GUKPT Edinburgh Day 1b Blog
End of Day 1b with Fraser Mac & David Gee – 28/04/2018 – 01:30
MacIntyre Tops Day 1b – 28/04/2018 – 01:15
Well what a day! Day 1b has exceeded all expectations here in Edinburgh. After six levels of late registration we finished the day with 168 entries, which gives us 258 in total! Making the 2018 GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event the biggest ever in Scotland.
The day has been great fun again and the ten levels of play have flown by.
Fraser MacIntyre has finished on top of the 52 who have made it through the day and he will head into tomorrow as the overall chip leader.
Full chip counts are:
| Fraser Macintyre | 199,800 |
| Gordon Robert Huntly | 150,100 |
| Gavin John Fisher | 124,400 |
| Micheal Osullivan | 121,000 |
| Guy Taylor | 115,000 |
| Mark Dyson | 113,900 |
| Mathew Archer | 107,000 |
| Gary Bertram | 99,100 |
| David Colin Weeks | 98,800 |
| Radoslav Lliev | 92,400 |
| Raymond Mario Pacitti | 90,600 |
| Jacob Moss | 88,100 |
| Katshuhiro Muto | 86,400 |
| Grant Hart | 84,100 |
| Andrew Davidson | 80,900 |
| Colin Malcolm | 80,600 |
| Thomas Rennie | 80,500 |
| Michelle Baldie | 80,100 |
| Algassimu Jallow | 75,500 |
| Robert Bain | 73,800 |
| David Gee | 71,100 |
| Bernard James Mcginlay | 68,200 |
| Jamie Whyte | 62,800 |
| Hayden Paul Horman | 62,500 |
| Grant Anderson Cook | 59,700 |
| Christopher John Weir Craig | 59,100 |
| Jonathan Gray | 57,000 |
| Ben Daniel Smith | 55,800 |
| Piotr Put | 55,300 |
| William Paxton | 51,000 |
| Thomas Ward | 49,900 |
| Stephen Ka Ng | 47,900 |
| Jonathan Lemon | 46,500 |
| Jeffrey Kimber | 45,100 |
| Kim Bain | 44,600 |
| Haitao Wu | 43,100 |
| Robert Welsh | 41,700 |
| Patrick Andrew Doonan | 40,400 |
| Shaun Rutter | 38,000 |
| Andrew Teng | 35,300 |
| Andrew Wilson | 32,900 |
| Carl Taylor | 32,200 |
| John Angus | 30,000 |
| John Bousfield | 29,000 |
| Usman Ulhaq | 28,600 |
| Andrew James Mackenzie | 26,800 |
| Garry Stevenssmith | 24,400 |
| Tim Shirley | 23,500 |
| Neil Farquhar | 22,800 |
| Catherine Ivgi | 20,900 |
| Daniel Hide | 19,600 |
We will be back tomorrow for Day 2 of the Main Event with 75 hopefuls coming back and hoping to make Sundays Final Day.
Join us from 12:30pm, with play beginning at 1pm.
Play has Finished – 28/04/2018 – 01:01
Play has now finished on all the tables. Full chip counts of the remaining players will be posted as soon as possible.
Last Five Hands – 28/04/2018 – 00:45
The clock has been paused with 10 minutes remaining.
The players will now play 5 more hands before bagging up for the night.
MacIntyre Chip Leader! – 28/04/2018 – 00:23
On a board of 
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–X we get to the table when there is around 15,000 in the middle and Fraser MacIntyre has shoved against Findlay Meechan who is in the tank. He has 20k and calls it off!
Fraser tables 
for the flush which is good to take the pot as Findlay mucks and heads out of the tournament.
Fraser takes the pot and is now chip leader with around 185,000.
Down to 63 – 28/04/2018 – 00:10
It’s been a very slow level so far here on Day 1b of GUKPT Edinburgh their have just been 5 exits in the last 20 minutes as players try to hold onto their chips to make Day 2.
The Last Level – 27/04/2018 – 23:50
The blinds increase as we begin the last level of the day.
They are now 500/1000 with a 100 ante.
68 players remaining.
