GUKPT Luton Day 2 Blog

All the action from Day 2 of GUKPT Luton.

The players are playing the £500 buy in tournament where the prize pool is £190,000!!

Eirimas Livonas Leads Final 17 – 00:25

After another ten levels of play we have another day in the history books. Day 2 of the GUKPT Luton 2019 Main Event has been a corker!

111 players made their way back to play today and we have been left with just 17 players who are all guaranteed £1,700, but will have their eyes on the first place prize of over £50,000!!

Eirimas Livonas is the only previous GUKPT Main Event Champion still remaining in the field and he holds the chip lead. The chip counts are:

Eirimas Livonas	967,000
Thomas Cazaletz	775,000
Richard Kellett	624,000
David Crane	596,000
Christopher Louch	595,000
Alex Bounsall	512,000
Radu Scripnic	511,000
Brijesh Das	508,000
Ian Oakley	488,000
Andrew Christoforou	398,000
Aleksandrs Golubevs	335,000
Matthew Skeadas	327,000
Robert Skyers	277,000
Renato Rossi	262,000
Tan Luan Le	213,000
Ioannis Karanikos	147,000
Edward Johnson	136,000

Play will begin at 12pm tomorrow and we will be back here with you to crown a champion.

The live stream begins at 12:30pm. Join us then.

Prizepool Payout – 00:15

GUKPT Luton Main Event
£500 NLHE
Entries: 382

1st – £50,550
2nd – £33,900
3rd – £20,600
4th – £12,900
5th – £8,650
6th – £6,150
7th – £4,850
8th – £4,150
9th – £3,350
10th – £2,800
11th – £2,450
12th – £2,250
13th – £2,100
14th – £1,850
15th – £1,850
16th – £1,700
17th – £1,700
18th – £1,700 – Ed Overall
19th – £1,500 – Michael London
20th – £1,500 – C.C
21st – £1,500 – Vikrum Mehta
22nd – £1,500 – Bogdan Bolboceanu
23rd – £1,300 – Marian Farcas
24th – £1,300 – William Dehavilland
25th – £1,300 – Mor Kamber
26th – £1,300 – Masoud Etemadiherisi
27th – £1,300 – James Thody
28th – £1,100 – Julius Seskevicius
29th – £1,100 – Catalin Dumitrascu
30th – £1,100 – Paul Rodger
31st – £1,100 – Chris Cooper
32nd – £1,100 – Mohammed Ghani
33rd – £950 – Kevin Charalambous
34th – £950 – Lee French
35th – £950 – P.D.
36th – £950 – Michael Tollervey
37th – £950 – Nathan Le
38th – £950 – Gary Bertram

Bagging & Tagging – 00:01

The players are now bagging and tagging their chips.

We have 17 players remaining.

The Final Four Hands – 23:50

The clock has been paused with ten minutes remaining.

The players will now play four hands before bagging up for the night.

Michael London 19th – 23:30

Michael London heads out in 19th place. All in holding pocket three, which can’t hold against the A-K of Thomas Cazaletz.

Michael takes home £1,500 for his deep run.

With his exit we are down to just 18 players on two tables.

Eliminations – 23:05

20th – £1,500 – C.C
21st – £1,500 – Vikrum Mehta

The Last Level – 22:45

The blinds increase as we begin the last level of today.

They are now 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante.

19 players remaining.

All is Quiet – 22:30

All is quiet here during level number 19 of the day.

We still have 20 players remaining with a level and a half left to play.

Bust Outs – 22:08

22nd – £1,500 – Bogdan Bolboceanu
23rd – £1,300 – Marian Farcas
24th – £1,300 – William Dehavilland

Chip Counts – 21:59

Radu Constantin Scripnic	780000
Eirimas Livonas	691000
Aleksandrs Golubevs	644000
David Crane	551000
Tan Luan Le	550000
C.C.	440000
Christopher Louch	430000
Thomas Cazaletz	384000
Richard Kellett	367000
Brijesh Das	310000
Matthew Skeadas	308000
Ian Oakley	307000
Edward Overall	304000
Ioannis Karanikos	260000
Renato Rossi	251000
Alex Peter Bounsall	240000
Andrew Christoforou	235000
Michael London	195000
Robert Skyers	195000
Vikrum Mehta	169000
Edward Johnson	93000
Bogdan Bolboceanu	83000

Level 19 – 21:50

The players are back seated as we begin level 19.

The blinds are now 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante.

25 players remaining.

Break Time – 21:40

Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.

Mor Kamber 25th – 21:20

On a board reading

Mor Kamber the last woman in the event bets 60k and is met by an all in from David Crane who shoves for around 200k.

Mor goes into the tank and then make the call showing for the nut flush draw.
David tables for a turned set…

The river card comes David makes a full house on the end to take the pot he now has around 500k.

