Poker players head to Las Vegas to take on the world’s best

TWO pub poker players from Warrington are heading to the bright lights of Las Vegas next year to compete for the title UK Pub Poker Champion.
Antonia Dolden and Emily Glancy both from the Seven Woods pub on Westbrook Crescent are Warrington’s qualifiers for the VEGAS100 tournament.
Now in its 13th year, the tournament, organised by Redtooth Poker, is the UK’s largest live pub poker league with more than 1,000 venues and over 200,000 players registered with the league since it was launched.
Qualifiers for the event secure their place at various live events around the UK. Redtooth Poker gives away over £270,000 in prizes to pub poker players throughout the year.
Attention will turn to Las Vegas as the 100 qualifiers and guests travel to America in May for a trip of a lifetime and the chance to win a slice of the £25,000 prize pool. Included in the winner’s prize is a £5,000 sponsorship deal for the year ahead. One player will also receive the title of Player of the Year during the visit.
The VEGAS100 players and guests will have the opportunity to take part in an additional tournament with over $6000 worth of prizes which includes a return trip to Las Vegas and a seat into a World Series of Poker event in 2020.
Martin Green, managing director of Redtooth Poker, said: “We are delighted to finally secure our 100 players for the trip to Las Vegas. All have done remarkably well to reach this stage, progressing through from their local pubs to numerous regional and national tournaments.
“These are the best pub poker players in the UK so they fully deserve this once in a lifetime trip to America.”

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