GUKPT Edinburgh Day 2 Blog
End of Day 2 – 29/04/2018 – 01:10
O’Sullivan Leads Final 14 – 29/04/2018 – 00:45
After starting the day with 74 players we have finished after ten levels of play with just 14 players who will be back tomorrow to play down to a winner.
It’s been another great days play played in a buzzing cardroom with a fantastic atmosphere.
Michael O’Sullivan has finished on top, he won a huge pot on the very last hand of the day, to bag up the chip lead. The chip counts are:
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Tomorrow we will be back to see who can become the GUKPT Edinburgh 2018 Main Event Champion.
The tournament begins at 12pm, with the live stream starting at 12:30pm.
Join us then.
Last Five Hands – 29/04/2018 – 00:32
The clock has been paused with ten minutes remaining.
The players will now play 5 more hands before bagging and tagging.
Craig Smith 15th – 29/04/2018 – 00:15
Craig Smith is the next player out. Finishing in 15th place for £1,400.
G.K 16th – 29/04/2018 – 00:01
G.K down to just 13 bigs G.K moves all in holding K-9 and is called by Gary Bertram with pocket fives.
No help for G.K as he loses the flip and heads out of the tournament in 16th place for £1,400.
The Last Level – 28/04/2018 – 23:46
The blinds increase as we begin level number 20. The final level of the day.
They are now 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante.
16 players remaining.
Two Exits – 28/04/2018 – 23:45
Two exits in two hands on table number one.
Jonny Gray shoves A-8 and runs into ACES! No help and he heads out in 18th place for £1,300.
The very next hand Mark Dyson shoves with K-10 and runs into ACES! No miracles for Mark and he heads out in 17th place for £1,300.
Andrew Davidson 19th – 28/04/2018 – 23:35
Andrew Davidson is the next player out here on Day 2. He finishes in 19th place £1,150.
We are now down to 18 players on two tables as we break one.
Matt Archer 20th – 28/04/2018 – 23:22
Matt Archer opens, Michael O’Sullivan shoves all in for around 240,000, after 5 minutes in the tank Matt makes the call..
It’s a huge flip as Matt tables against the
of Michael.
The board runs out
Set for Michael as he takes the pot and now has just short of 500k!
Matt is left with 15k and busts the very next hand in 20th place for £1,150.
Prizepool Payout – 28/04/2018 – 23:13
GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event
£500 NLHE F/O
Entries: 258
1st – £36,350
2nd – £23,850
3rd – £14,850
4th – £9,550
5th – £6,550
6th – £4,900
7th – £3,900
8th – £3,050
9th – £2,600
10th – £2,200
11th – £1,950
12th – £1,800
13th – £1,650
14th – £1,600
15th – £1,400
16th – £1,400
17th – £1,300
18th – £1,300
19th – £1,150
20th – £1,150
21st – £1,150 – David Gee
22nd – £1,150 – Radoslav Lliev
23rd – £1,050 – John Stirling
24th – £1,050 – Matt Ireland
25th – £1,050 – Carl Taylor
26th – £1,050 – Jeff Kimber
David Gee 21st – 28/04/2018 – 23:05
We get to the table on a flop reading David Gee bets and is shoved on by Gary Steven Smith, after some time in the tank David Gee makes the call and sees the bad news.
Gary tables for top two. David shows
for top pair and needs a miracle.
The turn card comes
The river card
Gary takes the pot and increases his chip lead.
We lose David Gee in 21st place for £1,150.
Chip Counts – 28/04/2018 – 22:50
Garry Stevenssmith | 415000 |
Usman Ulhaq | 373000 |
Mathew Archer | 357000 |
Craig Alistair Smith | 330000 |
Jonathan Gray | 325000 |
Andrew James Feenan | 310000 |
Jacob Moss | 310000 |
Steven John Bangham | 302000 |
Hayden Paul Horman | 270000 |
Micheal Osullivan | 254000 |
Andrew Davidson | 253000 |
Ross Mcleod | 220000 |
Ian Berry | 210000 |
Gajanthan Kamalanathan | 203000 |
David Colin Weeks | 200000 |
David Gee | 184000 |
Mark Dyson | 145000 |
Gary Bertram | 130000 |
Louis Paxton | 130000 |
Robert Bain | 90000 |
Sally Lawson | 77000 |
Level 19 – 28/04/2018 – 22:40
The players are back seated as we begin level number 19.
