Follow all the action from GUKPT Manchester where Leg 2 of the 2019 tour is taking place.
Herbert Leads 1a – 00:10
After ten levels of play Day 1a of GUKPT Manchester has now finished.
It’s been a great turnout with 98 entries in total over the duration of play.
26 players have made it through to Day 2 and they are led by Richard Herbert who has finished the day as chip leader. Full counts of the 26 players are:
| Richard | Herbert | 196800 |
| Mark | Baxter | 145000 |
| Richard | Trigg | 134500 |
| Anwar | Kanj | 119400 |
| Ian | Simpson | 115900 |
| Brandon | Sheils | 92600 |
| Thomas | Middleton | 86900 |
| Benjamin | Winsor | 86300 |
| Christopher | Gatley | 80600 |
| Alex | Mah | 80600 |
| Gordon | Smith | 78100 |
| Harry Niclolas | Ross | 77100 |
| Thomas | High | 76500 |
| Ryan | Plant | 76100 |
| Peter | Smith | 74500 |
| Tomas | Macnamara | 73800 |
| Anthony | Cartwright | 58000 |
| Craig | Drew | 56500 |
| Steven | Warburton | 50000 |
| Andrew | Hulme | 49400 |
| Ryan | Mandara | 43400 |
| John | Mooney | 42700 |
| Lukas | Soucek | 37800 |
| Daniel | Foskett | 28300 |
| Osman | Mustanoglu | 20800 |
| Benjamin | Dobson | 15600 |
Day 1b takes place tomorrow at 12pm with late registration open for the full day.
Join us then.
Last Six Hands – 23:45
The clock has been paused with 12 minutes remaining.
The players will now play six more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
All is Quiet – 23:15
Not much to report here on the final level of the day, we have 40 players remaining and Ian Simpson looks to be the chip leader with around 120,000.
Last Level – 22:55
The blinds increase for the last time today as we begin level numer ten, the final one of the day.
They are now 500/1000 with a 1000 ante.
40 players remaining.
Table Shots – 22:30
Big Stacks – 22:10
Richard Herbet – 115,000
Ian Simpson – 90,000
Craig Drew – 75,000
Middy – 72,000
Andrew Hulme – 70,000
Level 9 – 21:45
The players are back playing as we begin level number 9.
The blinds are now 400/800 with an 800 ante.
45 players remaining.
Break Time – 21:30
Break time now for the players as they take their last 15 minute break.
Geci Doubles – 21:15
Endrit Geci moves all in for his 10k stack from first position, the action folds all the way round to Rick Trigg in the big blind who makes the call.
Endrit needs help tabling Q-J against the A-10 of Rick.
The board runs out K–8–5–3–Q
Endrit rivers a Queen to double up to starting stack.
Trigg still has a healthy stack of 50,000.
Chip Counts – 20:55
Keith Singleton – 25,000
Yani Yanev – 52,000
Les Kearney – 27,000
Endrit Geci – 14,000
Steve Warburton – 34,000
Ben Winsor – 40,000
Tim Hickling – 25,000
Level 8 – 20:30
The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play.
They are now 300/600 with a 600 ante.
49 players remaining.
Bust Outs – 20:10
John Haigh
Liam Duffy
Jags Minglani
Mark Dyson
Harry Smith
Phil Walker
All players can re-enter if they wish as late registration is open all day.
Big Stacks – 19:48
Big stacks from around the tables:
Ian Simpson – 111,000
Gordon Smith – 100,000
Brandon Sheils – 85,000
Peter Smith – 75,000
Dan Obreja – 75,000
Craig Drew – 70,000
Level 7 – 19:34
The players are back seated as we begin level number 7.
The blinds are now 250/500 with a 500 ante.
94 entries, 55 remaining.
Break Time – 19:18
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Chip Counts – 19:01
Brandon Sheils – 75,000
Eirias Livonas – 30,000
Rick Trigg – 45,000
Andrew Hulme – 21,000
Ryan Mandara – 17,000
Justin Astley – 16,000
Tony Cartwright – 12,000
Warburton Exits – 18:45
Rick Trigg makes it 1,000 from first position, Steve Warburton moves all in for his 6k stack. Mulla wakes up in the big blind and also moves all in for is 22k stack. Trigg gets out of the way and the cards go on their backs…
Steve tables A-8 and will need to get lucky against the pocket queens of Mulla.
The board runs out 7–9–4–J–3
The queens of Mulla hold as he takes the pot.
No help for Steve as he exits from the tournament, Mulla is now up to 30,000.
Simpson & Middy – 18:30
Ian Simpson and Tom Middleton are seated together and have just been involved in a pot where they both held a straight and moved in. They chopped it up and eliminated the other player who was in the hand.
