GUKPT Luton Day 2 Blog
The players are back for Day 2 of the GUKPT Luton Main Event.
The prizepool stands at over £300,000 and the players will be playing another ten levels of play or down to a final table.
Follow all the action here.
Mehta Leads Final 15 – 00:01
What a day today has been! It’s flown by! The tournament started with 100 players today and after ten levels of play we are down to just 15 players. They have all locked up £3,310 but have their eyes on the first place prize of £83,590!
Vik Mehta is the man to catch and currently has average stack for 6 players left. Blinds coming back tomorrow are 6,000/12,000.
The full chip count of the remaining players is as follows:
| Vikrum Mehta | 1044000 |
| Chris Yong | 683000 |
| Tom Hall | 491000 |
| Antoine Labat | 451000 |
| Dean Clay | 428000 |
| Tim Chung | 395000 |
| Sachin Joshi | 378000 |
| Sebastian Jung | 367000 |
| Kevin Charalambous | 352000 |
| Phil Corion | 341000 |
| Hasan Gul | 330000 |
| Vincent Meli | 266000 |
| Paul Siddle | 239000 |
| Lee French | 200000 |
| Andrew Hulme | 181000 |
We will be back tomorrow playing down to a winner. Join us from 12pm.
Play Has Finished – 23:55
Play has now finished on both tables.
We will have full chip counts up with you as soon as possible.
Three More Hands – 23:40
The clock has been paused with 11 minutes.
The players will now play 3 more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
Two More Exits – 23:30
Two more exits from the field as we are down to 15.
| 16th | £3,010 | Martyn Frey |
| 17th | £3,010 | Joe Hindry |
17 Remaining – 23:05
Iwan Jones heads out in 18th place for £2,710.
With his exit we are now down to the final 17 players.
Level 20 – 22:55
The blinds increase for the last time today as we begin level 20.
Two Tables – 22:40
We are now down to just two tables here in Luton.
18 players remaining guaranteed at least £2,710 but all with their eyes on the first place prize of £83,590.
Exits – 22:22
Fast and furious this level as we lose 5 players in 20 minutes!
| 19th | £2,710 | Panicos Ellinas |
| 20th | £2,710 | Rob Boon |
| 21st | £2,410 | Brandon Sheils |
| 22nd | £2,410 | Guy Taylor |
| 23rd | £2,410 | Sanjay Patel |
| 24th | £2,410 | David Clarkson |
| 25th | £2,110 | Phil Souki |
| 26th | £2,110 | Priyan Demel |
Dave Clarkson 24th – 22:05
The last hand before the break, David Clarkson 5 bet shoved his 300k stack holding KINGS and it was a complete cooler as Vikrum Mehta turned up with ACES!!
Aces hold for Vikrum who takes the pot and now has over a million chips making him the chip leader!
David Clarkson will not be making back to back finals heading out in 25th place for £2,410.
Chip Counts – 21:59
| Vikrum Mehta | 1050000 |
| Timothy Chung | 533000 |
| Andrew Hulme | 444000 |
| Thomas Hall | 400000 |
| Antoine Labat | 381000 |
| Sachin Joshi | 356000 |
| Dean Clay | 317000 |
| Vincent Meli | 314000 |
| Kevin Charlie Charalambous | 279000 |
| Sanjay Patel | 267000 |
| Sebastien Jung | 238000 |
| Phillip Corion | 224000 |
| Hasan Gul | 201000 |
| Guy Taylor | 176000 |
| Martyn Frey | 158000 |
| Robert Boon | 148000 |
| Panicos Ellinas | 130000 |
| Joe Hindry | 126000 |
| Christopher Yong | 120000 |
| Lee J French | 115000 |
| Paul Siddle | 88000 |
| Brandon Sheils | 80000 |
| Iwan Jones | 75000 |
Level 19 – 21:45
The players are back seated as we begin level 19.
The blinds are now 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante.
