Dream poker packages still to be won as GUKPT reaches Blackpool
Media Release: Friday 1st November
The week culminates with the undoubted star of the show, the £200,000 Guaranteed GUKPT Main Event. Last year UK regular Yiannis Liperis was the last person standing, finally gaining himself a well-earned trophy (and £84,250 in cash!). Yiannis has come desperately close over the years and spectators were delighted to witness Liperis seal the deal.
GUKPT Blackpool is always incredibly popular, but this year attendance is expected to receive an extra boost as competition hots up at the business end of the Grosvenor Casinos’ National League. The league, which is in its debut year, offers players a chance to win one of 15 x 2020 poker packages, with a combined guarantee of £150,000, up for grabs.
The top five finishers automatically earn themselves a package worth over £10,000 each and the remaining 72 players (positions 6th to 77th) earn themselves a seat to the National League playoff to play for a further 10 packages. Currently 77th position sits with 140 points – which means a everything is still to play for with many seats still up for grabs! The final qualifying events include; all GUKPT Blackpool events (with the exception of the 75/75 Bounty and satellites), 25/25 Edinburgh and Coventry, Manchester and Thanet Deepstack. Final leaderboard positions will be announced on Monday 18th November, with the play off taking place at The Poker Room, London on Sunday 23rd November.
