GUKPT Luton Day 1b Blog
Welcome back to Luton for Day 1b of the GUKPT Luton Main Event.
The tournament has a buy in of £1000+£110 with a £200,000 guarantee. For their buy in, the players will receive a 20,000 starting stack on a 60 minute clock.
Follow all the action here.
Corion Bags The Chip Lead – 00:01
Another ten levels have been and gone here in Luton with a huge field of 211 entries turning out today, which means the prizepool currently stands at £301,000!! Players can still buy in up until the start of play tomorrow and we need 4 more entries to beat 304 which was last years number.
Phil Corion has bagged up the chip lead today and he will have the overall chip lead tomorrow. His 200k stack is massive!!
66 players have made it through the day and they are:
| Phillip Corion | 242,300 |
| Vikrum Mehta | 147,000 |
| Kuljinder Sidhu | 144,400 |
| Terry Jordon | 144,000 |
| Edward Swales | 129,400 |
| Panicos Ellinas | 124,500 |
| Vincent Meli | 116,300 |
| Priyan Demel | 106,100 |
| Paul Siddle | 106,000 |
| Iwan Jones | 104,600 |
| David Gee | 99,100 |
| Dean Clay | 95,400 |
| Richard Kellett | 90,900 |
| Sukhvir Shankerwalia | 89,700 |
| Philip Clarke | 87,900 |
| T.H | 85,800 |
| Antoine Labat | 85,400 |
| T.H | 82,900 |
| Arron Woodcock | 82,000 |
| John Bousfield | 80,800 |
| Brijesh Das | 78,700 |
| Sanjay Patel | 72,500 |
| Jake Marston | 71,300 |
| Robert Boon | 70,600 |
| Andrew Hulme | 69,400 |
| Sebastien Jung | 68,400 |
| Samuel Grafton | 67,500 |
| Christopher Maguire | 66,500 |
| Joe Hindry | 65,700 |
| David Johnson | 65,000 |
| Alexander Kamat | 63,300 |
| Gary Bluston | 58,300 |
| Christopher Kadji | 57,900 |
| Ming Ju | 57,600 |
| Alan Stearn | 57,100 |
| John Gilchrist | 56,300 |
| Christopher Yong | 55,900 |
| Sachin Joshi | 55,300 |
| Oystein Waldemar Blakset Nordli | 55,100 |
| William Martin Young | 53,800 |
| Stewart Kirby | 51,100 |
| Maria Jordon | 50,700 |
| Jerome Bradpiece | 48,200 |
| Marius Hutupasu | 46,600 |
| Garry Stevenssmith | 45,900 |
| Mark Wongtzeyi | 44,200 |
| Nathan Slater | 40,400 |
| N.H. | 40,000 |
| Yiannis Liperis | 39,000 |
| Tony Ringe | 38,400 |
| Christopher Cooper | 33,000 |
| Keith Talkington | 32,900 |
| David Clarkson | 32,200 |
| Tamarovych Volodymyr | 30,200 |
| U.S | 26,900 |
| Ben Maregedze | 24,900 |
| Sean Mills | 24,400 |
| Thomas Wallsgrove | 22,700 |
| Mudasser Hussain | 22,200 |
| David Barnes | 22,100 |
| Gary Whitehead | 21,400 |
| J.V. | 21,100 |
| Alex Peter Bounsall | 18,400 |
| Michael Allen | 17,900 |
| Brandon Sheils | 17,500 |
| Luke Marsh | 15,300 |
We will be back tomorrow for Day 2 where the field will play another ten levels. There’s some great name left in, who is your favourite to win it?
Play begins at 12pm, with the live stream starting at 12:30pm.
Play Has Finished – 23:50
Play has now finished on all tables.
We will post full chip counts shortly.
Last Three Hands – 23:40
The clock has been paused with 11 minutes remaining.
The players will now play 3 more hands before bagging up for the night.
Last Level Exits – 23:20
Colin Gillon
Daniel Samson
Brandon Sheils
Chris Dasilva
Harry Niclolas Ross
The Last Level – 22:50
The blinds increase for the last time today.
They are now 500/1000 with 1k ante.
76 players remaining.
More Snaps – 22:30
Recent Exits – 22:15
Cedric Raffi
Rishi Nankani
Nicholas Kennedy
Mohammad Usmani
Paul Noble
Chip Counts – 22:05
Sam Grafton – 20,000
Ming Ju – 40,000
David Johnson – 130,000
Dave Gee – 60,000
John Bousfield – 90,000
Level 9 – 21:45
The players are back seated as we begin level number 9.
