WEEK 6 WINNER: pigginsharon
NO. OF PLAYERS: 87

TOP 10

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Our North East Regional Final would consist of 155 players. These players would be playing for a share of £1000 and six National Final places.

Two players from the final table would leave slightly disappointed at missing out on a place in next years National Final, but they would receive a small cash prize for their efforts. John Wardle and Paul McFarlane would be the unlucky two players on this occasion but time is still on their side.

A heads-up match between Chris Peers from the Eagle in Stockton-on-Tees and Steve Embleton from DL5 in Newton Aycliffe would commence after Brent Allen’s elimination in 3rd place. The final hand saw Chris receive the luck he needed as his 9h6s outdrew Steve’s Ad5h on a Kc7h6h 6d 4c board. Chris receives £500, a Redtooth trophy and a seat in next years National Final.

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
1st Chris Peers – Eagle, Stockton-on-Tees
2nd Steve Embleton – DL5, Newton Aycliffe
3rd Brent Allen – Burn Inn, Houghton-le-Spring
4th Simon Hunter – Elephant, Ashington
5th Chris Doyle – Isabella, Blyth
6th Claire Strickland – Cock Crow, Hebburn

Other Cash Prize Winners
7th Paul McFarlane – New Deleval, Newsham
8th John Wardle – Coronation, Middlesborough

Sheffield United’s Bramell Lane played host once again to our South Yorkshire Regional Final. 188 players played for eight National Final seats and a share of £1000.

The UK’s Pub Poker Champion, Daniel Blackburn had a Regional Final to forget as he hit the rail in 177th. Fortunately for Daniel he still has plenty of time to reach the National Final again as this was just the start of his quest to defend the title he deservedly won in March.

A final table of eight would mean everybody who made it this far would win a National Final seat. But there would still be a matter of a £500 first prize to play for and not forgetting a very nice Redtooth crystal glass trophy. Six eliminations later we were left with Jack Siddons from Rossington Labour Club in Doncaster and Ian Wood from the Three Horseshoes in Wickersley. The tournament would be decided with a classic race, Ian’s Qs9c would be up against Jack’s 4c4h. Ian got a good JhJc8d flop meaning an 8 would also give Ian the victory. But it was the more unlikely runner runner straight that gave Ian the win with a Kd turn and Ts river. Ian takes home £500 in cash, a Redtooth trophy and a National Final seat.

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
1st Ian Wood – Three Horseshoes, Wickersley
2nd Jack Siddons – Rossington Labour Club, Doncaster
3rd Camilla Robson – King & Miller, Retford
4th Trevor Lowe – Three Horse Shoes, Chesterfield
5th Andy Wademan – Hammer & Pincers, Sheffield
6th Chris Dixon – Miners Arms, Sheffield
7th Jim Baker – Donkey Derby, Chesterfield
8th Rickie Silcock – Three Horse Shoes, Chesterfield

123 players entered the Loose Cannon Club in London with the hope of reaching next years National Final and taking home the £500 1st prize and a Redtooth crystal glass trophy.

Only the top six would make the National Final, which left two of the final table leaving empty handed and another two players with a cash prize of £20 and £30 which should soften the blow slightly. Surprisingly, our the chip leader Peter Jones from the George in Slough just fell short of a National Final place as he hit the rail in 8th place winning £20 in cash. That left the final seven players all playing for six National Final seats. Raj Dattani, who was a short stack the whole time was the unlucky player to miss out as he finished in 7th place for £30, but Raj still has plenty more chances to qualify.

Kieron Steer from the Goat In Boots in Chelsea and Jimmy Carolin from the Fest Pub in Fulham would play for the top prize and trophy. Kieron would go on to be crowned the new West London champion as his pocket 3’s won the race against Jimmy’s 8c6c on a Qs7sQh 2d As board. Well done to all National Final qualifiers.

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
1st Kieron Steer – Goat In Boots, Chelsea
2nd Jimmy Carolin – Fest Pub, Fulham
3rd Daniel White – Chequers, Walton-on-the-Hill
4th Danny Foley – General Roy, Feltham
5th Arun Sood – White Hart, Hayes
6th Andy Norris – County Arms, Isleworth

Other Cash Prize Winners
7th Raj Dattani – Butlers, High Wycombe
8th Peter Jones – George, Slough

The well organized Circus Casino, Star City in Birmingham hosted our second West Midlands Regional Final for season 1. 162 players meant the top 8 would all receive a cash prize and a National Final seat.

Play got under way on time at 2pm with a very tight and nervy first hour. Only a handful of players would be eliminated during this time which meant the inevitable rush of knock-outs after the first break.

At around 7pm we had our final table of 10 were unfortunately two of the players would still leave with nothing. It took literally a few hands until we had our final eight players and qualifiers for the next years National Final. Amongst the final eight was Janet Page from the Golden Hind in Kingstanding, this would be Janet’s third Regional Final final table in a row and once again making the National Final. This time around Janet would exit the Regional Final in third place, which left the heads-up match between Sean Julien from the Bull & Anchor in Coventry and Patrick Buchanan from the Beggars Bush in Birmingham, with Sean holding the chip lead. One hand later it was all over as Sean flopped top pair but was unbelievably still an underdog to Patrick’s huge draw, an open ended straight draw and a flush draw. Somehow Patrick missed everything as Sean’s Qc8s held up on a 2dQdJs Ac 4h board against Patrick’s Td9d. Well done Julien.

