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.

Redtooth is delighted to announce the acquisition
of Poker Down The Pub.
Redtooth is looking to expand its poker operation in the UK pub market and with the addition of the Poker Down The pub sites, now has over 1,000 pubs participating in the UK’s largest and most professionally run pub poker league.

PDTP Director Scott Marsh, who has been appointed National Poker Manager by Redtooth commented, “Joining the Redtooth team gives me the opportunity to explore the pub poker market in greater depth with the resources of a well established company.”

Redtooth Director Steve Saul commented, “We are delighted to have Scott on board. Our players and pubs will benefit from Scott’s poker expertise. Of all the pub poker companies out there, Poker Down The Pub seemed to have the ethos closest to that of ourselves.”

Scotland – Sunday 22nd February
Post Office Bar
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 2HG
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm

North West & North Wales – Sunday 1st March
Ratcliffe Bars & Function Suite
Sandy Lane
Rochdale
OL11 5DR
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm

West Yorkshire – Sunday 1st March
Batley Frontier Club
Bradford Road
Batley
WF17 6JD
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm

East Midlands – Sunday 1st March
Mackworth Hotel
Ashbourne Road
Derby
DE22 4LY
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm

London – Sunday 1st March
Loose Cannon Club
13-16 Allhallows Lane
London
EC4R 3UL
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm

South England – Sunday 1st March
Farmhouse
Burrfields Road
Portsmouth
PO3 5HH
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm

North East – Sunday 8th March
Stanley Circus Casino
Forth Street
Newcastle
NE1 3NZ
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm

West Midlands – Sunday 8th March
Park Hall Hotel
Park Drive
Goldthorn Park
Wolverhampton
WV4 5AJ
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm

South Yorkshire – Sunday 8th March
Sheffield United Football Ground
Bramall Lane
Sheffield
S2 4SU
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm

Central England – Sunday 8th March
City Limits
Xscape
602 Marlborough Gate
Milton Keynes
MK9 3XA
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm

South West & South Wales – Sunday 8th March
Village Hotel
29 Pendwyallt Road
Coryton
Cardiff
CF14 7EF
Registration 1pm
Presentation 1.30pm
Shuffle Up & Deal 2pm