GUKPT 2020 Leg 2 Manchester Day 1a Blog
The GUKPT bus is in Manchester for Leg 2 of the 2020 Tour.
The tournament has a buy in of £1000+£110 with a £200,000 GTD. For their buy in, players will receive a 20,000 starting stack played on a 60 minute clock.
Follow all the action here!
Stacey Leads Day 1a – 00:20
Day 1a of the GUKPT Manchester Main Event is now in the history books.
It’s been a really slow day with 69 entries in total over the ten levels of late registration.
21 players have made it through the day and there’s no runaway chip leader, Dan Stacey holds is in pole position just ahead of Nathan Watson.
| Daniel | Stacey | 139,100 |
| Nathan | Watson | 130,000 |
| Robert | Bickley | 127,600 |
| Waheed | Ashraf | 106,500 |
| Thomas | High | 91,100 |
| A | A | 80,000 |
| M | E | 79,100 |
| Thomas | Middleton | 77,900 |
| S | W | 70,000 |
| Luke | Marsh | 66,000 |
| Mark | Dyson | 53,000 |
| Nicholas | Fellone | 52,000 |
| Tony | Ringe | 50,600 |
| Kasim | Mahmood | 47,000 |
| Shao | Jiao | 43,500 |
| Richard | Horton | 36,600 |
| Mathew Paul | Swain | 30,800 |
| Jokin | Blanco | 30,100 |
| Andrew | Hulme | 26,500 |
| Charles | Ihle | 26,200 |
| T | H | 25,400 |
We will be back tomorrow to do it all again as Day 1b starts at 12pm, join us then.
Bagging & Tagging – 23:50
Players are now bagging and tagging.
Full chip counts will be up shortly.
Last Four Hands – 23:40
The clock has been paused with 11 minutes remaining.
The players will now play four more hands before bagging up for the night.
Last Level – 23:01
The blinds increase for the last time today as we begin level number 10.
They are now 500/1000 with a 1k big blind ante.
24 players remaining.
Exits – 22:45
The most recent exits from the tournament as we are now down to three tables of 27.
Thomas Middleton
Quentin Roussey
Scott Berko
Kevin Greenough Doubles – 22:30
We get to the table as Kein Greenough is all in holding pocket QUEENS against the eights of Mark Evans.
The board runs out 
Queens hold for Kevin who doubles up to 24,000.
Mark is now down to 26,000.
Chip Counts – 22:01
Tim Hickling – 50,000
Steve Warburton – 67,000
Kevin Greenough – 10,000
Nicholas Fellone – 27,000
Tony Ringe 36,000
Richard Horton – 75,000
Mark Evans – 38,000
Andrew Hulme – 12,000
Level 9 – 21:45
The players are now back seated as we begin level 9.
The blinds are now 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante.
30 players remaining.
Break Time – 21:30
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Satelite Smashed It! – 21:15
Registration has now closed for the satellite and it’s been a great turn out making just short of 16 seats! We will post the winners of those seats later tonight when it finishes.
Exits – 21:01
The most recent exits from the tournament:
Richard Kellett
Warren Aspey
Michael Towell
Leighton Jennings
Adria Diaz
Level 8 – 20:30
The blinds increase as we begin level number 8.
They are now 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante.
Still 64 entries, with 35 remaining.
Cardroom Shot – 20:01
Level 7 – 19:30
The players are back seated as we begin level number 7.
Blinds are now 200/500 with a 500 ante.
64 entries so far today.
Break Time – 19:15
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
More Chip Counts – 19:05
Paul Jackson – 40,000
Tim Hickling – 55,000
Richard Kellett – 11,000
Dan Stacey – 55,000
Chip Counts – 18:45
Wadey – 90,000
Steve Warburton – 18,000
Chris Cunfliffe – 7,000
Mark Dyson – 22,000
Level 6 – 18:20
The blinds increase as we begin level 6.
They are now 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante.
62 entries so far today.
Three Exits – 18:05
Only three exits so far this level, they are:
SKULLMAN
Nathan Watson
Andrew Bak
Late registration is open for the full ten levels of play today, so if players do bust they can buy straight back In.
**GUKPT Manchester Main Event Satellite Tonight** – 17:45
Level 5 – 17:15
The players are back seated as we begin level number 5.
The blinds are now 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
58 entries so far today.
Break Time – 16:15
Break time for the players as they take 60 minutes.
Bust Outs – 15:45
| Alan | Carr |
| Peter | Smith |
| Michael | Humphreys |
| Tony | Ringe |
| Jon | Lewis |
| Manuel | Choi |
| Charles | Ihle |
| Alan | Carr |
Blinds Up – 15:15
The blinds increase as we begin level number 4.
