The Virgin Poker Festival in Nottingham draws the biggest crowd yet and is won by Stephen Docherty
3rd Virgin Poker Festival, Nottingham, No-Limit Hold’em, 28-29 June 2008
Entrants: 259
Buy in: $105
Prize pool: $32,000
Final results:
1. Stephen ‘Scarmoosh’ Docherty, £10,800
2. Malcolm Muskett, £6,115
3. Jamie “MUFCOK” O’Connor, £3,820
4. Derek Miller, £2,6580
5. Robert ‘Bosshogg22’ Swindell, £2,160
6. David Newstead, £1,495
7. Jonathan Titley, £1,165
8. Brian ‘Boing Blit’ Yates, £830
9. Frazer Beattie, £665
10. Julie Holloway, £465
Following the success of the previous Virgin Poker Festivals in Birmingham and Newcastle, Virgin Poker held its third event at the largest poker room in Europe, Dusk Till Dawn Poker Room in Nottingham, on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th June 2008. 259 poker fans turned up for the weekend of festivities and took part in a two-day live poker tournament all battling for a share of Virgin Poker’s whopping £32,000 prize pot!
Having won a £105 Buy-in at www.virginpoker.com, the main tournament saw 259 poker players compete in the Texas Hold’em No Limit Freezeout. Stephen “Scarmoosh” Docherty from Carlisle walked away with the £10,800 first prize after putting up an impressive performance against Malcolm Muskett, who took down the £6,115 runner-up prize.
Stephen ‘Scarmoosh’ Docherty won the third Virgin Poker Festival in dramatic fashion when he hit a six on the river, giving him a pair of tens and sixes with a Queen kicker, which put out Malcolm Muskett’s two pair of tens and fives. Stephen qualified for the tournament through Punters Lounge in a Virgin Poker Freeroll.
To add a Virgin twist to the tournament, players in the main event were given the chance to knock-out key opponents whose heads carried bounties of fantastic Virgin giveaways. For those not lucky enough to win a seat at the main tournament table – or those players who suffered an early exit – side events ran over the weekend giving everyone the opportunity to get involved and be in with the chance of winning 50,000 Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Miles courtesy of Virgin.
Practice tables offered ‘live play classes’ for less experienced players, while Wii bowling – back by popular demand – took place in search of a player worthy of the Wii bowling crown.
Joe Legge, poker manager for Virgin Poker, said: “The Nottingham Poker Festival was a huge hit, drawing in the largest number of poker enthusiasts yet! With past success in Birmingham, Newcastle and now Nottingham we’re very much looking forward to announcing the next Virgin Poker Festival in 2008!”
The next eagerly-anticipated Virgin Poker Festival is scheduled to take place in London this September with qualification on the Virgin Poker website due to get underway in early July.