We lose Mor Kamber in 25th place for £1,300.

Finishing Positions – 21:05

26th – £1,300 – Masoud Etemadiherisi
27th – £1,300 – James Thody
28th – £1,100 – Julius Seskevicius
29th – £1,100 – Catalin Dumitrascu
30th – £1,100 – Paul Rodger
31st – £1,100 – Chris Cooper
32nd – £1,100 – Mohammed Ghani

Huge Pot for Overall – 20:45

We get to the table as the board reads there is around 60k in the middle and Marian Farcas bets 30k, Ed Overall moves all in for 150k and Marian makes the call!

Marian tables Q-J for trips.
Ed has for a flush draw…

The river card comes !!

Ed rivers a flush to take the pot and now has around 360,000.

Marian is crippled down to less than 100k.

Blinds up – 20:35

The blinds increase to 3,000/6,000 with a 6k ante.

30 players remaining.

Chris Cooper 31st – 20:30

Chris Cooper doubles Eirimas Livonas up in a 300k pot. Chris losing with QQ against the AK of Eirimas with all the money going in on the turn.

A few hands later Chris shoves the button and Eirimas calls.

Chris shows Q-8 and runs into the KINGS of Eirimas.

No help for Chris on the board and he heads out in 31st place for £1,100.

Min Cashers – 20:20

33rd – £950 – Kevin Charalambous
34th – £950 – Lee French
35th – £950 – P.D.
36th – £950 – Michael Tollervey
37th – £950 – Nathan Le
38th – £950 – Gary Bertram

Prizepool Payout – 20:01

GUKPT Luton Main Event
£500 NLHE
Entries: 382

1st – £50,550
2nd – £33,900
3rd – £20,600
4th – £12,900
5th – £8,650
6th – £6,150
7th – £4,850
8th – £4,150
9th – £3,350
10th – £2,800
11th – £2,450
12th – £2,250
13th – £2,100
14th – £1,850
15th – £1,850
16th – £1,700
17th – £1,700
18th – £1,700
19th – £1,500
20th – £1,500
21st – £1,500
22nd – £1,500
23rd – £1,300
24th – £1,300
25th – £1,300
26th – £1,300
27th – £1,300
28th – £1,100
29th – £1,100
30th – £1,100
31st – £1,100
32nd – £1,100
33rd – £950
34th – £950
35th – £950
36th – £950
37th – £950
38th – £950

The Bubble Bursts! – 19:45

Well that was a quick one! Andrew Price & Stephen McKeown bust in the same hand and we are now in the money!!

38 players remaining.

Level 17 – 19:32

The players are back seated as we begin level 17.

The blind are now 2500/5000 with a 5k ante.

40 players remaining.

Chip Counts – 19:35

Radu Constantin Scripnic	651000
Aleksandrs Golubevs	493000
Matthew Skeadas	360000
Christopher Cooper	350000
C.C	315000
Marian Farcas	295000
David Crane	290000
Vikrum Mehta	278000
Paul Rodger	275000
Andrew Christoforou	275000
Eirimas Livonas	270000
Tan Luan Le	260000
Christopher Louch	225000
Masoud Etemadiherisi	220000
Bogdan Bolboceanu	220000
Brijesh Das	212000
Ian Oakley	206000
Ioannis Karanikos	185000
Michael Tollervey	180000
Richard Kellett	170000
Kevin Charlie Charalambous	170000
Lee J French	165000
Renato Rossi	160000
Michael London	159000
William Dehavilland	140000
Julius Seskevicius	130000
Ed Overall	120000
Mor Kamber	110000
Alex Peter Bounsall	100000
P.D.	86000
Thomas Cazaletz	85000
Gary Bertram	80000
Catalin Dumitrascu	60000
Robert Skyers	55000
Andrew Price	50000
Edward Johnson	45000
Steven Mckeown	45000
Mohammed Ghani	43000
James John Thody	40000
Nathan Lee	40000

Break Time – 19:15

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

Massage Girls – 19:10

The Casino Angels massage girls are here rejuvenating the players as they approach the bubble.

Pics – 18:50

Chris Cooper & Eirimas Livonas

David Crane

Exits – 18:30

Mousa Nader Zadeh
Carlos Delvigogonzalez
George Achillez
Joel Russell

Level Up – 18:15

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

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

45 players remaining.

Quiet Level – 18:01

It’s been a very quiet level in Luton.

Since the dinner break we have only just two players, Manchester winner Ben Margedze and M.C.

As we’re getting close to the money, play will become a lot slower now.

