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04/03/2013 02
– GukPT London 2013 Finished
After four days of poker we have our first main event winner of 2013 in Martin Bader.
The new and improved GukPT has come back this year by putting guarantees on all their main events. The guarantee on this tournament was £200,000 and by the end of play on Thursday that had already surpassed that with the 173 that turned up and the 50 pre regs they had for Friday. Total number of entries fell just short of double the guarentee on 397.
After two massive starting days we came back with a total of 159 players on Saturday with Rhys Jones leading the way. Umberan Ahktar (below) was our unfortunate bubble boy on Day 2, getting his chips all in good but getting three outer by Global Poker Index #1 Marvin Rattermaier. We knew we wouldn’t get down to a final table after the nine levels and would eventually finish with 21 players.
Chiraag Thanki would lead the players into the final day, but everyone was very close in chips.
It would take a few hours for us to make the final table. When we did Marc Wright held the chip lead and was big favourite to take down the title. He then went even bigger favourite as he busted Sin Melin 3 hands in, Marc turning a straight while Sinem held top two, they got it in on the river and Sinem left us in 9th for £7,150. Fantastic play from her all tournament and it was great to see a lady on the final table.
In 8th place we lost Antonio Millan in one of the most crucial hands on the final. Antonio got it in with A-10 and came up against the Aces of Marc and Kings of Jamie Roberts. A king on the flop would mean Jamie took the 2.6million pot. If Marc would of held in this hand he would of had nearly half the chips in play! Antonio took home £9,650.
We then lost Chiraag Thanki in 7th for £13,100 & Jamie Roberts in 6th for £16,670.
The final five players played on for an hour or so before chopping the money £45,000 each and an extra £38,000 for the winner.
Marc Wright then busted in 5th, running 2-2 into David Barracloughs J-J, then his A-Q losing to Martins K-Q. Martin rivering a straight.
The players then chopped again, each deciding to take £50,000 and playing on for £18,000.
Jeff Duval was next to leave, moving in after flopping a straight draw, being called by Martin who had the same straight draw but with a high card Ace. Martin rivered an Ace for good measure and Jeff would bust in 4th.
Paul Alterman was next shoving on the big blind with Qh–9h and being looked up by David who held Ah–3c. The flop was a great one for Paul without actually him improving his hand as it came 10d–8h–3h, giving him flush and straight draws. He would brick out and leave in 3rd.
David then held a 6/1 chip lead over Martin as they went heads up. Martin quickly won a flip and he was right back in it. They then did another chop, David taking £62,000 total and Martin taking £56,000.
A few more shoves from Martin would help as he started picking up pots here and there. Then the turning point in the heads up battle was Martin shoving on a 10–10–3 flop with 10–2 and being called by David with A-K. This gave Martin over 6.4million against the 1.5 million. A few hands later David moved in with K-5 and Martin made the call with A-9. Ace high held and we had a new champion!!
Well done to David Barraclough, he played a fantastic game and took home the most money, £62,000.
A massive congratulations to Martin Bader who takes home £56,000, the trophy and the title. He will always be known as GukPT London Main Event Champion 2013.
That’s our coverage finished for another leg. I hope you will join us again for the £500 Main Event in Didsbury in April.
From everyone here at the GukPT, be lucky.
04/03/2013 01:05 – Prizepool Payout
GukPT London Main Event
£1000 NLHE F/O
Entries: 397
1st – £56,000 – Martin Bader
2nd – £62,000 – David Barraclough
3rd – £50,000 – Paul Alterman
4th – £50,000 – Jeff Duval
5th – £45,000 – Marc Wright
6th – £16,670 – Jamie Roberts
7th – £13,100 – Chiraag Thanki
8th – £9,530 – Antonio Millan
9th – £7,150 – Sin Melin
10th – £5,560 – Ashley Thompson
11th – £4,470 – Andy Efstathiou
12th – £4,470 – Paul Attwood
13th – £4,470 – David Rudling
14th – £3,970 – Nick Crisp
15th – £3,970 – Tamer Kamel
16th – £3,180 – Marvin Rettermaier
17th – £3,180 – Kev Williams
18th – £3,180 – Steve Watts
19th – £2,780 – Graeme Ladd
20th – £2,780 – Leslie Packer
21st – £2,780 – Alex Lindop
22nd – £2,780 – Willie Tann
23rd – £2,780 – Pantelis Christodoulou
24th – £2,380 – Rhys Jones
25th – £2,380 – Georges Tohme
26th – £2,380 – Tore Nilsen
27th – £2,380 – Gary Jones
28th – £2,380 – Gary Fisher
29th – £2,380 – Patrick Uznan
30th – £2,380 – James Greenwood
31st – £2,380 – Bruce Atkinson
32nd – £2,380 – Martin Hayes
33rd – £2,380 – Carlo Citrone
34th – £2,380 – Per Martin Jacobson
35th – £2,380 – Victor Ilyukhin
36th – £2,380 – Stephen Bean
37th – £2,380 – Mark Brockwell
38th – £2,380 – Catalin Dragomir
04/03/2013 00:59 – We Have A Winner!!