The blinds are now 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante.
85 players remaining.
Break Time – 21:30
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Pics – 21:01
Level Up – 20:40
The blinds increase as we begin level 8.
They are now 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante.
197 entries today, 98 players remaining.
Bust Outs – 20:30
Daniel Jackson
Leslie Kearney
Robert James
Vimal Patel
Marco Lanni
Daniel Habib
Chris Maguire Chasing The Points – 20:05
Chris Maguire is playing Day 1b and chasing those Leaderboard points. He is currently in 6th position which means he is bubbling the packages!!
After finishing second in the Omaha last night for £2,085, he is looking to have a deep run in the main event.
Omaha Result – 19:45
| GUKPT Luton | ||
| £150 Omaha | ||
| Entries:66 | ||
| 1st | Phil Clark | £3,200 |
| 2nd | Chris Maguire | £2,085 |
| 3rd | Terje Sirnes | £1,410 |
| 4th | Peter Wigglesworth | £970 |
| 5th | Mark Hodgson | £695 |
| 6th | Richard Kellett | £545 |
| 7th | M.T. | £435 |
| 8th | Nicholas Kennedy | £360 |
Level 7 – 19:30
The players are back seated as we begin level number 7.
The blinds are now 250/500 with a 500 big blind ante.
110 players remaining.
Break Time – 19:10
Break time for the player as they take 15 minutes.
Chip Counts – 18:45
Kuljinder Sidhu – 25,000
Dean Clay – 45,000
Yiannis Liperis – 50,000
David Barnes – 45,000
Richard Kellett – 50,000
Chris Cooper – 40,000
Seating Plan – 18:30
| 1 | 1 | Tim Joyner |
| 1 | 2 | W M Y |
| 1 | 3 | Rory Liffey |
| 1 | 4 | S O |
| 1 | 5 | |
| 1 | 6 | Sean Mills |
| 1 | 7 | Janice Phillips |
| 1 | 8 | D L |
| 1 | 9 | Joe Hindry |
| 2 | 1 | Tony Ringe |
| 2 | 2 | U S |
| 2 | 3 | Yiannis Liperis |
| 2 | 4 | M L |
| 2 | 5 | D B |
| 2 | 6 | Daniel Habib |
| 2 | 7 | Andrew Hulme |
| 2 | 8 | |
| 2 | 9 | K L |
| 3 | 1 | Sandiep Khosa |
| 3 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | Richard Kellett |
| 3 | 4 | Alan Stearn |
| 3 | 5 | David Michael Greene |
| 3 | 6 | John Eames |
| 3 | 7 | M T |
| 3 | 8 | John Bousfield |
| 3 | 9 | Ben Maregedze |
| 4 | 1 | Harry Niclolas Ross |
| 4 | 2 | Christopher Yong |
| 4 | 3 | Justinas Pactauskas |
| 4 | 4 | David Johnson |
| 4 | 5 | Cedric Nicolas Raffi |
| 4 | 6 | Vamshi Vandanapu |
| 4 | 7 | W K |
| 4 | 8 | Stewart Kirby |
| 4 | 9 | Mark Wongtzeyi |
| 5 | 1 | Gary Bluston |
| 5 | 2 | Gary Whitehead |
| 5 | 3 | Leslie Kearney |
| 5 | 4 | Christopher Cooper |
| 5 | 5 | I J |
| 5 | 6 | T H |
| 5 | 7 | Martin Bader |
| 5 | 8 | |
| 5 | 9 | Max Deveson |
| 6 | 1 | T H |
| 6 | 2 | Keith Talkington |
| 6 | 3 | L M |
| 6 | 4 | Oystein Waldemar Blakset Nordli |
| 6 | 5 | Tamarovych Volodymyr |
| 6 | 6 | Robert James |
| 6 | 7 | Jerome Bradpiece |
| 6 | 8 | |
| 6 | 9 | M H |
| 7 | 1 | T J |
| 7 | 2 | |
| 7 | 3 | Arron Woodcock |
| 7 | 4 | Nathan Slater |
| 7 | 5 | Gary Banks |
| 7 | 6 | Thomas James Eden Williams |
| 7 | 7 | Garry Stevenssmith |
| 7 | 8 | Pavel-stefan Dobjrita |
| 7 | 9 | Christopher Maguire |
| 8 | 1 | |
| 8 | 2 | J B G |
| 8 | 3 | Chris Dasilva |
| 8 | 4 | Luke Kennelly |
| 8 | 5 | Robert Boon |
| 8 | 6 | Phillip Corion |
| 8 | 7 | Zhen Shao |
| 8 | 8 | Brandon Sheils |
