GUKPT | Leg 3 Edinburgh Day 1a Blog
The GUKPT Tour travels to North of the border to Edinburgh for Leg 3 of the 2019 Tour. The leg is always well attended and this year it is going to be different. Will the prizepool exceed the £129,000 of last year?
Clyde Leads Day 1a – 00:15
Day 1a of GUKPT Edinburgh 2019 has now finished. It’s been a great days poker with 95 entries over the ten levels of late registration, which is slightly up on last years 90 for Day 1a.
There has been no runaway chip leader today and looking at the 26 who have made it through, it’s very tight at the top with Richard Clyde finishing on top.
Full chip counts are:
| Richard | Clyde | 140800 |
| Kee Tak | Cheung | 126900 |
| David | Gallagher | 121400 |
| Gajanthan | Kamalanathan | 119800 |
| Colin | Malcolm | 116900 |
| Tony | Ringe | 100200 |
| Robert Spencer | Franks | 97300 |
| Kingshuk | Ghosh | 96900 |
| Kyle | Swan | 87300 |
| Dean | Hutchison | 86600 |
| Michael Anthony | Kane | 82000 |
| Andrew | Hills | 79700 |
| Scott | Nicol | 67900 |
| Ross Jackson | Thompson | 65100 |
| Glen | Gendrot | 63600 |
| Michael | Fletcher | 63000 |
| Nikolay | Ponomarev | 60700 |
| Jonas | Neukirch | 57500 |
| Andrew James | Feenan | 54600 |
| Alexander | Tong | 48000 |
| Philip | Jenkins | 34400 |
| James | Mclean | 32500 |
| Kim | Abramovici | 32100 |
| Colin | Gillon | 26800 |
| Christopher | Morrison | 20900 |
| John | Mooney | 20000 |
We will be back tomorrow for Day 1b where late registration will be open for another ten levels, join us or another noon start.
Play Has Finished – 23:57
Play has finished now on all tables.
Full chip counts will be up asap.
Last Five Hands – 23:45
The clock has been paused with 10 minutes remaining. The players will now play five more hands.
Four Tables Remaining – 23:30
More Counts – 23:10
Colin Gillon – 30,000
Morgane Portier – 14,000
David Gallagher – 79,000
Kim Abramovic – 32,000
Michael Kane – 80,000
Colin Wu – 45,000
Blinds Up – 23:01
The blinds increase as we begin the last level of the day. They are now 500/1000 with a 1k bb ante.
36 players remaining.
Chip Counts – 22:15
Robert Franks – 69,000
Alex Tong – 42,000
Davie Gallagher – 35,000
John Money – 25,000
Findlay Meechan – 23,000
Jason Mannas – 18,000
Ross Thompson – 43,000
Level 8 – 21:55
The players are back seated as we begin level number 8.
They are now 400/800 with an 800 bb ante.
42 players remaining.
Break Time – 21:35
Break time for the players as they take another 15 minutes before beginning the final two levels of the day.
All is Quiet – 21:05
Not much to speak of this level on the tables, we are down to 46 players in the Main Event having just broken a table. The players have two and a half levels left to play today before they bag and tag for the night.
Level Up – 20:40
The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play.
They are now 300/600 with a 600 ante.
49 players remaining.
Chip Leaders – 20:20
Michael Kane – 84,000
Gaeten Martinez – 83,000
Richard Clyde – 80,000
Dave Chung – 74,000
Tony Ringe – 65,000
Table Shots – 20:10
Chip Counts – 19:55
Scott Nicol – 44,000
Phil Jenkins – 22,400
Chris Morrison – 21,000
Kim Abramovic – 46,000
Morgane Portier – 36,000
Colin Malcom – 17,000
Gary Stevens Smith – 10,000
Roderick Macneil – 32,000
Level 7 – 19:43
The players are back seated as we begin level number 7.
The blinds are now 250/500 with a 500 bb ante.
51 players remaining from the 86 entries.
Break Time – 19:25
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Chip Counts – 18:40
More counts from around the room:
Mick Fletcher – 45,000
Rob Cooke – 22,000
Richard Clyde – 80,000
Andy Hills – 22,000
Dean Hutchinson – 45,000
Rob Franks – 55,000
Swanny – 60,000
Level up – 18:25
The blinds increase as we begin level number 6.
They are now 200/400 with a 400 ante.
84 entries so far today.