All in and a call!!
David tables.. K–5
Martin… A-9
The board runs out 4–4–Q–Q–3.
Ace high holds up for Martin and we have a champion!!
David Barraclough finishes in second place taking home the most money as he leaves with £62,000.
Martin Bader is the London GukPT Main Event Champion 2013 taking home £56,000!!
04/03/2013 00:50 – New Chip Leader!!
Martin makes it 200,000, David three bets to 500,000 and Martin calls to create a 1 million chip pot.
The flop comes 10h–10s–3h
David leads out for 600,000, Martin then moves ALL IN!!! David asks for a count, it’s 2,245,000 more… He thinks for a few minutes before making the call.
Martin stands up and slams his cards down!! He tables 10c-2c for trips!!
David shows Ad–Kd for Ace high.
The turn card is a 3 giving Martin a full house.
The river card is meaningless as David can not win.
Martin is now up to 6.6million!!
David is down to 1.5million.
04/03/2013 00:42 – Back & Fourth
Chips going back and fourth at the minute heads up, neither player is dominating the contest.
04/03/2013 00:30- Another Chop
Another chop has been made between the two players. David who is chip leader will be taking home £62,000, Martin will take home £56,000.
That’s all the money sorted, they are now just playing for the trophy, title and seats into the grand final.
04/03/2013 00:22 – First Heads Up All In!!
Three hands into heads up play we have an all in and a call!!!
Martin Bader – 6-6
David Barraclough – A-7.
The board runs out J–2–4–K–4.
Martin doubles up to 2.2million and is back in the game!!
04/03/2013 00:17- Heads Up Chip Counts
Martin Bader – 1.1million
David Barraclough – 6.8million
04/03/2013 00:10 – Paul Alterman – 3rd
David Barraclough limps in the small blind, Paul Alterman moves all in from the big blind and David makes the call!!
Paul…Qh-9h.
David… Ah–3c
The flop comes 10d–8h–5h, Paul flops a flush draw and a gut shot straight draw.
The turn card is King of spades.
The river card is a black 6.
Paul misses his a million outs and is eliminated in 3rd place he takes home £50,000.
David Barraclough now has 6.8 million!! Heads Up!!
03/03/2013 23:58 – Level 27
Players are back seated as we begin level 27.
Blinds are 30,000-60,000 with a 8,000 ante.
3 players remaining.
03/03/2013 23:58 – Chip Counts
Final Table
Seat Four – Paul Alterman – 1,600,000
Seat Eight – Martin Bader – 1,300,000
Seat Nine – David Barraclough – 5,100,000
03/03/2013 23:47 – Break Time
Break time for the remaining 3 players as they take 15 minutes.
03/03/2013 23:40 – Jeff Duval – 4th.
Martin Bader and Jeff Duval see a flop of 3–4–5.
All the money ends up in the middle between the two players, Jeff shoving 700,000 and Martin making the call.
Jeff tables 6-8 for the open ended straight draw.
Martin shows A-6 for the same draw, with Ace high, he is ahead.
The turn card comes a Jack.
River card an Ace.
Martin Bard takes the pot with top pair.
Jeff Duval is eliminated in 4th place for £50,000
03/03/2013 23:38 – Another Deal
After Marc Wrights elimination another deal has been done between the four remaining players.
They are now taking £50,000 each and the winner will take an extra £18,000.
03/03/2013 23:32 – Marc Wright – 5th
Martin Bader raises to 200,000 from early position, Marc Wright moves all in from the big blind and Martin makes the call.
Marc looks good for a double up as he tables A-Q against the K-Q.
The flop comes 9–10–4 all hearts. Neither player has a heart.