| 8 | 9 | Ryan Jonathan Mandara |
| 9 | 1 | Nicholas Kennedy |
| 9 | 2 | |
| 9 | 3 | Brijesh Das |
| 9 | 4 | Colin Gillon |
| 9 | 5 | P D |
| 9 | 6 | N H |
| 9 | 7 | Craig Young |
| 9 | 8 | Daniel Jackson |
| 9 | 9 | Antoine Labat |
| 10 | 1 | F E |
| 10 | 2 | Oliver White |
| 10 | 3 | Sukhvir Shankerwalia |
| 10 | 4 | |
| 10 | 5 | John Gilchrist |
| 10 | 6 | Paul Noble |
| 10 | 7 | Edward Swales |
| 10 | 8 | David Gee |
| 10 | 9 | Florian Dimitrie Duta |
| 11 | 1 | J H |
| 11 | 2 | Panicos Ellinas |
| 11 | 3 | Anthony Gardner |
| 11 | 4 | Vincent Meli |
| 11 | 5 | Matthew Skeadas |
| 11 | 6 | P C |
| 11 | 7 | Richard Hayes |
| 11 | 8 | Tina Loraine Bandyle |
| 11 | 9 | Alexander Kamat |
| 12 | 1 | D M |
| 12 | 2 | Jake Marston |
| 12 | 3 | Sanjay Patel |
| 12 | 4 | Alex Peter Bounsall |
| 12 | 5 | Kuljinder Sidhu |
| 12 | 6 | Dean Clay |
| 12 | 7 | |
| 12 | 8 | Vimal Patel |
| 12 | 9 | Rishi Hushai P Nankani |
| 13 | 1 | David Clarkson |
| 13 | 2 | Michail Trapezanlidis |
| 13 | 3 | Richard J Hasnip |
| 13 | 4 | Paul Siddle |
| 13 | 5 | Thomas Wallsgrove |
| 13 | 6 | |
| 13 | 7 | |
| 13 | 8 | Timothy Chung |
| 13 | 9 | Kieran Collins |
| 14 | 1 | B J W |
| 14 | 2 | Vikrum Mehta |
| 14 | 3 | |
| 14 | 4 | Denis Omahoney |
| 14 | 5 | Sachin Joshi |
| 14 | 6 | J V |
| 14 | 7 | Harvey Norris |
| 14 | 8 | Maria Jordon |
| 14 | 9 | Mudasser Hussain |
| 15 | 1 | Mohammad Usmani |
| 15 | 2 | Masoud Etemadiherisi |
| 15 | 3 | Danny Pyke |
| 15 | 4 | |
| 15 | 5 | Samuel Grafton |
| 15 | 6 | James Foxley |
| 15 | 7 | C K |
| 15 | 8 | |
| 15 | 9 | Daniel Samson |
Level 6 – 18:15
The blinds increase as we begin level number 6.
They are now 200/400 with a 400 ante
120 players remaining from the 177 entries.
Bust Outs – 18:01
Jie Tian
Alec Tindal
Joe Beevers
Andrew Christoforou
Harry Niclolas Ross
Busy Cardroom – 17:30
Level 5 – 17:18
The players are back seated as we begin level 5.
The blinds are now 150/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
154 players so far today.
Dinner Break – 16:15
Dinner break now for the players as they take 60 minutes.
Connection Issues – 15:30
We’ve had some issues accessing the website over the last few hours, but we have managed to get back online now and continue with the Main Event.
The players are currently mid way through level number 4.
The blinds are 100/200 and we have 125 players currently sat down playing.
Playing Today – 12:15
Players we have recognised in the field playing today:
Bobby James
Brandon Sheils
John Eames
Chris Cooper
Jack Oliver
Ryan Mandara
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1b.
The blinds are starting at 25/50.
50 players are sat down to start the day.
Welcome to Day 1b – 11:40
Good morning and welcome back to Luton for Day 1b of the GUKPT Luton Main Event.
Yesterday we had 90 entries for Day 1a and today we are looking to get double that as the second day one is always busier.
The tournament has a buy in of £1000+£110 with a £200,000 guarantee. For their buy in, the players will receive a 20,000 starting stack on a 60 minute clock.
We are looking forward to what should be a great day of poker, starting at 12pm.
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