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EXCITING NEWS FOR THE NUTS POKER LEAGUE EAST ANGLIA REGION PLAYERS

Since the Covid pandemic the opportunity to win a Vegas trip at The Nationals has disappeared, mainly due to a slow return to normality as so many businesses suffered throughout that time.

The East Anglia region has now bounced back to close to what it was before Covid and it’s thanks to all the existing and new players who have helped to make that happen.

Along with many of you, I also was disappointed that a Vegas trip was not available to win at our Nationals and have been working away in the background to see if in some way this could be remedied. Unfortunately I do NOT see the National Vegas trip returning in the near future, but have even BETTER news for the players in the East Anglia region.

This current season of which we are only in week 1 will see you be able to win one of two guest trips to Las Vegas in May 2024.

The first will be at the Highrollers tournament January 2024 in which to qualify you must play 30 games or more and instead of a UK Final seat the winner of that tournament will win a trip to Las Vegas.

The second will be at the February Regionals tournament where once again the winner will receive a guest trip to Las Vegas in May 2024.

This is a first from the inception of the Nuts poker league and East Anglia will be the only region to offer this. With your support for this ground breaking enterprise I hope to continue with Vegas trips on into the future at all Regional events at least and depending on its success to add others along the way.

Your trip will include flights, hotel ( The MGM Grand ), resort fees, transfers to and from the Vegas airport, all you will need is your spending money.

If for whatever reason the winner of the trip cannot or does not want to go then it will be rolled down to second place ( No cash alternative will be offered ).

This truly is a lifetime opportunity to go FREE to the gambling capital of the world with no set agendas so you can do as you please once you get there, take in a show, play poker, see the sights and so much more.

You will be in a shared room of 2 but if you wish to take your partner this can be arranged at an additional cost.

I used to advertise from your local to the Regionals to the Nationals and on to Vegas, Now it’s just from your local to the Regional and onto Vegas.

So if you play Redtooth just to get a chance of going to Vegas now you don’t need to. You have far more chance of getting to the Regionals than with them so far more chance of getting to Vegas and for this season at least 2 chances if you play the 30 games needed to qualify for the Highrollers tournament.

You would be absolutely NUTS to play poker anywhere else

The East Anglia Highrollers May - August 2023 season tournament will take place on Sunday 17th September 2023 at.........
Horsham St Faiths Community Centre
Manor Road
Horsham St Faiths
Norwich
Norfolk
NR10 3LF
FOOD
Food will be available to purchase on the day.
This bonus game is for players who have played 30 games in the season.
Registration will open at 1.00pm and close at 1.45pm with a start time of 2pm.
There will be a 15000 starting stack with an OPTIONAL £5 side pot for the main game.
4 National seats and 1 UK Final seat will be available to win PLUS £250 added to the prizepool