They are now 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante.
21 players remaining.
Break Time – 28/04/2018 – 22:25
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Radoslav Lliev 21st – 28/04/2018 – 22:20
Short stack Radoslav Lliev shoves his short stack all in holding K-10 and is called by A-8 of Craig Smith.
No help for Radoslav and he exits the tournament in 21st place for £1,150.
Pics – 28/04/2018 – 22:15
Sick for Stirling! – 28/04/2018 – 21:50
John Stirling makes it 16,000 to play, Louis Paxton moves all in for his stack of 75,000, David Weeks then shoves for around 200,000. The action comes back to John who also shoves for around 160,000 as we have a three way all in!
John has the best hand tabling
Louis shows
David has
The flop comes as Louis and David flop top pair, John now has just one out to survive!
The turn card
The river card
Very unlucky for John who heads out of the tournament in 23rd place for £1,050.
Louis trebles up getting lucky on the river as he hits two pair and is now stacking 240,000.
David takes the side pot and now has a stack of around 220,000.
Level 18 – 28/04/2018 – 21:30
The blinds increase as we begin level 18.
They are now 3,000/6,000 with a 500 ante.
24 players remaining.
Min Cashers – 28/04/2018 – 21:25
25th – £1,050 – Carl Taylor
26th – £1,050 – Jeff Kimber
Chip Counts – 28/04/2018 – 21:15
Gajanthan Kamalanathan | 540000 |
Steven John Bangham | 460000 |
Garry Stevenssmith | 378000 |
Micheal Osullivan | 377000 |
Jonathan Gray | 370000 |
David Gee | 324000 |
Jacob Moss | 315000 |
Andrew James Feenan | 292000 |
Ian Berry | 235000 |
Radoslav Lliev | 192000 |
Hayden Paul Horman | 185000 |
Ross Mcleod | 185000 |
Sally Lawson | 176000 |
Mark Dyson | 167000 |
Usman Ulhaq | 165000 |
Robert Bain | 120000 |
Andrew Davidson | 96000 |
David Colin Weeks | 95000 |
Mathew Archer | 91000 |
Craig Alistair Smith | 89000 |
Matthew Ireland | 55000 |
Louis Paxton | 50000 |
Gary Bertram | 44000 |
Jeffrey Kimber | 39000 |
John Stirling | 29000 |
Carl Taylor | 28000 |
Level 17 – 28/04/2018 – 21:05
There’s twenty minutes remaining of this level so the players are now back to play it.
The blinds are 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante.
26 players remaining all in the money.
Break Time – 28/04/2018 – 20:40
Break time now for the players as they take 20 minutes.
Andy Hills Bubbles – 28/04/2018 – 20:30
Andy Hills moves all in for just 27,000 and is called by Hayden Horman.
Andy tables and will need to get lucky against the
of Hayden.
The flop comes as Andy picks up four outs flopping a gut shot.
The turn card comes
The river card
Hayden takes the pot with two pair.
We lose Grosvenor Pro Andy Hills from the tournament as he is our bubble boy!
Bubble Time – 28/04/2018 – 19:40
We lose Paddy Doonan, with his exit we are now on the bubble!
Michael Kane Eliminated – 28/04/2018 – 19:35
Jonny Gray opens to 9,000, Michael Kane three bet shoves for 80,000 and Jonny makes the call after some time in the tank.
Michael tables and is in bad shape against the
of Jonny.
The oard runs out
The nine plays for Jonny who takes the pot.
We lose Michael Kane from the tournament as we are now just two players off the money with 28 remaining
Exits – 28/04/2018 – 19:20
We’re getting close to the money now as we lose Colin Wu & Grant Hart from the tournament.
Level 16 – 28/04/2018 – 19:05
The blinds increase as we begin level number 16.
They are now 2,000/4,000 with a 400 ante.
32 players remaining.
