Tennessee Eastern Regional Championships
TN-Eastern
Sunday, August 24th, 2025
Registration Opens: 12:30pm
Tournament Starts: 2:00pm
TD: Cindy Moses
Jimmy's Smokehouse & Pizza Joint
1359 East Parkway, #F
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
(865) 325-1210
DEFENDING TOP 3
Larry Doyle
Richard Hays
Nikki Perry
CLICK HERE FOR THE QUALIFIED PLAYER LIST
Event and Venue Overview
The Regional Championship brings together players from across your area - this event is what you have been playing for all season! Enjoy great poker, party with your friends, and earn the opportunity to play in the ultimate World Tavern Poker tournament, the National Championships.
Jimmy's Smokehouse & Pizza Joint is a great WTP venue with spacious areas for the Regional weekend. There will be plenty of drink selections, plenty of parking, and much more. Plus, Jimmy's has an amazing, top-notch staff to make this one of the best destinations with a great atmosphere to hang out with your WTP Family.
Specials include: TBA!
FULL MENU: TBA!
Participating WTP Bars and Prize Info
Daniel's Bar & Grill
Fox and Hounds Restaurant
Jimmy's Smokehouse & Pizza Joint
Split Rail Eats
The Casual Pint of Northshore
The Casual Pint of Sevierville
The Gym Bar & Grill
Prizes awarded at this Regional Championship include:
1st PLACE: 3 Nights Hotel & 1 Access Pass to OPEN 2025
2nd PLACE: 2 Access Passes to OPEN 2025
3rd PLACE: 1 Access Pass to OPEN 2025
4th PLACE: 1 Access Pass to OPEN 2025
The Top 10% of the player field earn seats in the National Championship Finals at OPEN 2025 this November!
Event Schedule
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th
11:00am: Check-in for Mystery Bounty event
Don't miss this fun event before Regionals!
11:30am: MYSTERY BOUNTY Tournament!
Each player gets a sealed envelope with a Mystery Bounty chip amount. KO a player and receive their Mystery Bounty envelope. At the end of the 500/1000 level, players will open up all their Mystery Bounty envelopes - and their bounties earned will be added to their stacks during chip up!
REGISTRATION NOTE: PLEASE REGISTER FOR MYSTERY BOUNTY EVENT UNDER 'CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS' ON WTP WEBSITE WHEN AVAILABLE. REGISTER BY AUG 19th TO GUARANTEE YOUR SEAT!
12:30pm: Registration Opens, T-Shirt Sales
Regional Championships are for qualified players only. You must be 21 years of age or older to play. Please have your photo ID with you.
1:45pm: Registration Closes, Players Seated, Awards
Regional Awards and brief announcements will take place here.
2:00pm: Regional Championship Tournament
14,900 starting chips and 25-min blinds. Who will be the new champ?
Previous Regional Champions
Season 1-2025: LARRY DOYLE
Season 2-2024: VALERIE LOGAN
Season 1-2024: NICK MELINDEZ
Season 2-2023/24: LEE JENSEN
Season 1-2023: JOSHUA WILLIAMS
Season 2-2022/23: WARD JONES
Season 1-2022: KYLE TINKHAM
Season 1-2025 Winners
CHAMPION: LARRY DOYLE
2. Richard Hays
3. Nikki Perry
4. Zane Sutter
