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GUKPT Luton Day 3 Blog
All the action from Luton where 17 players are coming back to do battle.
The players are guaranteed £1,700 but all have their eyes on the first place prize of £50,050.
Goodbye From Luton – 22:05
What another amazing event on the GUKPT Tour!
No one could have imagined 382 entries in Luton for the first £500 event here, but that’s exactly what happened! The players were out in force to support thee UKs longest running poker tour.
The event has run like clockwork and played in great spirits. £190,000 in the prizepool but there were smiles on faces and the atmosphere in the cardroom has been great all week!
The tournament has been won by Chris Louch who was playing his first GUKPT Main Event in 12 years! Only previously playing GUKPT Blackpool in 2007. It’s second time lucky for Chris as he heads home with the trophy.
Thanks for joining us and interacting with us over the last four days of play. We will be back in a months time for another £500 at The Poker Room in London. Where we’ll have over 400 entries!
Until next time, be lucky!
Prizepool Payout – 21:55
GUKPT Luton Main Event
£500 NLHE
Entries: 382
1st – £50,550 – Chris Louch
2nd – £33,900 – Aleks Golubevs
3rd – £20,600 – David Crane
4th – £12,900 – Eirimas Livonas
5th – £8,650 – Alex Bounsall
6th – £6,150 – Renato Rossi
7th – £4,850 – Richard Kellett
8th – £4,150 – Radu Scripnic
9th – £3,350 – Ian Oakley
10th – £2,800 – Brijesh Das
11th – £2,450 – Ioannis Karanikos
12th – £2,250 – Tom Cazaletz
13th – £2,100 – Tuan Le
14th – £1,850 – Matthew Skeadas
15th – £1,850 – Andrew Christoforou
16th – £1,700 – Robert Skyers
17th – £1,700 – Eddie Johnson
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
GUKPT Luton Main Event Champion Chris Louch – 21:45
It’s All Over – 21:30
Aleks three bets and Chris calls.
The flop comes J–J–6. Alex c bets 350,000 and Chris calls.
The turn card comes a King. Alex goes into the tank, there is around 1.2million in the middle and he has 1.2 million in his stack… He moves all in and Chris snaps!
Alex tables K-Q for two pair.
Chris shows Q-J for flopped trips.
The river card is a 5.
Aleks Golubevs is our runner up, taking home £33,900.
Chris Louch is the GUKPT Luton Main Event Champion winning £50,050!!
Heads Up Counts – 21:15
Alex Golubevs – 2.5million
Chris Louch – 5 million
Break Time – 21:01
Break time now for the players as they take 5 minutes before beginning heads up!
David Crane 3rd – 20:40
David Crane shoves his ten bigs holding K-J of hearts and runs into the ACES of Chris.
The board runs out 6–5–7–6–3
ACES hold for Chris who takes the pot.
We lose David Crane in third place for £20,600.
We are now heads up!
Left To Play For – 20:10
1st – £50,550
2nd – £33,900
3rd – £20,600
Next Level – 20:01
The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play.
They are now 30,000/60,000 with a 30k ante.
3 players remaining.
Eirimas Livonas 4th – 19:40
Eirimas Livonas loses and a flip to Chris Louch. All in with A-Q and loses to the 10-10 of Chris.
Eirimas heads out in 4th place for £12,900.
Alex Bounsall 5th – 19:15
Alex Bounsall shoves all in or his ten bigs and he is called by Chris Louch.
Alex tables pocket fives and is in bad shape against thee ACES of Chris.
The board runs out Q–3–Q–A–7
Chris takes the pot and now has 1.2million.
We lose Alex Bounsall in 5th place for £8,650!
Chip Counts – 19:08
| Aleks Golubevs | 4420000 |
| Christopher Louch | 1275000 |
| David Crane | 660000 |
| Alex Bounsall | 635000 |
| Eirimas Livonas | 555000 |
Level 27 – 18:59
The players are back seated as we begin level 27.
The blinds are now 25,000/50,000 with a 25k small blind ante.
5 players remaining.
Break Time – 18:45
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Eirimas Doubles! – 18:30
Eirimas Livonas moves all in for his 600k stack, Chris Louch also moves all in! The rest of the players get out of the way and the cards go on their backs….
Eirimas tables A-Q and will need help against the QUEENS of Chris.
The flop comes 9–3–7
The turn card an ACE!! Eirimas gives a fist pump as he turns top pair, leaving Chris with one out.
The river card is a 2.
Eirimas doubles up to 1.2million, which is thirty bigs, Chris is left with 1.5million.
Blinds Up – 17:45
The blinds increase as we begin level number 26.
They are now 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante.
6 players remaining.
Prizepool Payout – 17:30
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
Richard Kellett 7th – 17:05
The action folds round to Richard Kellett on the button who moves all in for his 600k stack
Aleks Golubevs moves all in from the small blind. Alex Bounsall passes TENS in the big blind!!
Kellett tables 4-4 and it’s a flip against the A-K of Aleks.
The board runs out 
Aleks makes top pair on the turn to take the pot.
We lose Richard Kellett in 7th place for £4,850.
