GUKPT 2020 Leg 2 Manchester Day 1b Blog
All the action from Day 1b of the GUKPT Manchester Main Event.
£1000+£110 Buy in, £200k GTD. Ten levels of play played today and we will be following all the action.
Huge 1b Field – Carr Leads – 00:20
Wow well what a day that has just been! The biggest Day one of any GUKPT Manchester Main Event with a massive 241 entries just for today! Giving us a total of 310 so far and late registration is still open. Players can buy in up until 11:55am tomorrow.
84 players have made it through today and again there is no runaway chip lead. Alan Carr finish just ahead of Aqeel Butt. The full counts for 1b are:
| Alan Carr | 147,400 |
| Aqeel Butt | 134,700 |
| Christopher Wood – Woody- | 129,000 |
| Alli Mallu | 121,000 |
| Garry Wilson Jr. | 120,000 |
| Richard Paul Harrison | 113,200 |
| David Kingsley | 113,100 |
| Richard Trigg | 105,700 |
| Glen Williams | 104,700 |
| David Johnson | 95,700 |
| Ryan Jonathan Mandara | 93,200 |
| Chris Norfolk | 91,800 |
| Ronald Musson | 89,900 |
| G H | 88,200 |
| Adam Davies | 87,300 |
| Aleksandrs Golubevs | 86,000 |
| James Ian Jagger | 82,600 |
| Carl John Shaw | 82,400 |
| Alex Mah | 81,500 |
| James Jones | 80,800 |
| Adria Diaz | 79,000 |
| Samuel Grafton | 78,600 |
| Shaun Farrell | 78,200 |
| Lozano Manzanares | 78,000 |
| Dean Perry | 77,800 |
| Jose Manuel Planells Castillo | 77,300 |
| Marek Gajdosz | 76,300 |
| Quentin Roussey | 76,300 |
| Richard Kellett | 74,500 |
| Martyn Frey | 68,400 |
| Justin Devonport | 67,600 |
| Ryan Osullivan | 65,200 |
| Gaetan Martinez | 65,100 |
| Endrit Geci | 60,200 |
| David Gee | 57,600 |
| P M | 56,800 |
| Attila Havacs | 55,500 |
| Keith Johnson | 54,600 |
| Rebecca Rostern | 52,900 |
| Benjamin Winsor | 51,200 |
| John Michael Haigh | 50,900 |
| Shengjie Tao | 50,000 |
| Lee Lockett | 48,700 |
| Brett Richard Angell | 48,300 |
| Jian Nie | 47,700 |
| Gregory Hunt | 47,200 |
| Paul Rigg | 46,500 |
| David Crane | 44,200 |
| Artan Dedusha | 43,300 |
| Anthony Sutcliffe | 43,200 |
| R A | 42,100 |
| Qasim Zia | 41,200 |
| Christopher Scott Gatley | 41,100 |
| Christopher Richard Howden | 37,600 |
| Jiushuang Wang | 36,400 |
| Stephen Paul Buxton | 35,600 |
| James Gray | 33,300 |
| Mark Baxter | 33,000 |
| Matt Sih | 32,900 |
| Tina Loraine Bandyle | 31,400 |
| Daniel Habib | 29,600 |
| James Micheal Clarke | 28,200 |
| Guy Taylor | 28,000 |
| Benjamin Dobson | 27,900 |
| Tan Le | 26,600 |
| David Galvezwilliams | 26,600 |
| Daiva Byrne | 26,400 |
| Kevin Houghton | 26,100 |
| Sarbjit Kular | 25,200 |
| Christopher Flint | 24,500 |
| Gar Wo Chu | 24,200 |
| Mark Jones | 23,600 |
| Andrew Abernethy | 23,100 |
| Anwar Kanj | 20,600 |
| Ming Ju | 20,000 |
| Daniel Oneill | 20,000 |
| Gary Whitehead | 20,000 |
| N B | 18,000 |
| Adam Maxwell | 16,300 |
| William Mcmurray | 13,800 |
| Thomas Hall | 12,500 |
| Kuljinder Sidhu | 9,500 |
We will be back tomorrow for a noon start where there are 103 players coming back for another ten levels of play.
