GUKPT 2019 Grand Final Day 1a Blog
The 2019 GUKPT Grand Final has a buy in of £2,500+£150 with a £500,000 guarantee!
Follow all the action here as the players play ten levels of play.
Labbat Leads Day 1a – 00:05
After ten levels of poker Day 1a of the GUKPT Grand Final is now in the books!
It’s been a fun days play with the heads up event also going on which has broke up the day.
102 entries for the first day one, which is slightly down on last year, but still a good number going into Day 1b tomorrow.
Antoine Labbat has bagged up the chip lead and is the only player over 200k, the full chip counts of the 33 players who have made it through the day are:
| Antoine Labat | 209,500 |
| Philippe Souki | 187,200 |
| Leo Boisbaudry | 168,300 |
| Trevor Reardon | 139,000 |
| Scott Berko | 126,000 |
| Henri Juutilainen | 119,700 |
| Sebastien Jung | 113,400 |
| James Sykes | 100,500 |
| Joseph Grech | 92,500 |
| P P | 80,000 |
| Daniel Rudd | 77,000 |
| Paul Fontancastrillon | 74,100 |
| A M | 66,100 |
| Christopher Maguire | 64,300 |
| Andrey Veselov | 61,600 |
| Andrew Christoforou | 60,300 |
| Petrit Gjoka | 60,000 |
| Oliver Price | 60,000 |
| Adam Miller | 57,300 |
| Artur Gjoka | 56,200 |
| Jamie Oconnor | 55,000 |
| Sam Palmer | 54,900 |
| David Barnes | 50,300 |
| Vicky Mitchell | 48,700 |
| Lasierra Tovar | 48,000 |
| Carlos Delvigogonzalez | 47,500 |
| F F | 47,000 |
| Etienne Fortin | 46,200 |
| John Mooney | 45,000 |
| Benjamin Morrison | 40,300 |
| Chris Dasilva | 38,000 |
| James Alan Nixon | 34,200 |
| Julien Terrasson | 18,000 |
We will be back tomorrow for Day 1b, which begins at 12pm.
Play Has Finished – 23:55
Play has now finished on all tables.
We will be posting up the chip counts as soon as we get them.
Clock Has Paused – 23:35
The clock has been paused, the players will now play 5 more hands before bagging up for the night.
Uneventful Level – 23:10
No action to speak of during the last level so players.
The player all look happy to keep hold of their chips and bag up for the night.
The Last Level – 22:50
The blinds increase as we begin the last level of the day.
They are now 500/1000 with a 1000 big blind ante.
45 players remaining.
Bust Outs – 22:30
Arsenii Karmatckii
Panicos Ellinas
Conor Nocher
Samuel Grafton
Final Two Levels – 22:15
We’re into the final two levels of the tournament today and we’ve currently had 102 entries!
Chip Counts – 22:01
John Mooney – 125,000
Boz – 40,000
Andrey Veselov – 65,000
Trevor Reardon – 150,000
Sam Grafton – 30,000
Phil Soukki – 30,000
Tamer Kamel – 80,000
Level 9 – 21:50
The players are back seated as we begin level number 9.
The blinds are now 400/800 with an 800 ante.
105 entries so far today.
Break Time – 21:32
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Heads Up Result – 21:01
Grosvenor UK Heads Up Championship
£200 Buy In
Entries: 44
1st – Julian Davies – £5,000
2nd – Jay Harwood – £3,000
3rd – Guy Taylor – £1,000
3rd – Stefano Dimitrov – £1,000
Bust Outs – 20:30
James Sykes
Edward Roger
Cuong Tran
Amaury Mamou-Mani
100 Entries – 20:05
Mid way through level number 7 and we have hit 100 entries for Day 1a, a great turnout for the Grand Final so far.
Late registration is open for the full ten levels today and tomorrow.
Heads Up Final! – 19:50
We are down to two in the Grosvenor UK Heads Up Championship
The final is
Jay Harwood vs Julian Davies
Who is going to take it down??
We will be live streaming this final and you can watch it here – https://gros.casino/Live_Poker
It’ll begin at 8pm!
Level 7 – `19:30
The players are back seated as we begin the next level of play.
Blinds are 200/400 with a 400 ante.
87 entries so far today.
Break Time – -19:15
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Live Stream – 18:50
Watch the ive stream which runs on a thirty minute delay with all hole cards shown.
Bust Outs – 18:30
Benjamin Morrison
Tamer Kamel
Arron Woodcock
Artur Gjoka
Sebastien Jung
Level 6 – 18:15
The blinds increase as we begin level number 6.
They are now 200/400 with a 400 ante.
85 entries so far today
Grosvenor UK Heads Up Championship – 17:50
Chip Counts – 17:30
Ryan Mandara – 30,000
Khoa Le – 35,000
Chris Da Silva – 25,000
Joe Grech – 31,000
Jamie Nixon – 47,000
Andy Christoforou – 30,000
Jamie O’Connor – 27,000
Level 5 – 17:15
The players are back seated as we begin level 5.
The blinds are now 150/300 with a 300 ante.
70 entries so far today.
Break Time – 16:15
Break time for the players as they take 60 minutes for dinner.
