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GUKPT London Day 2 Blog

All the action from the record breaking GUKPT London Main Event.

The players are playing another ten levels of play as they battle it out for the huge prizepool!

 

 

 

Zhen Leads Final 24 – 00:31

After another ten levels the chips are back in the bags and locked away. From the 136 players we had coming back today there are just 24 players remaining and will be back tomorrow to battle it out for the £62,000 first place prize.

They are led by Zhen Shao who is the only player over a million chips, he has a commanding lead over the rest of the field.

The full chip counts are:

Zhen Shao 1,037,000
Stewart Kirby 780,000
Arnaud Benaddi 676,000
Stephen Bean 643,000
Ali Zihni 634,000
Edward Overall 615,000
Lee Whiddett 608,000
F A H B 535,000
Chris Maguire 478,000
Mark Wackrill 410,000
Caius Cristescu 402,000
Mark Rubbathan 313,000
Phillip Obrien 291,000
Joseph Field 277,000
Cheuk Lee 273,000
Jesse Wigan 240,000
Ryan Mandara 237,000
Martin Bader 235,000
Carlos Delvigogonzalez 214,000
Aleks Golubevs 213,000
Koichi Aki 177,000
Martyn Tawn 171,000
Denas Benevicius 136,000
Tim Joyner 108,000

We will be back tomorrow for another 12pm start. Join us then as we’ll be playing down to a winner and crowning a new champion!

 

 

Play Has Finished – 23:55

Play has now finished with 25 players.

Full chip counts will be up with you as soon a possible.

 

 

Last Five Hands – 23:45

The players will now play five more hands before bagging and tagging for the day.

 

 

Bust Outs – 23:25

28th – £1,450 – E.G
29th – £1,450 – A.V.
30th – £1,450 – Haresh Thaker
31st – £1,450 – Vinod Fernandez
32nd – £1,450 – I.D.
33rd – £1,200 – Jabran  Zahid
34th – £1,200 – S.C.

 

Last Level – 23:01

The players begin the last level of the day.

The blinds are now 5,000/10,000 with a 10k bb ante.

30 players remaining.

 

 

All is Quiet – 22:33

As always we have a manic hour after the bubble bursts, but play has now come to a halt.

The short stacks have busted and players are starting to build their stacks, to make a run at the final table.

We have a level and a half let to play before we bag and tag for the night.

How many players are going to make Day 3?

 

 

 

 

Chip Counts – 22:04

 

Zhen Shao 876000
Edward Overall 780000
Stephen Bean 570000
Adnan Chamaa 472000
Ali Zihni 450000
Christopher Maguire 450000
Lee Whiddett 442000
Martyn Tawn 365000
Carlos Delvigogonzalez 360000
Aleksandrs Golubevs 353000
Caius Cristescu 340000
Mark Rubbathan 334000
A V 300000
James Alan Nixon 280000
Hamid Rowshanaei 280000
F A H B 265000
I D 260000
Arnaud Benaddi 250000
Ryan Jonathan Mandara 245000
E G 240000
Martin Bader 240000
Denas Benevicius 232000
Vinod Fernandez 231000
Joseph Field 220000
C L 205000
Koichi Aki 143000
Stewart Kirby 120000
Mark Wackrill 110000
Tim Joyner 105000
Jesse Wigan 100000
S C 95000
Jabran Zahid 75000
P O 50000
Haresh Thaker 25000

 

Level 19 – 21:45

The players are back seated as we begin level 19.

The blinds are 4,000/8,000 with a 8k bb ante.

34 players remaining.

 

 

Saxby Exits – 21:40

The last hand before the break Kelly Saxby gets her stack all in holding Ace-King and runs into the ACES of Chris Maguire.

No miracles for Kelly as she heads out in 35th place for £1,200.

 

 

Break Time – 21:30

Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.

 

 

More Exits – 21:15

 

More exits from the main event as we lose:

36th – £1,200 – Mantas Kvauka
37th – £1,200 – Nicholas Lee
38th – £1,200 – Conor Coules
39th – £1,200 – Diyary Khdir
40th – £1,100 – A.M

With their exits we are now down to the final four tables in the tournament.

 

 

Min Cashers – 20:50

41st – £1,100 – Usman Ulhaq
42nd – £1,100 – Max Devson
43rd – £1,100 – Neo Neophytou
44th – £1,100 – Johan Urbanyik
45th – £1,100 – Samuel Simister
46th – £1,100 – Axat Mawji
47th – £1,100 – Ed Johnson

Blinds Up – 20:30

The blinds increase as we begin level number 17.