Join us then.
Bagging & Tagging – 23:55
Players are now bagging and tagging.
Full chip counts will be up as soon as possible.
Last Five Hands – 23:42
The players will now play five more hands before bagging up for the night.
Last Level Bust Outs – 23:35
Brian Clarke
Alex Montgomery
Big Stacks Building – 23:20
Big stacks are building now and we have atleast 10 stacks around 100k.
Kellett, Trigg, Woody, Mallu will all be bagging up top ten stacks.
Last Level – 23:01
The blinds increase for the last time today as we begin level number ten.
They are now 500/1000 with a 1k big blind ante.
110 players remaining.
Sick For Anthony – 22:40
Anthony Kennedy makes it 2,000 to play, Alli Mallu just rips the lot on for his 100k stack. Anthony thinks for around 20 seconds and calls it off to create a huge pot.
Anthony tables 
Alli shows 
The board runs out 
Sick for Anthony as he busts to the flush of Mallu.
Recent Exits – 22:15
Guillermo Sanchezotero
Brandon Sheils
Cheryl Taylor
Daniel Knight
Guy Taylor
Jeff Kimber
Chris Dasilva
Ben Winsor
Level 9 – 21:50
The players are back seated as we begin level number nine.
The blinds are now 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante.
226 entries today, 121 remaining.
Break Time – 21:35
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
More Counts – 21:25
Chris Howden – 75,000
David Gee – 35,000
Andy Hills – 20,000
Rick Trigg – 125,000
Paul Rigg – 60,000
Chip Counts – 21:10
James Jagger – 15,000
Tom Hall – 50,000
Guy Taylor – 32,000
Ron Musson – 60,000
Kully Sidhu – 16,000
£290k Prizepool! – 20:55
Today has been huge so far with £290,000 in the prizepool.
221 entries so far today with two and a half levels to go.
Level Eight – 20:35
The blinds increase as we begin level number eight.
They are now 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante.
218 entries so far today, a huge turnout!!
Eliminations – 20:30
John Bousfield
Garry Stevenssmith
Martin Mcgeough
Nicholas Cox
R A
Anthony Kennedy
Kuljinder Sidhu
All players can re-enter if they wish as late registration is open for the full ten levels today.
Feature Table – 20:15
Counts – 19:55
Brett Angel – 47,000
Phil Walker – 27,400
Jeff Kimber – 28,000
Sam Grafton – 38,000
Ben Dobson – 20,000
Level 7 – 19:33
The players are back seated as we begin level 7.
The blinds are now 200/500 with a 500 big blind ante.
208 entries today.
Break Time – 19:15
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
More Counts – 18:30
Alli Mallu – 35,000
David Crane – 6,000
Brandon Sheils – 12,000
James Gray – 24,000
Chris Da Silva – 10,000
Tim Chung – 23,000
Level 6 – 18:15
The blinds increase as we begin level number 6.
The blinds are now 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante.
185 entries so far today.
Chip Counts – 18:01
Richard Kellett – 80,000
Katie Swift – 20,000
Daiva Byrne – 24,000
Rick Trigg – 60,000
Brian Clarke – 42,000
Bust Outs – 17:40
The most recent exits from the field:
Mark Whitney
Tan Le
Ryan Jonathan Mandara
Barry Grime
Leo James Farodoye
Scott Berko
Jewel Miah
Level 5 – 17:15
The players are back from dinner as we begin level 5.
The blinds are now 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
175 entries so far today.
Dinner Break – 16:15
Dinner break for the players as they take 60 minutes.
Buzzing Cardroom – 15:45
Nearly every table is in use in the cardroom and we even have Frankie dealing on one of the tables.
As we expected it is very busy here in Manchester for Day 1b of the Main Event.
Level 4 – 15:15
The blinds increase as we begin level 4.
They are now 100/200 with a 200 ante.
150 entries so far today.
