Our newest regional final venue, the fabulous Aspers Casino in Stratford hosted the first of our two London finals. Nearly 200 players were all after one thing, a free pass into our Vegas 100 club.

The team event went to the Horns Tavern in West Norwood. They were represented by Nigel Goodman, Alison White, Algirdas Kundells and Laimonas Plenta. They all took a nice crystal glass trophy back with them.

THE FINAL TABLE

Seat 1: Steve Shimmons – Oakwood, Leigh-on-Sea (63,000)
Seat 2: Graham Walker – Greyhound, Wivenhoe (144,000)
Seat 3: Mark Bland – Red Lion, Billericay (118,000)
Seat 4: Brett Ward – King Harold, Harold Wood (164,000)
Seat 5: Adam Mann – William Camden, Bexley Heath (162,000)
Seat 6: Michael Panteli – Daylight Inn, Bromley (28,000)
Seat 7: Ed Blackmore – Lord Palmerston, Walthamstow (85,000)
Seat 8: Robert Taylor – Beehive, London (75,000)
Seat 9: Jonathan Francis – Village, Walthamstow (84,000)
Seat 10: Andrew Ormes – Heathcote Arms, Leytonstone (28,000)

Short stack Andrew Ormes exited the final table in 10th place and was followed by Ed Blackmore in 9th. This meant everyone else was guaranteed at least a cash prize and semi final seat. 8th place was Robert Taylor with Jonathan Francis 6th, Brett Ward 5th, Steve Shimmons 4th and Michael Panteli in 3rd. The heads-up match was between Graham Walker and Adam Mann. Graham Walker got his chips in with the best of it by tabling A-7 to Adam’s K-6. The board ran off 4-4-2-8-10 to make Graham Walker the latest Vegas 100 member!

VEGAS 100 QUALIFIER

1st Graham Walker – Greyhound, Wivenhoe

SEMI FINAL QUALIFIERS & CASH PRIZE WINNERS

2nd Adam Mann – William Camden, Bexley Heath
3rd Michael Panteli – Daylight Inn, Bromley
4th Steve Shimmons – Oakwood, Leigh-on-Sea
5th Brett Ward – King Harold, Harold Wood
6th Mark Bland – Red Lion, Billericay
7th Jonathan Francis – Village, Walthamstow
8th Robert Taylor – Beehive, London