GUKPT 2019 Grand Final Day 1b Blog
Today is the second and final day one of the tournament and we are expecting it to be busy!
Follow all the action here as we play ten levels of play.
Saout Leads 1a – 23:59
After ten levels of play, Day 1b of the GUKPT Grand Final 2019 has now finished!!
The tournament attracted 163 entries today, meaning there have been 265 entries in total creating a prizepool of £662,500!! Registration is still open until the first hand is dealt tomorrow at 12pm.
63 have made it through 1B and they are led by Antoine Saout who has bagged up 188,000, full counts are:
| Antoine Saout | 188,700 |
| Shengjie Tao | 173,300 |
| Yazan Mdanat | 161,900 |
| Ben Maregedze | 143,000 |
| Zack Chesses | 141,900 |
| Youness Barakat | 135,200 |
| Justinas Pactauskas | 128,000 |
| J V | 124,000 |
| Ankit Ahuja | 123,200 |
| Ming Ju | 102,700 |
| S V | 99,500 |
| Alexios Zervos | 98,400 |
| N H | 96,000 |
| Keith Johnson | 93,500 |
| Daiva Byrne | 89,200 |
| Min Ji | 77,500 |
| Mark Teltscher | 75,900 |
| James Paul Rann | 73,300 |
| Thomas Hall | 73,200 |
| Ivan Deyra | 72,400 |
| Daniel Barriocanaldelaiglesia | 71,700 |
| Daniel Tighe | 68,800 |
| Bassam Elia | 67,800 |
| Raul Fernandes | 65,200 |
| Panicos Ellinas | 64,000 |
| Sam Goodman | 63,900 |
| Lander Lijobereciartua | 63,000 |
| K N | 62,900 |
| Benjamin Winsor | 61,200 |
| Jeremy Saderne | 61,000 |
| Stephen Woodhead | 57,800 |
| Nathan Lee | 52,000 |
| Patrick Uzan | 50,300 |
| John Bousfield | 49,500 |
| Zapatero Gomez | 47,700 |
| Phillip Clarke | 47,400 |
| Laurence Houghton | 47,300 |
| Dost Ghrabie | 47,000 |
| Iwan Jones | 44,800 |
| Stephen Bean | 44,600 |
| Brandon Sheils | 44,600 |
| R L | 44,000 |
| Kenny Hallaert | 43,700 |
| David Stonehouse | 43,700 |
| Guy Alexander H Taylor | 41,700 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 41,200 |
| Charles Carrel | 41,100 |
| Kevin Allen | 39,000 |
| Cai Huang | 34,100 |
| Suketu Patel | 32,700 |
| Javier Perezestevez | 32,400 |
| Josh Hayes | 27,800 |
| Victor Ilyukhin | 27,500 |
| Andrew Hulme | 23,400 |
| Henry Fewster | 21,900 |
| Javier Zarco Sanchez | 21,600 |
| Corentin Ropert | 21,200 |
| Katie Swift | 20,600 |
| Christopher Brammer | 19,700 |
| Maria Lampropoulou | 14,000 |
| Tomas Macnamara | 13,900 |
| Lukas Gloor | 13,700 |
| Yiannis Liperis | 13,000 |
We will be back tomorrow where there are around 100 players coming back for Day 2! Join us for another 12pm start.
Final Three Hands – 23:40
The clock has been paused with 10 minutes remaining.
The players will now play three more hands before bagging up for the night.
Last Level Exits – 23:30
David Clarkson
Martin Hogarty
Harry Chapman
Christopher Feo
Simon Higgins
High Roller Tomorrow – 23:10
The GUKPT £10k High Roller begins tomorrow at 1pm!
Day 1 – Saturday 30th November – 1pm Start
Day 2 – Sunday 1st December – 1pm Start
– £10,000+£300 Buy In
– 50,000 Starting Stack
– 60 minute clock
Level Up – 22:50
The blinds increase as we begin the last level of play.
The blinds are 500/1000 with a 1000 ante for the last level of the day.
75 players remaining.