Cardroom Pics – 14:45
Level 3 – 14:15
The players are back seated as we begin level number three.
The blind are now 75/150.
140 entries so far today.
Break Time – 14:01
Beak time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Seating Positions – 13:40
| 3 | 1 | Paul Mcaulay |
| 3 | 2 | Michael Moss |
| 3 | 3 | John Cullen |
| 3 | 4 | C N |
| 3 | 5 | Andrew Brisland |
| 3 | 6 | Eliot Catterson |
| 3 | 7 | Paul Spillane |
| 3 | 8 | Mark Somerville |
| 3 | 9 | S P B |
| 4 | 1 | John Bousfield |
| 4 | 2 | Scott Berko |
| 4 | 3 | Brett Richard Angell |
| 4 | 4 | L L |
| 4 | 5 | Timothy Chung |
| 4 | 6 | Justin Devonport |
| 4 | 7 | P M |
| 4 | 8 | Daiva Byrne |
| 4 | 9 | B S |
| 5 | 1 | William Mcmurray |
| 5 | 2 | C G |
| 5 | 3 | Shaun Farrell |
| 5 | 4 | Stuart Mcnally |
| 5 | 5 | Christopher Richard Howden |
| 5 | 6 | David Gee |
| 5 | 7 | Neville Betty |
| 5 | 8 | Alan Lamont |
| 5 | 9 | Marek Gajdosz |
| 6 | 1 | James Micheal Clarke |
| 6 | 2 | Masoud Etemadiherisi |
| 6 | 3 | Ryan Jonathan Mandara |
| 6 | 4 | David Wearing |
| 6 | 5 | Endrit Geci |
| 6 | 6 | Robert Mcadam |
| 6 | 7 | Conor Odriscoll |
| 6 | 8 | Adria Diaz |
| 6 | 9 | Carl N Pickles |
| 7 | 1 | Daniel Knight |
| 7 | 2 | Jian Nie |
| 7 | 3 | Ryan Osullivan |
| 7 | 4 | Jewel Miah |
| 7 | 5 | Andrew Hills |
| 7 | 6 | Adrian Petru Binisan |
| 7 | 7 | David Kingsley |
| 7 | 8 | Ming Ju |
| 7 | 9 | Robert Maile |
| 8 | 1 | Dan Obreja |
| 8 | 2 | Andrew Peters |
| 8 | 3 | Craig Rimmer |
| 8 | 4 | Harry Chapman |
| 8 | 5 | Chaofan Lei |
| 8 | 6 | Katie Swift |
| 8 | 7 | Arian Hassankashani |
| 8 | 8 | Aqeel Butt |
| 8 | 9 | David Crane |
| 10 | 1 | Paul Williams |
| 10 | 2 | Kim Abramovici |
| 10 | 3 | Mark Jones |
| 10 | 4 | Philip Green |
| 10 | 5 | Aleksandrs Golubevs |
| 10 | 6 | Martin Mcgeough |
| 10 | 7 | Cheryl Taylor |
| 10 | 8 | Michael Howard |
| 10 | 9 | Kuljinder Sidhu |
| 11 | 1 | James Michael Hough |
| 11 | 2 | Glen Williams |
| 11 | 3 | Tina Loraine Bandyle |
| 11 | 4 | Joshua James Boulton |
| 11 | 5 | Daniel Habib |
| 11 | 6 | Kevin Houghton |
| 11 | 7 | Michael Allen |
| 11 | 8 | Jason Gilbert |
| 11 | 9 | Andrew Salami |
| 13 | 1 | Paul Rigg |
| 13 | 2 | Paul Arrich |
| 13 | 3 | Mark Whitney |
| 13 | 4 | Brandon Sheils |
| 13 | 5 | Richard Kellett |
| 13 | 6 | Paul Noble |
| 13 | 7 | Szymon Koper |
| 13 | 8 | James Gray |
| 13 | 9 | Kieran Peter Appleby |
| 14 | 1 | Anthony Sutcliffe |
| 14 | 2 | Garry Wilson Jr. |
| 14 | 3 | Jeffrey Kimber |
| 14 | 4 | Attila Havacs |
| 14 | 5 | Dean Perry |
| 14 | 6 | Guy Taylor |
| 14 | 7 | Leslie Kearney |
| 14 | 8 | James Ian Jagger |
| 14 | 9 | Alan Billy Carr |
| 2 | 1 | Alex Jackson |
| 2 | 2 | N C |
| 2 | 3 | David Johnson |
