Our first UK National Final of our 11th poker year was held in the South at the Grosvenor Casino in Luton. No less than 5 seats into next year’s VEGAS100 tournament were awarded along with £1,500 in cash prizes in what is one of our biggest UK events of the year. Only the top finishers from the last two rounds of regional finals were invited to this prestigious event so a high standard of poker was expected throughout the day. This event sees a guaranteed prize-pool of £7,500 and with another final in the north this brings our UK National Finals to a guaranteed £15,000 in prizes every 6 months. So £30,000 over the year in our UK National Finals alone!

Lets see who the lucky 5 are and who split the £1,500…

Final 20 Players

TABLE 1
01 Ed Fotherby – Ash Tree, Ashford (44,000)
02 Jon Tandy – Windsor, London (50,000)
03 Gareth Alyson – Greyhound, Blandford (150,000)
04 Jason Kemp – Birchgrove, Cardiff (39,000)
05 Eddie Hunt – King Harold, Harold Wood (24,000)
06 David Forgaly – General Roy, Feltham (66,500)
07 EMPTY
08 Ian Walker – Dunmow Club, Great Dunmow (116,000)
09 Clive Young – Tandem, Oxford (111,000)
10 Chris Whitehead – Ash Tree, Ashford (46,000)

TABLE 2
01 Chris Ayres – Swan, Whitney (131,500)
02 Gail Dickson – Hobsons Choice, Kettering (72,500)
03 Nicky Phillips – Woolpack, Haverhill (45,000)
04 Paul Goater – Star & Garter, Portsmouth (75,500)
05 Peter Belson – Nirvana Fitness, Lowestoft (101,000)
06 Andy Gove – Catherine Wheel, Newbury (99,000)
07 Ashley McKenna – Star Meadow Sports Club, Gillingham (35,000)
08 Peter Lucas – Golden Hind, Cambridge (110,000)
09 Chris Smith – Oxted Royal British Legion, Oxted (118,500)
10 Jai Patterson – Crown Inn, Worcester (71,000)

Prize Winners

13th Peter Belson – Nirvana Fitness, Lowestoft (£20)
12th Paul Goater – Star & Garter, Portsmouth (£40)
11th Chris Whitehead – Ash Tree, Ashford (£60)
10th Jason Kemp – Birchgrove, Cardiff (£80)
9th Chris Smith – Oxted Royal British Legion, Oxted (£100)
8th Chris Ayres – Swan, Whitney (£200)
7th Clive Young – Tandem, Oxford (£400)
6th Nicky Phillips – Woolpack, Haverhill (£600)

Five VEGAS100 Winners

Peter Lucas – Golden Hind, Cambridge

Andy Gove – Catherine Wheel, Newbury

Eddie Hunt – King Harold, Harold Wood

Jai Patterson – Crown Inn, Worcester

Gareth Alyson – Greyhound, Blandford