They are now 100/200 with a 200 running ante.
48 entries so far today.
Lone Exit – 14:45
Three and a half levels into play and we have only had one exit from the field.
The unfortunate player being Alan Carr.
Level 3 – 14:15
The players are back seated as we begin level number 3.
The blinds are now 75/150.
45 entries so far today.
Break Time – 14:01
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Omaha Result – 13:50
GUKPT Manchester
4/5/6 PLO
£150 Buy In
Entries: 113
Prizepool: £16,950
1st – Daryosh Rossookh – £5,066
2nd – Lee Horton – £3,289
3rd – Waheed Ashraf – £2,143
4th – Richard Hawes – £1,462
5th – Suketu Patel – £1,063
6th – Christopher Flint – £748
7th – Dat Chen – £564
8th – Zhongming Liao – £482
9th – Mariusz Czech – £432
10th – Michelle Bricknell – £382
11th – Dan Dogaru – £348
12th – Ying Ho – £316
13th – Andrew Cowgill – £316
Seating Plan – 13:35
| 10 | 1 | Michael Humphreys |
| 10 | 2 | Attila Havacs |
| 10 | 3 | |
| 10 | 4 | Alan Billy Carr |
| 10 | 5 | Mathew Paul Swain |
| 10 | 6 | Kevin Greenough |
| 10 | 7 | M C |
| 10 | 8 | Ming Ju |
| 10 | 9 | Jon Lewis |
| 13 | 1 | |
| 13 | 2 | |
| 13 | 3 | Mark Dyson |
| 13 | 4 | Y W |
| 13 | 5 | Warren Aspey |
| 13 | 6 | Scott Berko |
| 13 | 7 | Christopher Cunliffe |
| 13 | 8 | Garry Stevenssmith |
| 13 | 9 | David Greenough |
| 14 | 1 | Jewel Miah |
| 14 | 2 | A W |
| 14 | 3 | Kevin Charlie Charalambous |
| 14 | 4 | Andrew Bak |
| 14 | 5 | Q R |
| 14 | 6 | Peter Smith |
| 14 | 7 | |
| 14 | 8 | Thomas High |
| 14 | 9 | Kasim Mahmood |
| 11 | 1 | |
| 11 | 2 | Luke Marsh |
| 11 | 3 | Sarbjit Kular |
| 11 | 4 | Richard Horton |
| 11 | 5 | Paul Mcaulay |
| 11 | 6 | Steven Warburton |
| 11 | 7 | Paul Jackson |
| 11 | 8 | Rinchin Tashi |
| 11 | 9 | Christopher Bartlett |
| 8 | 1 | SKULLMAN AKA-Gerald-David |
| 8 | 2 | Mathew Lewis |
| 8 | 3 | Richard Kellett |
| 8 | 4 | Waheed Ashraf |
| 8 | 5 | Nathan Watson |
| 8 | 6 | James Mclean |
| 8 | 7 | Charles Ihle |
| 8 | 8 | Tony Ringe |
| 8 | 9 |
Seniors Result – 13:20
GUKPT Manchester
Seniors Side Event
£135 Buy In
Entries: 71
Prizepool: £9,585
1 – Alli Mallu – £2,780
2 – Roy Syphas – £2,200
3 – Joseph Smith – £1,315
4 – Paul Jackson – £910
5 – Ishvarbhai Patel – £680
6 – SKULLMAN AKA-Gerald-David – £505
7 – Paul Baxter – £395
8 – Andrew Wright – £330
9 – Shukri Mushahwar – £280
Level 2 – 13:01
The blinds increase for the first time today as we begin level number two.
They are now 50/100.
38 players so far today.
Playing Today – 12:45
Some of the players we have noticed playing today:
Rich Kellett
Skullman
Mark Dyson
Kevin Charalambous
A full player list will be up asap.
Live Stream – 12:30
We are now LIVE from Manchester!!
Watch here – https://gros.casino/Live_Poker
Shuffle up & Deal – 12:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1a.
The blinds are starting at 25/50 with 18 entries to start the day.
Welcome To Manchester – 11:30
Good morning and welcome to Manchester for Day 1a of the GUKPT Manchester Main Event.
The tournament has a buy in of £1000+£110 with a £200,000 GTD. The starting stack is 20,000 and the competition runs on a 60 minute clock.
Last year, Ben Margedze took home the trophy after chopping up the money with Rich Kellett. He took home just short of £70,000 after beating the 308 entries.
Today play begins at 12pm and we are looking forward to what should be a great day of poker.
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