GUKPT | Leg 3 Edinburgh Day 2 Blog
The GUKPT Tour travels to North of the border to Edinburgh for Leg 3 of the 2019 Tour. The leg is always well attended and this year it is going to be different.
A massive 306 entries turned out creating a £153,000 prizepool, follow all the action to see who makes the final day…
End of Day 2 – 00:55
Prizepol Payout – 00:45
GUKPT Edinburgh
£500 NLHE
Entries: 309
1st – £42,110
2nd – £27,860
3th – £17,110
4th – £10,900
5th – £7,420
6th – £5,450
7th – £4,260
8th – £3,480
9th – £2,880
10th – £2,420
11th – £2,120
12th – £1,970
13th – £1,810 – Stuart Matthews
14th – £1,670 – Dean Hutchinson
15th – £1,670 – William Davies
16th – £1,510 – Kyle Swan
17th – £1,510 – Amanda Ewings
18th – £1,360 – Roberto Morelli
19th – £1,360 – Gajanthan Kamalanathan
20th – £1,360 – Michael Severyn
21st – £1,210 – Paul Maskame
22nd – £1,210 – Kevin Frame
23rd – £1,210 – Ross Thompson
24th – £1,210 – Stuart McNally
25th – £1,060 – Edward Slack
26th – £1,060 – Gary Whitehead
27th – £1,060 – Andy Hills
28th – £1,060 – Adam Lamb
29th – £1,060 – Paul Simmons
30th – £1,060 – Paul McTaggart
Nathan Slater Leads Final 12 – 00:30
After another ten levels of play, Day 2 of GUKPT Edinburgh has now finished.
The day started with 101 entries and we are now down to just 12 players who will all be back tomorrow to play down to a winner. One lucky player will take home over £42,000!!
Nathan Slater has finished with a commanding chip leader and has over a million chips of the 6.1million in play.
Full chip counts of the final 12 are:
| Nathan Slater | 1043000 |
| Davie Gallagher | 650000 |
| Bernie Mcginlay | 613000 |
| James Gray | 603000 |
| Mick Fletcher | 521000 |
| Jamie Geraghty | 510000 |
| William Hanratty | 441000 |
| M.I. | 438000 |
| Jamie Whyte | 424000 |
| Michael Kane | 384000 |
| Steven Macleod | 345000 |
| Michelle Baldie | 166000 |
We’ve got a great mix of players for the final day and it is going to be a cracker!
Join us tomorrow from 11:30am, with the tournament beginning at noon.
Play Has Finished – 00:12
Play has now finished on both tables.
We will have full chip counts up with you as soon as possible.
Last Six Hands – 00:05
The clock has been paused with 10 minutes remaining.
The players will now play 6 more hands before bagging up for the night.
Dean Hutchinson 15th – 23:50
Dean Hutchinson shoves his 10 bigs all in holding 
and is called by Jamie Whyte holding 
The flop comes 
as Dean takes the lead
The turn card comes 
The river card 
!!
Jaime rivers a three outer to bust Dean Hutchinson in 15th place.
Dean takes home £1,670.
Kyle Swan 16th – 23:30
Jambo opens and is called by Davie Gallagher and Kyle Swan.
The flop comes 
The action is checked to Jambo who bets 35,000, Davie gets out of the way before Kyle moves all in for 150,000!! Jambo snap calls and the cards go on their backs…
Kyle tables 
for a flopped straight
Jambo shows 
for the nut flush draw and a gut shot.
Instant service as the turn comes 
giving Jambo the nut flush and a lock on the hand.
The river card comes
We lose Kyle Swan in 16th placec for £1,510.
Jambo is now up to just short of 600k.
Exits – 23:15
17th – £1,510 – Amanda Ewings
18th – £1,360 – Roberto Morelli
The Last Level – 23:05
The players now begin the last level of the day.
Blinds are 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante.
16 players remaining.
The Final Two Tables – 22:45
Two Exits – 22:35
With the two exits below we are now down to the final two tables!