The turn card is the three of hearts.
The river a JACK!! Martin rivers the straight to take the pot.
Marc Wright heads out in 5th place taking home £45,000.
03/03/2013 23:25 – New Chip Leader!
Marc Wright and David Barraclough get it all in pre in a button vs big blind hand.
David has J-J vs the 2-2 of Marc.
The board runs out 4–K–K–3–6.
David takes the pot with two pair, doubling to 3 million chips and is now chip leader!!
Marc is down to just 700,000.
03/03/2013 23:15 – Deal Done!!
A deal has been done between the five remaining players!!
They will all take £45,000 each, leaving £38,630, which will go to the winner!!
Well done to the five players.
03/03/2013 23:10 – Deal Talk
Action really slow at the minute the clock has been paused as the players talk about a deal.
03/03/2013 22:55 – Barraclough Finds Aces
Martin Bader opens making it 120,000 to play, directly to his left David Barraclough moves all in!! Martin asks for a count, it’s 687,000 more….. Martin tanks for a few minutes before making the call!!
David proudly turns over ACES. Martin is in serious trouble as he shows A-J.
The flop comes 3–5–A.
Martin asks for a 4.
The turn comes a four.
Martin then asks for a 2.
The river comes a Seven.
David Barraclough doubles up to 1.6million!!
Martin is down to 1.2million.
03/03/2013 22:30 – Blinds Up
Blinds Up as we begin level 26.
They are now 25,000-50,000 with a 6,000 ante.
5 players remaining.
03/03/2013 22:30 – Jamie Roberts – 6th
Jamie Roberts moves all in for around 700,000, Marc Wright then re shoves in the small blind, Martin gets out of the way in the big blind and it’s on your backs…
Marc… A-Q
Jamie…K-Q
The board runs out Q–10–10–5–3.
Marc takes the pot with two pair Ace kicker. He now has
Jamie Roberts busts in 6th place taking home £16,670.
03/03/2013 22:22 – David Flipping Good
Paul Alterman makes it 80,000 to play, Martin Bader calls from the small blind, short stack David Barraclough then squeezes all in from the big blind for 450,000. Paul gets out of the way before Martin makes the call.
It’s a classic conflip as Martin tables 7-7 against the A-J of David.
The flop comes A–Q–8. No sweat for David as he flops top pair, he now only needs to dodge two outs.
The turn card is a Jack, giving David two pair.
The river card a 3.
David is now up to 1.1 million.
Still 6 remain.
03/03/2013 22:10 -Duval Doubles
The very next hand we have another all in and a call!!
Jeff Duval is the player at risk with 9-9 vs the K-K of Jamie Roberts.
This is for a 1.1million chip pot.
The flop comes A–10–Q. Kings still ahead for Jamie.
The turn card is a NINE!!! A cheer from the rail as The Vic local hits a two outer. He now needs to dodge a Jack or King on the river.
The river card is a 3.
Jeff Duval doubles up to 1.1million.
Jamie Roberts is left with 770,000.
03/03/2013 22:01 – Chiraag Thanki – 7th
Martin opens to 110,000 from earlier position, chip leader at the start of the day Chiraag Thanki moves all in from the big blind, Martin asks for a count, it’s 550,000, he makes the call.
Chiraag is ahead as he tables A-9 up agains the K-Q of Martin.
The flop comes 10–Q–7. Martin takes the lead with top pair, Chiraag will now need an Ace to survive.
The turn card is a 3 changing nothing.
The river card a 7.
We lose Chiraag Thanki in 7th place he takes home £13,100 for his efforts.
Down to 6.
03/03/2013 21:50 – Alterman increases lead
Paul Alterman opens the action making it 82,000 to play, Marc Wight three bets in position raising to 196,000, Paul thinks for about a minute before making the call.
The flop comes 9s–9h–8s.
Paul checks to Marc who fires 160,000 at it which is quickly called.
The turn card comes Jd.
Paul again checks to Marc who barrels again, this time 245,000, Paul snap calls to create a huge pot.
The river card is the eight of hearts.
Paul checks and Marc quickly checks behind.
Paul tables Q-J knowing he has the best hand and takes the pot increasing his chip lead, he now has 2.8million.
03/03/2013 21:44 – Level 25
Players are back seated as we begin level 25.
Blinds are 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante.
7 players remaining.
