Daniel Blackburn is our new UK Pub Poker Champion! – After a 12 hour tournament he took the title with a pair of queens and 4,000 more chips than second place finisher Rick Makin. Pretty close with 1.9 million chips in play!

Here’s a slideshow from the day covering the start, some of the tournament play, the top 20 money winners and the final table and presentations.

Daniel scoops £5k and UK Pub Poker Champion title

A joiner from Mirfield in West Yorkshire has picked up the title of Redtooth UK Pub Poker Champion™ at the World’s Largest Live Poker tournament today in Nottingham and walked away with £5,000 in prize money, a trophy and Champagne.

Daniel Blackburn beat 384 poker players in the Redtooth national final today at Nottingham’s Dusk ‘Till Dawn and was the culmination of a year-long tournament in over a thousand UK pubs. Players had the chance to meet VIP guests and celebrity poker players,the ex-England player, Teddy Sheringham and BBC TV’s ‘The Real Hustle’ star, Jessica-Jane Clement.

The UK Pub Poker Champion – Daniel Blackburn continued »

3 players left – we’ve lost in 5th place David Ferguson and in 4th place Vincent Cook.

Final Table:
1. Johnny Crangle
2. Andrew Sheardown
3. Vincent Cook
4. Richard Makin
5. Lee Reynolds
6. David Ferguson
7. Darren Eastlake
8. Daniel Blackburn
9. Thomas Rimmer

We are about to start the final table, with the final nine players ready for the last stage of the competition.

Currently 62 players remain in the battle to become the UK Pub Poker Champion here at Dusk Till Dawn.

Today’s tournament is now down to 274 players from the 384 that started.

Oh No! – Dean Wilson poses with his wooden spoon after crashing out first from the tournament… 384th. Doh.

The National Final is about to start here at Dusk Till Dawn.

Players have registered and are still checking into the tournament, breakfast is being served and Jessica Jane Clement and Teddy Sheringham are having their photos taken with guests.

We’ll be updating the blog and facebook page throughout the day so make sure you keep an eye on the happenings.

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Breakfast is looking good! – With over 1400 eggs, 1500 sausages, 1400 rashers of bacon, 120 kilos of beans, 120 kilos of tomatoes, 15 trays of mushrooms and 70 loaves of bread it should be a good one!