The G Casino in Sheffield hosted our South Yorkshire regional final where we saw a fantastic 97% turnout. 215 players only had one thing in mind and that was to become the next Vegas 100 member!

Last season’s winner and current South Yorkshire champion Lee Hinchcliffe was in attendance looking to defend his title as he scraped onto the final table as the short stack.

THE FINAL TABLE

Seat 1: Simon Rose – Peacock, Gainsborough (122,000)
Seat 2: James Savage – Duke of York, Eckington (209,000)
Seat 3: Bob Pennington – Hammer & Pincers, Sheffield (102,000)
Seat 4: Jon Nicholls – Stag, Sheffield (162,000)
Seat 5: Kirk McGuinness – Smithywood Road WMC, Sheffield (134,000)
Seat 6: John Caffrey – Hammer & Pincers, Sheffield (166,000)
Seat 7: David Hunter – Birchwood Social Club, Lincoln (64,000)
Seat 8: John Coe – Wilton, Rotherham (30,000)
Seat 9: Lee Hinchcliffe – Gamekeeper, Gainsborough (16,000)
Seat 10: Chris Bromley – Rbar, Gainsborough (35,000)

Chris Bromley was the first player to hit the rail in 10th place, but with Lee already in the Vegas 100 club, Chris will be heading to our semi finals in October. Lee Hinchcliffe was the next player eliminated in 9th place, followed by James Savage in 8th, Bob Pennington in 7th and John Coe in 6th. Simon Rose exited in 5th place and Jon Nicholls in 4th. When David Hunter was knocked out in 3rd, Kirk McGuinness and John Caffrey contested the heads-up match. The final hand saw two mediocre hands see a tasty flop with John’s 9h-2h flopping a heart flush with Kirk’s 10-7 flopping top pair + gutshot. With Kirk almost drawing dead on the flop the turn sealed his fate to give us a brand new South Yorkshire champion in John Caffrey.

VEGAS 100 QUALIFIER

1st John Caffrey – Hammer & Pincers, Sheffield

SEMI FINAL QUALIFIERS & CASH PRIZE WINNERS

2nd Kirk McGuinness – Smithywood Road WMC, Sheffield
3rd David Hunter – Birchwood Social Club, Lincoln
4th Jon Nicholls – Stag, Sheffield
5th Simon Rose – Peacock, Gainsborough
6th John Coe – Wilton, Rotherham
7th Bob Pennington – Hammer & Pincers, Sheffield
8th James Savage – Duke of York, Eckington

SEMI FINAL QUALIFIERS

*10th Chris Bromley – Rbar, Gainsborough

*Lee Hinchcliffe has already qualified for Vegas 100