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

 The Village Hotel & Leisure Club in Headingley, Leeds was the host for the West Yorkshire final this season. With 189 runners the competition was certainly of a high standard, but in the end there could be only one winner. The final heads up between Bobby Duckworth of the Oddfellows Arms, Bradford and Mick Atkinson of the Bumper Castle Inn, York was quite exciting and it all came down to the river card. Bobby had Qc 10s in his hand against Mick’s 9h 10c. The flop delivered 9d 10h Ad giving Mick the advantage of 2 pairs, the turn revealed 7h and Mick was still in the lead. Then the river came and Ac came out giving Bobby the winning hand. Congratulations to all players for a very enjoyable day. A special mention goes to Nic Wood of the Lord Nelson, Wakefield who decided to place a £10 bet on himself with our online partners Betfred, with odds at 33/1 he would have been laughing all the way to the bank but was unfortunately knocked out of the competition finishing a very respectable 4^th place.

Cash Prize Winners and National Final Qualifiers

• 1^st Bobby Duckworth, Oddfellows Arms Inn, Bradford
• 2^nd Mick Atkinson, Bumper Castle Inn, York
• 3^rd Gavin MacGilchrist,Tap & Spile, York
• 4^th Nic Wood, Lord Nelson, Wakefield
• 5^th Dave Bond, Squares, Leeds
• 6^th Dean Wilson, Londesborough Arms, Market Weighton
• 7^th Adam Stockburn, Harlow Inn, Harrogate
• 8^th Andrew Doran, Fox, York
• 9^th John Coulson, Burton lane WMC, York
• 10^th Andrew Johnson, Lord Nelson, Wakefield

We reckon we may have stumbled upon another poker-related phenomenon here at Redtooth Poker following the introduction of Betfred’s hugely popular sportsbook betting at our recent Scottish regional final. It almost goes without saying that poker players – not usually shy retiring types – are confident about backing themselves at generous odds to win. Of course, your mates can back you too.  Confident? continued »

Neil McTaggart wins the Scotland Regional Final!

Players from all over Scotland gathered at the Queens Retreat, South Queensferry on Sunday 24th May to battle it out to become the Season 1 Redtooth Champion for Scotland.
Stuart Edby from the Northern Bar, Aberdeen had the dubious honour of being eliminated first, a three hundred mile round trip for one hand of cards.

Our on-line partners Betfred had for the first time ever given players the opportunity to have a bet on themselves in the final. Frank Coan, landlord of the Queens Retreat was one of the first to take up this option, placing bets on all of the qualifiers from the Queens Retreat, unfortunately his faith was not justified with Dave Merritt in 17th place being the best placed finisher.
Scottish Winner! continued »

40 Sean Kelly
39 Alec McGee
38 Mark Bruce
37 Lloyd Brook
36 Kole-Hong Lee
35 James Green
34 Jane Moncur
33 Graeme Borland
32 Nicola Sapeluk
31 Alicia Oddy
30 Ryan Rennie
29 Steven Murray
28 Maria Conti
27 Jarryd Savy
26 Gerard McGhee
25 Paul McKenzie
24 Val Thompson
23 Derek Wales
22 Lindsay Waugh
21 Niall Maclean
20 Stephen Murphy
19 Kia Ross
18 Jimmy Jack
17 Dave Merritt
16 Darren Milton
15 Mitchell McGrath
14 Paulo Zanoni
13 James Freeman
12 Bill Cowan
11 Daniel Thompson
10 Kenneth Clark
9 Bryan Cameron
8 Helen Meyer
7 Norman Matheson
6 James Lamond
5 Michael Scott
4 Gareth Hockin
3 Adis Delic
2 Chris Rattray

Winner Donald Neil McTaggart