So these current regional finals showcase the latest Redtooth Poker trophy shape. Now its time for the heart! Year 5 saw the spade shaped trophy and year 6 the club shaped trophy. No prizes for guessing that year 8 will be the year of the diamond! Who is on for collecting all 4?

Results

1. Geoff Coy – Mackworth Hotel

2. James Kane – Oadby Owl
3. Craig Dowsett – Muddle Go Nowhere
4. Sarah Bates – Sir John Cockle
5. Paul Topham – Willow Tree
6. Phil Burford – Nugget
7. Jayne Cutten – Burton Arms
8. Shaun Wood – Sun Inn

The Alea Casino in Nottingham saw a fantastic turnout as Vegas 100 fever well and truely hit the pub poker scene. This final amazingly saw six of this year’s Vegas 100 East Midlands members return for another go at qualifying for next year. Many prizes were up for grabs so lets see who won what…

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Results

1. Michael Barnes – Rushden WMC

2. Jason Gibbs – Cricketers
3. Andrew Winbourne – Royal Oak
4. Jeff Bond – New Club
5. Clive Young – Queens Head
6. Charles Asbridge – White Horse
7. Andy Moores – New Club
8. Tim Osborn – White Horse

Our Central England final, which was held on a Saturday, would find our third Vegas 100 member for next year’s trip. £500 was awarded to the top finishers along with glass trophies and national final seats.

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Results

1. Karl Smith – Tividale Football Club

2. Paul Lacey – Talbot
3. Alan Locke – Woodman
4. Richard Clarke – Bulls Head
5. Peter Spackman – Ye Olde Reindeer
6. Glen Gaines – March Hare
7. John Jackson – Blackpole Inn
8. Andrew Oliver – Jaspers

Our West Midlands One final kicked off on time as nearly 200 players (amazingly only half of that region!) aimed for the top prize, a trip to Las Vegas. A share of £500 was also up for grabs along with eight national final seats.

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New UK Pub Poker Champion Bobby Regan talks poker and the tournament on the BBC Newcastle afternoon show.

Here’s the link:

He only says Ammaaaazzzzing once!

It’s everyone’s favourite time of season! Regional Finals are well under way and Vegas 100 members are popping up left right and center! Here’s the display at the Alea Casino in Nottingham, also displaying the brand new trophy design, a heart!

Results

1. Davie Marr – Old Brewery

2. Jeanette Campbell – Wintergills
3. Nick Wain – Fountain Bar
4. Damien O’Hara – IQue Cafe Bar
5. Ross McCartan – Wintergills
6. John Cochrane – Elphinstone Arms
7. Tommy Walker – Viking Bar
8. Greame Smith – IQue Cafe Bar

Sunday 26th May saw the first South Scotland final of the Redtooth Poker year where we would find another Vegas 100 member to accompany Lynn Mackintosh who qualified in Aberdeen the previous day. £500 would also be shared out along with the £1,000+ holiday for the lucky winner.

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Results

1. Lynn Mackintosh – Scotia Bar

2. John Somers – Butchers Arms
3. Allan Kettles – Zoar Inn
4. Charles Woolley – Auctioneers
5. Steve Watson – Auctioneers
6. Deane Slessor – Granary
7. Bill Cowan – Red Lion
8. Richard Arnott – Imperial Bar

North Scotland’s elite pub poker players entered the G Casino in Aberdeen with one goal in mind, to emulate Sean Eden‘s achievement this year of being the first player to join 2014’s Vegas 100 club. Semi-final seats were also up for grabs which provides a second chance to the top performing players.

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In 2012, not long after another successful Redtooth Poker National Final in Nottingham, Redtooth’s MD Martin Green came into the office and said “next year we are taking 100 players to Vegas”, the rest of the office weren’t quite sure whether this would actually happen or if it did happen, how it would work with taking so many people to a place like Las Vegas, let alone the financial implications from a trip on that scale. Well, we only went and did it and WOW, it even exceeded our expectations! The total count was 170 people spread across three different flights from three different locations all with the same destination, the Orleans Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.

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So, we’re about to leave Las Vegas and here are the updates and the videos that have been available on our Facebook page this week.

Here’s the day as it unfolded from a preview down to our new UK Pub Poker Champion… there’s 18 videos in all – just over 30 mins so sit back and enjoy! This is a youtube playlist so you can click on the bar at the bottom and select the video you want or just sit back and watch.

And here he is again (still grinning…)