They are now 3,000/6,000 with a 6k bb ante.

41 players remaining.

 

 

Siddle Bubbles! – 20:15

Paul Siddle gets his 60,000 (12 bigs) all in pre flop holding ACES and is looked up by Chris Maguire holding QUEENS!

A QUEEN comes on the flop as the board runs out Q–10–4–10–10.

Chris takes the pot and we lose Paul from the field.

With his exit the players are now all in the money!

 

 

Chip Counts – 20:05

Zhen Shao 658000
Mantas Kvauka 590000
Aleksandrs Golubevs 500000
E G 410000
Adnan Chamaa 400000
Christopher Maguire 378000
Stephen Bean 370000
Usman Ulhaq 342000
F A H B 297000
Martin Bader 260000
Joseph Field 245000
Ali Zihni 245000
Edward Overall 238000
P O 233000
Denas Benevicius 225000
Lee Whiddett 225000
Mark Wackrill 216000
Mark Rubbathan 213000
Caius Cristescu 200000
Jabran Zahid 196000
Stewart Kirby 178000
Neophytos Neophytou 171000
Nicholas Lee 170000
Kelly Saxby 165000
Jesse Wigan 161000
Carlos Delvigogonzalez 155000
Samuel Simister 155000
Ryan Jonathan Mandara 145000
Vinod Fernandez 145000
C L 140000
Hamid Rowshanaei 135000
Johan Urbanyik 125000
James Alan Nixon 124000
Arnaud Benaddi 120000
Haresh Thaker 112000
Martyn Tawn 106000
Tim Joyner 102000
A V 100000
Conor James Coules 96000
I D 88000
Koichi Aki 86000
Diyary Khdir 70000
Max Deveson 63000
Paul Siddle 62000
Axat Mawji 60000
A M 56000
Ed Johnson 44000
S C 40000

 

 

Level 17 – 19:40

The players are back seated as we begin level number 17.

The blinds are 2500/5000 with a 5k bb ante.

48 players remaining.

Still on the bubble!

 

Dinner Break – 18:35

No action on the bubble so the players will now take their 60 minute dinner break!

Then continue bubble play when we return.

Bubble Time! – 18:15

Bubble time now with 48 players remaining!

 

Recent Eliminations – 18:05

Paul Scipioni
Daniel Knapp
Alan Carr
Renee Xie
Maz Bako
Thang Nguyen

With their eliminations, we are now down to 50 players!

Just 3 off the money.

 

 

Huge Pot! – 17:45

Aleks Golubevs and Zhen Shao have just played out a huge pot where Aleks bets 38,000 on the river Zhen raises to 138,000. Aleks tanked for a full 5 minutes before making the call and being shown a flush from Zhen.

Aleks mucked his hand but still has around 250,000.

Zhen is now stacking 650,000!

 

Level Up – 17:30

The blinds increase as we begin level number 16.

They are now 2,000/4,000 with a 4k bb ante.

57 players remaining.

 

Down to 60 – 17:15

Down to 60 players now as we lose:

Thang Nguyen
Bernardo Battistotti
Geoffrey Mooney
Nathan Claytonhigson
Tony Ringe

 

 

Prizepool Payout – 17:05

GUKPT London Main Event
£500 NLHE
Entries: 488

1st – £62,000
2nd – £43,100
3rd – £25,600
4th – £15,750
5th – £10,300
6th – £7,400
7th – £5,500
8th – £4,300
9th – £3,600
10th – £3,100
11th – £2,900
12th – £2,600
13th – £2,400
14th – £2,400
15th – £2,150
16th – £2,150
17th – £2,150
18th – £1,900
19th – £1,900
20th – £1,900
21st – £1,900
22nd – £1,650
23rd – £1,650
24th – £1,650
25th – £1,650
26th – £1,650
27th – £1,450
28th – £1,450
29th – £1,450
30th – £1,450
31st – £1,450
32nd – £1,450
33rd – £1,200
34th – £1,200
35th – £1,200
36th – £1,200
37th – £1,200
38th – £1,200
39th – £1,200
40th – £1,100
41st – £1,100
42nd – £1,100
43rd – £1,100
44th – £1,100
45th – £1,100
46th – £1,100
47th – £1,100

 

 

Chip Leaders – 16:45

 

 

Zhen Shao 379000
Caius Cristescu 330000
Stephen Bean 300000
Joseph Field 290000
Edward Overall 270000
Usman Ulhaq 270000
Adnan Chamaa 260000
Martyn Tawn 258000
Nicholas Lee 238000
E G 235000
Martin Bader 230000
Tim Joyner 230000

 

 

Level 15 – 16:30

The players are back seated as we begin level 15.