Qualifiers below

ALAN GOLDER
ALAN HARRIS
ALAN ROBERTS
ALAN THOMPSON
ALISON SPOONER
AMANDA ROSE
ANDREW BEALES
ANDREW UTTING
ANDY BEDWELL
ANTHONY WOODCOCK
CARL LOGAN
CHARLOTTE CROWE
CLAIRE FORSTER
COLIN CLOVER
DARREN MOODY
DARREN WYMER
DAVE ADAMS
DAVE OWENS
DAVID ABRAHAMS
DEL BORWICK
ERIC LONG
GARY MOUGHTON
GRAHAM STICKLAND
HARRISON MCLEAN
HAYLEY SMITH-YAXLEY
IAN SYCAMORE
JACK DEAN
JACK POTTER
JACKIE MOORE
JAKE BALLARD
JAMES DUNKINSON
JAMES STEWART
JAMIE ADCOCK
JAMIE MARSHALL
JANIS BALAMS
JASON FULLER
JASON SMITH
JESSE CUSACK
JIM PROSHO
JOAN BALLARD
JOE CHUSONIS
JOE VETTRAINO
JON BARNET
JONATHAN HARRIS
JUSTIN TITCHINER
KAROLI SREBALIUS
KAROLIS LAIPIENIS
KEVIN BULL
KEVIN MOORE
KIM SPOONER
KIRK FULLER
LAURA LING
LAUREN GOLDSMITH
LEWIS POPHAM
LORRAINE MILLER
LUIS VARELA
MALCOLM BALLARD
MARGARET LONG
MARK ALDRIDGE
MARTIN COLE
MARTIN DICKINSON
MATTHEW SPARROW
MAUREEN NICHOLS
MICHAEL LANE
MICHAEL PYE
MICK LING JNR
NEILL HODGKINSON
NIK FAULDS
PATRICK HACON
PAUL CAIN
PAUL GREAVES
PETER POPPETRU
PHILLIP ASHMAN
REECE LING
RICHARD FOUNTAIN
RICHARD TURNER
RICKY WOODS
ROB FLETCHER
ROGER ABRAHAMS
ROLANDOS BIRANTAS
ROY ELBOURNE
SANDY PRIOR
SANTANA KUNGYTE
SARAH MELTON
SCOTT GORDON
SEAN DAVIS
SEAN SEGEV
SHANE BEDWELL
SHAUN BULLOCK
STAVROS TARAMANIS
STEPH HEMSLEY
STEPHEN READ
STEPHEN WARNER
STEVE DUFFIELD
STEVE LANSDALE BROWN
STEVE MILLER
STEVEN BURGESS
STEWART GILES
TINA PEEK
TREVOR OWEN
UMAR NAEEM

The May - August East Anglia Regional Finals will take place on 14th October 2023 at the Palace Casino Church Plane Great Yarmouth NR30 1PL.
Registration will commence at 12 Noon and close at 1.15 pm.
There will be a £5 buy in with an optional £20 sidepot and optional £5 bounty.
There will be 14 National seats available to win plus a National seat for the highest hand of the tournament.
A guaranteed £4000 prizepool.
Food will be available to purchase on the day.
A list of qualifiers will be posted at end of season

The East Anglia Champion of Champions May-August 2023 season tournament will take place on Sunday 22nd October June 2023 at.........
Wymondham Sports Bar
1 Town Gate
Wymondham
Norfolk
NR18 0PN
Use Town Green carpark on Westgate ( Free Sundays )
This bonus game is for players who have either won a venue or been placed in the top 16 of the regional league once venue winners have been removed.
Registration will open at 1.00pm and close at 1.45pm with a start time of 2pm.
There will be a 15000 starting stack with an OPTIONAL £5 side pot for the main game.
4 National seats will be available to win PLUS £250 added to the prizepool
List of qualifiers at end of season

Congratulations to Dave Owens on winning the East Anglia highrollers tournament at Swaffham con club Sunday 14th May 2023.

Full list of the top 20 from the Regionals at The Palace casino Saturday 4th February 2023

1st Steven Duffield £670 + National Seat

2nd Alan Roberts £500 + National Seat

3rd Kerry coote £500 + National Seat

4th Brett Aldred £500 + National Seat

5th Jack Carter £500 + National Seat

6th Christian Lyne £200+ National Seat

7th Tony Sayer £170 Already has National Seat

8th Bradson Howlett £140 + National Seat

9th Neill Hodgkinson £120 Already has National Seat

10th James Philpotts £100 + National Seat

11th Robert Judd £80 + National Seat

12th Jason lewis £80 + National Seat

13th Tony Bartley £70 + National Seat

14th Justin Coote £70 + National Seat

15th Dan Moore £60

16th Stephen Read £60

17th Michael Pye £50

18th Thomas Snudden £50

19th Chris Ambler £40

20th Scott Casey £40

Highest Hand David Burns Straight Flush to the Queen National Seat

Congratulations to Justin Titchiner on winning the Champion of Champions tournament Sunday 5th March 2023 at Wymondham Sports Bar.

Congratulation to Steve Lansdale Brown on getting second place at the November 2022 National Finals and chopping the money to take £1975 and a UK Final seat.

NEW SEASON starts today and there are 4 venues which are playing for a direct seat to the nationals in 2023,

National seat venues are

The Crown Carlton Colville

The Grapes Bury St Edmunds

The Woolpack Norwich

The Green Bear Gorleston

Congratulations to Peter Preca on becoming the NEW East Anglia regional champion.

