Hello all and welcome again to the Living it Loving it newsletter.

We hope that all of you Poker in the Pub players had a brilliant time at the regional finals on Saturday. We would like to say a big thank you to all of our agents who ran the tournaments throughout the country, everybody who went has said what a great time they had and how well run they were.

Poker in the Pub Regional finals

South West

After a lively tournament held in the Torquay Mint casino, Jason Turney from The Duke of Cornwall pub was the lucky winner picking up a cheque for £250!

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Scotland

On the day of the Scottish Grand National 64 runners started the Scottish Regional Final, a little after 1pm. The atmosphere in the room was more convivial rather than tense, possibly due to the great value drinks promotions laid on by the casino, with Peroni for £1.50 proving the most popular choice in the room.

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North East

The Circus Casino in Newcastle was once again the venue for Poker in the Pub regional final for players from the North East and Yorkshire. Fifty one players turned up to the 5^th North East regional final to try and win one of the five seats to the national finals and also the new cash prizes of £250 for the winner and £100 for second.

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North West

Another great NW Regional final is over and i must say the introduction of the cash prizes made a massive difference to the whole experience but especially at the final table.

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Midlands

On a sunny Saturday 18^th April 2009, we had 89 entries for the final Midlands Regional of Season 3, at Circus Casino Stoke. Play started at 1.30pm and while still in level 1, our first casualty was Steve Barlow from The Victoria Tavern, Kendal, after his pocket Aces were beaten by Neil Williamson's pocket 2s, when Neil hit his set on the flop and a Full House on the river versus Steve's two pair.

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South East

By the first break the players were all happy and playing well and an atmosphere was getting fun everyone was relaxed. Play continued and the field was thinning out pretty quickly and we reached the food break with about 35 players still remaining.

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Paddy Power Credits

Anyone who is owed credit on paddypowerpoker.com from regional finals or from winning a Poker in the Pub game night must add thier Paddy Power username to their PITP account. We will now be using an automatic system to credit accounts and any players that have not added their username to their PITP accounts will not be able to be credited.

Instructions on updating your profile

ECOOP IV: May 25th - June 7th

We know that all you tournament junkies have missed it - the European Championship of Online Poker is back! The guarantee is now bigger than ever; there is now a total of $4.55 MILLION guaranteed over the 14 tournaments in ECOOP IV. This is over HALF A MILLION MORE than was guaranteed for ECOOP III!

ECOOP IV is made up of a variety of up of a variety of Holdem, Omaha and 7 Card Stud tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $100 + $9 all the way to $2,500 + $100, which should suit everyone's budget. For those who are after an even more affordable option, satellites are currently running with buy-ins as low as $1 + 10c. The ECOOP IV $1,500 + $80 Main Event takes place on Sunday, June 7th and features a whopping $1.5 MILLION guaranteed! Check out the qualifier options and plan your assault on the ECOOP IV!

Crime Scene Nights

After another successful Crime Scene Night held in the Grosvenor Portsmouth casino, we asked the sales manager of the casino to tell us what she thought of the night, it sounds like the players had a great time!

"Grosvenor Casino Osborne Road had its first ever Crime Scene Night, and what a night it was! A murder in the middle of a boxing match was the scene set for our intrepid forensic and detective teams. During a 3 course dinner, the teams had to solve the crime with the help of the casino staff playing out the scenes. It must be said there was a lot to be desired from some of the acting skills, and it was a wonder the teams managed to work out who the perpitrator was. A fun night was had by all, and guests are already wanting to know when the next one is. Great night, with a great buzz around the casino. Roll on the next one!!"

If you sign up for Poker in the Pub season four we will give you a Crime Scene Night absolutely free!

Crime Scene Nights have proved to be a huge success and a great money spinner for local pubs and casinos. We usually sell the nights for £75 inc VAT, however if you sign up for the next Poker in the Pub league by 15^th of May then you can have a Crime Scene Night for nothing!