Full Chip Count – 17:32

Radu Constantin Scripnic	532000
Eirimas Livonas	378000
Brijesh Das	300000
Lee J French	290000
Marian Farcas	284000
Christopher Cooper	278000
Robert Skyers	270000
Matthew Skeadas	255000
Vikrum Mehta	243000
Kevin Charlie Charalambous	224000
Bogdan Bolboceanu	220000
Gary Bertram	210000
Andrew Christoforou	200000
William Dehavilland	191000
Paul Rodger	190000
C.C	190000
Christopher Louch	180000
Renato Rossi	170000
Carlos Delvigogonzalez	160000
Roni Tal	160000
David Crane	160000
P.D	150000
Joel Russell	150000
Richard Kellett	130000
Edward Overall	130000
Michael London	125000
Reza Fazeli	125000
Tan Luan Le	120000
Ian Oakley	120000
Joel Griffith	118000
Nathan Lee	117000
Jabran Zahid	117000
Nguyen Le	115000
Mor Kamber	87000
James John Thody	85000
Masoud Etemadiherisi	85000
Julius Seskevicius	80000
Michael Tollervey	80000
Aleksandrs Golubevs	80000
Catalin Dumitrascu	77000
Thomas Cazaletz	75000
Steven Mckeown	70000
Andrew Price	70000
Alex Peter Bounsall	60000
Ioannis Karanikos	60000
George Achillea	56000
Edward Johnson	55000
Mohammed Ghani	55000
Mousa Nader Zadeh	50000
Ben Maregedze	35000
M.C.	10000

Level 15 – 17:20

The players are back from the complimentary buffet as we begin level number 15.

The blinds are 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante.

52 players remaining

Break Time! – 16:20

Break time now for the players as they take a 60 minute dinner break.

Full chip count will be up soon.

Side Event – 16:05

The side event has just started with 30 entries.

It’s a £200 One day event, for your buy in you receive 20,000 chips on a 30 minute clock.

Table Shots – 15:40

Level Up – 15:15

The blinds increase as we begin level number 14.

They are now 1200/2400 with a 2400 ante.

60 players remaining.

Recent Exits – 15:10

David Clarkson
Terry Jordon
Yossef Levi
Nikolaos Vamvakaris
James Carey
Keith Talkington

60 players remaining

Big Stacks – 14:50

Radu Scripnic	400000
Kevin Charalambous	270000
Chris Cooper	260000
Tuan e	260000
P.D.	250000
Matt Skeadas	250000
Gary Bertram	250000
Eirimas Livonas	230000
Reza Fazeli	200000

Chip Counts – 14:30

Some counts from around the room:

Chris Cooper – 160,000
Phil Soukki – 65,000
Terry Jordon – 70,000
Aleks Golubevs – 75,000
Mor Kamber – 150,000
Thomas Cazaletz – 129,000

Level 13 – 14:15

The players are back seated as we begin level number 13.

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

80 players remaining.

Break Time – 14:01

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

More Exits – 13:30

We’re down to 84 players now in the Main Event having lost:

Jan Naderzadeh
Renee Xie
Stephen Basri
Danh Cong Tran
Vadim Cojocaru
Tina Loraine Bandyle
Cheryl Simmons
Josue Choppy
Driton Haxhiaj
Tim Joyner
Gilles Augustus
Freddie Bogie
Ming Ju

Blinds Up – 13:01

The blinds increase for the first time today, they are now 800/1600 with a 1600 ante.

90 players remaining.

Prizepool Payout – 12:55

GUKPT Luton Main Event
£500 NLHE
Entries: 382

1st – £50,550
2nd – £33,900
3rd – £20,600
4th – £12,900
5th – £8,650
6th – £6,150
7th – £4,850
8th – £4,150
9th – £3,350
10th – £2,800
11th – £2,450
12th – £2,250
13th – £2,100
14th – £1,850
15th – £1,850
16th – £1,700
17th – £1,700
18th – £1,700
19th – £1,500
20th – £1,500
21st – £1,500
22nd – £1,500
23rd – £1,300
24th – £1,300
25th – £1,300
26th – £1,300
27th – £1,300
28th – £1,100
29th – £1,100
30th – £1,100
31st – £1,100
32nd – £1,100
33rd – £950
34th – £950
35th – £950
36th – £950
37th – £950
38th – £950

Early Exits – 12:45

Trevor Pearson
Mihai Toader
Haresh Thaker
Chandrakant Khajuria
Ryan Mandara
Norman Gold
Tai Hoang
Anthony Poole
Ben Sinclair
Warwick Brindley
Victor Hairapetyan
Alex Cheung
Emanuel Asare

Cardroom Shot – 12:30

Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:01

The cards are in the air as we begin Day 2.

The blinds are starting at 1200/2400 with a 2400 ante.

105 players starting the day.

