GUKPT 2020 Leg 1 London Day 1a Blog
The GUKPT is back for the 14th season and as always we begin in London.
Day 1a of todays tournament promises to be very busy and it begins at 12pm.
Follow all the action of the £300,000 Guaranteed, £1,350+£150 buy in main event here.
Morrison Leads Day 1a – 00:15
The first Day of the GUKPT 2020 season is now in the history books. The day has flown by and finished with 122 entries in total over the ten levels of late registration. Of those 122, we finished the day with 34 players who have bagged up for Day 2 which takes place on Saturday.
Ben Morrison has finished the day as the chip leader and sits on top of the chip counts. Full counts are:
| Benjamin Morrison | 181,000 |
| Ajay Kejriwal | 141,800 |
| Klodian Ceka | 138,000 |
| Oliver Thomas Bithell | 127,000 |
| Determeyer Chris | 118,400 |
| Phillip Corion | 105,000 |
| William Chattaway | 100,700 |
| Kenny Hallaert | 100,600 |
| Jamie Oconnor | 98,000 |
| Alexios Zervos | 95,000 |
| Carlos Delvigogonzalez | 93,100 |
| Daniel Rudd | 85,000 |
| T Z | 84,500 |
| Jack Andrew Loraine | 82,800 |
| Francesco Trifino | 79,400 |
| Lander Lijobereciartua | 73,500 |
| Michalis Michael | 59,400 |
| Henri Juutilainen | 57,500 |
| T B | 55,600 |
| Zapatero Gomez | 52,900 |
| Philippe Souki | 52,500 |
| Yiannis Liperis | 48,400 |
| Patrice Brandt | 48,200 |
| Ahmad Abdelhadi | 47,100 |
| Jan Naderzadeh | 44,700 |
| Johan Martinet | 42,700 |
| Riyaz Samad | 40,500 |
| Ryan Jonathan Mandara | 36,800 |
| Lasierra Tovar | 34,000 |
| Youness Barakat | 30,500 |
| S V | 29,100 |
| Christopher Richard Howden | 28,400 |
| Thomas Hall | 21,600 |
| Jonathan Gray | 9,000 |
We will be back tomorrow for Day 1b which begins at 12pm, with the live stream beginning at 12:30pm. Join us then for another busy day.
Bagging & Tagging – 23:55
The players are now bagging and tagging.
Full chip counts will be up as soon as possible.
Last Five Hands – 23:30
The clock has been paused with 12 minutes remaining.
Players will now play 5 more hands before bagging and tagging.
All is Quiet – 23:15
No action to speak of during the last level as the players try to keep hold of their chips to make Day 2, which will take place on Saturday.
The Last Level – 22:50
The blinds increase for the last time today as we begin level number ten.
Blinds are now 500/1000 with a 1k bb ante.
40 players remaining.
More Exits – 22:25
Terry Jordon
Daniel Rudd
James Dempsey
Aleem Kanji
Hossien Taki
Attila Havacs
Chip Counts – 22:05
Some counts from around the tables:
Billy Chattaway – 100,000
Tom Hall – 50,000
Tamer Kamel – 40,000
Jack Loraine – 55,000
Klodian Ceka – 40,000
Tyler Goatcher – 15,000
Level 9 – 21:55
The players are back seated as we begin level 9.
They are now 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante.
50 players remaining.
Break Time – 21:40
Break time now for the players as they take their last 15 minute break.