Omaha Result – 27/04/2018 – 23:30
Current Seating – 27/04/2018 – 23:10
| 1 | 1 | Andrew Wilson |
| 1 | 2 | Jeremy Pantin |
| 1 | 3 | Thomas Rennie |
| 1 | 4 | |
| 1 | 5 | David Colin Weeks |
| 1 | 6 | Mark Dyson |
| 1 | 7 | Haitao Wu |
| 1 | 8 | Jacob Moss |
| 1 | 9 | Tamarovych Volodymyr |
| 2 | 1 | Neil Farquhar |
| 2 | 2 | Daniel Hide |
| 2 | 3 | Carl Taylor |
| 2 | 4 | Robert Bain |
| 2 | 5 | Jeffrey Kimber |
| 2 | 6 | Gavin John Fisher |
| 2 | 7 | William Paxton |
| 2 | 8 | Gary Bertram |
| 2 | 9 | Gary Whitehead |
| 3 | 1 | Justin Wang |
| 3 | 2 | Mudasser Hussain |
| 3 | 3 | Guy Taylor |
| 3 | 4 | Michelle Baldie |
| 3 | 5 | Mark James |
| 3 | 6 | Jamie Whyte |
| 3 | 7 | |
| 3 | 8 | Syed Zaidi |
| 3 | 9 | Paul Mctaggart |
| 4 | 1 | Simon Nash |
| 4 | 2 | William Hanratty |
| 4 | 3 | Raymond Mario Pacitti |
| 4 | 4 | Alex James Montgomery |
| 4 | 5 | Radoslav Lliev |
| 4 | 6 | Philip Hepburn |
| 4 | 7 | Tim Shirley |
| 4 | 8 | Usman Ulhaq |
| 4 | 9 | Michael Dyer |
| 5 | 1 | Jaroslaw Jerzy Wolny |
| 5 | 2 | Thomas Ward |
| 5 | 3 | Bernard James Mcginlay |
| 5 | 4 | Fraser Macintyre |
| 5 | 5 | Chris Craig |
| 5 | 6 | Simon Wolf |
| 5 | 7 | Philip Jenkins |
| 5 | 8 | Katshuhiro Muto |
| 5 | 9 | Findlay Meechan |
| 6 | 1 | Gordon Robert Huntly |
| 6 | 2 | David White |
| 6 | 3 | James Paul Rann |
| 6 | 4 | Micheal Osullivan |
| 6 | 5 | Andrew James Mackenzie |
| 6 | 6 | John Bousfield |
| 6 | 7 | Glen Gendrot |
| 6 | 8 | Daniel Clemente |
| 6 | 9 | Grant Anderson Cook |
| 7 | 1 | Gavin Ritchie |
| 7 | 2 | |
| 7 | 3 | Kim Bain |
| 7 | 4 | Catherine Ivgi |
| 7 | 5 | David Maudlin |
| 7 | 6 | John Angus |
| 7 | 7 | Ben Daniel Smith |
| 7 | 8 | Andrew Davidson |
| 7 | 9 | Patrick Andrew Doonan |
| 8 | 1 | Roderick Macneil |
| 8 | 2 | Jonathan Lemon |
| 8 | 3 | Grant Hart |
| 8 | 4 | Piotr Put |
| 8 | 5 | Daniel Mcaulay |
| 8 | 6 | Jonathan Gray |
| 8 | 7 | Garry Stevenssmith |
| 8 | 8 | Stuart Mcnally |
| 8 | 9 | Stephen Ka Ng |
| 9 | 1 | Robert Welsh |
| 9 | 2 | Mathew Archer |
| 9 | 3 | Hayden Paul Horman |
| 9 | 4 | Colin Malcolm |
| 9 | 5 | David Gee |
| 9 | 6 | Shaun Rutter |
| 9 | 7 | Eddie Gaines |
| 9 | 8 | Algassimu Jallow |
| 9 | 9 | Andrew Teng |
Big Stacks – 27/04/2018 – 23:04
| Andrew Teng | 100000 |
| Algassimu Jallow | 95000 |
| David Gee | 92000 |
| Katshuhiro Muto | 88000 |
| Fraser Macintyre | 80000 |
| Gordon Robert Huntly | 80000 |
| Jeffrey Kimber | 72000 |
| Guy Taylor | 60000 |
| Chris Craig | 60000 |
Level Nine – 27/04/2018 – 22:50
The players are back seated as we begin level number nine.
The blinds are now 400/800 with a 100 ante.
80 players remaining.
Break Time – 27/04/2018 – 22:35
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Pics – 27/04/2018 – 22:20
Chip Counts – 27/04/2018 – 21:55
Jeff Kimber – 65,000
Tom Ward – 35,000
Colin Wu – 30,000
Jonny Gray – 35,000
Guy Taylor – 58,000
Level Up – 27/04/2018 – 21:35
The blinds increase as we begin level number eight.
They are now 300/600 with a 50 ante.
100 players remaining today.
Side Event Underway – 27/04/2018 – 21:20
The side event has just started here in Edinburgh with two tables, unfortunately that’s all they can open at the minute as all the other tables are full with the main event.
Late registration is open till 11:15pm.
