 runners £60 3 places £10/20/30

13 runners £65 3 places £10/£20/£35

14 runners £70 3 places £10/£20/£40

15 runners £75 3 places £10/£20/£45

16 runners £80 3 places £10/£25/£45

17 runners £85 3 places £15/£25/£45

18 runners £90 3 places £15/£30/£45

19 runners £95 3 places £15/£30/£50

20 runners £100 3 places £15/£30/£55

21 runners £105 3 places £15/£30/£60

22 runners £110 3 places £15/£35/£60

23 runners £115 3 places £20/£35/£60

24 runners £120 4 places £10/£20/£35/£55

25 runners £125 4 places £10/£20/£35/£60

26 runners £130 4 places £10/£20/£40/£60

27 runners £135 4 places £10/£25/£40/£60

28 runners £140 4 places £10/£25/£40/£65

29 runners £145 4 places £15/£25/£40/£65

30 runners £150 4 places £15/£30/£40/£65

31 runners £155 4 places £15/£30/£45/£65

32 runners £160 4 places £15/£30/£45/£70

33 runners £165 4 places £15/£30/£50/£70

34 runners £170 4 places £15/£30/£50/£75

35 runners £175 4 places £15/£35/£50/£75

36 runners £180 5 places £10/£20/£30/£50/£70

37 runners £185 5 places £10/£20/£30/£50/£75

38 runners £190 5 places £10/£20/£35/£50/£75

39 runners £195 5 places £10/£20/£35/£55/£75

40 runners £200 5 places £10/£20/£35/£55/£80

41 runners £205 5 places £15/£25/£35/£50/£80

42 runners £210 5 places £15/£25/£35/£55/£80

43 runners £215 5 places £15/£25/£35/£55/£85

44 runners £220 5 places £15/£25/£35/£60/£85

45 runners £225 5 places £15/£25/£40/£60/£85

46 runners £230 5 places £15/£25/£40/£60/£90

47 runners £235 5 places £15/£25/£40/£65/£90

48 runners £240 5 places £15/£30/£40/£65/£90

49 runners £245 5 places £15/£30/£40/£65/£95

50 runners £250 5 places £15/£30/£40/£65/£100

 

iii) our expected £10 stake or less £250 max pot league night prize pool breakdown is as follows:

4-5 runners winner takes all, 

6 runners £60 2 places £20/£40

7 runners £70 2 places £20/£50

8 runners £80 2 places £25/£55

9 runners £90 3 places £15/£30/£45

10 runners £100 3 places £15/£30/£55

11 runners £110 3 places £15/£35/£60

12 runners £120 3 places £15/£40/£65

13 runners £130 3 places £20/£40/£70

14 runners £140 3 places £20/£40/£80

15 runners £150 3 places £20/£45/£85

16 runners £160 3 places £20/£50/£90

17 runners £170 3 places £20/£50/£100

18 runners £180 3 places £20/£60/£100

19 runners £190 3 places £25/£65/£100

20 runners £200 3 places £30/£60/£110

21 runners £210 3 places £35/£65/£110

22 runners £220 3 places £35/£70/£115

23 runners £230 3 places £40/£70/£120

24 runners £240 4 places £20/£35/£65/£120

25+ runners 4 places £20/£40/£70/£120

17. Finals

a) League Grand finals will be held on a saturday afternoon into the evening so as not to conflict with any league nights play and no more than 3 weeks following a seasons close.

b) If a specific finals event is to generate money for charity then the charity selected is the choice of the venue that we are holding the event in unless specified otherwise intentionally

c) the overall league will provide entrants through a qualifying procedure listed on the site

further rulings and amendments may be be applied to this constitution at discretion of the NEC if they arise

roll of honour

FOUNDING VENUE: YE OLDE HOUSE AT HOME 2010

FOUNDING LEAGUE VENUE: GRAND VICTORIAN HOTEL 2013

FOUNDING PARTNER VENUES: SHOREHAM RBL, THE CROWN 2014

INAUGURAL CHAIRMAN: RUSSELL COCHRAN

INAUGURAL SECRETARY: JACK WILSHAW

INAUGURAL TREASURER: DENNIS COCHRAN

SECRETARY 2014-2015: ADAM HARRILD

SECRETARY 2015-2016: STUART TAYLOR

SECRETARY 2016-2017 MARK PLOWMAN

SECRETARY 2017-PRESENT SIMON DOOLEY

TREASURER 2014-PRESENT DARREN NEENAN

rev: 2.4/22/1/2017