19th – £1,360 – Gajanthan Kamalanathan
20th – £1,360 – Michael Severyn
Chip Counts – 22:25
| Nathan Slater | 725000 |
| Jamie Geraghty | 614000 |
| Michael Anthony Kane | 600000 |
| M.I. | 590000 |
| Bernard James Mcginlay | 480000 |
| James Gray | 421000 |
| Steven William Macleod | 313000 |
| William Hanratty | 281000 |
| William Davies | 270000 |
| Michael Fletcher | 250000 |
| David Gallagher | 220000 |
| Dean Hutchison | 199000 |
| Stuart Matthews | 182000 |
| Kyle Swan | 170000 |
| Amanda Ewings | 169000 |
| Michelle Baldie | 167000 |
| Jamie Whyte | 143000 |
| Gajanthan Kamalanathan | 135000 |
| Roberto Morelli | 120000 |
| Michael Severyn | 103000 |
The Last Session – 22:15
The players are back seated as we begin the last session of the day..
The blinds are now 4,000/8,000 with an 8k ante.
20 players remaining.
Break Time – 21:55
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Bust Outs – 21:50
21st – £1,210 – Paul Maskame
22nd – £1,210 – Kevin Frame
23rd – £1,210 – Ross Thompson
24th – £1,210 – Stuart McNally
Paul Maskame 21st – 21:40
We get to the table as Paul Maskame is all in for his 180,000 stack holding 
against the of James Gray.
The board runs out 
Wueens hold for Jambo as we lose Paul Maskame in 21st place for £1,210.
Jambo now has 400k with blinds at 3k/6k.
Min Cashers – 21:15
25th – £1,060 – Edward Slack
26th – £1,060 – Gary Whitehead
27th – £1,060 – Andy Hills
28th – £1,060 – Adam Lamb
29th – £1,060 – Paul Simmons
30th – £1,060 – Paul McTaggart
Blinds Up – 21:01
The blinds increase as we begin level 18.
They are now 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante.
25 players remaining.
Prizepool Payout – 20:45
GUKPT Edinburgh
£500 NLHE
Entries: 309
1st – £42,110
2nd – £27,860
3th – £17,110
4th – £10,900
5th – £7,420
6th – £5,450
7th – £4,260
8th – £3,480
9th – £2,880
10th – £2,420
11th – £2,120
12th – £1,970
13th – £1,810
14th – £1,670
15th – £1,670
16th – £1,510
17th – £1,510
18th – £1,360
19th – £1,360
20th – £1,360
21st – £1,210
22nd – £1,210
23rd – £1,210
24th – £1,210
25th – £1,060
26th – £1,060
27th – £1,060
28th – £1,060
29th – £1,060
30th – £1,060
Chip Counts – 20:25
| Nathan Slater | 623000 |
| Jamie Geraghty | 562000 |
| David Gallagher | 535000 |
| Michael Anthony Kane | 481000 |
| M.I | 413000 |
| Dean Hutchison | 350000 |
| Jamie Whyte | 273000 |
| James Gray | 270000 |
| Stuart Matthews | 258000 |
| Ross Jackson Thompson | 245000 |
| Bernard James Mcginlay | 243000 |
| Roberto Morelli | 231000 |
| Kyle Swan | 201000 |
| Michael Fletcher | 160000 |
| Gajanthan Kamalanathan | 141000 |
| William Hanratty | 138000 |
| Kevin Frame | 126000 |
| Michael Severyn | 115000 |
| Gary Whitehead | 115000 |
| Adam Dobson Lamb | 110000 |
| Paul Maskame | 100000 |
| Amanda Ewings | 84000 |
| Andrew Hills | 75000 |
| Michelle Baldie | 70000 |
| Stuart Mcnally | 50000 |
| William Davies | 47000 |
| Paul Simmons | 35000 |
| Edward Slack | 35000 |
| Paul Mctaggart | 27000 |
| Steven William Macleod | 25000 |
Play Back Underway! – 20:10
The players are back seated as we continue play.
Blinds are now 2,500/5,000 with a 5k ante.
30 players remaining.
All in the money!
Break Time – 19:55
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
The Bubble Bursts – 19:50
On a King high board with three hearts there’s around 100,000 in the middle when Nathan Slater moves all in and Clive goes into the tank… He makes the call for his 50k stack with one pair as he tables 
Nathan has that beat as he shows 
for the flopped flush!!
Nathan takes the pot and now has around 420,000!!
We lose Clive in 31st place as he is our bubble boy.
Bubble Time – 19:35
We lose another player, so we are now on the bubble!!
