The Village Hotel & Leisure Club in Headingley, Leeds was the host for the West Yorkshire final this season. With 189 runners the competition was certainly of a high standard, but in the end there could be only one winner. The final heads up between Bobby Duckworth of the Oddfellows Arms, Bradford and Mick Atkinson of the Bumper Castle Inn, York was quite exciting and it all came down to the river card. Bobby had Qc 10s in his hand against Mick’s 9h 10c. The flop delivered 9d 10h Ad giving Mick the advantage of 2 pairs, the turn revealed 7h and Mick was still in the lead. Then the river came and Ac came out giving Bobby the winning hand. Congratulations to all players for a very enjoyable day. A special mention goes to Nic Wood of the Lord Nelson, Wakefield who decided to place a £10 bet on himself with our online partners Betfred, with odds at 33/1 he would have been laughing all the way to the bank but was unfortunately knocked out of the competition finishing a very respectable 4^th place.

Cash Prize Winners and National Final Qualifiers

• 1^st Bobby Duckworth, Oddfellows Arms Inn, Bradford
• 2^nd Mick Atkinson, Bumper Castle Inn, York
• 3^rd Gavin MacGilchrist,Tap & Spile, York
• 4^th Nic Wood, Lord Nelson, Wakefield
• 5^th Dave Bond, Squares, Leeds
• 6^th Dean Wilson, Londesborough Arms, Market Weighton
• 7^th Adam Stockburn, Harlow Inn, Harrogate
• 8^th Andrew Doran, Fox, York
• 9^th John Coulson, Burton lane WMC, York
• 10^th Andrew Johnson, Lord Nelson, Wakefield