Double For Usman – 28/04/2018 – 18:50
We get to the table on a flop of Colin Wu and Usman Ulhaq get it all in!!
Colin tables for an open ended straight draw against the
of Usman
The turn card comes
The river card
Two pair is good for Usman to take the pot as he doubles up to 190,000.
Colin drops down to 60,000.
Two Chippies – 28/04/2018 – 18:25
With the break of a table, Andrew Feenan joins G.K. on the feature table. The top two stacks in the tournament are now seated next to each other.
Chip Counts – 28/04/2018 – 18:15
Andrew Feenan | 254000 |
Gajanthan Kamalanathan | 251000 |
Patrick Andrew Doonan | 239000 |
David Gee | 237000 |
Ian Berry | 213000 |
Micheal Osullivan | 211000 |
Mathew Archer | 210000 |
Jacob Moss | 205000 |
Robert Bain | 190000 |
Steven John Bangham | 180000 |
Hayden Paul Horman | 179500 |
Andrew Davidson | 171000 |
Gavin John Fisher | 169000 |
Gary Bertram | 167000 |
Garry Stevenssmith | 165000 |
Sally Lawson | 161000 |
Usman Ulhaq | 150000 |
John Stirling | 148000 |
Grant Hart | 130000 |
Haitao Wu | 128000 |
Jonathan Gray | 118000 |
Michael Anthony Kane | 117000 |
Mark Dyson | 117000 |
Craig Alistair Smith | 105000 |
Bernard James Mcginlay | 102000 |
David Colin Weeks | 97000 |
Jeffrey Kimber | 95000 |
Radoslav Lliev | 93000 |
Ross Mcleod | 91000 |
Louis Paxton | 74000 |
Christopher John Weir Craig | 71000 |
Christopher Scott | 67000 |
Carl Taylor | 66000 |
David Docherty | 53000 |
Robert Bostock | 44400 |
William Paxton | 38000 |
Andrew Hills | 32000 |
Matthew Ireland | 28000 |
Tom Craig Noble | 17000 |
Level 15 – 28/04/2018 – 18:01
The players are back from the buffet as we begin level number 15.
The blinds are now 1500/3000 with a 300 ante.
39 players remaining.
Break Time – 28/04/2018 – 17:15
Dinner break now for the players as they take 45 minutes to get some food.
Bad One For Baldie – 28/04/2018 – 17:05
We get to the table as Michelle Baldie is all in for her stack of 100,000. After some time in the tank Patrick Doonan makes the call and the cards go on their backs…
Michelle tables and looks in great shape to double up to a huge stack as Patrick shows
The flop comes as Patrick flops a full house!!
The turn card comes giving Michelle one more out as she can now hit the final eight to take the pot.
The river card comes
Patrick takes the pot and now has 220,000.
Very unlucky for Michelle as we lose her from the field. There are now 42 players remaining in the main event.
Pics – 28/04/2018 – 16:45
Chip Counts – 28/04/2018 – 16:35
Jeff Kimber – 100,000
Usman Ulhaq – 145,000
Mark Dyson – 120,000
Jonny Gray – 110,000
Ian Berry – 220,000
Matt Archer – 265,000
Level 15 – 28/04/2018 – 16:20
The blinds increase as we begin level number 15.
They are now 1200/2400 with a 200 ante.
48 players remaining
Ugly For Hills – 28/04/2018 – 16:02
We get to the table on a boar reading there is around 35,000 in the middle when Gary Steven-Smith bets 10,000 of his 40,000 stack. Andy Hills thinks for some time before announcing all in!!
Gary goes into the tank and after the clock is called he calls off his stack..
Andy tables for an over pair
Gary shows and will need to get lucky to survive.
The river comes !!!
Gary rivers two pair to take the pot, he now has around 115,000!
Andy is crippled down to just 25,000.
Side Event Starts – 28/04/2018 – 15:45
The side event has just started with 26 entries here at GUKPT Edinburgh.