03/03/2013 21:38 – Chip Counts
Final Table
Seat Two – Jamie Roberts – 1,096,000
Seat Three – Jeff Duval – 620,000
Seat Four – Paul Alterman – 2,120,000
Seat Six – Chiraag Thanki – 504,000
Seat Seven – Marc Wright – 1,811,000
Seat Eight – Martin Bader – 1,267,000
Seat Nine – David Barraclough – 339,000
03/03/2013 21:32 – Break Time
Break time for the remaining 7 players as they take 15 minutes.
03/03/2013 21:30 – Huge Double for Alterman
Jamie Roberts opens the action making it 60,000 to play, he gets called in two spots, by Paul Alterman & Martin Bader.
The flop comes 4–7–9.
Jamie c bets putting in 100,000, Paul calls and Martin folds.
The turn card comes a six.
Jamie checks to Paul who bets 120,000, Jamie makes the call.
The river card comes a 2.
Jamie again checks, Paul announces all in for around 550,000. After two minutes of thinking time Jamie makes the call.
Paul tables 6-6 for a set of sixes!!!
Jamie mucks his hand, he is now down to 1 million
Paul on the other hand is up to 2.1million.
03/03/2013 21:17 – Another One For Wright
Marc Wright opens the action making it 60,000 to play, Jeff Duval makes it up in the big blind.
The flop comes 8–4–A.
Jeff checks to Marc who bets 56,000 Jeff calls.
The turn card comes another Ace. Both players check.
The river card is a 10.
Jeff leads out for 120,000. Marc reluctantly calls, Jeff taps the table and says “Good call”
Marc tables 10-7 for two pair to take the pot. Marc is now up to 1.9million
Jeff is now down to 650,000.
03/03/2013 21:02 – Barraclough Back In It
Marc Wright makes it 60,000 to play, David Barraclough then moves all in for 270,000. Action comes back to Marc who makes the call…
David… Ks–Qd
Marc… Jd–10c
The flop comes Qc–5c–6c. David flops top pair but Marc picks up a flush draw.
The turn card is a Queen giving David trips, he still needs to dodge a club on the river to survive.
The river card is a seven.
David Barraclough doubles up to 550,000 and is back in the game.
Marc Wright still has 1.5million.
03/03/2013 20:55 – Chip Counts
Seat Two – Jamie Roberts – 2,400,000
Seat Three – Jeff Duval – 660,000
Seat Four – Paul Alterman – 650,000
Seat Six – Chiraag Thanki – 750,000
Seat Seven – Marc Wright – 1,800,000
Seat Eight – Martin Bader – 1,000,000
Seat Nine – David Barraclough – 400,000
03/03/2013 20:45 – Wright takes small one
Paul Alterman makes it 68,000 to play, Marc Wright who has played alot of pots with Marc three bets from the small blind making it 158,000. Paul thinks for a minute or so before making the call.
The flop comes 9s–As–8c.
Marc is first to act, he checks to Paul who bets 120,000. Marc quickly calls.
The turn card is an 8. Both played check.
The river card is a Jack.
Both players check again.
Marc shows A-7 for two pair which is good as Paul mucks.
Paul Alterman is down to 550,000.
03/03/2013 20:30 – WOW!!
Marc Wright makes it 60,000 to play from early position, action comes to Antonio Millan in the small blind who moves all in for 420,000!! Jamie Roberts enters the pot, just flat calling behind in the big blind.
Marc asks Jamie how much he has, Jamie says “About 1 million” Marc then announces all in and Jamie calls to create a HUGE pot!!!!
MArc tables ACES!!
Jamie shows KINGS and will need help to survive.
Antonio needs more help as he tables Ah-10h
The flop comes J–K–6!! Jamie takes the lead with a set of Kings. Antonio picks up a straight draw while Marc has just one out to win the pot.
The turn card is a 3.
The river card is a 2.
Jamie Roberts takes the pot and is our new chip leader with 2.6million!!
Marc Wright is down to 1.3million.
Antonio Millan leaves us in 8th place taking home £9,530.
03/03/2013 20:25 – Level 24
Blinds Up as we start level 24.
They are now 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 running ante.
8 players remaining
03/03/2013 20:15 – Live Stream
Watch the live stream of the final here… www.livestream.com/d4eventstv
Commentary from WPT Poker Personality of the year Phil ‘The Tower’ Heald.