Day 2 Seating Plan – 11:45

1	1	Andrew Christoforou	54,500
1	2	Richard Kellett	57,100
1	3	Renato Rossi	80,300
1	4	Atanas Pavlov	75,800
1	5	Ben Maregedze	144,000
1	6
1	7	Tan Luan Le	222,000
1	8	Gilles Augustus	63,900
1	9	C.C.	166,500
2	1	Andy Reed	76,900
2	2	Edward Johnson	48,300
2	3	F.B	23,800
2	4
2	5	M.C	6,800
2	6	D.T.	43,800
2	7	G.S.	43,800
2	8	R.B.	2,200
2	9	Driton Haxhiaj	37,800
3	1	Joel Griffith	154,400
3	2	Mark Wackrill	51,900
3	3	William Dehavilland	85,600
3	4	Michael London	61,800
3	5	Craig Heaton	29,500
3	6	Scott Berko	70,800
3	7
3	8	Vikrum Mehta	79,200
3	9	Alexander Burton	120,900
4	1	Mihai Toader	23,000
4	2	Jan Naderzadeh	32,000
4	3	Reza Fazeli	113,300
4	4	Colin Paul Hulott	101,200
4	5	Steven Mckeown	20,000
4	6	Andrew Price	72,600
4	7	Patrick Fahy	34,400
4	8	David Clarkson	62,400
4	9	Hasmukh Khodiyara	67,200
5	1	Bogdan Bolboceanu	87,400
5	2	Trevor Pearson	42,400
5	3	Catalin Dumitrascu	43,800
5	4	Mousa Nader Zadeh	32,400
5	5	Julius Seskevicius	122,500
5	6	Edward Overall	88,200
5	7	Ionut Dragomir	47,300
5	8
5	9
6	1	Christopher Cooper	97,600
6	2	Ben Sinclair	12,400
6	3	Tina Loraine Bandyle	56,600
6	4	George Achillea	42,500
6	5	Nikolai Mamut	15,900
6	6	Terry Jordon	246,000
6	7	Aleksandrs Golubevs	90,000
6	8	Mohammed Ghani	20,000
6	9
7	1	David Crane	88,500
7	2
7	3	Stephen Basri	49,200
7	4	Paul Rodger	58,400
7	5	Anthony Poole	101,800
7	6	James Carey	41,500
7	7	Jabran Zahid	53,500
7	8	Nikolaos Vamvakaris	79,500
7	9	Ryan Jonathan Mandara	30,000
8	1	Kevin Charlie Charalambous	114,900
8	2	Ioannis Karanikos	44,400
8	3	Roni Tal	79,500
8	4	Guy Taylor	45,000
8	5	Nguyen Le	170,000
8	6	Andrey Veselov	112,400
8	7	Masoud Etemadiherisi	66,200
8	8
8	9	Carlos Delvigogonzalez	26,700
9	1	Nathan Lee	100,000
9	2	Robert Buky	81,700
9	3	Yossef Levi	187,200
9	4	Ian Oakley	40,400
9	5	Victor Hairapetyan	99,300
9	6	Norman Gold	24,800
9	7	Cheryl Simmons	26,100
9	8
9	9	Brijesh Das	34,700
10	1	Josue Choppy	55,500
10	2	Lee J French	105,500
10	3	Robert Skyers	78,100
10	4	Alex Peter Bounsall	98,400
10	5	Eirimas Livonas	146,500
10	6	Michael Tollervey	90,600
10	7
10	8	Emanuel Asare	34,700
10	9	David Greene	78,000
11	1	Yiqian Song	29,100
11	2	Matthew Skeadas	87,700
11	3	Sanjay Patel	43,800
11	4	Gary Bertram	117,600
11	5	Chandrakant Khajuria	57,600
11	6
11	7	Graham Pound	69,500
11	8	Thomas Cazaletz	131,500
11	9	John Mooney	92,700
12	1	Tim Joyner	49,300
12	2	William Davies	61,000
12	3	James John Thody	128,400
12	4	Vamshi Vandanapu	39,300
12	5	Marian Farcas	132,200
12	6
12	7	Philippe Souki	47,600
12	8	Christopher Louch	52,900
12	9	P.D.	62,000
13	1	Keith Talkington	33,800
13	2	Mor Kamber	30,300
13	3	Renee Xie	31,000
13	4	Joel Russell	39,600
13	5	Warwick Brindley	43,500
13	6	Haresh Thaker	23,100
13	7	Micheal Campbell	76,800
13	8	Radu Constantin Scripnic	217,100

Welcome To Day 2 – 11:30

Good morning and welcome back to Luton for Day 2 of the GUKPT Luton Main Event.

Of the 380 entries we have 105 coming back today to play another ten levels of play.

Terry Jordon leads the players with a massive stack of 246,000!

It should be a great days play and we’re with you for the duration of it. Bringing you chip counts, exits, pictures and the live stream which runs on a thirty minute delay with all hole cards shown.

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