A record 222 players arrived at the Gala Casino in Bristol to compete in the South West & South Wales Regional Final with a record 18% of the runners being female. 15 of the competing pub champions were ladies.

The eventual winner, Daniel Mitchell from the Brookhouse Farm in Swindon qualified through the online Sunday afternoon Redtooth Tavern tournament. Daniel began the final table as chip leader with 300,000 in chips followed by Martin Brough of the Birchgrove in Cardiff with 205,000. These two players engaged in a long battle with Chris Drage from the Village Inn as the field narrowed down to the final three players. The lead was exchanged between all three players before Chris’s challenge ended in 3rd place and then Daniel and Martin battled it out with Daniel taking the first prize of £500 when his two pairs (10s and 7s) defeated Martin’s pair of 7s.

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
1st: Daniel Mitchell – Brookhouse Farm, Swindon
2nd: Martin Brough – Birchgrove, Cardiff
3rd: Chris Drage – Village Inn, Cardiff
4th: Jack Evans – Two Brewers, Brackla
5th: Mark Singleton – Star, Kingswood
6th: Adrian Knight – Sun Inn, Cheltenham
7th: Allan Vickers – William IV, Truro
8th: Perry Williams – Ebdon Arms, Wick St Lawrence

Other National Final Qualifiers
9th: Dave Chandler – Riley’s, Plymouth
10th: John Williams – Royal Oak, Gloucester