Huge congratulations go to Sonya Atkin of the Sun Inn, Eastwood who became our second ever female Regional Champion. Sonya made it to the final table of the East Midlands final, which was held at the Village Hotel and Leisure Club, Nottingham, with a modest chipstack of 90k and managed to beat the chip leader, Luke Taylor of the Nags Head, Sleaford who had 140k. When the final hand was dealt, Luke had a confident  Qd 10d against Sonya’s Kc 5s but the flop delivered 7c 5h 3s giving Sonya a pair of 5’s to win the game.

East Midlands Regional Final continued »

Another enjoyable day was had at the Ratcliffe Bar & Function Suite, Rochdale for the North West & North Wales final. Warren Gaskin of the Old Rectory, Stockport went into the final table as chip leader with 145k and no-one was able to defeat him, although Rick Makin of the George VI, Atherton put up a good fight starting the final table with just 50k and going heads up with Warren but just couldn’t pull it out of the bag to beat him.

Cash Prize Winners and National Final Qualifiers

• 1^st Warren Gaskin, Old Rectory, Stockport
• 2^nd Rick Makin, George VI, Atherton
• 3^rd Dan McKeown, Arkles, Liverpool
• 4^th Danny Jones, Brown Cow Hotel, Eccles
• 5^th Ronnie Allan, Stand Park Hotel, Liverpool
• 6^th David Irwin, Swan, Birkenhead
• 7^th Glenn Hopley, Spring Inn, Rochdale
• 8^th Michelle Ganley, Angel, Lees
• 9^th Martin Moran, Park Hotel, Southport
• 10^th Nick Cookson, Butchers Arms, Warrington

Seat number one was lucky for Zain Said of the Magic Lantern, North Shields as he finished 1^st at the North East regional final held at the Circus Casino, Newcastle. It was also a case of ‘third time lucky’ for Zain as he attended the previous two finals and was unable to win the title until now. The final heads up saw Zain with 6c 8c against Jim Robinson of New Seaham Conservative Club, Seaham with Js Jd, the flop revealed 6h Kc 6d giving Zain trip 6’s, enough to clinch the title, but there was still a chance Jim could snatch it back until the turn brought 8d and the river 4d giving Zain the Fullhouse.

Cash Prize Winners and National Final Qualifiers

• 1^st Zain Said, Magic Lantern, North Shields
• 2^nd Jim Robinson, New Seaham Conservative Club, Seaham
• 3^rd Ian Bertram, Bowes Hotel, Bardon Mill
• 4^th John Skelton, Cleveland, Middlesborough
• 5^th John Bassett, Eagle, Stockton on Tees
• 6^th George Bowman, Poachers Cottage, Newcastle

Other Cash Prize Winners

• 7^th Colin Fletcher, Baydale Beck, Darlington
• 8^th Stephen Peacock, Grey Horse, Penshaw

The Loose Cannon Club was again the host for the London regional final on Sunday 7^th June. The atmosphere was pretty tense at the start of the tournament but that soon changed when the first two players were knocked out in the same hand. Both Jason Elphick and Chris Elliott had their high pairs beaten when another player hit a straight on the flop, unlucky guys. The final table became quite a battle with everyone fighting to be the champion. A fierce heads up between Doug Sharp of Bar Malden, Surrey and Drew Hunt of Goose, Beckenham ensued and after several nail biting hands Drew won the tournament with his Ace high beating Doug’s King high.

Cash Prize Winners and National Final Qualifiers

• 1^st Drew Hunt, Goose, Beckenham
• 2^nd Doug Sharp, Bar Malden, Surrey
• 3^rd Tom Mahaffy, Rose & Crown, Woodford Green
• 4^th Tayef Quddus, Noble Vine, Walton On Thames
• 5^th Dougie Bater, Dutch House, Eltham
• 6^th James Crutchlow, Lord Palmerston, Walthamstow
• 7^th Jan Vermooten, Crabtree, Fulham
• 8^th Glen Cole, Four Seasons Basildon
• 9^th Sebastian Walick, Red Deer, Croydon
• 10^th Jamie McCarthy, Beacon Tree, Dagenham

The Woodmans Rest in Solihull is one of the latest pubs to join the Redtooth Poker league. The league is to be a regular Monday night feature.

Scott Marsh being frisked at security whilst on a trip to china earlier today – this is whilst leaving Hong Kong… it was bound to happen.

The sun was certainly shining on Sean Collins of the Red Lion, Lindfield at the Farmhouse Inn, Portsmouth when he beat off stiff competition from 119 other runners at the South England regional final. Going into the final table, Sean was the chip leader with 99,000 chips shortly followed by Craig Poole of the Broadwater, Worthing who had 94,000 chips. Unfortunately Craig couldn’t keep hold of his chips and only managed to finish 4^th being beaten by David Bond of the Cranleigh, Bournemouth and Chris Guy of the Star & Garter, Portsmouth.
South England Regional Final continued »

A record 165 runners took part in the South Wales and South West regional final at the Village Hotel in Cardiff. The eventual winner, Dave ‘The Doctor’ Livingstone from the Hatherley in Cheltenham started the final table as chip leader with 120,000 and held off a spirited challenge from Lee Arkell from the Birchgrove in Cardiff. At the end of a long heads-up battle, Dave went all in with a pair of nines and Lee called him with A3.Dave hit trip nines on the turn and it was enough to claim the title.

Jade Chadwick from the Wolf’s Castle in Cardiff was the highest placed lady in third place. The top eight players all qualified for the national final in March next year.

Final Positions:

• 1^st: Dave Livingstone, Hatherley, Cheltenham
• 2^nd: Lee Arkell, Birchgrove, Cardiff
• 3^rd: Jade Chadwick, Wolf’s Castle, Cardiff
• 4^th: John Coombe, County Arms, Truro
• 5^th: Mike Davies, Village Inn, Cardiff
• 6^th: Aaron Trotman, Ship, Paignton
• 7^th: Rhiannon Davies, Darran, Risca
• 8^th: Derek Brock, Old Plough, Kingswood

It was all about 8’s on the final table at the Central England regional final held at MK Dons football club. There was a nail biting hand between Simon Chambers of the Stags Head, Great Doddington and Daniel Parsons of the Bell, Aylesbury. Simon had A K in his hand against Daniels’ A 8 the flop came out as 8 6 K and Simon thought he had clinched it but the river delivered another 8, leaving Daniel to fight it out for the championship with Matt Welch of the Burnt Oak, Milton Keynes. The final hand had Daniel with Q 9 in his hand and J 8 for Matt. No one could call this hand would end the tournament when the flop and the turn delivered 3 4 6 5. It again came down to the river revealing another 8 and handing the Central England title to Matt. Well Done!

Cash Prize Winners and National Final Qualifiers

• 1^st Matt Welch, Burnt Oak, Milton Keynes
• 2^nd Daniel Parsons, Bell, Aylesbury
• 3^rd Simon Chambers, Stags Head, Great Doddington
• 4^th Stuart Tate, Globe, Chelmsford
• 5^th Tommy Wright, Halcyon, Peterborough
• 6^th Peter Talbot, Bakers Arms, Bodicote
• 7^th Sean Julien, Bull & Anchor, Coventry
• 8^th Charles Smedley, Shoulder of Mutton, Grandborough
• 9^th Doug Fabb, Unicorn, Kings Langley
• 10^th Ashley Sharpe, Bull & Anchor, Coventry