Break Time – 21:30
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Min Cashers – 21:15
| 27th | £2,110 | Jamie Nixon |
| 28th | £2,110 | Nikolay Ponomare |
| 29th | £2,110 | Harry Chapman |
| 30th | £2,110 | Kuljinder Sidhu |
Pics – 21:02
Prizepool Payout – 20:45
| GUKPT Luton | |
| £1000 NLHE | |
| Entries: 307 | |
| 1st | £83,590 |
| 2nd | £55,360 |
| 3rd | £34,000 |
| 4th | £21,660 |
| 5th | £14,740 |
| 6th | £10,830 |
| 7th | £8,430 |
| 8th | £6,920 |
| 9th | £5,710 |
| 10th | £4,820 |
| 11th | £4,210 |
| 12th | £3,910 |
| 13th | £3,610 |
| 14th | £3,310 |
| 15th | £3,310 |
| 16th | £3,010 |
| 17th | £3,010 |
| 18th | £2,710 |
| 19th | £2,710 |
| 20th | £2,710 |
| 21st | £2,410 |
| 22nd | £2,410 |
| 23rd | £2,410 |
| 24th | £2,410 |
| 25th | £2,110 |
| 26th | £2,110 |
| 27th | £2,110 |
| 28th | £2,110 |
| 29th | £2,110 |
| 30th | £2,110 |
The Bubble Busts! – 20:30
Two hands into the bubble and it bursts!! Masoud Etemadiherisi being that unfortunate player to leave empty handed.
The players are now in the money !
Hand For Hand – 20:22
We are now hand for hand on the bubble!
Alan Stearn Bubble Bubble – 20:20
Alan Stearn three bet shoves his 70k stack over an open from Vince Meli. Tim Chung calls behind, Vince gets out of the way and the cards go on their backs…
Alan tables 
Tim has 
The board runs out 
Two pair for Tim takes the pot as we lose Alan Stearn in 32 place. With his exit we are now on the bubble!!
Bubble Approaching – 20:05
We’re just a few spots from the money now, so we could see play become a big tighter as we approaching the £2k min cash.
Chip Counts – 19:45
| Thomas Hall | 390000 |
| Antoine Labat | 385000 |
| Vikrum Mehta | 375000 |
| Dean Clay | 370000 |
| Phillip Corion | 360000 |
| Kuljinder Sidhu | 315000 |
| David Clarkson | 281000 |
| Andrew Hulme | 270000 |
| Sebastien Jung | 255000 |
| Vincent Meli | 235000 |
| Timothy Chung | 230000 |
| Sachin Joshi | 200000 |
| Kevin Charlie Charalambous | 182000 |
| Philippe Souki | 180000 |
| Hasan Gul | 162000 |
| Robert Boon | 162000 |
| Harry Chapman | 162000 |
| Sanjay Patel | 142000 |
| Panicos Ellinas | 140000 |
| Guy Taylor | 134000 |
| Christopher Yong | 129000 |
| Priyan Demel | 125000 |
| Paul Siddle | 125000 |
| Iwan Jones | 116000 |
| James Alan Nixon | 108000 |
| Joe Hindry | 107000 |
| Alan Stearn | 100000 |
| Martyn Frey | 87000 |
| Lee J French | 80000 |
| Nikolay Ponomarev | 60000 |
| John Bousfield | 48000 |
| Brandon Sheils | 42000 |
| Masoud Etemadiherisi | 41000 |
| Renee Xie | 30000 |
Level 17 – 19:30
The players are back seated as we begin level 17.
The blinds are now 2500/5000 with a 5k big blind ante.
35 players remaining.
Break Time – 19:15
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Final Four Tables – 18:55
We lose Mitch Johnson from the field and with his exit we break a table.
We are now down to 36 players playing on 4 tables.
More Exits – 18:35
Jonathan Schuman
Mark Wongtzeyi
Neophytos Neophytou
Yiannis Liperis
Level 16 – 18:15
The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play. They are now 2,000/4,000 with a 4k big blind ante.
41 players remaining.