Chip Counts – 16:55
| Christopher Louch | 2200000 |
| Aleks Golubevs | 2165000 |
| David Crane | 950000 |
| Alex Bounsall | 840000 |
| Richard Kellett | 785000 |
| Renato Rossi | 390000 |
| Eirimas Livonas | 315000 |
Level 25 – 16:45
The players are back seated as we begin level 25.
The blinds are now 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 bb ante.
7 players remaining.
Break Time – 16:30
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
All is Quiet – 16:05
All is quiet on the final table with 7 players remaining.
Eirimas Livonas & Renato Rossi are the short stacks with just ten big blinds each, so the other players are waiting for them to make a move!
Level Up – 15:35
The blinds increase for the first time on the final table.
They are now 12,000/24,000 with a 24,000 bb ante.
7 players remaining.
Radu Scripnic 8th – 15:10
Alex Bounsall opens the small blind, Radu Scripnic shoves the big blind for his 15 bigs and Alex makes the quick call.
Radu tables Q-5 against the A-K of Alex.
The ace high holds for Alex as he takes the pot. Radu Scripnic heads out in 8th place for £4,150.
Ian Oakley 9th – 14:55
Ian Oakley, the short stack on the table with just 11 bigs moves all in and is called by David Crane.
Ian tables A-8 and is in bad shape against the KINGS of David.
No ace on the board and we lose Ian in 9th place for £3,350.
The Finalists – 14:50
Final Table Chip Counts – 14:40
| Aleks Golubevs | 1921000 |
| Eirimas Livonas | 1480000 |
| Christopher Louch | 1213000 |
| Alex Bounsall | 671000 |
| David Crane | 644000 |
| Richard Kellett | 640000 |
| Radu Scripnic | 490000 |
| Renato Rossi | 311000 |
| Ian Oakley | 262000 |
Final Underway – 14:30
We have just started the final table.
The blinds are 10,000/20,000 with a 20k bb ante.
9 players remaining.
Break Time – 14:05
Break time for the players as they take 15 minutes before beginning the final table.
Double KO! – 13:55
Brijesh Das moves all in from under the gun. Ioannis Karanikos moves all in from the small blind… Alek snaps in the big blind and the cards go on their backs…
Brijesh – 9-9
Ioannis – Q-Q
Aleks – A-A
No drama on the board as Aleks aces hold! He takes the pot and will go into the final table as the chip leader.
We lose Ioannis Karanikos in 11th for £2,450.
Brijesh Das finishes in 10th for £2,800.
Tom Cazaletz 12th – 13:50
Aleks Golubevs opens, Tom Cazaletz three bets to 100k, Aleks moves all in and after some time in the tank Tom calls off his 400k stack holding A-Q and is in bad shape against the A-K of Aleks.
No help on the board for Tom and he exits in 12th place for £2,250
Tuan Le 13th – 13:21
Tuan Le has been big stacked the whole tournament, but unfortunately it’s unlucky for him as he finishes in 13th place for £2,100.
He shoved with K-Q and was called by Richard Kellett holding A-10.
Ace high holds and we are down to 12.
Matthew Skeadas 14th – 13:15
Matthew Skeadas heads out of the tournament in 14th place.
He takes home £1,850 for his efforts.
Level Up – 13:01
The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play.
They are ow 8,000/16,000 with a 16k bb ante.
14 players remaining.
Andrew Christoforou 15th – 12:50
Andrew Christoforou is the next player to exit as the players are dropping like flies.
Another deep run for Andy as he finishes in 15th place for £1,850.
Robert Skyers 16th – 12:45
Bobby Skyers runs KINGS into ACES of Tuan Le and then heads out a few hands after and being crippled in that cooler. The Luton regular heads out in 16th place for £1,700.
Eddie Johnson 17th – 12:35
Eddie Johnson moves all in for his ten bigs and is called by Aleks Golubevs.
Eddie tables 
and needs help against the 
Eddie flops two spades, but can’t get there and heads out in 17th place for £1,700.
Prizepool Payout – 12:15
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
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 3.
The blind are 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 bb ante.
17 players remaining.
Seating Plan – 11:55
| 1 | 1 | Thomas Cazaletz | 775,000 |
| 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Renato Rossi | 262,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Ian Oakley | 488,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Alex Peter Bounsall | 512,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Matthew Skeadas | 327,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Radu Constantin Scripnic | 511,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Christopher Louch | 595,000 |
| 1 | 9 | David Crane | 596,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Robert Skyers | 277,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Tan Luan Le | 213,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Andrew Christoforou | 398,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Richard Kellett | 624,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Edward Johnson | 136,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Eirimas Livonas | 967,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Ioannis Karanikos | 147,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Aleksandrs Golubevs | 335,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Brijesh Das | 508,000 |
Welcome To Day 3 – 11:45
Good Morning and welcome back to Day 3 of the GUKPT Luton Main Event, from the 380 entries we have just 17 players making their way back today to play down to a winner!
Eirimas Livonas is the only previous Main Event champion in the field and he leads the way with 967,000. He has a cushion over Tom Cazaletz who sits in second place. The favourite for the win is Richard Kellett who is the most experienced of the remaining 17 players. He sits third in chips.
Full 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 begins at 12pm.
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