GUKPT 2020 Leg 1 London Day 1b Blog
Day 1b of the GUKPT London Main Event takes place at The Poker Room in London. 200 entries are expected to do battle for another ten levels of play and you can follow all the action here.
Dedusha Bags a Monster – 00:15
Today we expected over 200 entries and we got that and then some. With the ten levels of late registration, the total numbers of entries for 1B was 247, giving us 369 in total and a prizepool of £498,150! Late registration is still open though and we need just two entries tomorrow for a £500,000 prize pool!
Artan Dedusha has finished as chip leader from today,with a HUGE stack of 306,600, he goes into tomorrow as the overall chip leader by around 120,000 which is 100 big blinds.
81 players have finished the day and they are:
| Artan Dedusha | 306,600 |
| Javier Perezestevez | 187,800 |
| David Gee | 154,800 |
| Richard Kellett | 154,000 |
| Linda Lahdenpaa | 151,200 |
| Dahe Liu | 136,200 |
| Juha Helppi | 123,000 |
| Benjamin Winsor | 121,500 |
| Ghassan Bitar | 106,000 |
| Damian Bell | 103,200 |
| Jack Oneill | 101,800 |
| Robert Garfield | 96,400 |
| Grant Dixon | 95,100 |
| Cai Huang | 86,000 |
| Mohammad Usmani | 81,200 |
| Ben Maregedze | 80,400 |
| Michael Bartov | 80,200 |
| Frode Gjesdal | 78,600 |
| Alexander Zeligman | 75,700 |
| Peter Kvisthammar | 69,300 |
| Daniel Paul Rogers | 68,700 |
| Waheed Ashraf | 68,300 |
| Antoine Labat | 66,600 |
| Matthew Skeadas | 64,800 |
| Jean Chanpangcheong | 63,700 |
| Jack Nolan | 63,600 |
| David Maudlin | 62,000 |
| Aleem Kanji | 60,600 |
| Angelos Nastosmegas | 60,200 |
| Haresh Thaker | 58,500 |
| Josh Hayes | 57,800 |
| Richard Trigg | 55,400 |
| Pedro Pellicercoloma | 55,300 |
| Paul Siddle | 55,300 |
| L C | 55,300 |
| Sebastien Jung | 54,900 |
| Andrew Abernethy | 54,800 |
| Maxime Chilaud | 53,200 |
| A D | 53,200 |
| Carl N Pickles | 52,400 |
| Malik Khan | 51,400 |
| Panicos Ellinas | 50,000 |
| Stephen Bean | 50,000 |
| Martin Hogarty | 48,500 |
| Danh Cong Tran | 48,100 |
| Artur Gjoka | 45,900 |
| Cuong Tran | 43,600 |
| Vicky Mitchell | 43,000 |
| Neil Mcculloch | 42,800 |
| Richard Horton | 42,300 |
| Jeffrey Kimber | 42,100 |
| Craig Borrer | 41,900 |
| Chris Dasilva | 41,000 |
| James Williams | 40,900 |
| Andrew Hulme | 40,200 |
| Arron Woodcock | 40,000 |
| Daniel Harwood | 38,000 |
| James Rann | 37,300 |
| Oliver White | 34,600 |
| Heinz Frye | 34,200 |
| E A | 32,700 |
| Kuljinder Sidhu | 32,000 |
| Giulio Mascolo | 30,000 |
| Paul F Tedeschi | 29,700 |
| Kevin Charalambous | 29,000 |
| Karl Watson | 29,000 |
| Adrian Mateos | 28,700 |
| Jussi Hietalahti | 28,300 |
| R X | 27,600 |
| Francois Pirault | 27,300 |
| Emrah Cakmak | 27,200 |
| Shengjie Tao | 27,100 |
| Neophytos Neophytou | 27,000 |
| M.I | 25,700 |
| J V | 25,500 |
| Patrick Leonard | 21,000 |
| Jimmy Kebe | 20,600 |
| Lois Dufouleur | 19,600 |
| Lee J French | 18,400 |
| Eugen Geambasu | 17,000 |
| Leo James Farodoye | 5,400 |
As of right now we have 115 players for Day 2 which begins tomorrow at 12pm, but registration is still open, so we could well have 125 players for tomorrows Day 2.
Join us tomorrow for another ten levels of play.
Play Has Finished – 23:55
Play has now finished on all tables.
Chip counts will be up with you as soon as possible.
Last Five Hands – 23:35
The clock has been paused with 10minutes remaining.
The players will not play 5 more hands before bagging up for the night.
Last Level Eliminations – 23:10
| Justinas | Pactauskas |
| Steven | Watts |
| Jussi | Hietalahti |
| James | Gray |
| Florian Dimitrie | Duta |
| Ali | Akok |
Last Level – 22:45
The blinds increase for the last time today as we begin level number ten.
They are now 500/1000 with a 1000 ante.