Two Off the Money – 19:20
We are now just two off the money with the players below heading out recently.
Robert Spencer Franks
Niall Farrell
Jack Ferguson
Alexander Clark
David White
Glen Gendrot
Andrew James Feenan
Squeeeeze!! – 19:10
Level 16 – 18:45
The blinds increase as we begin level 16.
They are now 2,000/4,000 with a 4k bb ante.
40 players remaining.
Double For Morelli – 18:20
Three players go to the flop of 
The action is checked to Glen Gendrot who bets 7500, Roberto Morelli raises to 20,000 and Glen makes the call.
The turn card comes 
Robert is first to act and moves all in for his 65,000 stack Glen snap calls an tables 
for the nut straight.
Robert shows 
for a flush draw….
The river card comes 
!!! Robert rivers a flush and gets a huge double up to 170,000!
Glen is left with around 110,000.
Bust Outs – 18:05
We are down to four tables now as we lose:
Tommy Noble
Thomas Cazaletz
Richard Wiggett
Colin Malcolm
Haitao Wu
Garry Stevens-Smith
Jamil Ogunmakinwa
Chip Counts – 17:45
| Gajanthan Kamalanathan | 451000 |
| Jamie Geraghty | 260000 |
| David Gallagher | 245000 |
| James Gray | 240000 |
| Dean Hutchison | 235000 |
| M.I. | 215000 |
| Robert Spencer Franks | 200000 |
| Kevin Frame | 190000 |
| Michael Severyn | 182,000 |
| Alexander Clark | 180000 |
| Michael Fletcher | 172000 |
| Nathan Slater | 163000 |
| Stuart Matthews | 150000 |
| Bernard James Mcginlay | 150000 |
| Roberto Morelli | 145000 |
| Garry Stevens-Smith | 142000 |
| Gary Whitehead | 140000 |
| Ross Jackson Thompson | 137000 |
| Michael Anthony Kane | 136000 |
| Colin Malcolm | 135000 |
| Steven William Macleod | 130000 |
| William Hanratty | 127000 |
| Richard Wiggett | 115000 |
| William Davies | 110000 |
| Eric Darrell Wasylenko | 110000 |
| Jack Ferguson | 99500 |
| Niall Farrell | 98000 |
| Michelle Baldie | 95000 |
| Kyle Swan | 93000 |
| Edward Slack | 91000 |
| David White | 90000 |
| Andrew Hills | 85000 |
| Paul Mctaggart | 80000 |
| Amanda Ewings | 76000 |
| Clive Andrew Macey | 75000 |
| Adam Lewis Buxton | 75000 |
| Adam Dobson Lamb | 75000 |
| Andrew James Feenan | 71000 |
| Tom Craig Noble | 70500 |
| Jamil Ogunmakinwa | 70000 |
| Jamie Whyte | 70000 |
| Paul Simmons | 66000 |
| Haitao Wu | 58000 |
| Glen Gendrot | 56000 |
| Paul Maskame | 55000 |
| Stuart Mcnally | 52000 |
| Marius Varanavicius | 50000 |
| Scott Nicol | 48000 |
| Thomas Cazaletz | 13500 |
Level 15 – 17:30
The players are back seated as we begin level 15.
The blinds are now 1500/3000 with a 3,000 ante.
49 players remaining.
Dinner Break – 16:15
Dinner break now for the players as they take 75 minutes.
We have an extended dinner break so the players can watch the Grand National.
Side Event Begins – 16:01
The £200 has just started with 15 entries.
£200 Buy In
20,000 starting stack
30 minute clock
One day event.
Table Shots – 15:45
Recent Eliminations – 15:30
Thomas Pearn
Alexander Tong
Tony Ringe
Robert Boon
Michael Richardson
Anthony Patterson
Level Up – 15:15
The blinds increase as we begin level number four of the day.
They are now 1200/2400 with a 2400 ante.
60 players remaining.