Runner up Tony Bartley

Results from Saturday’s Regionals at the Palace casino Great Yarmouth

1st Peter Preca £710 + National seat

2nd Tony Bartley £690 + National seat

3rd Del Borwick £690 + National seat

4th Anthony Woodcock £320 + National seat

5th Amanda Rose £260 + National seat

6th Steve Lansdale Brow £200+ National Seat

7th Karolis Laipienis £170 + National seat

8th Nathan Alden £140 + National seat

9th Josh Brown £120 + National seat

10th Tadas Gaulia £100 + National seat

11th Peter Thompson £80 + National seat

12th Cody Woolf £80 + National seat

13th Martin Dickinson £70

14th Michael Lane £70

15th Kevin Bull £60

16th Chris Ambler £60

17th Steven Duffield £50

18th Alan Harris £50

19th Charlotte Crowe £40

20th Tim Miller £40

Highest declared hand Quad Kings with a Queen James Adcock who already has a National seat so this seat will go to 13th place who was Martin Dickinson.

Upcoming events this season

Confirmed end of season tournament dates

The September - December East Anglia Regional Finals will take place on 4th February 2023 at the Palace Casino Priory Plane Great Yarmouth NR30 1PL.

Registration will commence at 12 Noon and close at 1.15 pm.

There will be a £5 buy in with an optional £20 sidepot and optional £5 bounty.

There will be 12 National seats available to win plus a National seat for the highest hand of the tournament.

A guaranteed £4000 prizepool.

Food will be available to purchase on the day.

A list of qualifiers will be posted at end of season.

Congratulations to the new East Anglia regional champion Stephen Warner

Final standings from Regional Final

1st Stephen Warner £1140 National Seat

2nd Oliver Hale £550 National Seat

3rd Kevin Jex £400 National Seat

4th Simon Whayman £320 National Seat

5th Ivan Bamber £260 National Seat

6th Rob Fletcher £200 National Seat

7th Luke Baker £170 National Seat

8th Martin Royan £140 National Seat

9th Keith Ellis £120 National Seat

10th Peter Sarjeant £100 National Seat

11th Matthew Anderson £80 National Seat

12th Peter Belson £80 National Seat

13th Charlotte Crowe £70

14th Alison Spooner £70

15th Shaun Bulock £60

16th Joan Ballard £60

17th Steve Lansdale Brown £50

18th Scott Casey £50

19thJames Read £40

20th Lauren Goldsmith £40

Congratulations to Kim Spooner on winning the East Anglia Highrollers tournament at Wymondham Sports Bar Sunday 15th May 2022.

Kim Spooner National & UK Final seat

Mike Cuggy National seat

Alan Thompson National seat

Sherri Jeffrey National seat

Congratulations to Nik Faulds on winning the East Anglia champion of champions tournament at Wymondham Sports Bar Sunday 8th May 2022.

All received National seats

Nik Faulds

Luke Masters

Alan Harris

James Adcock

Roger Abrahams

Mark Booker

The new season starts today and with it your chance to get your foot on the ladder for qualifying for the October regionals and November Nationals.

The following venues have been awarded a National seat direct to the Nationals to be played off for at the end of the season.

Carleton Rode Social Club

Wymondham Sports Bar ( Thursday )

Queens Head Hethersett

Sole and Heel Rackheath

IMPORTANT UPDATE

After being in communication and conversation with the Palace casino Great Yarmouth I have arranged for the upcoming and future Regionals to be held there.

Priory Plain, Great Yarmouth NR30 1PL A carpark is available up the ramp at the side of the bingo hall

This will once again be a one day event so eliminating the need for preliminary games to reach 60 players when attending Grosvenor.

EVERYONE if not already will need to become a member and the preference is to do this prior to the day of the game on 11th June.

You can download the Palace bingo app where you will find an option to join the casino and become a member leaving only a picture to be taken on the day OR

You can go in at anytime and make yourself a member.