95 players remaining.
Kellett is Back! – 22:25
Best Player In The World? – 22:05
If Adrian Mateos isn’t the best player in the world, who is?
Level Nine – 21:45
The players are back seated as we begin level number 9.
The blinds are now 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante.
109 players remaining from the 235 entries.
Break Time – 21:30
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Bust Outs – 20:45
| Kasim | Mahmood |
| Arturas | Jusas |
| Leslie | Kearney |
| Alberto | Hernandez |
| David | Clarkson |
| Colin | Gillon |
| John | Mooney |
| Jonas | Neukirch |
Level Up – 20:30
The blinds increase to 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante as begin level number 8 of the day.
Counts – 19:45
John Ishak – 11,800
Neo Neophytou – 13,000
Adrian Mateos – 35,000
Adam Smith – 30,000
George Achillea – 38,000
Level 7 – 19:30
The players are back seated as we begin level number 7.
Blinds are now 200/500 with a 500 big blind.
205 entries so far today.
Break Time – 19:15
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Exits – 18:45
Recent exits from the field:
| Guy | Taylor |
| Tamer | Kamel |
| D | A |
| David | Gee |
| Garry | Stevenssmith |
| Shao | Jiao |
| Leo | Boisbaudry |
Blinds Up – 18:20
The blinds increase as we begin level number 6.
They are now 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante.
199 entries so far today!
More Counts – 18:10
Martin Hogarty – 18,000
Jeff Kimber – 30,000
Chris DaSilva – 30,000
Phil Green – 13,000
Dave Gee – 6,000
Carl Pickles – 27,000
Chip Counts – 17:55
Richard Kellett – 40,000
Dave Maudlin – 35,000
John Bousfield – 11,000
Harry Chapman – 17,000
Martin Bader – 10,000
Chris Cooper – 40,000
Cardroom Shots – 17:45
Chip Counts – 17:30
Some counts from the tables:
Steven Watts – 46,000
Terry Jordon – 6,000
James Gray – 16,000
David Clarkson – 46,000
Josh Boulton – 43,000
Level 5 – 17:20
The players are back as we begin level number 5.
The blinds are now 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
160 entries so far today.
Dinner Break – 16:20
Dinner break for the players as they take 60 minutes.
All is Quiet – 15:45
All is quiet during the fourth level of play with not much action taking place.
Despite being fed at the tables, players will go on a 60 minute dinner break after this.
Level 4 – 15:20
The blinds increase as we begin level number 4.
They are now 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante.
155 entries so far today.
Bust Outs – 15:01
Albert Sapiano
Alan Stearn
S S
Benjamin Winsor
Javier Perezestevez
Garry Stevenssmith
Richard Paul Harrison
Patrick Brendan Leonard
Andrey Veselov
Andrew Bak
Cash Games – 14:45
CASH GAME UPDATE
NLH
1-1 (2)
1-2 (2)
BAD BEAT JACKPOT – £69,944
Chip Counts – 14:35
Guy Taylor – 17,000
David Gee – 20,000
Wadey – 25,000
David Crane – 13,000
Artur Gjoka – 17,000
Level 3 – 14:15
The players are back seated as we begin level number 3.
The blinds are now 75/150.
130 entries so far today.
Break Time – 14:01
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Exits – 13:45
Exits from the tables during the first session of play:
Sally Smith
Barry Grime
Andrew Bak
Day 1b Seating Plan – 13:30
| 1 | 1 | Javier Perezestevez |
| 1 | 2 | M U |
| 1 | 3 | Jack Nolan |
| 1 | 4 | James Williams |
| 1 | 5 | Toby Wilkins |
| 1 | 6 | Peter Kvisthammar |
| 1 | 7 | Abdelrahman Moursy |
| 1 | 8 | Dean Clay |
| 1 | 9 | Daniel Paul Rogers |
| 2 | 1 | Ben Maregedze |
| 2 | 2 | David Dean |
| 2 | 3 | David Barnes |
| 2 | 4 | I U |
| 2 | 5 | Benjamin Winsor |
| 2 | 6 | K N |
| 2 | 7 | Neil Mcculloch |
| 2 | 8 | Kevin Charlie Charalambous |
| 2 | 9 | Albert Sapiano |
| 3 | 1 | Guy Taylor |