Current Seating – 28/04/2018 – 15:35
1 | 1 | Hayden Paul Horman | |
1 | 2 | Haitao Wu | |
1 | 3 | John Stirling | |
1 | 4 | Gary Bertram | |
1 | 5 | ||
1 | 6 | Fraser Macintyre | |
1 | 7 | Ho Yin Lee | |
1 | 8 | Garry Stevenssmith | |
1 | 9 | Robert Welsh | |
2 | 1 | Steven John Bangham | |
2 | 2 | Jamie Whyte | |
2 | 3 | David Docherty | |
2 | 4 | Micheal Osullivan | |
2 | 5 | Patrick Andrew Doonan | |
2 | 6 | William Paxton | |
2 | 7 | Christopher John Weir Craig | |
2 | 8 | Colin Malcolm | |
2 | 9 | Stephen Ka Ng | |
3 | 1 | Robert Bostock | |
3 | 2 | Kyle Swan | |
3 | 3 | Jeffrey Kimber | |
3 | 4 | Michael Anthony Kane | |
3 | 5 | Robert Bain | |
3 | 6 | John Angus | |
3 | 7 | Katshuhiro Muto | |
3 | 8 | John Bousfield | |
3 | 9 | Usman Ulhaq | |
4 | 1 | Carl Taylor | |
4 | 2 | Ivan Aurelio Gerard Emanuely | |
4 | 3 | Craig Alistair Smith | |
4 | 4 | Ross Mcleod | |
4 | 5 | Gavin John Fisher | |
4 | 6 | Sally Lawson | |
4 | 7 | Catherine Ivgi | |
4 | 8 | Raymond Mario Pacitti | |
4 | 9 | Tom Craig Noble | |
5 | 1 | Thomas Ward | |
5 | 2 | Radoslav Lliev | |
5 | 3 | Grant Hart | |
5 | 4 | Christopher Scott | |
5 | 5 | Andrew James Feenan | |
5 | 6 | David Colin Weeks | |
5 | 7 | ||
5 | 8 | Bernard James Mcginlay | |
5 | 9 | Andrew Hills | |
6 | 1 | Michelle Baldie | |
6 | 2 | Jonathan Gray | |
6 | 3 | Gordon Robert Huntly | |
6 | 4 | Mark Dyson | |
6 | 5 | Mathew Archer | |
6 | 6 | Gajanthan Kamalanathan | |
6 | 7 | Tim Shirley | |
6 | 8 | Guy Taylor | |
6 | 9 | Daniel Hide | |
7 | 1 | Ben Daniel Smith | |
7 | 2 | Matthew Ireland | |
7 | 3 | David Gee | |
7 | 4 | Louis Paxton | |
7 | 5 | Andrew Davidson | |
7 | 6 | Jacob Moss | |
7 | 7 | Andrew Teng | |
7 | 8 | Ian Berry | |
7 | 9 | Andrew Wilson |
Big Stacks – 28/04/2018- 15:25
John Stirling | 260000 |
Gajanthan Kamalanathan | 250000 |
Gavin John Fisher | 240000 |
Michelle Baldie | 230000 |
Andrew James Feenan | 195000 |
Mathew Archer | 180000 |
Ross Mcleod | 150000 |
Fraser Macintyre | 135000 |
Level 13 – 28/04/2018 – 15:15
The players are back seated as we begin level number 13.
The blinds are 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante
61 players remaining.
Break Time – 28/04/2018 – 15:01
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
More Table Pics – 28/04/2018 – 14:40
Table Shots – 28/04/2018 – 14:20
Level 12 – 28/04/2018 – 14:01
The blinds increase as we begin level number 12.
They are now 800/1600 with a 200 ante.
65 players remaining.
Start of Day 2 – 28/04/2018 – 13:30
Prizepool Payout – 28/04/2018 – 13:15
GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event
£500 NLHE F/O
Entries: 258
1st – £36,350
2nd – £23,850
3rd – £14,850
4th – £9,550
5th – £6,550
6th – £4,900
7th – £3,900
8th – £3,050
9th – £2,600
10th – £2,200
11th – £1,950
12th – £1,800
13th – £1,650
14th – £1,600
15th – £1,400
16th – £1,400
17th – £1,300
18th – £1,300
19th – £1,150
20th – £1,150
21st – £1,150
22nd – £1,150
23rd – £1,050
24th – £1,050
25th – £1,050
26th – £1,050
Start of Day 2 – 28/04/2018 – 13:01
The cards are in the air as we begin level number 11 of the day. The first level of Day 2.