03/03/2013 20 – Short Stacks Shoving
David Barraclough & Chiraag Thanki have both been all in in the last few hands, looking for that much needed double up. No calls and they continue to play with 8 players.
The next player eliminated will receive £9,530.
03/03/2013 19:49 – Chiraag Doubles
Paul Alterman opens making it 60,000 to play, Chiraag Thanki moves all in, Marc Wright, postures up and asks for a count, its 247,000. He folds. Action comes back to Paul who calls.
Chiraag has got it in at the right time as he tables KINGSS!!
Paul shows K-Q
The board runs out 2–4–8–3–K.
Top set for Chiraag as he doubles to over 500,000.
Paul is down to 500,000.
03/03/2013 19:35 – Sin Melin – 9th
Marc Wright and Sin Melin have just been involved in a huge pot as the final table has started with a bang!!
Marc opened the action from early position making it 50,000 to play, Sim called from the big blind.
The flop came J–A–9. Sin checks to Marc who made a c bet which she again called.
The turn card came a queen.
Sin would again check to Marc who fired 113,000 Sin called.
The river card came a meaningless 3.
Sin checked to Marc who shoved all in!!!
Sin thought for around 90 seconds before making the call…
Marc quickly tabled 8-10 for the straight!!!
Sin obviously disappointed tabled A-Q for top two, a hand she was never getting away from. She leaves in 9th place for £7,150.
Marc Wright is now massive chip leader with nearly 3 million chips!!!
03/03/2013 19:25 – Final Table is off!!
The final table is now underway.
Blinds are 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante.
Average stack is 882,000.
03/03/2013 19:15 – Final Table
Seat One – Antonio Millan – 505,500
Seat Two – Jamie Roberts – 1,233,000
Seat Three – Jeff Duval – 899,000
Seat Four – Paul Alterman – 651,000
Seat Five – Sin Melin – 910,000
Seat Six – Chiraag Thanki – 247,000
Seat Seven – Marc Wright – 1,879,000
Seat Eight – Martin Bader – 1,208,000
Seat Nine – David Barraclough – 545,000
03/03/2013 18:45 – Ashley Thompson – 10th
Jamie Roberts opens the action from first position making it 54,000 to play. Ashley Thompson then moves all in for 400,000. Action comes to Martin Bader in the big blind, who thinks for a few minutes before asking the TD to tell him how many chips he has, which is around 600,000. He then says call. Jamie folds and the cards are tabled.
Martin… A-K
Ashley… A-7
The flop comes 8–10–2
The turn card is a KING killing the hand and sending the pot to Martin.
The river card is a meaningless 6.
Ashley Thompson is our 10th place finisher taking home £5,560.
We are now on a final table!!
Full chip count and seating plan will be up ASAP.
03/03/2013 18:38 – Huge Double For Jamie
Martin Bader makes it 55,000 to play from the button, Jamie Roberts in the small blind moves all in!! Martin asks for a count, it’s 487,000 total, Martin thinks for another 30 seconds before making the call.
Jamie tables A-J and is in trouble against the Q-Q of Martin.
The flop comes K–3–10, Jamie picks up a straight draw and now has 5 outs.
The turn card is one of them as it comes a ACE!!!
The river card is a 2.
Jamie Roberts doubles up to 980,000!!
Martin is still chipped up with around 550,000.
03/03/2013 18:28 – Short Stack Doubles
Short stack David Barraclough moves all in again from the button and is called by Chiraag Thanki in the small blind.
We have a coinflip on our hands as David tables J-10 against the 5-5 of Chiraag. David will need to hit to survive.
The flop comes 2–10–K, David takes the lead flopping middle pair.
The turn card is a 3.
The river card comes a six! Gasps from the rails as they thought it was a 5. Chiraag hits the cross bar and hands over 180,000 to David who doubles to 370,000.
03/03/2013 18:21 – Level 23
Blinds Up now as we begin level 23.
They are now 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante.
10 players remaining.
03/03/2013 18:15 – Ask and You Shall Receive
Jeff Duval makes it 70,000 to play, David Barraclough then moves all in for 184,000. Jeff says “I don’t want to call but I don’t think I can pass.” Jeff makes the call.
David is in great shape for a double up as he tables A-Q against the A-Q of Jeff.
The flop comes A–3–8.
The turn card is another 8.
Jeff shouts “King!!”
The dealer used to be a dealer and he does requests (stolen from TD Henry Wride) as a King comes on the river!!
