The popular Loose Cannon Club hosted the first of two London Finals, this weekend was the turn of our East London Regional Final.

A 9 player final table meant that one unlucky player would miss out on a cash prize while the top six would receive a cash prize and a National Final invite. Chris Beauchamp from the Earl Beatty in Surrey was the unlucky 9th place finisher and that left the cash winners to play for our National Final places.

As it turned out, our two chip leaders at the beginning of the final table would end up in the heads-up match, both Jamie Barker from the Nags Head in Welling and Paul Schacht from the White Hart in Chelmsford looking to win the £500 cash prize. The match looked all but over when Jamie doubled up leaving Paul with only 10,000 in chips. But Paul was on for a comeback of all comebacks as he got two double ups in consecutive hands, but the third double up was asking a little too much as Paul’s T5 couldn’t find any help on a 4A4 Q 6 board to outdraw Jamie’s J7. Congratulations Jamie.

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
1st Jamie Barker – Nags Head, Welling
2nd Paul Schacht – White Hart, Chelmsford
3rd Graham Lear – Treacle Mine, Grays
4th Larry Biggs – Crown & Crooked Billet, Woodford Green
5th Christine Bellili – Riley’s, Folkstone
6th Kurt Offer – Victoria, Cheshunt

Other Cash Prize Winners
7th Malcolm Redman – Shirley Inn, Croydon
8th Michael Harding – Eagle & Hind, Chelmsford