The excellent Circus Casino at Star City in Birmingham hosted first of two West Midlands Regional Finals. The venue is a big favourite amongst Redtooth and it's players and they certainly delivered once again.

A tactical battle ensued on the final table as one would expect after over six hours of play to get there. The final table short stack Chris Dorricott from the Peacock in Shrewsbury performed a minor miracle to have his 23k starting stack carry him through to fourth place. The final table chip leader, Daniel Careless from the Britannia in Tewksbury ended up in third place after quite a three way tussle with the chip lead changing hands on a number of occassions. With the clock past 9pm, Peter Webb from the Raglan Arms in Rugby was crowned the West Midlands One Regional Final winner when his QJ defeated the J8 of Ashley Dace, though with a board of Q7T K, Ashley still had a number of outs but the river 4 sent him away a gallant loser with two hundred quid to boot!

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
1st Peter Webb - Raglan Arms, Rugby
2nd Ashley Dace - Bar NV, Walsall
3rd Daniel Careless - Britannia, Tewksbury
4th Chris Dorricott - Peacock, Shrewsbury
5th Aled Jones - Red Lion, Wales
6th Steve Slade - Rose & Crown, Hereford
7th Gary Titley - Merry Boys, Wolverhampton
8th Ben Huskisson - Amber Tavern, West Quinton