Colin Tucker of the Chieftain Hotel, Inverness is about to board his Ryanair flight from Inverness down to East Midlands airport ready for his seat at the National Final on Sunday.

He’s one of 300 players that will be competing for the title of UK Pub Poker Champion (TM) but he’s not travelling the farthest, that would be Alan McIntyre of the Granary Pub in Elgin who has a round trip of 916 miles!

Simon ‘Aces’ Trumper is eagerly anticipating this years bigger and better Redtooth Poker National Final on Sunday. He is looking forward to seeing his old friend Jimmy ‘Whirlwind’ White and making sure all of Redtooth’s 300 runners have a day to remember.

“It’s great to see Redtooth back again as I know they are becoming the face of Pub Poker in the UK.

They are constantly investing in developing their events and their members are getting the best experience throughout the year that brings them finally to the ” Crucible ” of poker here at Dusk Till Dawn and I hope to maintain and grow our relationship for many years to come”

Simon Trumper, Live Poker Director, Dusk Till Dawn.

Poker Co-Ordinator Caroline Drury starts to draw the resevre list who have an anxious wait to find out if they will be able to play.
So far 285 players who have qualified have replied to say they will be at Dusk Till Dawn on Sunday…..only 4 days to go!!!

See you all on Sunday

Company director Steve Saul and National poker manager Scott Marsh wishing each other the best of luck before the big game.
Avid forest fan Scott said “we need to take points from this game but it’s highly unlikely the way we’re playing lately”
Wolves fanatic Steve said “this is going to be a stroll in the park ha ha ha”

Nottingham Forest 0
W’hampton Wanderers 1

Sheffield United Football Ground again hosted another spectacular regional final with an amazing 95% attendance. Billy Moss of the Devonshire Arms, Sheffield fought well to take out the chip leader Karl Lambert of the Brownlow Arms, Newark and become the South Yorkshire Champion.

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
Billy Moss – Devonshire Arms, Sheffield (1st)
Karl Lambert – Brownlow Arms, Newark (2nd)
James Lowe – The Norton, Sheffield (3rd)
James Stratton – Merchants House Chilli Banana, Macclesfield (4th)
Peter Cockayne – Wadsley Jack, Sheffield (5th)
Doug Stolworthy – Jubilee, Grimsby (6th)
Tony Johnson – Buck & Griffin, Rotherham (7th)
Alec Pryde – Three Magpies, Rotherham (8th)

Steve Saul demonstrates the new iPhone interface at mobile.redtoothpoker.com

Congratulations go to Alan Woodmass of the Elephant, Ashington who became the North East champion after beating Zain Said of the Magic Lantern, Tynemouth with trip Jacks. A few players made it to the final just in the nick of time as roadworks held the traffic up on the Tyne bridge. Some players even completed their journey on foot to ensure they could compete at the Circus Casino.

National Final Qualifiers & Cash Prize Winners
Alan Woodmass – Elephant, Ashington (1st)
Zain Said – Magic Lantern, Tynemouth (2nd)
Robert Charlton – Bowes Hotel, Bardon Mill (3rd)
Ian Bertram – Bowes Hotel, Bardon Mill (4th)

Other Cash Prize Winners
Paul Robson – Joiners Arms, Blyth (5th)
Norman Higgins – Beehive, Penrith (6th)
Barry Cougle – Mallard, Seaham (7th)
David Clark – Isabella, Blyth (8th)

The Central England final was fought out at City Limits, Xscape in Milton Keynes. It turned out to be a yo-yo finale on the final table with the lucky cards being 5’s and 7’s. However on the final hand the 5’s finally letting Darren Hand of the Royston Arms, Chingford down as Edward Goldsworthy of the Warren, Kettering won with a pair of Jacks.

National Final Qualifiers
Edward Goldsworthy – Warren, Kettering
Darren Hand – Royston Arms, Chingford
Luke Wilby – Butchers Arms, Beccles
Scott Longdon – Spread Eagle, Corby
Clive Young – Tandem, Oxford
Kevin McCabe – Royston Arms, Chingford

There was Royal Flush fever at the Park Hall Hotel, Wolverhampton with two players hitting a Royal Flush. Gregg Phillips of the White Hart, Tile Cross was the first hitting his on the River and Michael Molyneux of the Barley Mow, Milford hitting his on the flop.
A record 218 runners representing 86 pubs across the West Midlands came to compete for the first prize of £500 cash and a crystal trophy with the top 10 players securing a place in the National Final/
Tim Leech of the Woolpack Inn, Weston was the eventual winner defeating Bradley Bolton of the Golden Lion, Wolverhampton in a heads up battle.

National Final Qualifiers and Cash Prize Winners
Tim Leech – Woolpack Inn, Weston (1st)
Bradley Bolton – Golden Lion, Wolverhampton (2nd)
Carl Ayres – Maggies, Birmingham (3rd)
Steve Brown – New Inn, Birmingham (4th)
Lisa Hancock – Red Lion, Coventry (5th)
Martin Mills – Woodman, Netherton (6th)
Darren Lee – Red Lion, Coventry (7th)
Mark Hipkins – Spread Eagle, Wednesfield (8th)

Other National Final Qualifiers
Jamie Beard – Bell, Coventry (9th)
Ricky Peach – Man on the Moon, Birmingham (10th)

The Village Hotel, Cardiff was the host for the South West & South Wales final, a great venue for a great final!
The two shortstacked players were in a heads up batlle to become the champion after knocking the chip leader out. It was nail biting stuff in the final hand as Chris Bryant of the White Lion, Cricklade beat Shane Pearce of the Rooftops, Haverfordwest with a pair of 9’s. Chris had Q 9 suited and Shane had 8 4 suited. The flop came to deliver Chris’s pair of 9’s with 9h 10s 6c but as the turn revealed 3c Shane had the possibilitly of a flush but the river was on Chris’s side being 5d. Well played to all the finalists!

Mational Final Qualifiers and Cash Prize Winners
Chris Bryant – White Lion, Cricklade (1st)
Shane Pearce – Rooftops, Haverfordwest (2nd)
Chris Dinsdale – Angel Inn, Maersycmmer (3rd)
Mike Stevens – Ship Inn, Paignton (4th)
Jamie Griffiths – Rooftops, Haverfordwest (5th)
Nathan Parle – Railway, Penarth (6th)
Matt Todd – Kings Arms, Wantage (7th)
David Horstead – Hatherley, Cheltenham (8th)