Omaha Side Event – 15:45
| Event 12 | Omaha 4/5/6 |
| Buy-in: | £300+30 |
| Start time: | 5:00pm |
| Re-entry: | Unlimited |
| Entry Period: | 3h45m |
| Days: | 1 Day |
| Levels: | Played till conclusion |
| Clock: | FTT 25min |
| Starting stack: | 25,000 |
Level 4 – 15:15
The blinds increase as we begin level number 4.
They are now 100/200 with a 200 ante.
58 entries so far.
Exits – 14:55
Exits from around the tables:
Terry Jordon
Leo Farodoye
Artur Gjoka
Day 1a Seating Plan – 14:45
| 1 | 1 | Antoine Labat | |
| 1 | 2 | David Barnes | |
| 1 | 3 | M B | |
| 1 | 4 | Jonas Neukirch | |
| 1 | 5 | Trevor Reardon | |
| 1 | 6 | A G | |
| 1 | 7 | Christopher Maguire | |
| 1 | 8 | Daniel Samson | |
| 1 | 9 | Victor Ilyukhin | |
| 2 | 1 | John Mooney | |
| 2 | 2 | C N | |
| 2 | 3 | O P | |
| 2 | 4 | Alexios Zervos | |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastien Jung | |
| 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 7 | Edward Roger | |
| 2 | 8 | Jamie Oconnor | |
| 2 | 9 | Adam Miller | |
| 3 | 1 | Andrey Veselov | |
| 3 | 2 | Shak Muradov | |
| 3 | 3 | Matthew Rabb | |
| 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 5 | C D | |
| 3 | 6 | Andrew Christoforou | |
| 3 | 7 | Stephen Peter Ray | |
| 3 | 8 | Philip Long | |
| 3 | 9 | James Alan Nixon | |
| 4 | 1 | J V | |
| 4 | 2 | Tomas Macnamara | |
| 4 | 3 | Victor Ilyukhin | |
| 4 | 4 | Artur Gjoka | |
| 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Scott Berko | |
| 4 | 7 | D T | |
| 4 | 8 | F F | |
| 4 | 9 | Henri Juutilainen | |
| 5 | 1 | B A | |
| 5 | 2 | M C | |
| 5 | 3 | Arron Woodcock | |
| 5 | 4 | Lasierra Tovar | |
| 5 | 5 | Cuong Tran | |
| 5 | 6 | C R | |
| 5 | 7 | Tablouh Zee | |
| 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 9 | Joseph Grech | |
| 6 | 1 | D F | |
| 6 | 2 | James Sykes | |
| 6 | 3 | Etienne Fortin | |
| 6 | 4 | Philippe Souki | |
| 6 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Leo Boisbaudry | |
| 6 | 7 | R F | |
| 6 | 8 | Chris Dasilva | |
| 6 | 9 | P P | |
| 7 | 1 | Ryan Jonathan Mandara | |
| 7 | 2 | T J | |
| 7 | 3 | Sam Palmer | |
| 7 | 4 | Julien Terrasson | |
| 7 | 5 | Jesse Wigan | |
| 7 | 6 | A M | |
| 7 | 7 | Tarjei Forus | |
| 7 | 8 | Nguyen Le |
Level 3 – 14:15
The players are now back as we begin level number 3.
The blinds are now 75/150.
45 entries so far today.
Break Time – 14:01
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
All is Quiet – 13:45
All is quiet here during level number two. No exits to speak of during the first 90 minutes of play.
£200 Side Result – 13:30
| GUKPT Grand Final | |||||
| £200 NLHE | |||||
| Entries: 98 | |||||
| 1st | – | Mitchell | Hynam | – | £6,549 |
| 2nd | – | Marcin | Mroz | – | £4,270 |
| 3rd | – | A. | G. | – | £2,790 |
| 4th | – | Antonios | Katsoulakis | – | £1,965 |
| 5th | – | Andrew | Abernethy | – | £1,455 |
| 6th | – | Mark | Southwood | – | £1,055 |
| 7th | – | Danh Cong | Tran | – | £785 |
| 8th | – | Csaba | Kovacs | – | £655 |
| 9th | – | Justin | Tsui | – | £590 |
| 10th | – | Kelly | Barlow | – | £530 |
| 11th | – | Joseph | Field | – | £485 |
Level 2 – 13:01
The blinds increase as we begin level number 2.
They are now 50/100.
40 entries so far today and late registration is open for the full ten levels of play.
Playing Today – 12:45
Khoa Le
Jamie Nixon
Phil Long
Terry Jordon
We will get a full player list up with you as soon a possible.
Side Event Result – 12:30
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1a.
The blinds are 25/50.
30 players to start the day.
Welcome To Day 1a – 11:45
Good morning and welcome to The Poker Room for Day 1a of the GUKPT Grand Final!
Last year the Grand Final Main Event had 325 entries, creating a massive prizepool of £650,000! The tournament ended in a three way chop between Jerome L’Hostis, Tamer Kamel & Ben Morrison who all took home 6 figures.
The tournament has a buy in of £2,500+£150 with a £500,000 guarantee. For their buy in the players will receive 25,000 chips on a 60 minute clock. Ten levels of play today and registration is open all day!
Play begins at 12pm today.
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