The two players chop the pot as we still have ten players remaining.
03/03/2013 17:58 – Hand for Hand
Andy Efstathiou moves all in for his 1 big blind. He is called by Paul Alterman and Jeff Duval. They check down a board of 10–2–4–6–10.
Jeff bets on the end and Paul passes. Jeff tables ‘The Doyle Brunson’ 10-2 for a full house.
Andy mucks his hand and heads out of the tournament in 11th place for £4,470.
03/03/2013 17:52 – Efstathiou crippled!
Action is folded round to David Barraclough on the button who moves all in for 185,000, he is called by Andy Efstathiou who makes the call. The two players turn over their cards…
Andy… A-10
David…K-6
The flop comes K–Q–2
David flops top pair but Andy picks up a straight draw.
The turn card is a 10 as Andy picks up two more outs.
The river card is a Queen.
David doubles up with two pair to 370,000.
Andy is left with only 20,000!!
03/03/2013 17:43 – Chip Counts
Chip Counts
Marc Wright 1760000
Sin Melin 950000
Martin Bader 750000
Chiraag Thanki 680000
Jamie Roberts 600000
Antonio Millan 570000
Jeff Duval 560000
Ashley Thompson 550000
Paul Alterman 450000
David Barraclough 350000
Paul Attwood 220000
Andy Efstathiou 200000
03/03/2013 17:30 – Another Double
Paul Alterman moves all in for 265,000 from the cut off, action folds round to Antonio Millan in the big blind who goes into the tank, after a few minutes he makes the call with around 450,000 behind.
Paul is ahead with A-3 against the K-J of Antonio.
The flop comes 5–10–9, Antonio picks up a straight draw and now has 10 outs.
The turn card is another 9.
The river card a 5.
Paul Alterman gets a much needed double up and now has 520,000.
03/03/2013 17:20 – Level 22
Blinds Up as they increase to 10,000-20,000 with a 2,500 ante.
12 players remaining.
Average stack is 661,000.
03/03/2013 17:15 – David Rudling – 14th
David Rudling min raises in first position making it 32,000 to play, Chiraag Thanki then moves all in for 365,000, Martin Bader on the button makes the call. Action comes back to Rudling who then re shoves all in for 135,000 more. Martin again calls to creats a huge three way all in!!!
Chiraag has the best of it with KINGS!!
Martin tables JACKS!!
David needs help but has three overs with A-K.
The board improves no one as it runs out 7–9–Q–9–3.
Chiraag is now up to over 1 million chips.
Martin takes the side pot and still has 650,000.
David Rudling is eliminated in 13th place taking home £4,470.
03/03/2013 17:15 – Nick Crisp
Apologies but I missed the hand but he lost Nick Crisp in 14th place for £3,970.
03/03/2013 17:10 – Prizepool Payout
GukPT London Main Event
£1000 NLHE F/O
Entries: 397
1st – £103,240
2nd – £68,480
3rd – £44,660
4th – £27,000
5th – £20,250
6th – £16,670
7th – £13,100
8th – £9,530
9th – £7,150
10th – £5,560
11th – £4,470
12th – £4,470
13th – £4,470
14th – £3,970
15th – £3,970 – Tamer Kamel
16th – £3,180 – Marvin Rettermaier
17th – £3,180 – Kev Williams
18th – £3,180 – Steve Watts
19th – £2,780 – Graeme Ladd
20th – £2,780 – Leslie Packer
21st – £2,780 – Alex Lindop
22nd – £2,780 – Willie Tann
23rd – £2,780 – Pantelis Christodoulou
24th – £2,380 – Rhys Jones
25th – £2,380 – Georges Tohme
26th – £2,380 – Tore Nilsen
27th – £2,380 – Gary Jones
28th – £2,380 – Gary Fisher
29th – £2,380 – Patrick Uznan
30th – £2,380 – James Greenwood
31st – £2,380 – Bruce Atkinson
32nd – £2,380 – Martin Hayes
33rd – £2,380 – Carlo Citrone
34th – £2,380 – Per Martin Jacobson
35th – £2,380 – Victor Ilyukhin
36th – £2,380 – Stephen Bean
37th – £2,380 – Mark Brockwell
38th – £2,380 – Catalin Dragomir
03/03/2013 17 – Attwood Doubles
Paul Attwood moves all in for 150,000 after a raise from David Barraclough, David makes the call.