The blinds are now 1500/3000 with a 3000 ante.

67 players remaining

 

Break Time – 16:15

Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.

 

Down to 70 – 16:02

It’s fast and furious in the Main Event and we are already down to 70 players.

We should see the action slow down as we approach the money bubble.

 

Chip Counts – 15:50

Jamie Nixon – 160,000
Andy Hills – 37,000
David Johnson – 60,000
Kelly Saxby-150,000
Maz Bako – 30,000
Neo Neophytou – 140,000
Ash Miah – 95,000
Aleks Golubevs- 70,000

 

 

Exits – 15:30

Andrew Macleod
Edward Swales
Raphael Ajayi
Ming Ju
John Bousfield

 

 

 

Blinds Up – 15:10

The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play.

They are now 1200/2400 with a 2400 ante.

72 players remaining.

 

Live Stream – 14:45

Don’t forget to join The Tower & Jay Harwood in the comms box as they commentate on Day 2s play.

You can watch it HERE!!

 

 

 

Big Stacks – 14:32

Adnan Chamaa 380000
Usman Ulhaq 320000
Joe Field 320000
Nicholas Lee 280000
Stephen Bean 250000
Tony Ringe 220000
Haresh Thakker 210000
Nathan Clayton Higgins 190000

 

 

Level 13 – 14:20

The players are back seated as we begin level 13.

The blinds are now 1,000/2,000 with a 2k ante.

84 players remaining.

 

 

Break Time – 14:01

Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.

 

More Exits -13:30

 

Jiaze Li
Jan Naderzadeh
Matin Jouzdani
Terry Jordon
Jason Wong
Wayne Lee

 

 

Prizepool Payout – 13:10

GUKPT London Main Event
£500 NLHE
Entries: 488

1st – £62,000
2nd – £43,100
3rd – £25,600
4th – £15,750
5th – £10,300
6th – £7,400
7th – £5,500
8th – £4,300
9th – £3,600
10th – £3,100
11th – £2,900
12th – £2,600
13th – £2,400
14th – £2,400
15th – £2,150
16th – £2,150
17th – £2,150
18th – £1,900
19th – £1,900
20th – £1,900
21st – £1,900
22nd – £1,650
23rd – £1,650
24th – £1,650
25th – £1,650
26th – £1,650
27th – £1,450
28th – £1,450
29th – £1,450
30th – £1,450
31st – £1,450
32nd – £1,450
33rd – £1,200
34th – £1,200
35th – £1,200
36th – £1,200
37th – £1,200
38th – £1,200
39th – £1,200
40th – £1,100
41st – £1,100
42nd – £1,100
43rd – £1,100
44th – £1,100
45th – £1,100
46th – £1,100
47th – £1,100

 

 

Level 12 – 13:01

The blinds increase as we begin level number 12.

There are 110 players remaining. Meaning we lost 25 players in the first level!

 

Prizepool Announced – 12:45

The prizepool has just been announced at £244,000!

The winner will receive £62,000 and 47 players will be paid. The min cashers will take home £1,100.

 

Early Exits – 12:30

Danh Tran
James Morris
Andrey Veselov
Faraz Iqbal
Richard Ansell
Masoud Etemadiherisi
Chen Wenbin
Joel Russell
Noel Broadbent
Ajay Kejriwal
Tristan Chaplin

 

 

Welcome To Day 2 – 11:55

Good afternoon and welcome back to The Poker Room in London for Day 2 of the GUKPT  Main Event.

From the huge field of 480 entries we have 125 players coming back today to play another ten levels of play.

Registration is still open so the prizepool is yet to be confirmed, but it shuts as soon as play begins.

We’re here for the full duration of play, bringing you live blog updates, chip counts, exits and the GUKPT Live Stream which runs on a thirty minute delay.

 

 

 

