The top players in London were out in force at the Regional final held at the infamous Loose Cannon Club, Allhallows Lane on Sunday 1st March. Iain Farquharson of the Windsor, London was crowned the London Regional Final Winner after his Ac Jc held up against David McHugh of the Lord Palmerston’s Kd 9h. The Flop came Jh Qs Qh which made David a gut shot straight draw and gave Iain a 2 pair. The turn was 4c which was no good for David and then came 2d on the river to give Iain the title of London Champion.

National Final Qualifiers and Cash Prize Winners
Iain Farquharson – Windsor, East Central London (1st)
David McHugh – Lord Palmerston, Walthamstow London (2nd)
James Minnis – Old Spotted Horse, Putney London (3rd)
Andy Leader – Four Seasons, Basildon (4th)
James Blackler – Queens Arms, Didcot (5th) Already Qualified
Michael Downes – Clockhouse, East Dulwich London (6th)
Michael Lake – Daylight Inn, Orpington (7th)
Paul Roscoe – Goose, Beckenham (8th)

Other National Final Qualifiers
George Burrell – Marquis of Granby, Epsom (9th) 

The Farmhouse Inn was again the host for a wonderful South England Final. Gary Blake of the Dolphin, Botley held his chip lead on the final table to become the South England Champion.

National Final Qualifiers and Cash Prize Winners
Gary Blake – The Dolphin, Botley (1st)
Josh Reavenhall-Nuete – Iford Bridge, Bournemouth (2nd)
Andrew Dowling – White Hart, Sherfield on Loddon (3rd)
John Pratt – Cricketers, Burgess Hill (4th)
Adam Allnutt – Plough & Furrow, Smallfield (5th)

Other Cash Prize Winners
Daniel Keane – Iford Bridge, Bournemouth (6th)
Michael Brant – Locomotive, Littlehampton (7th)
Phil Marchi – Mudeford & District Mens Club, Christchurch (8th)

Having already qualified for the National Final, Stu Burgin of the Corner Pin, Nottingham was determined to beat his previous best of 4th place. He became the East Midlands Champion at the Mackworth Hotel, Derby after starting the final table as the short stack with just 20,000 chips. After a few nail biting hands Stu finally beat the chip leader Jonathan Petch of the Sun Inn, Nottingham with Quad Sevens!! An Amazing hand to finish a well fought final.

National Final Qualifiers and Cash Prize Winners
Stu Burgin – Corner Pin, Nottingham (1st) Already Qualified
Jonathan Petch – Sun Inn, Nottingham (2nd)
Karen Summers – Cock Public House, Magdalen (3rd)
G Despasquale – Wheel House, Nottingham (4th)
Richard Couch – Mundy Arms, Heanor (5th)
Michael Wolverson – Davy Lamp, Ilkeston (6th)
Gareth Chapman – White Cow, Ilkeston (7th)
Daniel Gallagher – The Glen, Leicester (8th)

Other National Final Qualifier
Liz Baker – James Wyatt, Derby (9th) 

Congratulations go to Dominic Elmieh of the Podger, Garforth who became the West Yorkshire Champion after beating Wayne Tock of the Marine Hornsea with a pair of sevens!! The Frontier Club at Batley Again played host to the final and a great day was had by all.

National Final Qualifiers and Cash Prize Winners
Dominic Elmieh – The Podger, Garforth (1st)
Wayne Tock – The Marine, Hornsea (2nd)
Mark ‘Superterrier’ Leonard – The Bridge, Huddersfield (3rd)
Wayne Cooper – The Parry Lane, Bradford (4th)
Izzy Niyazi – Oddfellows Arms, Bradford (5th)
Alex Preece – Bumper Castle Inn, York (6th)
Benham Bazmi – The Norland, Hull (7th)
Neil Adams – The White Lion, Heptonstall (8th)

At 54 seconds with a pair of aces (knocked out by a full house kindly supplied by Paul Jarvis of the Lock Stock & Barrel!) Andy Houston from the Havana Cafe Bar was the first casualty at the South England regional final… Could be a new record!

Preparations are reaching fever pitch for this weekends round of regional finals! We’ve counted the chips, printed all the paperwork and piled up the tables…

The recent Charity Poker Tournament at Sheffield United was a resounding success with 200 runners taking part as well as some of the players (with bounties on their heads of course!).

Here’s a short video clip of the final hand.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKA3WyktaUU

SUFC Final Hand

Alan McIntyre from the Granary in Elgin staged a remarkable comeback on the final table of the Scotland Final staged at the Post Office Bar in Broughty Ferry, Dundee.
The tournament began in amazing fashion with four of the first six players eliminated all coming from Table E, which was quickly dubbed the ‘Table Of Death’ by the competitors.
Eventual winner, Alan, began on the final table as the short stack with just 7,000 chips! He recovered to take part in an exciting battle with Colin Tucker of the Chieftain, Inverness and Andy Robertson of the Northern Bar, Aberdeen. Colin started as the chip leader with 37,000 and Andy was not far behind with 30,000. Eventually Andy went out in third place and just missed out on a place in the National Final at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham next month.
The Heads Up Battle between Alan and Colin was over fairly quickly with Alan defeating his opponent with a pair of nines to become the Champion and recieve a crystal tophy and £500 cash.

Cash Prizer Winners & National Final Qualifiers
Alan McIntyre – The Granary, Elgin (1st)
Colin Tucker – Chieftain, Inverness (2nd)

Other Cash Prize Winners
Andy Robertson – The Northern Bar, Aberdeen (3rd)
David Currie – The Pentland Inn, Edinburgh (4th)
Jim Foley – The Granary, Elgin (5th)
Steven Mann – The Post Office Bar, Dundee (6th)
Gayle Howarth – The Argyll Hotel, Ullapool (7th)
David Reid – Coopers Rest, Leith (8th)

Scotland is the fastest growing area in the Redtooth Poker League with the number of pubs participating doubling in the last six months.

We are delighted to announce that we will be joined by Abi
Titmuss and Jimmy White at the Redtooth Poker national final at Dusk Till Dawn
in Nottingham on Sunday 29th March.

Player registration will begin at noon and the tournament will commence at 3 pm.

Abi and Jimmy will be in attendence for photographs and
autographs from 1 pm until the start of the tournament and Abi also will be on
hand to present the trophy to the UK Pub Poker Champion.

The prize money for the national final has increased this season
after our negiotiations with the Gambling Commission and will be:

1st: £2,500 plus
champagne and trophy
2nd: £1,000
3rd: £500
4th: £300
5th: £250
6th: £200
7th: £150
8th: £100
9th: £50

Redtooth again will provide a buffet for players and guests
free of charge and a champagne reception for players. Unfortunately due to
restrictions the space available, players can only bring one guest each to the
final event.

Players who have already qualified will receive their
invitation during the week commencing 16th February. Players who qualify from regional finals to take place in February and March
will receive their invitations at those regional finals.

The ‘Third Place Play Off’ game is to be played within a week of the season ending and is played between the players that have finished in positions 3 through to 10. The amount of chips they start with depends on their final standing in the league – details in the chart below:

Please remember, we need to be informed of the winner of your play-off by Monday 16th February 2009 to ensure the correct person is invited to the Regional Final.