Biggest GUKPT Scotland Main Event – 27/08/2018 – 21:01
Registration for the tournament has now closed.
A massive 258 entries in total have turned out this year! Creating a prizepool of £129,000.
GUKPT Edinburgh 2018 Main Event is officially the biggest EVER in Scotland.
Chip Counts – 27/04/2018 – 20:50
Justin Wang – 13,000
Makka Hussain – 47,000
Guy Taylor – 68,000
Michelle Baldie – 43,000
Mark James – 22,000
Jamie Whyte – 41,000
Aaron Spence – 27,000
Paul McTaggart – 28,000
Level 7 – 27/04/2018 – 20:30
The players are back seated as we begin level number seven.
The blinds are now 150/300 with a 50 ante.
Break Time – 27/04/2018 – 20:15
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Pics – 27/04/2018 – 20:05
Last years winner Paul Green
Kevin Finnie sporting shades on the feature table.
Chip Counts – 27/04/2018 – 19:40
Guy Taylor – 47,000
Mark James – 22,000
Ashley Timms – 20,000
John Bousfield – 42,000
David Gee – 100,000
Blinds Up! – 27/04/2018 – 19:20
The blinds increase as we begin level number six, the last level for buy ins.
They are now 150/300 wit a 25 ante.
250 entries so far!
Biggest GUKPT Edinburgh Ever! – 27/04/2018 – 19:10
The 2018 GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event is officially the biggest ever as there are currently 246 entries in total.
| Year | Entries | Prizepool | Winner |
| 2014 | 192 | £100,000 | Andy Teng |
| 2015 | 234 | £117,000 | James Mitchell |
| 2016 | 184 | £100,000 | Tommy Le |
| 2017 | 227 | £113,500 | Paul Green |
| 2018 |
Two Exits – 27/04/2018 – 19:01
Two exits from the tournament as we lose Ali Mallu & Makka Hussain.
Both players can re-enter if they wish to do so and can for another 75 minutes.
We currently have 245 entries in total for GUKPT Edinburgh.
Cardroom Shots – 27/04/2018 – 18:50
Big Stacks – 27/04/2018 – 18:30
| Kingshuk Ghosh | 68000 |
| Stephen Ka Ng | 55000 |
| Ronald Law | 50000 |
| Katshuhiro Muto | 45000 |
| Fraser Macintyre | 45000 |
| Scott Peter Mcdonald | 45000 |
| Garry Stevenssmith | 44000 |
| Chun Kit Lee | 43000 |
Level 5 – 27/04/2018 – 18:15
The players are now back from their buffet to begin level number 5.
The blinds are now 100/200 with a 25 ante.
150 entries so far today with 125 players remaining.
Break Time – 27/04/2018 – 17:15
Break time now for the players as they take 60 minute to go get some food.
Chip Counts – 27/04/2018 – 17:10
A few chip counts from around the tables.
Fraser MacIntyre – 50,000
Colin Wu – 24,000
John Angus – 14,000
Colin Gillon – 16,000
Mark Dyson – 32,000
Gary Whitehead – 14,000
Tournament Update – 27/04/2018 – 16:55
We’ve just been having trouble accessing the site, but we’re now back and ready to go.
We currently have 20 minutes left to play of level number four, with the blinds at 100/200.
There’s been a massive 230 entries in total, so we have already beat last years total of 227, with 3 and a half hours of play left today.
After this level players will be on a break of 60 minutes as the casino provide a complimentary buffet.
Level Three – 27/04/2018 – 15:15
The players are back in the room as we begin level number three.
Blinds are now 75/150.
115 entries so far today.
Break Time – 27/04/2018 – 15:01
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Guarantee HIT! – 27/04/2018 – 14:30
The guarantee has just been hit here in Edinburgh, like it was ever in doubt.
200 entries in total now for the GUKPT Main Event with 4 levels left to buy in.
GK The Man To Catch – 27/04/2018 – 14:15
G.K is the man to catch after his play yesterday. He finished the day on top of the 23 players who made it through to Day 2. They are:
Gajanthan Kamalanathan 163600
Ho Yin Lee 154000
Andrew Feenan 149600
John Stirling 124200
Andrew Hills 97000
Robert Bostock 93700
Matthew Ireland 91200
Ross Mcleod 87500
David Docherty 86600
Ian Berry 86000
Louis Paxton 85900
William James Mcclure 85300
Kyle Swan 72100
Michael Anthony Kane 72000
Ivan Emanuely 65300
Steven Bangham 51900
James Mclean 41300
Sally Lawson 41200
Craig Smith 38500
Tom Craig Noble 33400
Christopher Scott 31100
Thomas Mcgarvey 26700
Ian Swan 24000
Level Two – 27/04/2018 – 14:01
The blinds increase as we begin level number two.
