Results
1. Chris Pastfield – Mecca Bingo, Southend
2. Keith Bowtell – Swan, Brentwood
3. Simon Sharples – Scenario, Stoke Newington
4. Steve Ready – Rose & Crown, Woodford Green
5. Spike Colonbini – White Horse, Beckenham
6. James Harrison – Windsor, London
7. Claire Harle – Mecca Bingo, Southend
8. Gary West – Oakwood, Leigh-on-Sea
The 2nd London regional final kicked off at The Poker Room with a fresh bunch of prizes up for grabs. The winner of the tournament would leave with a seat into our VEGAS100 National Final.
The team event was won by the Star Meadow Sports Club who were represented by Paul Whitehead, Denis Ware, Ian Percival & Martin Ramm.
Keith Bowtell started the final with a monster stack of 388,000 chips and was able to guide it to the heads-up encounter against Chris Pastfield. The final hand saw Keith table J-2 to Chris’s A-8 with Keith at risk. The board came down as A-10-Q-Q-4 to give Chris the check mark and crown him the new East London regional final champion.
Final Table Chip Stacks
1. Keith Bowtell – 388,000
2. Simon Sharples – 190,000
3. Chris Pastfield – 158,000
4. Aaron Knight – 101,000
5. Gary West – 90,000
6. Spike Colonbini – 65,000
7. Steve Ready – 63,000
8. James Harrison – 59,000
9. Michael Theodorou – 49,000
10. Claire Harle – 35,000