Bust Outs – 17:45
Driton Haxhiaj
Edward Swales
Arron Woodcock
Sukhvir Shankerwalia
Jonas Neukirch
David Johnson
Chip Counts – 17:30
| Phillip Corion | 358000 |
| David Johnson | 280000 |
| Thomas Hall | 270000 |
| Vikrum Mehta | 250000 |
| Vincent Meli | 249000 |
| Harry Chapman | 205000 |
| Sebastien Jung | 200000 |
| Priyan Demel | 181000 |
| Sachin Joshi | 160000 |
| Antoine Labat | 157000 |
| Guy Taylor | 150000 |
| Sanjay Patel | 145000 |
| Paul Siddle | 140000 |
| Dean Clay | 140000 |
| U.S. | 137000 |
| Iwan Jones | 135000 |
| Martyn Frey | 133000 |
| Panicos Ellinas | 132000 |
| Brandon Sheils | 130000 |
| James Alan Nixon | 125000 |
| Philippe Souki | 120000 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 120000 |
| Joe Hindry | 120000 |
| Yiannis Liperis | 116000 |
| David Clarkson | 115000 |
| Renee Xie | 110000 |
| Lee J French | 110000 |
| Alan Stearn | 100000 |
| Mark Wongtzeyi | 95000 |
| Christopher Yong | 95000 |
| Tamarovych Volodymyr | 94000 |
| Sukhvir Shankerwalia | 93000 |
| Kevin Charlie Charalambous | 90000 |
| Tamer Kamel | 87000 |
| Kuljinder Sidhu | 75000 |
| William Martin Young | 71000 |
| Hasan Gul | 71000 |
| Jake Marston | 65000 |
| Arron Woodcock | 65000 |
| Alexander Kamat | 64000 |
| Timothy Chung | 60000 |
| Jonathan Schuman | 60000 |
| Robert Boon | 58000 |
| Philip Clarke | 58000 |
| Jonas Neukirch | 58000 |
| Nikolay Ponomarev | 50000 |
| Masoud Etemadiherisi | 47000 |
| John Bousfield | 47000 |
| Neophytos Neophytou | 43000 |
| Driton Haxhiaj | 41000 |
| Edward Swales | 36000 |
Level 15 – 17:20
The players are back seated as we begin level number 5.
The blinds are now 1500/3000 with a 3k big blind ante.
51 players remaining.
Dinner Break – 16:15
Dinner break for the players as they take 60 minutes.
Side Event Starting – 16:01
Event 6 £250 Texas
Buy-in: £250 + £25
Start time: 4.00pm
Entry period: 4 levels (2 hours 15 mins)
Clock: 30mins FTT
Starting stack: 20,000
Breaks: Every 2 hours
More Counts – 15:45
Les Fenton – 25,000
Neo Neophytou – 65,000
Phil Soukki – 130,000
Jamie Nixon – 100,000
Driton Haxhaij – 50,000
Renee Xie – 100,000
Tamer Kamel – 45,000
Andrew Hulme – 120,000
John Bousfield – 55,000
Chip Counts – 15:30
Harry Chapman – 240,000
Yiannis Liperis – 122,000
Richard Kellett – 45,000
Tim Chung – 50,000
David Clarkson – 100,000
Priyan Demel – 150,000
Mitch Johnson – 95,000
Paul Siddle – 145,000
Iwan Jones – 110,000
Joe Hindry – 135,000
Guy Taylor – 150,000
Level 14 – 15:15
The blinds increase as we begin level 14.
They are now 1200/2400 with a 2400 big blind ante.
62 players remaining.
More Exits – 14:55
Tony Ringe
Jerome Bradpiece
Raul Martinez
Ben Maregedze
Oystein Nordli
Samuel Grafton
Ming Ju
Christopher Cooper
Chip Counts – 14:30
Terry Jordon – 55,000
Dean Clay – 75,000
Harry Chapman – 96,000
Vikrum Mehta – 270,000
Jerome Bradpiecec – 71,000
Richard Kellett – 37,000
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.