More Counts – 22:45
Tom Hall – 72,000
Charlie Carrell – 33,000
Panicos Ellinas – 50,000
Sam Grafton – 40,000
David Clarkson – 65,000
Chip Counts – 22:30
Brandon Sheils – 15,000
Sam Goodman – 60,000
Harry Chapman – 42,000
Antoine Saout – 110,000
Ben Margedze – 140,000
Eliminations – 22:02
Simon Higgins
Richard Trigg
Tamer Kamel
Lois Dufouleur
Shao Jiao
Kevin Charalambous
Level 9 – 21:48
The players are back seated as we begin level number 9.
The blinds are now 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante.
90 players remaining.
Break Time – 21:30
Break time for the players as they take the final 15 minutes of the day.
Players Still Coming In – 21:10
Players are still buy into the tournament and can do so up until the start of play tomorrow.
The prizepool currently stands at £637,500!!
We have ten minutes remaining of this level before beginning the final two levels of the day.
Pics – 20:50
Level Up – 20:33
The blinds increase as we begin level number 8.
They are now 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante.
92 entries today.
Eliminations – 20:15
| Mitchell | Johnson |
| Ryan | Mandara |
| Bassam | Elia |
| Fraser | Macintyre |
| Nicolas | Markou |
| Orpen | Kisacikoglu |
| Dennis | Mcginley |
New Feature – 19:50
We have new feature table and it looks like a beauty!
The line up is:
Panicos Ellias
Min Ji
Yiannis Liperis
Maria Lampropoulou
Nathan Lee
Andrew Hulme
Martin Henderson
Rick Trigg
Watch it HERE!!
Level 7 – 19:30
The players are back seated as we begin level number 7.
The blinds are now 250/500 with a 500 big blind ante.
105 players remaining from the 143 entries.
Break Time – 19:15
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
More Counts – 19:01
Kev Allen – 52,000
Iwan Jones – 24,000
John Bousfield – 26,000
Chris Brammer – 55,000
Laurence Houghton – 56,000
Chip Counts – 18:45
Yiannis Liperis – 38,000
Rick Trigg – 22,000
Andrew Hulme – 32,000
Ming Ju – 65,000
Ben Winsor – 60,000
Keith Johnson – 6,000
In The Comms Box – 18:30
We have Jamie Nixon and Chris Maguire joining Jay Harwood in the comms box for Day 1b of the GUKPT Grand Final.
Watch it HERE!!
Level Up – 18:15
The blinds increase as we begin level 6.
They are now 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante.
115 entries today.
Bust Outs – 17:45
Garry Stevenssmith
Ross Boatman
Dost Ghrabie
Victor Ilyukhin
Chip Counts – 17:30
Jack Chesses – 20,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu – 40,000
Daiva Byrne – 50,000
Ryan Mandara – 40,000
Level 5 – 17:15
The players are back seated as we begin level number 5.
The blinds are now 150/300 with a 300 ante.
Dinner Break – 16:15
Dinner break now for the players as they take 60 minutes.
Over Shots – 15:45
Level 4 – 15:15
The blinds increase as we begin level number four.
They are now 100/200 with a 200 ante.
100 entries so far today.
GTD Hit! – 14:50
Bust Outs – 14:35
| Joshua James | Boulton |
| David | Maudlin |
| Yazan | Mdanat |
| Mitchell | Johnson |
| Richard | Kellett |
Level Three – 14:16
The players are back seated as we begin level number three.
The blinds are now 75/150.
98 entries so far today.