If you have been a member less than 1 month the maximum you can spend in the casino is £500 and the maximum winnings will be £1400 therefore it will be beneficial to make yourself a member as soon as you can. This is to comply with the Gambling commission and money laundering rules.

Food will be available to purchase on the day starting from £5.50 for a meal and I will post a menu up once I have received it.

We have a National Champion

Congratulations to Graham Macintosh on winning the England and Wales Nationals at the Ricoh arena Coventry.

Also a great effort by James Murphy who came 7th at the Nationals

Congratulations to Richard Fountain on becoming the new East Anglia regional champion.

Final standings

1st Richard Fountain £1000 and National Seat

2nd Del Borwick £500 and National Seat

3rd Wayne Johnson £330 and National Seat

4th Karolis Laipienis £290 Already has seat

5th Chris Unsworth £240 and National Seat

6th Danielle Chaplin £200 and National Seat

7th Steve Duffield £160 and National Seat

8th Lewis Umney £130 and National Seat

9th Dave Adams £110 and National Seat

10th Darren Moody £100 and National Seat

11th Steven Burgess £90 Already had seat

12th Lewis Popham £80 Already had seat

13th Graham Macintosh £70 Already had seat

14th Andy Goff £60 and National Seat

15th Reece Ling £50 Already had seat

16th Tony Bartley £50 and National Seat

17th Kevin Moore £40 and National seat

Congratulations to Jack Potter on winning the East Anglia Highrollers tournament at Wymondham sport bar on Sunday 13th March 2022.

Congratulations to James Murphy on winning the September- December 2021 season Champion of Champions tournament at Wymondham Sports Bar 20/2/22.

Congratulations to Martin Dickinson on winning the East Anglia Regional Finals 1st February 2020,

Final standings from Saturday's Regionals.

1st Martin Dickinson £640 + National seat
2nd Darren Moody £640 + National seat
3rd Peter Belson £640 + National seat
4th Spencer Dyos £300 + National seat
5th Mike Cuggy £250 + National seat
6th Steve Harvey £200 + National seat
7th Ali Spooner £180 + National seat
8th Oliver Wilkins £150 + National seat
9th Shaun Haines £140 + National seat
10th Barry Davis £120 + National seat
11th Kevin Moore £100 + National seat
12th David Larnder £90 + National seat
13th David Adams £80
14th Keith Halls £70
15th Roger Abrahams £50
16th Richard Fountain £50
17th Joe Clarke £40
18th Andy Goff £40

Highest Hand
Steven Burwood Straight Flush to the Queen National seat.

Congratulations to Hayley Smith Yaxley on winning the East Anglia Champion of Champions tournament at Diss cue club on Sunday 23rd February 2020.

Congratulation to Joe Vettraino on winning the East Anglia Highrollers Tournament at Mattishall Social Club Sunday 19th January 2020.

Congratulations to Alan Brighten on winning the East Anglia champion of champions tournament at Diss cue club.

Congratulations to Rob Fletcher on becoming the new and for a second East Anglia regional champion.

Final standings from Saturday's Regional finals at Grosvenor casino Great Yarmouth

1st Rob Fletcher £1000 + Casino Experience ( Already has National seat
2nd Chris Taylor £500 + Casino Experience + National seat
3rd Alex Hale £340 + National seat
4th Billy Doyle £300 + National seat
5th Luke Gould £250 + National seat
6th Barry Davis £200 + National seat
7th Stewart Churchard £180 + National seat
8th Adam Kaloo £150 ( Already has National seat )
9th Sean Davis £140 + National seat
10th Phil Barry £120 + National seat
11th Stephen Warner £100 + National seat
12th Spencer Baker £90 + National seat
13th Alan Thompson £80 + National seat
14th Paul Cott £70 + National seat
15th Danielle Chaplin £50
16th Julian Figura £50
17th Harry Osbourne £40
18th Kenny Derrick £40

Highest Hand Sean Hale £50 + National seat

Congratulations to Adam Kaloo on winning the East Anglia Highrollers tournament at Wymondhan sports bar Sunday 22nd September 2019.