Results

1. James Brown – Red Lion, Gillingham

2. Paul Barnett – Black Horse, Trowbridge
3. Ian Packford – Duke, Bratton
4. Dante Fear – Lamb, Weston-super-Mare
5. Steven Taylor – Old Manor Inn, Weston-super-Mare
6. Kevin Whatley – Spencer Sports & Social Club, Melksham
7. Mark Hughes – Spencer Sports & Social Club, Melksham
8. James Platt – White Lion, Bristol
9. Steve Hancock – Rotunda Tavern, Cheltenham
10. Jaison Hamer – Woodlands Edge, Sparcells

Our West Country regional final saw players turn out in record numbers as our members from Bristol and surrounding areas sat down for their final shot at a golden ticket into our Vegas 100 national final in May.

The first award of the day was presented to the Spencer Sports & Social Club who were the best represented venue thanks to Mark Hughes, Chris Doyle, Kevin Whatley & Lee Featherstone. They get to take a crystal glass trophy back to the pub.

Final Table Chip Stacks

1. James Brown – 124,000
2. Dante Fear – 101,000
3. Kevin Whatley – 62,000
4. Steve Hancock – 48,000
5. James Platt – 43,000
6. Steven Taylor – 43,000
7. Paul Barnett – 40,000
8. Jaison Hamer – 37,000
9. Ian Packford – 22,000

Our final got under way with James Brown leading the field on 124,000 in chips. Short stack Ian Packford made good use of his 22,000 stack with an impressive 3rd place finish. Ian’s elimination left James Brown and Paul Barnett to battle for the day’s top 2 prizes, a ticket into our Vegas 100 national final and £200 in cash. The tournament was soon at an end once 2 huge hands were dealt with James holding A-K to Paul’s Q-Q, needless to say the chips were soon in the middle. The board ran out J-10-8-4-K to give James the win and with it the title of West Country regional final champion and as we think James probably hasn’t heard this enough already, i bet he feels good!