Break Time – 14:01
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Seating Plan – 13:45
| 1 | 1 | Haoran Cai |
| 1 | 2 | Victor Ilyukhin |
| 1 | 3 | Kevin Allen |
| 1 | 4 | Neil Benardout |
| 1 | 5 | Simon Taberham |
| 1 | 6 | James Parker |
| 1 | 7 | Priyan Demel |
| 1 | 8 | David Maudlin |
| 1 | 9 | Eoghan Odea |
| 2 | 1 | Raul Fernandes |
| 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | 3 | Endrit Geci |
| 2 | 4 | Tomas Macnamara |
| 2 | 5 | Matthew Bayford |
| 2 | 6 | Robert Mcadam |
| 2 | 7 | Mitchell Johnson |
| 2 | 8 | Stephen Peter Ray |
| 2 | 9 | Jonathan Schuman |
| 3 | 1 | Keith Johnson |
| 3 | 2 | Sunil Moti |
| 3 | 3 | S V |
| 3 | 4 | Steven Heron |
| 3 | 5 | Garry Stevenssmith |
| 3 | 6 | Steven Game |
| 3 | 7 | Fadhil Farag |
| 3 | 8 | Ming Ju |
| 3 | 9 | Bandar Alireza |
| 4 | 1 | Erik Friberg |
| 4 | 2 | Javier Perezestevez |
| 4 | 3 | Gary Bluston |
| 4 | 4 | Jozsef Csapo |
| 4 | 5 | Justinas Pactauskas |
| 4 | 6 | |
| 4 | 7 | Henry Fewster |
| 4 | 8 | Mark Teltscher |
| 4 | 9 | G A H T |
| 5 | 1 | Phillip Clarke |
| 5 | 2 | Bassam Elia |
| 5 | 3 | Lukas Gloor |
| 5 | 4 | D M |
| 5 | 5 | |
| 5 | 6 | Nathan Lee |
| 5 | 7 | Andrew Hulme |
| 5 | 8 | Martin Matty Henderson |
| 5 | 9 | Richard Trigg |
| 6 | 1 | Mark Brockwell |
| 6 | 2 | James Spencer |
| 6 | 3 | Martin Hogarty |
| 6 | 4 | James Paul Rann |
| 6 | 5 | Damian Bell |
| 6 | 6 | Ross Boatman |
| 6 | 7 | Antoine Saout |
| 6 | 8 | Ben Maregedze |
| 6 | 9 | H G |
| 7 | 1 | Katie Swift |
| 7 | 2 | Csaba Kovacs |
| 7 | 3 | Iwan Jones |
| 7 | 4 | Jeffrey Kimber |
| 7 | 5 | K N |
| 7 | 6 | Nguyen Le |
| 7 | 7 | Christopher Feo |
| 7 | 8 | David Crane |
| 7 | 9 | Alan Stearn |
| 8 | 1 | Zack Chesses |
| 8 | 2 | Joshua James Boulton |
| 8 | 3 | Renee Xie |
| 8 | 4 | Lois Dufouleur |
| 8 | 5 | Harry Chapman |
| 8 | 6 | Ankit Ahuja |
| 8 | 7 | Ryan Jonathan Mandara |
| 8 | 8 | Daiva Byrne |
| 8 | 9 | Kevin Charlie Charalambous |
| 9 | 1 | Alexander Goulder |
| 9 | 2 | David Lopezllacer |
| 9 | 3 | D A |
| 9 | 4 | John Bousfield |
| 9 | 5 | J V |
| 9 | 6 | Dost Ghrabie |
| 9 | 7 | David Stonehouse |
| 9 | 8 | Richard Darvall |
More Players Playing Today – 13:25
John Bousfield
Andrew Hulme
David Crane
Mitch Johnson
Alex Goulder
Harry Chapman
Level Up – 13:01
The blinds increase as we begin level number 2.
They are now 50/100.
60 entries so far today.
Live Stream – 12:45
Day 1b of the GUKPT Grand Final has just started and you can watch it LIVE with all hole cards shown!
Watch it here – https://gros.casino/Live_Poker
Playing Today – 12:30
Players playing in the field today who we have noticed:
Jeff Kimber
Richard Kellett
Antoine Saout
Ross Boatman
Ben Margedze
We will have a full list up with you as soon as possible!
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:02
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1b, the blinds are 25/50 and the day starts with 40 players.
Welcome To Day 1b – 11:45
Good morning and welcome back to Day 1b of the GUKPT Grand Final.
Today is the second and final day one and we are expecting it to be BUSY! It runs exactly like yesterday, blinds starting at 25/50 and finishing at 500/1000 and playing all the levels inbetween. We will be playing ten levels of play today, beginning at 12pm.
The tournament has a buy in of £2,500+£150 with a £500k GTD! For their buy in, players will receive a 25,000 stack on a 60 minute clock. We are looking forward to what should be a great day!
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