 Day 2 Seating Plan – 11:45

1 1 Yiqian Song 57,700
1 2
1 3
1 4 Paul Scipioni 77,200
1 5 Adnan Chamaa 231,800
1 6 Gabriel Wafotasse 37,900
1 7 Kevin Allen 46,000
1 8 James Alan Nixon 56,800
1 9 G S 49,800
2 1 Mark Rubbathan 29,900
2 2 Christopher Kadji 111,600
2 3 Danny Ball 36,600
2 4
2 5
2 6 Charles Akadiri 126,300
2 7 Martin Bader 79,400
2 8 Joel Russell 16,600
2 9 Axat Mawji 69,900
3 1 L S 72,700
3 2 Tristan Chaplin 26,400
3 3 A V 94,700
3 4 C G 52,400
3 5 A L 23,500
3 6 Johan Urbanyik 175,200
3 7
3 8 J W 47,000
3 9 Matthew Bushell 61,500
4 1 Ming Ju 33,900
4 2 Haresh Thaker 88,000
4 3 Alexander Kamat 86,000
4 4 A B 198,500
4 5 Denas Benevicius 55,800
4 6 Roni Tal 36,100
4 7 Hamid Rowshanaei 133,300
4 8
4 9 Noel Broadbent 30,000
5 1
5 2 Victor Ilyukhin 91,300
5 3 Ryan Jonathan Mandara 155,000
5 4 Thang Nguyen 82,300
5 5 Lee J French 73,500
5 6
5 7 Renee Xie 66,000
5 8 Colin Bord 32,000
5 9 Paul Siddle 48,501
6 1 Richard Ansell 130,200
6 2 Stephen Bean 110,500
6 3 Andrey Veselov 34,400
6 4 Joseph Field 155,100
6 5 Thomas Cazaletz 83,600
6 6 Tina Loraine Bandyle 69,800
6 7
6 8
6 9 Max Deveson 68,100
7 1 Andrew Macleod 64,300
7 2 Reza Fazeli 95,300
7 3
7 4 David Johnson 38,000
7 5 Vinod Fernandez 38,000
7 6
7 7 C W 79,200
7 8 Niels Ladefoged 58,800
7 9 Tony Ringe 78,500
8 1 Sebastien Jung 24,500
8 2 Paul Hardwidge 90,600
8 3 Neophytos Neophytou 70,000
8 4 Diyary Khdir 93,500
8 5 Christopher Louch 46,600
8 6 Faustus Korn 117,800
8 7 Caius Cristescu 93,800
8 8
8 9 Alan Billy Carr 69,000
9 1 N L 266,200
9 2
9 3 Tim Joyner 58,500
9 4 Lee Whiddett 115,000
9 5 V M 75,000
9 6 C L 93,500
9 7 Nathan John Claytonhigson 115,600
9 8 Raul Fernandes 61,100
9 9 Thomas Wallsgrove 76,000
10 1
10 2 A Y 25,000
10 3 Masoud Etemadiherisi 28,400
10 4 Samuel Simister 141,600
10 5
10 6 Kuljinder Sidhu 35,000
10 7 Mazalahedwa Bako 152,000
10 8 I D 52,500
10 9 R D 11,700
11 1 Bernardo Battistotti 64,200
11 2 Edward Overall 139,500
11 3 Kelly Saxby 78,800
11 4
11 5 Jan Naderzadeh 40,000
11 6 Mark Wackrill 56,000
11 7 V G 83,700
11 8 Raphael Ajayi 92,300
11 9 Faraz Iqbal 65,500
12 1 Richard Akka 20,300
12 2 F A H B 184,600
12 3 Edward Johnson 69,200
12 4 Ali Zihni 77,500
12 5 Jesse Wigan 58,500
12 6 T K 41,900
12 7
12 8 E G 30,400
12 9
13 1
13 2 Zhen Shao 135,200
13 3 Darren Annis 45,900
13 4 K N 20,000
13 5 Terry Jordon 213,000
13 6 Koichi Aki 30,300
13 7 Matin Jouzdani 65,800
13 8 Usman Ulhaq 131,100
13 9 A N 41,200
14 1 S C 225,100
14 2 John Bousfield 72,800
14 3 Carlos Delvigogonzalez 55,900
14 4 Mark J Haines 47,900
14 5 J W 21,300
14 6 P O 119,200
14 7
14 8 Jiaze Li 38,300
14 9
15 1 R N 29,500
15 2
15 3 Conor James Coules 128,300
15 4
15 5 Edward Swales 26,500
15 6 James Morris 23,500
15 7 Geoffrey Mooney 86,000
15 8 Freddy Bonfanti 72,500
15 9 A M 68,000
16 1
16 2 Stewart Kirby 77,000
16 3 Andrew Hills 68,900
16 4 Alexios Zervos 60,900
16 5 Samuel Luker 18,400
16 6
16 7 Samuel Harwood 28,700
16 8 Paul Spillane 50,900
16 9 Jason Wong 92,100
27 1 A M 77,000
27 2 A S 16,300
27 3 J C 64,600
27 4 Wayne Lee 33,100
27 5 Aleksandrs Golubevs 91,000
27 6 Jabran Zahid 147,400
27 7 P M S 28,500
27 8 Xuan Nguyen 46,600

 

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