Level 6 – 18:15
The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play.
They are now 200/400 with a 400 ante.
56 players remaining from the 84 entries.
Live Stream – 17:35
The live stream is now up and running.
You can watch it with all hole cards shown HERE!
Level 5 – 17:15
The players are back seated as we begin level number 5.
The blinds are 150/300 with a 300 bb ante.
81 entries so far today.
Dinner Break – 16:15
Dinner break now for the players as they take a 60 minute dinner break.
Chip Counts – 16:01
Some counts from around the room:
Tom Middleton – 25,000
Ian Simpson – 45,000
Mulla – 45,000
Rick Trigg – 20,000
Steve Warburton – 23,000
Grime Rivered – 15:40
Naseer Ahmed makes it 1200 and is called in three spots before Barry Grime moves all in for 13,000. Naseer makes the call and everyone else gets out of the way.
Barry tables pocket eights and it’s a coinflip against the K-Q of spades.
The flop comes J–5–4
The turn card comes another Jack.
The river card a QUEEN!
Naseer rivers two pair and takes the pot.
Barry bangs the table as he is rivered and eliminated.
Level Up – 15:15
The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play.
They are now 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante.
70 entries so far today.
Omaha Tonight – 14:50
The side event tonight is Omaha 4,5,6.
– £150+£15 Buy In
– 6pm Start Time
– Late reg till 8:15pm
– 20,000 Starting Stack
– 30 minute clock
Snaps From The Room – 14:30
Level 3 – 14:15
The players are back from the break as we begin level number three.
The blinds are now 75/150.
There have been 55 entries so far today.
Break Time – 14:01
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Connection Issues – 13:30
We’ve been having some connection issues which we think we have resolved.
Hopefully, we will be able to get back to covering the play on the tables.
Level 2 – 13:01
The blinds increase as we begin the next level of play.
They are now 50/100.
35 entries so far today.
Playing Today – 12:45
Players who we have noticed playing today:
Rick Trigg
Tom Middleton
John Haigh
Mark Dyson
We’ll have a full list of players up with you as soon as possible.
Feature Table – 12:35
Our feature table is ready for four days of live streaming here in Manchester.
Who is going to win the final hand on Sunday night??
Mini Main Result – 12:25
GUKPT Manchester Mini Main Event
£200 NLHE
Entries: 345
1st – £12,830 – Lorand Nagy***
2nd – £14,000 – Daniel Hide***
3rd – £11,500 – Anwar Kanj***
4th – £4,730 – Carl Pickles
5th – £3,180 – John Gilchrist
6th – £2,300 – Gurrinder Konkon
7th – £1,760 – Naseer Ahmed
8th – £1,490 – Lee Millar
9th – £1,210 – Luke Burke
10th – £1,090 – Richard Kellett
11th – £940 – Christopher Cunliffe
12th – £880 – Craig Rimmer
13th – £810 – Paul Rigg
14th – £740 – Gar Wo Chu
15th – £680 – Alex Montgomery
16th – £680 – Mohammed Rahman
17th – £610 – Keith Singleton
18th – £610 -Barry Grime
19th – £610 – ANON
20th – £540 – ANON
21st – £540 – Osman Mustanoglu
22nd – £540 – Nicholas Drinkwater
23rd – £540 – ANON
24th – £470 – Andrew Haygarth
25th – £470 – Andrew Sheard
26th – £470 – Alan Bretten
27th – £470 – Rinchin Tashi
28th – £470 – Elizabeth Wells
29th – £410 – Son Giang Hoang
30th – £410 – ANON
31st – £410 – Paul Patouilliart
32nd – £410 – Ryan Grossman
33rd – £410 – Kim Abramovici
34th – £410 – Jordan Massey
*** – Three way deal.
Shuffle Up & Deal – 12:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1a.
Blinds starting at 25/50.
There are 20 players sat down to play the first hand.
Welcome To Manchester – 11:30
Good afternoon and welcome to Leg 2 of the 2019 GUKPT Tour. For the second leg of the year, we are in Manchester!!
This is the 13th time we have held a Main Event at the Bury New Road Casino and past champions include Marc Goodwin, Sunny Chattha & Andy Hills.
The players always turn out for this leg and this week we are expecting no different.
The tournament is a £1000+£110 buy in with a £200,000 GTD. For their buy in the players will receive 20,000 chips on a 60 minute clock and for the first time ever in a GUKPT late registration is open for the full day.
Play begins at 12pm today and the team are with you for the full 10 levels of play, bringing you live blog updates, pictures, exits and the live stream that runs on a 30 minute delay with all hole cards shown.
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