70 players remaining.
Break Time – 14:01
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Live Stream – 13:44
The Tower & Jay are LIVE in Luton for Day 2 of the GUKPT Main Event.
100 players started the day and we’re playing ten levels of poker.
Watch it here – https://gros.casino/Live_Poker
More Bust Outs – 13:30
Sam Ho
Gary Whitehead
Sean Mills
Garry Stevenssmith
Yiqian Song
Stewart Kirby
Alex Bounsall
David Gee
Cardroom Shots – 13:15
Level 12 – 13:01
The blinds increase as we begin level number 12.
They are now 800/1600 with a 1600 ante.
85 players remaining.
Prizepool Payout – 12:40
| GUKPT Luton | |
| £1000 NLHE | |
| Entries: 307 | |
| 1st | £83,590 |
| 2nd | £55,360 |
| 3rd | £34,000 |
| 4th | £21,660 |
| 5th | £14,740 |
| 6th | £10,830 |
| 7th | £8,430 |
| 8th | £6,920 |
| 9th | £5,710 |
| 10th | £4,820 |
| 11th | £4,210 |
| 12th | £3,910 |
| 13th | £3,610 |
| 14th | £3,310 |
| 15th | £3,310 |
| 16th | £3,010 |
| 17th | £3,010 |
| 18th | £2,710 |
| 19th | £2,710 |
| 20th | £2,710 |
| 21st | £2,410 |
| 22nd | £2,410 |
| 23rd | £2,410 |
| 24th | £2,410 |
| 25th | £2,110 |
| 26th | £2,110 |
| 27th | £2,110 |
| 28th | £2,110 |
| 29th | £2,110 |
| 30th | £2,110 |
Exits – 12:20
Maria Jordon
Graham Pound
Tan Le
Sam Goodman
Michael Allen
Colin Gillon
Thomas Wallsgrove
Max Deveson
Nick Marchington
Day 2 Seating Plan – 12:10
| 1 | 1 | N.H | 40,000 |
| 1 | 2 | John Gilchrist | 56,300 |
| 1 | 3 | David Clarkson | 32,200 |
| 1 | 4 | Oystein Nordli | 55,100 |
| 1 | 5 | Phillip Corion | 242,300 |
| 1 | 6 | Mudasser Hussain | 22,200 |
| 1 | 7 | Nikolay Ponomarev | 112,200 |
| 1 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 9 | Gary Whitehead | 21,400 |
| 2 | 1 | Yiqian Song | 27,200 |
| 2 | 2 | U.S | 26,900 |
| 2 | 3 | John Bousfield | 80,800 |
| 2 | 4 | Driton Haxhiaj | 60,800 |
| 2 | 5 | Vincent Meli | 116,300 |
| 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 7 | Tamarovych Volodymyr | 30,200 |
| 2 | 8 | Samuel Grafton | 67,500 |
| 2 | 9 | Renee Xie | 87,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Chris Cancelliere | 103,600 |
| 3 | 2 | Nathan Slater | 40,400 |
| 3 | 3 | Robert Boon | 70,600 |
| 3 | 4 | Hasan Gul | 112,500 |
| 3 | 5 | Garry Stevenssmith | 45,900 |
| 3 | 6 | Antoine Labat | 85,400 |
| 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Iwan Jones | 104,600 |
| 3 | 9 | Christopher Kadji | 57,900 |
| 4 | 1 | Thomas Wallsgrove | 22,700 |
| 4 | 2 | Dean Clay | 95,400 |
| 4 | 3 | Harry Chapman | 52,200 |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Gary Bluston | 58,300 |
| 4 | 6 | Brijesh Das | 78,700 |
| 4 | 7 | Michael Allen | 17,900 |
| 4 | 8 | Mark Wongtzeyi | 44,200 |
| 4 | 9 | Richard Kellett | 90,900 |
| 5 | 1 | Leslie Fenton | 116,200 |
| 5 | 2 | Jake Marston | 71,300 |
| 5 | 3 | Lee J French | 141,800 |
| 5 | 4 | Graham Pound | 31,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Alan Stearn | 57,100 |
| 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Christopher Maguire | 66,500 |
| 5 | 8 | Craig Rimmer | 68,300 |
| 5 | 9 | Guy Taylor | 54,500 |
| 6 | 1 | Maria Jordon | 50,700 |
| 6 | 2 | David Johnson | 65,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Joe Hindry | 65,700 |