Chip Counts – 21:15
Chris Howden – 30,000
Juha Helpi – 50,000
Florian Duta – 50,000
Ryan Mandara – 75,000
Adam Wilkinson – `12,000
James Dempsey – 7,000
Alexios Zervos – 80,000
Seating Plan – 20:45
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Rudd | |
| 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Kuljinder Sidhu | |
| 1 | 4 | Michael Dunleavy | |
| 1 | 5 | Pedro Pellicercoloma | |
| 1 | 6 | Benjamin Morrison | |
| 1 | 7 | Jan Naderzadeh | |
| 1 | 8 | Linda Lahdenpaa | |
| 1 | 9 | T B | |
| 2 | 1 | Tyler John Goatcher | |
| 2 | 2 | Colin Gillon | |
| 2 | 3 | William Chattaway | |
| 2 | 4 | Thomas Hall | |
| 2 | 5 | Tamer Kamel | |
| 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 7 | Jack Andrew Loraine | |
| 2 | 8 | Henri Juutilainen | |
| 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Jonathan Gray | |
| 3 | 2 | Kevin Charlie Charalambous | |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Ahmad Abdelhadi | |
| 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Dragos Bulgarea | |
| 3 | 7 | Christopher Richard Howden | |
| 3 | 8 | Attila Havacs | |
| 3 | 9 | Juha Helppi | |
| 4 | 1 | Francesco Trifino | |
| 4 | 2 | Ajay Kejriwal | |
| 4 | 3 | Riyaz Samad | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Daniel Samson | |
| 4 | 6 | Maxime Chilaud | |
| 4 | 7 | Kevin Allen | |
| 4 | 8 | Yiannis Liperis | |
| 4 | 9 | Philippe Souki | |
| 5 | 1 | T Z | |
| 5 | 2 | Johan Martinet | |
| 5 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lorenc Boci | |
| 5 | 5 | Jussi Hietalahti | |
| 5 | 6 | Andrew Christoforou | |
| 5 | 7 | Lander Lijobereciartua | |
| 5 | 8 | Hossien Taki | |
| 5 | 9 | Zapatero Gomez | |
| 6 | 1 | James Dempsey | |
| 6 | 2 | Adam Wilkinson | |
| 6 | 3 | Kenny Hallaert | |
| 6 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Oliver Thomas Bithell | |
| 6 | 6 | Joe Brindle | |
| 6 | 7 | Axat Mawji | |
| 6 | 8 | Alexios Zervos | |
| 6 | 9 | Patrice Brandt | |
| 7 | 1 | Jamie Oconnor | |
| 7 | 2 | S V | |
| 7 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Youness Barakat | |
| 7 | 5 | Carlos Delvigogonzalez | |
| 7 | 6 | Paul Alterman | |
| 7 | 7 | Ryan Jonathan Mandara | |
| 7 | 8 | Aleem Kanji | |
| 7 | 9 | Florian Dimitrie Duta | |
| 8 | 1 | Michalis Michael | |
| 8 | 2 | Nicholas Lee | |
| 8 | 3 | Klodian Ceka | |
| 8 | 4 | Ulysse Harry | |
| 8 | 5 | Lasierra Tovar | |
| 8 | 6 | Tjaart Steyn | |
| 8 | 7 | Determeyen Chris | |
| 8 | 8 | Alex Peter Bounsall | |
| 8 | 9 | Daniel James |
Level Up! – 20:40
The blinds increase as we bein level number eight.
They are now 300/600 with a 600 bb ante.
57 players remaining from the 115 entries.
Exits – 20:30
James Alan Nixon
Brian Clarke
Joshua Boulton
Thomas Myland
Jack Hardcastle
Zapatero Gomez
Sebastien Jung
Kenny Hallaert
Satellite Smashing it! – 20:20
Two hours into the satellite and it has already made 12 seats!
There’s also a waiting list of players to get in as all the tables are full!!
Chip Counts – 19:50
Daniel Rudd – 35,000
Kully Sidhu – 24,000
Ben Morrison – 46,000
Jan Naderzadeh – 53,000
Linda Lahdenpa – 20,000
Level 7 – 19:35
The players are back seated as we begin level number 7.
The blinds are now 200/500 with a 500 big blind ante.
109 entries so far.
Break Time – 19:20
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Over 100 entries – 19:10
Exits – 18:45
Albert Sapiano
Nicholas Rishover
Joseph Chattaway
Renee Xie
Yiannis Liperis
Attila Havacs
Ghassan Bitar
Antoine Labat
Level 6 – 18:20
The blinds increase as we begin level number 6.