The blinds are 600/1200 with a 100 ante.
74 players remaining.
Day 2 Seating Plan – 28/04/2018 – 12:50
Table | Seat | Forename | Surname | Chips |
1 | 1 | Hayden Paul | Horman | 62500 |
1 | 2 | Haitao | Wu | 43100 |
1 | 3 | John | Stirling | 124200 |
1 | 4 | Neil | Farquhar | 22800 |
1 | 6 | Fraser | Macintyre | 199800 |
1 | 7 | Ho Yin | Lee | 154000 |
1 | 8 | Garry | Stevenssmith | 24400 |
1 | 9 | Robert | Welsh | 41700 |
2 | 1 | Steven John | Bangham | 51900 |
2 | 2 | James | Mclean | 41300 |
2 | 3 | David | Docherty | 86600 |
2 | 4 | Micheal | Osullivan | 121000 |
2 | 6 | William | Paxton | 51000 |
2 | 7 | Christopher John Weir | Craig | 59100 |
2 | 8 | Colin | Malcolm | 80600 |
2 | 9 | Stephen Ka | Ng | 47900 |
3 | 1 | Robert | Bostock | 93700 |
3 | 2 | William James | Mcclure | 85300 |
3 | 3 | Jeffrey | Kimber | 45100 |
3 | 4 | Michael Anthony | Kane | 72000 |
3 | 6 | John | Angus | 30000 |
3 | 7 | Katshuhiro | Muto | 86400 |
3 | 8 | John | Bousfield | 29000 |
3 | 9 | Usman | Ulhaq | 28600 |
4 | 1 | Thomas | Mcgarvey | 26700 |
4 | 2 | Ivan Aurelio Gerard | Emanuely | 65300 |
4 | 3 | Craig Alistair | Smith | 38500 |
4 | 4 | Ian | Swan | 24000 |
4 | 6 | Sally | Lawson | 41200 |
4 | 7 | Catherine | Ivgi | 20900 |
4 | 8 | Raymond Mario | Pacitti | 90600 |
4 | 9 | Tom Craig | Noble | 33400 |
5 | 1 | Thomas | Ward | 49900 |
5 | 2 | Radoslav | Lliev | 92400 |
5 | 3 | Grant | Hart | 84100 |
5 | 4 | Christopher | Scott | 31100 |
5 | 6 | David Colin | Weeks | 98800 |
5 | 7 | Piotr | Put | 55300 |
5 | 8 | Bernard James | Mcginlay | 68200 |
5 | 9 | Andrew | Hills | 97000 |
6 | 1 | Michelle | Baldie | 80100 |
6 | 2 | Jonathan | Gray | 57000 |
6 | 3 | Gordon Robert | Huntly | 150100 |
6 | 4 | Mark | Dyson | 113900 |
6 | 6 | Thomas | Rennie | 80500 |
6 | 7 | Tim | Shirley | 23500 |
6 | 8 | Guy | Taylor | 115000 |
6 | 9 | Daniel | Hide | 19600 |
7 | 1 | Ben Daniel | Smith | 55800 |
7 | 2 | Algassimu | Jallow | 75500 |
7 | 3 | David | Gee | 71100 |
7 | 4 | Louis | Paxton | 85900 |
7 | 6 | Jacob | Moss | 88100 |
7 | 7 | Andrew | Teng | 35300 |
7 | 8 | Ian | Berry | 86000 |
7 | 9 | Andrew | Wilson | 32900 |
8 | 1 | Kim | Bain | 44600 |
8 | 2 | Andrew James | Mackenzie | 26800 |
8 | 3 | Jonathan | Lemon | 46500 |
8 | 4 | Carl | Taylor | 32200 |
8 | 5 | Jamie | Whyte | 62800 |
8 | 6 | Kyle | Swan | 72100 |
8 | 7 | Ross | Mcleod | 87500 |
8 | 8 | Shaun | Rutter | 38000 |
8 | 9 | Matthew | Ireland | 91200 |
9 | 1 | Gary | Bertram | 99100 |
9 | 2 | Patrick Andrew | Doonan | 40400 |
9 | 3 | Robert | Bain | 73800 |
9 | 4 | Gavin John | Fisher | 124400 |
9 | 5 | Andrew James | Feenan | 149600 |
9 | 6 | Mathew | Archer | 107000 |
9 | 7 | Grant Anderson | Cook | 59700 |
9 | 8 | Andrew | Davidson | 80900 |
9 | 9 | Gajanthan | Kamalanathan | 163600 |
Welcome To Day 2 – 28/04/2018 – 12:45
Good afternoon and welcome back to Edinburgh for Day 2 of the GUKPT Main Event.