They are now 50/100 with 90 entries so far today.
Players Coming In – 27/04/2018 – 13:40
Players are coming in thick and fast and we are already up to 86 entries for today.
Late registration is open until 8:30pm tonight.
Player List – 27/04/2018 – 13:20
| 1 | 1 | Simon Nash |
| 1 | 2 | Elaine Dorrian |
| 1 | 3 | Findlay Meechan |
| 1 | 4 | Gerald Crone |
| 1 | 5 | Radoslav Lliev |
| 1 | 6 | Philip Hepburn |
| 1 | 7 | Tim Shirley |
| 2 | 1 | Tom Gill |
| 2 | 2 | Andrew Wilson |
| 2 | 3 | Christopher John Weir Craig |
| 2 | 4 | Michelle Baldie |
| 2 | 5 | Ben Daniel Smith |
| 2 | 6 | Mark James Williamson |
| 2 | 7 | Aaron Spence |
| 2 | 8 | Jehan Zaib |
| 3 | 1 | Scott Peter Mcdonald |
| 3 | 2 | Raymond Mario Pacitti |
| 3 | 3 | Gary Whitehead |
| 3 | 4 | Thomas Rennie |
| 3 | 5 | Paul Mcaulay |
| 3 | 6 | David Colin Weeks |
| 3 | 7 | Mark Dyson |
| 3 | 8 | Piotr Put |
| 4 | 1 | Jaroslaw Jerzy Wolny |
| 4 | 2 | David Wilkes |
| 4 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | David Hugh Mcalpine |
| 4 | 5 | Kathryn Leanne Farquhar |
| 4 | 6 | Bernard James Mcginlay |
| 4 | 7 | Simon Wolf |
| 4 | 8 | Philip Jenkins |
| 4 | 9 | Katshuhiro Muto |
| 4 | 10 | Michael Dyer |
| 5 | 1 | Neil Farquhar |
| 5 | 2 | Stuart Matthews |
| 5 | 3 | Sebastian Mikolajczyk |
| 5 | 4 | Carl Taylor |
| 5 | 5 | Robert Bain |
| 5 | 6 | |
| 5 | 7 | Gavin John Fisher |
| 5 | 8 | Andrew James Mackenzie |
| 5 | 10 | Alli Mallu |
| 6 | 1 | Paul Mchenry |
| 6 | 2 | David White |
| 6 | 3 | John Perkin |
| 6 | 4 | Kingshuk Ghosh |
| 6 | 5 | Kevin Steward |
| 6 | 6 | Alan Chrzaszcz |
| 6 | 7 | Stephen Hogg |
| 7 | 1 | Gavin Ritchie |
| 7 | 2 | Adam Mays |
| 7 | 3 | |
| 7 | 4 | Paul Green |
| 7 | 5 | |
| 7 | 6 | David Gee |
| 7 | 7 | John Angus |
| 7 | 8 | Glen Gendrot |
| 7 | 9 | |
| 7 | 10 | Gianluigi Floris |
| 8 | 1 | Kim Bain |
| 8 | 2 | Pedro Schulze |
| 8 | 3 | John Gordon Cochrane |
| 8 | 4 | |
| 8 | 5 | Christopher Allen Johnston |
| 8 | 6 | Scott Davies |
| 8 | 7 | |
| 8 | 8 | Daniel Clemente |
| 8 | 9 | |
| 8 | 10 | Stephen Ka Ng |
| 9 | 1 | |
| 9 | 2 | Allen Mclean |
| 9 | 3 | Hayden Paul Horman |
| 9 | 4 | Justin Wang |
| 9 | 5 | David Chi-hoe Ho |
| 9 | 6 | |
| 9 | 7 | |
| 9 | 8 | Chun Kit Lee |
| 9 | 9 | Tamarovych Volodymyr |
| 9 | 10 | Ali Ahmed |
Shuffle Up & Deal – 27/004/2018 – 13:01
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1b.
The blinds are starting at 25/50 with 51 players starting the day.
Players Called In – 27/04/2018 – 12:50
The players have just been called in to take their seats.
We should be underway within 10 minutes.
Welcome to Edinburgh – 27/04/2018 – 12:30
Good afternoon and welcome back to Edinburgh for the second Day 1 of the GUKPT Main Event.
90 entries in total turned out, which is 20 up on last year, so today we are looking for more of the same.
The tournament is a £500+£60 buy in, for 20,000 chips on a 60 minute clock. The guarantee for the tournament is £100,000 but that will be smashed today.
We will begin Day 1b today at 1pm.