Blinds are now 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante.
102 players in the main event so far today.
Chip Counts – 18:10
Some counts from around the tables:
Billy Chattaway – 17,000
Yiannis Liperis – 35,000
Jamie O’Connor – 40,000
Andrew Christoforou – 25,000
Albert Sapiano – 13,000
Brian Clarke – 22,000
Kully Sidhu – 24,000
Colin Gillon – 23,000
Aces vs Aces! – 17:50
Aces vs aces live on our feature table between Juha Helpi and Kevin Charalambous.
It resulted in both players going all in pre flop and then chopping it.
Level 5 – 17:20
The players are back seated as we begin level number 5.
The blinds are now 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
84 entries so far today.
Dinner Break – 16:20
Dinner break for the players as they take 60 minutes.
Cardroom Shots – 16:10
London Cash Game Update – 15:55
Cash games update :
NLH
1-1 (2)
1-2 (2)
1-3 (1)
PLO
1-2 (1)
5-10 (1)
BadBeat Jackpot £69,000+
Quad 6’s to be beaten
Tonights Satellite – 15:35
| Event Name: | Super Satellite – 6 x £1,350+150 GUKPT Main Seats Guaranteed |
| Buy-in: | £150+15 |
| Re-entry: | Yes unlimited |
| Time: | 6.30pm |
| Entry Period: | 2 hours |
| Days: | 1 |
| Levels played: | |
| Clock: | FTT 4X30min>25min |
| Starting stack: | 10,000 |
| Breaks: | Every 2H |
Level 4 – 15:20
The blinds increase as we begin level number four.
They are now 100/200.
80 entries so far today.
Two Exits – 15:05
Just the two exits here from the field during level number three of the day as we lose Eren Sergil & Jack Oliver.
Both players can re-enter if they wish as late registration is open for the full ten levels of play.
High Roller Result – 14:55
| GUKPT London £3000 High Roller Entries: 15 Prizepool: £45,000 |
| 1st | – | £22,500 | – | Lander Lijobereciartua |
| 2nd | – | £13,500 | – | Ghassan Bitar |
| 3rd | – | £9,000 | – | Guy Taylor |
Seniors Result – 14:45
| GUKPT London £135 Seniors Event Entries: 93 Prizepool: £12,555 |
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| 1st | – | £3,500.00 | – | Paul | Rigg |
| 2nd | – | £2,930.00 | – | Anon | |
| 3rd | – | £1,655.00 | – | Peter | Kvisthammar |
| 4th | – | £1,170.00 | – | Christopher | Flint |
| 5th | – | £865.00 | – | Anon | |
| 6th | – | £625.00 | – | Michael | Ofarrell |
| 7th | – | £465.00 | – | Andrew | Greig |
| 8th | – | £390.00 | – | Laurence | Stone |
| 9th | – | £350.00 | – | George | Achillea |
| 10th | – | £315.00 | – | Michael | Quinn |
| 11th | – | £290.00 | – | Anon | |
Chip Counts – 14:30
Jamie Nixon – 18,000
Phil Souki – 31,000
Tony Kelly – 20,000
Ryan Mandara – 26,000
Kevin Allen – 20,000
Level 3 – 14:20
Players are back seated as we begin level 3.
Blinds are now 75/150.
80 entries so far today.
Break Time – 14:01
Break time now for the players as we take 20 minutes.
All is Quiet – 13:50
All is quiet during the first session of play and we are yet to lose a single player from the tournament. Players are still making their way through the doors to buy in as late registration is open for the full ten levels of play today.