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
1st Sean Julien – Bull & Anchor, Coventry
2nd Patrick Buchanan – Beggars Bush, Birmingham
3rd Janet Page – Golden Hind, Kingstanding
4th Craig Brown – Yard Of Ale, Birmingham
5th Dave Symons – Alfred, Burton-on-Trent
6th Todd Keyte – Hilton Brook, Hilton
7th Paul Gray – Bowling Green, Lichfield
8th Stephen Mear – Wyggeston, Burton-on-Trent

Redtooth have two copies of James McManus’ new poker book, Cowboys Full – The Story Of Poker to give away and each book will be accompanied by one of Redtooth’s very own home poker chip sets. We thought we’d devise a fun competition for you to try and get your hands on these great prizes. All you need to do is send us a picture of yourselves dressed up for your weekly Redtooth poker night. The picture must include something related to Redtooth and the best pictures we receive will be uploaded to our Facebook page. Once uploaded, the two pictures with the most ‘Likes’ will win a copy of the book and a Redtooth home poker chip set.

To enter, simply send your picture to info@redtoothpoker.com with the subject ‘Poker Face’ and get everyone you know to ‘Like’ your photo.

James McManus is best known as a poker player and writer. He finished 5th in the 2000 World Series of Poker (winning almost $250,000) and used the experiences for his best-selling memoir ‘Positively Fifth Street’. He also writes for magazines such as ‘Card Player Europe’, who describe Cowboys Full as “Undoubtedly the most definitive account of poker and card playing yet committed to paper”.

The competition will close on Friday 9th July at 4pm.

Here’s the Redtooth team this morning as we all showed up to work in different sporting guises to raise some money for a local hospice. From darts to mountaineering and even a spot of sumo wrestling we helped raise £185 and a smile!

A record 202 players gathered at the Gala, Sol Central Casino in Northampton for the 2010/11 season one Regional Final.

It took almost 20 minutes before the first player, Alan Smith from the White Hart Hotel in Buckingham was eliminated. Alan received a very loud, but relieved, round of applause.

Early on players appeared to be taking few chances and by the break less than 20 had been knocked out. The early trickle steadily increased as the day progressed and as the blinds increased and by 7pm less than 20 players remained. We finished up with an all male final table, although Kerry Tature-Green from the Lumbertubs in Northampton only just missed out finishing a very creditable 10th place.

The final table was played at a furious pace thanks mainly to Darren Holden from the Collingtree in Northampton. Darren started the final table as the second largest stack with 195k, and in the space of an hour his stack experienced more highs and lows than the average weather forecast.

Nick Kirkley from the Ock ‘n’ Dough in Wellingborough was the unlucky player at the final table as he missed out on a place at next year’s National Final by finishing in 9th place.

Darren’s run of cards finally came to an end with him being eliminated in 4th place. Stuart Gorton from Apsley Village Club in Hemel Hempstead followed soon after in 3rd place, and it was left to Phil Knight from Kingsley Park WMC in Northampton and Paul Beard from the Old Punch House in Ware to battle it out for the title and the £500 first prize. Paul eventually won when a 6s on the river gave him two pairs. The full final hand was Paul’s 6h7h vs Phil’s Kd 4c on a board of 7s5cKs 10h 6s.

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
1st Paul Beard – Old Punch House, Ware
2nd Phil Knight – Kingsley Park WMC, Northampton
3rd Stuart Gorton – Apsley Village Club, Hemel Hempstead
4th Darren Holden – Collingtree, Northampton
5th Jamie Fountain – Rileys, Ipswich
6th Chris Tuzinkiewicz – Haywain, Burleigh Hill
7th Martin Nurton – Netherfield Tavern, Milton Keynes
8th Steve Primrose – Squirrels, Northampton

WEEK 5 WINNER: bas260484
NO. OF PLAYERS: 96

TOP 10

FOR THE LEAGUE TABLE IN FULL, PLEASE CLICK ON THE PICTURE BELOW.

Betfred kindly give away $500 to our members EVERY week in our special Redtooth tournaments, to try and claim your share simply click here to download Betfred and to create an account! All Redtooth tournaments can be found in the poker client under ‘Scheduled’ > ‘Affiliates’. Good luck!

FOR OUR ONLINE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE IN FULL, CLICK HERE

164 entrants gathered at the Circus Casino, Star City in Birmingham to compete for eight places in the Redtooth National Final which is to take place next year, with the winner of the days tournament being crowned West Midlands One Season 1 Regional Champion.

With Stephen Davies out in 10th place and Mitchell Cross the unlucky bubble in 9th, the way was paved for the final eight to first celebrate their place in the Nationals and then compete for the Regional Final title. Redtooth’s favourite for victory Rob ‘I honestly couldn’t manage another pint’ Dorrington went out in seventh place, he consoled himself with a beer and a game of pool back at the Pear and Partridge. Lee ‘I’ll play to the river even if it kills me’ Eacock finally failed in his chase to hit a miracle river card and went out in fifth place. When Andre ‘It was the dealers fault and not mine’ Smith-Edwards bust out in third place the head to head could at last take place. Paul ‘If i fold every hand will i make the Nationals?’ Lacey did his best to overcome a larger stack but Michelle ‘If i was any cooler i would be a fridge’ Webb took the title and the £500 cash.

Well done to all that took part and good luck with qualifying for the Season 2 Regional Finals.

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
1st Michelle Webb – George, Warley
2nd Paul Lacey – Rileys, Worcester
3rd Andre Smith-Edwards – Red Lion, Wolverhampton
4th Dan Collins – Rileys, Worcester
5th Lee Eacock – The Crown, Wychbold
6th Nathan Henry – Red Lion, Wolverhampton
7th Rob Dorrington – Pear & Partridge, Wolverhampton
8th Stephen Coopey – Blackpole Inn, Worcester