| 2 | 4 | Richard Trigg |
| 2 | 5 | Rebecca Rostern |
| 2 | 6 | Gaetan Martinez |
| 2 | 7 | Martyn Frey |
| 2 | 8 | Luke Hallinan |
| 2 | 9 | Jaymie Kelshaw |
| 1 | 1 | Guillermo Sanchezotero |
| 1 | 2 | Gregory Hunt |
| 1 | 3 | Christopher Flint |
| 1 | 4 | James Jones |
| 1 | 5 | Keith Talkington |
| 1 | 6 | T L |
| 1 | 7 | Jeff Duddy |
| 1 | 8 | Daniel Oneill |
| 1 | 9 | J K |
| 17 | 1 | Y W |
| 17 | 2 | Dragos Bulgarea |
| 17 | 3 | L W |
| 17 | 4 | Matt Sih |
| 17 | 5 | Alex James Montgomery |
| 17 | 6 | Sarbjit Kular |
| 17 | 7 | Ben Maregedze |
| 17 | 8 | Shengjie Tao |
| 17 | 9 | Nigel Burgejones |
| 18 | 1 | Andrew Bak |
| 18 | 2 | Ryan Grossman |
| 18 | 3 | Garry Stevenssmith |
| 18 | 4 | Peter Astley |
| 18 | 5 | Alli Mallu |
| 18 | 6 | Leo James Farodoye |
| 18 | 7 | G M |
| 18 | 8 | Gary Whitehead |
| 18 | 9 | Tuan Van Le |
| 19 | 1 | C J S |
| 19 | 2 | Shengbo Xu |
| 19 | 3 | Richard Paul Harrison |
| 19 | 4 | Andrew Abernethy |
| 19 | 5 | Barry Grime |
| 19 | 6 | R M |
| 19 | 7 | Nicholas Pongourou |
| 19 | 8 | Colin Gillon |
| 19 | 9 | Thomas Hall |
GTD Hit! – 13:20
The £200k GTD has just been hit here in Manchester.
How big can the prizepool get as late registration is open all day.
Level 2 – 13:01
The blinds increase as we begin level number 2.
They are now 50/100.
115 entries so far today.
Playing Today – 12:40
Alli Mallu
Katie Swift
Rick Trigg
Brandon Sheils
Ryan Mandara
A full player list will be up as soon as possible.
Satellite Result – 12:10
We’ll be seeing all these players today as they bagged themselves a seat last night.
| Andrew | Salami | – | SEAT |
| Johan | DeClercq | – | SEAT |
| David | Johnson | – | SEAT |
| Christopher | Flint | – | SEAT |
| Dean | Perry | – | SEAT |
| Cheryl | Taylor | – | SEAT |
| Jason | Gilbert | – | SEAT |
| P. | M. | – | SEAT |
| M. | C. | – | SEAT |
| Andrew | Bak | – | SEAT |
| Daniel | Oneill | – | SEAT |
| Garry | Stevenssmith | – | SEAT |
| Jian | Nie | – | SEAT |
| Robert | Mcadam | – | SEAT |
| R. | M. | – | SEAT |
| Christopher | Gatley | – | £870 |
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1b.
Blinds are starting at 25/50.
There are 74 players registered to start the day.
Welcome To Manchester – 11:45
Good morning and welcome back to the Bury New Road Casino in Manchester for Day 1b of the £200,000 GTD Main Event.
Yesterday the numbers were a little low with 69 entries in total over the ten levels of play. 21 of those made it through and we will see them again on Saturday.
Today Day 1b begins at 12pm and we are expecting it to be super busy! Follow all the action here and on our live stream which can be found HERE!
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