| 3 | 2 | David Gee |
| 3 | 3 | Waheed Ashraf |
| 3 | 4 | Victor Ilyukhin |
| 3 | 5 | Alberto Hernandez |
| 3 | 6 | David Crane |
| 3 | 7 | Oliver White |
| 3 | 8 | Artur Gjoka |
| 3 | 9 | C N P |
| 4 | 1 | D H |
| 4 | 2 | Andrey Veselov |
| 4 | 3 | Robert Garfield |
| 4 | 4 | Trevor Reardon |
| 4 | 5 | A D |
| 4 | 6 | Dooley Alshanti |
| 4 | 7 | L M |
| 4 | 8 | Grant Dixon |
| 4 | 9 | Philip Walker |
| 5 | 1 | D C |
| 5 | 2 | John Sherif Helmy Ishak |
| 5 | 3 | Eugen Geambasu |
| 5 | 4 | Dost Ghrabie |
| 5 | 5 | Sandiep Khosa |
| 5 | 6 | Victor Hairapetyan |
| 5 | 7 | Dahe Liu |
| 5 | 8 | Adam Charles Smith |
| 5 | 9 | George Achillea |
| 6 | 1 | Angelos Nastosmegas |
| 6 | 2 | Antoine Saout |
| 6 | 3 | Karl Watson |
| 6 | 4 | Chris Dasilva |
| 6 | 5 | Renee Xie |
| 6 | 6 | George Alexander |
| 6 | 7 | Jonas Neukirch |
| 6 | 8 | Danh Cong Tran |
| 6 | 9 | Philip Green |
| 7 | 1 | Steven Watts |
| 7 | 2 | F G |
| 7 | 3 | Kasim Mahmood |
| 7 | 4 | R D |
| 7 | 5 | Kanan Farzaliyev |
| 7 | 6 | Joshua James Boulton |
| 7 | 7 | Neophytos Neophytou |
| 7 | 8 | James Gray |
| 7 | 9 | Arian Hassankashani |
| 8 | 1 | Christopher Cooper |
| 8 | 2 | Martin Hogarty |
| 8 | 3 | Martin Bader |
| 8 | 4 | Patrick Brendan Leonard |
| 8 | 5 | Justinas Pactauskas |
| 8 | 6 | Damian Bell |
| 8 | 7 | N M |
| 8 | 8 | James Paul Rann |
| 8 | 9 | Lois Dufouleur |
| 9 | 1 | Matthew Skeadas |
| 9 | 2 | Richard Trigg |
| 9 | 3 | Emyr Lewis |
| 9 | 4 | Graham Wilson |
| 9 | 5 | Richard Paul Harrison |
| 9 | 6 | Garry Stevenssmith |
| 9 | 7 | Alexander Zeligman |
| 9 | 8 | W T |
| 9 | 9 | Sam Acheampong |
| 10 | 1 | Lee Matthew Bayliss |
| 10 | 2 | Steven Game |
| 10 | 3 | J O |
| 10 | 4 | Leo James Farodoye |
| 10 | 5 | Jeffrey Kimber |
| 10 | 6 | Jussi Hietalahti |
| 10 | 7 | Paul Rigg |
| 10 | 8 | Colin Gillon |
| 10 | 9 | Richard Horton |
| 11 | 1 | Harry Chapman |
| 11 | 2 | Jimmy Kebe |
| 11 | 3 | Adam Miller |
| 11 | 4 | Aleem Kanji |
| 11 | 5 | Arran Fletcher |
| 11 | 6 | Florian Dimitrie Duta |
| 11 | 7 | Michael Bartov |
| 11 | 8 | Richard Kellett |
| 11 | 9 | Daniel Toffel |
| 12 | 1 | Lee J French |
| 12 | 2 | David Maudlin |
| 12 | 3 | Barry Grime |
| 12 | 4 | |
| 12 | 5 | Gabriel Wafotasse |
| 12 | 6 | Heinz Frye |
| 12 | 7 | Leslie Kearney |
| 12 | 8 | P S |
| 12 | 9 | Valentin Ghioca |
| 13 | 1 | A K |
| 13 | 2 | K J |
| 13 | 3 | Giulio Mascolo |
| 13 | 4 | Karl Guiness |
| 13 | 5 | Rajiv Sakaria |
| 13 | 6 | Andrew Abernethy |
| 13 | 7 | M I |
| 13 | 8 | John Mooney |
| 13 | 9 | Arron Woodcock |
Level 2 – 13:05
The blinds increase as we begin level 2.
They are now 50/100.
100 entries so far today.
Live Stream – 12:50
We are live from Day 1b of the GUKPT London Main Event.
You can watch all the action HERE!!
Playing Today – 12:20
Players in the field today:
Antoine Saout
Rick Trigg
Albert Sapiano
Chris Cooper
Jeff Kimber
Guy Taylor
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1b.
Blinds are starting at 25/50 and there are 70 players registered for the start.
Welcome To Day 1b – 11:45
Good morning and welcome back to The Poker Room in London for the second day one of GUKPT London Main Event.
Yesterday there were 122 entries over the ten levels of play. Today we are expecting around 200 entries, bringing the total to over 300!
The tournament has a buy in of £1,350+£150 with a £300,000 guarantee. For their buy in, the players will receive a 20,000 stack on a 60 minute clock.
We are looking forward to another great day of poker, bringing you chip counts and exits here and then the live steam that runs on a thirty minute delay, beginning at 12:30pm.
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