The Gala Casino in Dundee kicked off our latest round of Regional Finals for season 2. £1000 would once again be split amongst the top eight places with National Final seats going to the top 3 players.

Play started at around 2pm and it wasn’t long before our first player of the weekend was eliminated. Paul MacKenzie from the Granary in Elgin takes home the honour, although it was a different story for his two Granary compatriots as Andy Duncan and Adis Delic both fell just short of the final table and a cash prize.

As the final table was upon us, Wayne McCallum held the chip lead with 86,000 in chips. A comfortable 40,000 ahead of his closest rival. It soon emerged that Gary Pratt from the Butchers Arms in Aberdeen had already qualified for the National Final so that opened up a seat for 4th place in the days tournament. As Gary stormed to the heads-up match with Wayne, Julie Bone would get that extra seat as the 4th place finisher.

The final hand of the tournament very much played itself as Wayne’s AT had Gary’s A9 is bad shape. Gary must of thought it was his day as the flop brought a 9, but the poker gods had other ideas as a T hit the river with a final board of 39K J T to give Wayne the win and £500 in cash.

Cash Prize Winners
1st Wayne McCallum – Rack & Cue, Dundee
2nd Gary Pratt – Butchers Arms, Aberdeen (Already Qualified)
3rd Bill Cowan – Slains Castle, Aberdeen
4th Julie Bone – Ceres Inn, Ceres
5th Blair Annandale – Red Lion, Aberdeen
6th Craig Neate – Argyll Hotel, Ullapool
7th Oskars Bucs – Auctioneers, Inverness
8th Mark Wilson – Mither Tap, Aberdeen

National Final Qualifiers
Wayne McCallum
Bill Cowan
Julie Bone