Of the 258 entries, we have 74 players making their way back today to play another ten levels of play, or down to a final table whichever comes first.
Fraser MacIntyre finished as chip leader last night with a shade under 200k, he goes into today as the overall chip leader. Full chip counts are:
Fraser | Macintyre | 199800 |
Gajanthan | Kamalanathan | 163600 |
Ho Yin | Lee | 154000 |
Gordon | Huntly | 150100 |
Andrew James | Feenan | 149600 |
Gavin John | Fisher | 124400 |
John | Stirling | 124200 |
Micheal | Osullivan | 121000 |
Guy | Taylor | 115000 |
Mark | Dyson | 113900 |
Mathew | Archer | 107000 |
Gary | Bertram | 99100 |
David Colin | Weeks | 98800 |
Andrew | Hills | 97000 |
Robert | Bostock | 93700 |
Radoslav | Lliev | 92400 |
Matthew | Ireland | 91200 |
Raymond Mario | Pacitti | 90600 |
Jacob | Moss | 88100 |
Ross | Mcleod | 87500 |
David | Docherty | 86600 |
Katshuhiro | Muto | 86400 |
Ian | Berry | 86000 |
Louis | Paxton | 85900 |
William James | Mcclure | 85300 |
Grant | Hart | 84100 |
Andrew | Davidson | 80900 |
Colin | Malcolm | 80600 |
Thomas | Rennie | 80500 |
Michelle | Baldie | 80100 |
Algassimu | Jallow | 75500 |
Robert | Bain | 73800 |
Kyle | Swan | 72100 |
Michael Anthony | Kane | 72000 |
David | Gee | 71100 |
Bernard James | Mcginlay | 68200 |
Ivan Aurelio Gerard | Emanuely | 65300 |
Jamie | Whyte | 62800 |
Hayden Paul | Horman | 62500 |
Grant Anderson | Cook | 59700 |
Christopher John Weir | Craig | 59100 |
Jonathan | Gray | 57000 |
Ben Daniel | Smith | 55800 |
Piotr | Put | 55300 |
Steven John | Bangham | 51900 |
William | Paxton | 51000 |
Thomas | Ward | 49900 |
Stephen Ka | Ng | 47900 |
Jonathan | Lemon | 46500 |
Jeffrey | Kimber | 45100 |
Kim | Bain | 44600 |
Haitao | Wu | 43100 |
Robert | Welsh | 41700 |
James | Mclean | 41300 |
Sally | Lawson | 41200 |
Patrick Andrew | Doonan | 40400 |
Craig Alistair | Smith | 38500 |
Shaun | Rutter | 38000 |
Andrew | Teng | 35300 |
Tom Craig | Noble | 33400 |
Andrew | Wilson | 32900 |
Carl | Taylor | 32200 |
Christopher | Scott | 31100 |
John | Angus | 30000 |
John | Bousfield | 29000 |
Usman | Ulhaq | 28600 |
Andrew James | Mackenzie | 26800 |
Thomas | Mcgarvey | 26700 |
Garry | Stevenssmith | 24400 |
Ian | Swan | 24000 |
Tim | Shirley | 23500 |
Neil | Farquhar | 22800 |
Catherine | Ivgi | 20900 |
Daniel | Hide | 19600 |
We will be starting play at 1pm and have a great mix of GUKTP regulars and local players, it should be a fantastic days play.