Prizepool Payout – 14:55
GUKPT Edinburgh
£500 NLHE
Entries: 309
1st – £42,110
2nd – £27,860
3th – £17,110
4th – £10,900
5th – £7,420
6th – £5,450
7th – £4,260
8th – £3,480
9th – £2,880
10th – £2,420
11th – £2,120
12th – £1,970
13th – £1,810
14th – £1,670
15th – £1,670
16th – £1,510
17th – £1,510
18th – £1,360
19th – £1,360
20th – £1,360
21st – £1,210
22nd – £1,210
23rd – £1,210
24th – £1,210
25th – £1,060
26th – £1,060
27th – £1,060
28th – £1,060
29th – £1,060
30th – £1,060
Chip Leaders – 14:35
Gajanthan Kamalanathan 337,000
Jamie Geraghty 182,000
Colin Wu 154,000
Amanda Ewings 152,000
Alexander Clark 145,000
Michael Fletcher 138,000
Andrew Hills 130,000
Kyle Swan 129,000
Dean Hutchison 125,000
David White 125,000
David Gallagher 125,000
Clive Andrew Macey 120,000
Gary Whitehead 113,000
Paul Maskame 110,000
Paul Green 110,000
More Bust Outs – 14:30
Valerie Gray
Gary Callan
Michael Isiguzo
John Bousfield
Matthew Ireland
Kim Abramovici
Philip Jenkins
Carolyn Gray
Level 13 – 14:20
The players are back seated as we begin level number 13 of the tournament.
The blinds are now 1,000/2,000 with a 2k ante.
72 players remaining.
Break Time – 14:01
Break time now for the players as they take 20 minutes.
£153,500 Prizepool – 13:55
£153,500 has been confirmed as the prizepool.
30 players will be paid and the winner will take home £42,110!!
The full prize pool payout will be up as soon as possibe.
More Exits – 13:45
David Colin Weeks
Neil Stewart Irving
Paul Brown
David Docherty
Christopher Morrison
Justinas Pactauskas
Ross Newton
Mudasser Hussain
Oliver Mcgivern
Jonathan Hamard
Pics – 13:20
Blinds Up – 13:01
The blinds increase as we begin level number two of the day.
They are now 800/1600 with a 1600 bb ante.
Early Exits – 12:25
Early Exits from Day 2:
Jamie Munro
Thomas Reilly
Garry Wilson Jr.
Nikolay Ponomarev
Benjamin Burnhill
John Mooney
Paul Glaister
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 2.
Prizepool to be announced.
Day 2 Seating Plan – 11:55
| Table | Seat | Forename | Surname | Current Chips |
| 1 | 1 | Paul | Mctaggart | 36200 |
| 1 | 2 | Adam Lewis | Buxton | 57500 |
| 1 | 3 | Anthony | Patterson | 81900 |
| 1 | 4 | Robert | Anderson | 37900 |
| 1 | 5 | Carolyn | Gray | 17400 |
| 1 | 6 | Justinas | Pactauskas | 33400 |
| 1 | 7 | Jamie | Whyte | 52300 |
| 1 | 9 | William | Davies | 45400 |
| 2 | 1 | Jonathan | Hamard | 18500 |
| 2 | 2 | Paul | Simmons | 26700 |
| 2 | 4 | Philip | Jenkins | 34400 |
| 2 | 5 | Dean | Hutchison | 86600 |
| 2 | 6 | Alexander | Tong | 48000 |
| 2 | 7 | Matthew | Ireland | 105500 |
| 2 | 9 | Alexander | Kamat | 44400 |
| 3 | 1 | Andrew | Hills | 79700 |
| 3 | 2 | Tony | Ringe | 100200 |
| 3 | 3 | David | Docherty | 50700 |
| 3 | 4 | Jonas | Neukirch | 57500 |
| 3 | 6 | Marc Anthony | Sloan | 89300 |
| 3 | 7 | Ross Jackson | Thompson | 65100 |
| 3 | 8 | William | Hanratty | 47900 |
| 3 | 9 | John | Perkin | 65300 |
| 4 | 1 | Nikolay | Ponomarev | 60700 |
| 4 | 2 | Bernard James | Mcginlay | 101800 |
| 4 | 3 | Clive Andrew | Macey | 62400 |
| 4 | 5 | Marius | Varanavicius | 60000 |