| 6 | 4 | Sebastien Jung | 68,400 |
| 6 | 5 | Tan Le | 19,600 |
| 6 | 6 | Sean Mills | 24,400 |
| 6 | 7 | Jonathan Schuman | 26,700 |
| 6 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 9 | Kevin Charlie Charalambous | 88,600 |
| 7 | 1 | Sanjay Patel | 72,500 |
| 7 | 2 | Martyn Frey | 101,200 |
| 7 | 3 | Marius Hutupasu | 46,600 |
| 7 | 4 | Kuljinder Sidhu | 144,400 |
| 7 | 5 | Neophytos Neophytou | 37,300 |
| 7 | 6 | Arron Woodcock | 82,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Stewart Kirby | 51,100 |
| 7 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 9 | Mohammed Ghani | 61,700 |
| 8 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Raul Martinez | 84,800 |
| 8 | 3 | Tony Ringe | 38,400 |
| 8 | 4 | Priyan Demel | 106,100 |
| 8 | 5 | Yiannis Liperis | 39,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Ming Ju | 57,600 |
| 8 | 7 | Keith Talkington | 32,900 |
| 8 | 8 | Panicos Ellinas | 124,500 |
| 8 | 9 | William Martin Young | 53,800 |
| 9 | 1 | T.H | 82,900 |
| 9 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Jerome Bradpiece | 48,200 |
| 9 | 4 | Sachin Joshi | 55,300 |
| 9 | 5 | David Gee | 99,100 |
| 9 | 6 | Christopher Yong | 55,900 |
| 9 | 7 | Ben Maregedze | 24,900 |
| 9 | 8 | Philip Clarke | 87,900 |
| 9 | 9 | Jonas Neukirch | 63,700 |
| 10 | 1 | Edward Swales | 129,400 |
| 10 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 3 | James Alan Nixon | 39,500 |
| 10 | 4 | Tamer Kamel | 87,800 |
| 10 | 5 | Sukhvir Shankerwalia | 89,700 |
| 10 | 6 | Philippe Souki | 137,500 |
| 10 | 7 | Brandon Sheils | 17,500 |
| 10 | 8 | Chi Ken Yau | 70,200 |
| 10 | 9 | David Barnes | 22,100 |
| 11 | 1 | Alexander Kamat | 63,300 |
| 11 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Paul Siddle | 106,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Terry Jordon | 144,000 |
| 11 | 5 | Christopher Cooper | 33,000 |
| 11 | 6 | Ian Willmott | 46,600 |
| 11 | 7 | J.V | 21,100 |
| 11 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 9 | T.H | 85,800 |
| 12 | 1 | Sam Goodman | 11,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Mitchell Johnson | 64,900 |
| 12 | 3 | Luke Marsh | 15,300 |
| 12 | 4 | Andrew Hulme | 69,400 |
| 12 | 5 | Alex Peter Bounsall | 18,400 |
| 12 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Vikrum Mehta | 147,000 |
| 12 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Sam Manny Ho | 21,900 |
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 2.
The blinds are 600/1200 with a 1200 ante.
99 players remaining.
Welcome To Day 2 – 11:50
Good morning and welcome back to Luton for Day 2 of the GUKPT Main Event.
94 players have made it through to today, but with direct buy ins still open, that number is set to increase.
The players will be playing ten levels of play today, with breaks every two levels. We have some great names left in the field so it promises to be a fantastic day of poker.
We’ll be here with you for the duration of play today, bringing you chip counts, pictures and exits from the field.
Our live stream also begins at 12:30pm today.
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