Day 1a Seating Plan – 13:30
| 1 | 1 | T Z | |
| 1 | 2 | Johan Martinet | |
| 1 | 3 | Ulysse Harry | |
| 1 | 4 | Lorenc Boci | |
| 1 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 6 | Iwan Jones | |
| 1 | 7 | Jack Oliver | |
| 1 | 8 | Benjamin Roberts | |
| 1 | 9 | William Chattaway | |
| 2 | 1 | T J G | |
| 2 | 2 | Michalis Michael | |
| 2 | 3 | Jack Hardcastle | |
| 2 | 4 | Antoine Labat | |
| 2 | 5 | Mathew Sherreard | |
| 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 7 | J A L | |
| 2 | 8 | Henri Juutilainen | |
| 2 | 9 | Paul Alterman | |
| 3 | 1 | Riyaz Samad | |
| 3 | 2 | Renee Xie | |
| 3 | 3 | John Rigolli | |
| 3 | 4 | Michael Dunleavy | |
| 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Nicholas Lee | |
| 3 | 7 | T B | |
| 3 | 8 | A S | |
| 3 | 9 | Jan Naderzadeh | |
| 4 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Kevin Charlie Charalambous | |
| 4 | 3 | Thomas Myland | |
| 4 | 4 | Ahmad Abdelhadi | |
| 4 | 5 | Lee J French | |
| 4 | 6 | Dragos Bulgarea | |
| 4 | 7 | C R H | |
| 4 | 8 | Maxime Chilaud | |
| 4 | 9 | J H | |
| 5 | 1 | D G | |
| 5 | 2 | Ajay Kejriwal | |
| 5 | 3 | Tjaart Steyn | |
| 5 | 4 | Attila Havacs | |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Ryan Jonathan Mandara | |
| 5 | 7 | Kevin Allen | |
| 5 | 8 | James Alan Nixon | |
| 5 | 9 | Philippe Souki | |
| 6 | 1 | James Dempsey | |
| 6 | 2 | Adam Wilkinson | |
| 6 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Andrew Hulme | |
| 6 | 5 | Hasan Gul | |
| 6 | 6 | Linda Lahdenpaa | |
| 6 | 7 | Axat Mawji | |
| 6 | 8 | Florian Dimitrie Duta | |
| 6 | 9 | Tamer Kamel |
PLO Result – 13:15
| GUKPT London £180 Omaha 4/5/6 Entries: 93 |
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| 1 | – | £5,085.00 | – | Robert | Garfield |
| 2 | – | £3,315.00 | – | Linda | Lahdenpaa |
| 3 | – | £2,165.00 | – | Reza | Fazeli |
| 4 | – | £1,525.00 | – | Richard | Ashby |
| 5 | – | £1,130.00 | – | Haresh | Thaker |
| 6 | – | £825.00 | – | Daniel | Patel |
| 7 | – | £605.00 | – | ANON | |
| 8 | – | £510.00 | – | Michael | Bartov |
| 9 | – | £460.00 | – | Nikolay | Ponomarev |
| 10 | – | £410.00 | – | Mukhtar | Ahmed |
| 11 | – | £375.00 | – | Jozsef | Boka |
Level Up – 13:01
The blinds increase as we begin the second level of the day.
They are now 50/100.
40 entries so far today.
Playing Today – 12:45
Players playing today:
Jack Oliver
Jamie Nixon
Lee French
Chris Howden
Paul Alterman
36 entries so far today, with late registration open for the full ten levels.
Live Stream -12:30
Day 1a of the #GUKPT London Main Event begins tomorrow at 12pm. That means
Join them from 12:30pm tomorrow here – gros.casino/Live_Poker
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1a of the GUKPT London Main Event.
Blinds are starting at 25/50.
25 entries to start the day.
Players Called In – 11:45
The players have just been called in to take their seats.
We should be underway in 15 minutes.
Welcome To London – 11:30
The GUKPT is back!!
Welcome to Leg 1 of the 14th Season of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour!
Leg 1 as always takes place in London beginning at 12pm.
The tournament has a buy in of £1,350+£150 with a £300,000 Guarantee. For your buy in you’ll receive 20,000 chips ran on a 60 minute clock.
We’ll be with you for the full days play today, bringing you full coverage of the event. Chip counts, pictures and exits will be available here and of course our live stream begins at 12:30pm running on a thirty minute delay.
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