| 4 | 6 | James | Gray | 119500 |
| 4 | 7 | Mudasser | Hussain | 33000 |
| 4 | 9 | Nathan | Slater | 39300 |
| 5 | 1 | Colin | Gillon | 26800 |
| 5 | 2 | Neil Stewart | Irving | 17600 |
| 5 | 3 | Christopher | Morrison | 20900 |
| 5 | 5 | James | Mcaulay | 91400 |
| 5 | 6 | Jack | Ferguson | 97100 |
| 5 | 7 | Kyle | Swan | 87300 |
| 5 | 8 | Tom Craig | Noble | 26800 |
| 5 | 9 | Haitao | Wu | 100700 |
| 6 | 1 | Robert Spencer | Franks | 97300 |
| 6 | 2 | James | Rice | 47200 |
| 6 | 3 | Michael | Severyn | 47700 |
| 6 | 4 | Niall | Farrell | 76000 |
| 6 | 5 | Roberto | Morelli | 80000 |
| 6 | 7 | Stuart | Mcnally | 17100 |
| 6 | 8 | Richard | Wiggett | 78200 |
| 6 | 9 | Edward | Slack | 39000 |
| 7 | 1 | David | White | 121100 |
| 7 | 2 | David | Gallagher | 121400 |
| 7 | 4 | Michael | Richardson | 61800 |
| 7 | 5 | Scott | Nicol | 67900 |
| 7 | 6 | Ross | Newton | 34200 |
| 7 | 7 | Stuart | Matthews | 69300 |
| 7 | 8 | Richard | Clyde | 140800 |
| 7 | 9 | Gajanthan | Kamalanathan | 119800 |
| 8 | 1 | Michael | Fletcher | 63000 |
| 8 | 2 | Michael | Isiguzo | 27700 |
| 8 | 3 | Benjamin | Burnhill | 2300 |
| 8 | 4 | Jamie | Munro | 18600 |
| 8 | 5 | Kingshuk | Ghosh | 96900 |
| 8 | 6 | S | Y | 8900 |
| 8 | 7 | Andrew James | Feenan | 54600 |
| 8 | 9 | Valerie | Gray | 20900 |
| 9 | 2 | Michael Anthony | Kane | 82000 |
| 9 | 3 | Oliver | Mcgivern | 17300 |
| 9 | 4 | M | I | 122100 |
| 9 | 5 | Gary | Callan | 40800 |
| 9 | 6 | Adam Dobson | Lamb | 72100 |
| 9 | 7 | Alex | Whitenstall | 93200 |
| 9 | 8 | Gary | Whitehead | 95800 |
| 9 | 9 | Glen | Gendrot | 63600 |
| 10 | 1 | Kevin | Frame | 39100 |
| 10 | 2 | Michelle | Baldie | 119800 |
| 10 | 3 | Tom | Gill | 101400 |
| 10 | 4 | Garry | Wilson Jr. | 17000 |
| 10 | 5 | Morgane | Portier | 18000 |
| 10 | 7 | Steven William | Macleod | 109600 |
| 10 | 8 | Garry | Stevens-Smith | 35100 |
| 10 | 9 | David Colin | Weeks | 19100 |
| 11 | 1 | Paul | Glaister | 24000 |
| 11 | 3 | Paul | Green | 123400 |
| 11 | 4 | James | Mclean | 32500 |
| 11 | 5 | Ronnie | Ballantyne | 73100 |
| 11 | 6 | Kee Tak | Cheung | 126900 |
| 11 | 7 | Thomas | Cazaletz | 51800 |
| 11 | 8 | Colin | Malcolm | 116900 |
| 11 | 9 | Jamil | Ogunmakinwa | 49500 |
| 12 | 1 | John | Mooney | 20000 |
| 12 | 2 | Kim | Abramovici | 32100 |
| 12 | 3 | Eric Darrell | Wasylenko | 71200 |
| 12 | 4 | Andrew | Laurie | 70200 |
| 12 | 6 | Jamie | Geraghty | 94400 |
| 12 | 7 | Paul | Maskame | 107500 |
| 12 | 8 | Alexander | Clark | 174100 |
| 12 | 9 | Amanda | Ewings | 107400 |
Welcome To Day 2 – 11:45
Good morning and welcome back to Day 2 of the GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event.
From the 302 entries there’s 94 coming back for Day 2 today but players can still buy in, so we are expecting another 5 players to buy in before the start of the day.
Alex Clark leads the way coming into Day 2 with a stack of 174,000, he is the man to catch.
There’s a good mix of locals and GUKPT regulars in the field, so it should make for a great days poker.
Play begins today at 12pm.
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