Side Event – 18:01
Tonights side event has just started with 14 entries.
| Event 5 | Omaha 4/5/6 |
| Buy-in: | £100 + £10 |
| Start time: | 6.00pm |
| Re-entry: | Unlimited |
| Entry period: | 6 x 20 mins |
| Clock: | 30 mins |
| Starting stack: | 20,000 |
| Breaks: | Every 2 hours |
Chip Counts – 17:40
Chip counts from around the tables:
Dean Sinclair – 23,200
Jonas Neukirch – 36,200
Jordan Allan – 35,000
Blair Matheson – 14,000
Kingshuk Ghosh – 16,000
Level 5 – 17:25
The players are back seated as we begin level number 5.
The blinds are now 150/300 with a 300 ante.
65 entries so far today.
Dinner Break – 16:25
Dinner break now for the players as they take 60 minutes to eat the complimentary buffet.
Blinds Up – 15:20
The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play.
They are now 100/200 with a 200 bb ante.
Fletcher Exits – 14:55
John Mooney opens to 400, Mick Fletcher calls, Andy Hills then three bets to 1300, John gets out of the way before Mick four bets to 3375. Andy then goes into the tank before moving all in…
Mick looks him up and down before calling off the 9k he has behind the line.
Andy has it tabling 
Mick shows 
The board runs out 
Andy makes a set on the river to take the pot, he now has 35,000.
We lose Mick Fletcher from the tournament here during level number three.
Packed Cardroom – 14:45
Level Three – 14:25
The players are back seated as we begin level number three.
The blinds are now 75/150.
57 entries so far today.
Break Time – 14:03
Break time now for the players as they take 20 minutes.
Day 1a Seating Plan – 13:45
| 1 | 1 | Michael Anthony | Kane | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 3 | Michael Christopher | Conroy | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 4 | Robert | Cook | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 5 | Findlay | Meechan | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 6 | Stewart | Hay | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 7 | Kyle | Swan | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | 8 | Valerie | Wyllie | 1 | 8 |
| 1 | 9 | Andrew James | Feenan | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Robert Spencer | Franks | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Alexander | Tong | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | Dean | Sinclair | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 | Kee Tak | Cheung | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 | Roderick | Macneil | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 6 | Nicolaos | Sorros | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | Tom | Gill | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 | Jason | Mannas | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | Ross Jackson | Thompson | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | Scott | Nicol | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Philip | Jenkins | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Christopher | Morrison | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 5 | Paul | Green | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | Dominic | Crolla | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | Allan | Brown | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 | Ian | Swan | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 9 | Graham | Williams | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | Colin | Malcolm | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | Jonas | Neukirch | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | Paul | Mctaggart | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | Amanda | Wallace | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 6 | Colin | Wu | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Jordan Patrick | Allan | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 8 | Kingshuk | Ghosh | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | Blair John | Matheson | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | Garry | Stevens-Smith | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | Michael | Fletcher | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | Andrew | Hills | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | Thomas | Pearn | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | John | Mooney | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | David | Wyse | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | 7 | Tony | Ringe | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 8 | John | Angus | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 9 | Roberto | Morelli | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | Richard | Clyde | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | Alan | Duncan | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Blair | Armstrong-payne | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | Ashley Peter | Dakin | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | Martin | Sime | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | Dean | Hutchison | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | 7 | Robert John | Knight | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | 8 | Eric Darrell | Wasylenko | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | 9 | Alexander | Clark | 6 | 9 |
All is Quiet – 13:30
No real action to speak of during the first level and a half. Surprisingly we have had no exits during the 90 minutes of play.
Late registration is open for the whole days play in this tournament with unlimited re-entries allowed.
Live Stream – 13:15
We are now LIVE from Day 1a of GUKPT Edinburgh.
Follow all the action with Philip Heald & Jay Harwood here –https://gros.casino/Live_Poker
Level Up – 13:01
The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play.
They are now 50/100.
50 entries so far today.
Playing Today – 12:25
Some of the faces we have noticed playing today:
Colin Wu
Ian Swan
Findlay Meechan
Rob Cooke
Andy Hills
We’ll get a full list up with you as soon as possible.
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:10
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1a, blinds are now 25/50.
38 players to start the day.
Welcome To Edinburgh – 12:00
Good afternoon and welcome to Edinburgh for the third leg of the 2019 GUKPT Tour.
We are North of the border for what is always a well attended leg.
Last year there were 258 entries creating a prizepool of £129,000. Gary Stevens-Smith taking home the lions share of the money, defeating Ian Berry heads up.
The tournament is a £500+£60 buy in with a £100,000 guarantee. For their buy in the players will receive 20,000 chips on a 60 minute clock.
The team will be with you for the next four days of play, bringing you live updates, chip counts, pictures, exits and of course the live stream with all hole cards shown running on a thirty-minute delay.
Play has just started in the room.
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