Paul tables Q-J and is up against the 3-3 of David.
The board runs out 7–4–Q–5–10.
Paul flops a Queen to survive. He doubles to 300,000 and is again back in the game.
We continue with 14 players, Marc Wright leading the way.
03/03/2013 16:52 – Jeff Duval
Jeff Duval has just turned to us and said “I don’t know what I want more, to win this or for Spurs to beat Arsenal” It’s only £103,000 for the winner of this tournament but I guess Spurs v Arsenal is quite a big game.
He currently needs a bit of help as he has 300,000. Tottenham on the other hand don’t need help as they are leading 2-0 up at HT.
03/03/2013 16:40 – Tamer Kamel – 15th
Tamer Kamel moves all in for 150,000. Marc Wright finds a hand again as he also moves all in!! The cards are tabled, Tamer is dominated and will need help to survive.
Tamer.. A-7
Marc.. A-Q
The board runs out 2–10–5–5–8.
Marc takes the pot and recovers some of the chips he just lost.
Tamer Kamel is eliminated in 15th place for £3,970.
03/03/2013 16:32 – Barraclough Doubles
David Barraclough open shoves for 284,000 and is called by Marc Wright in the small blind, the big blind gets out of the way and the two players are flipping for 580,000 pot.
David.. 9-9
Marc… A-J
The board runs out 10–5–5–6–Q.
David Barraclough doubles up to 580,000 while Marc drops to 1.2million.
03/03/2013 16:22 – Marvin Rettermaier – 16th
Action is folded round to Marvin Rettermaier in the small blind who moves all in for around 150,000. Martin Bader in the big blind makes the call and the cards are tabled..
Marvin… A-J
Martin.. 7-7
The flop comes K–6–Q, giving Marvin a straight draw.
The turn card is a 9.
The river card another 6.
Sevens hold for Martin who takes the 300,000 pot.
Marvin Reittermaier is eliminated from the tournament in 16th place for £3,180.
03/03/2013 16:15 – Chip Counts
Table 1
Marc Wright 1400000
Paul Attwood 190000
Jeff Duval 270000
Antonio Millan 862000
David Barraclough 350000
Tamer Kamel 155500
Andy Efstathiou 160000
Paul Alterman 500000
Table 2
Nick Crisp 182000
Marvin Rettermaier 157500
Martin Bader 686500
Jamie Roberts 577000
Ashley Thompson 584000
David Rudling 513000
Sin Melin 526500
Chiraag Thanki 618000
Combined
Marc Wright 1400000
Antonio Millan 862000
Martin Bader 686500
Chiraag Thanki 618000
Ashley Thompson 584000
Jamie Roberts 577000
Sin Melin 526500
David Rudling 513000
Paul Alterman 500000
David Barraclough 350000
Jeff Duval 270000
Paul Attwood 190000
Nick Crisp 182000
Andy Efstathiou 160000
Marvin Rettermaier 157500
Tamer Kamel 155500
03/03/2013 16:15 – Level 21
Players are back seated as we begin level 21. Blinds are now 8,000-16,000 with a running 2,000 ante.
03/03/2013 16 – Break Time
Break time as the players take their first 15 minute break of the day still 16 remaining.
03/03/2013 15:52 – Roberts Doubles
Chiraag Thanki makes it 24000 to play from early position, Marvin Rettermaier three bets to 54,000, action then comes to one of the shorter stacks in the tournament in the small blind, Jamie Roberts, he four bets all in for 305,000. Chiraag then also moves all in!!
Marvin goes into the tank with about 200,000 behind, he makes the fold and the others two players table their cards.
Jamie is in great shape for a double up at he tables KINGS
Chiraag shows A-K
The flop comes K–Q–J. Jamie flops top set, but Chiraag still has four outs, any ten would give him a straight.
The turn card comes another Jack giving Jamie the full house.
The river is a ten giving Chiraag a straight which is no good.
Jamie Roberts takes the pot, doubling up to 660,000!!
Chiraag takes a small dent, but still has 600,000.
03/03/2013 15:42 – Coinflip
Andy Efstathiou makes it 30,000 to play, Marc Wright asks him how much he has left, Andy is playing around 240,000 behind. Marc three bets to 70,000.
Andy checks his cards and says this is an all in or a fold. He then pulls a pound coin out his pocket, flips it looks at it, fist pumps and folds. I’m guessing he didn’t want to stick it in there and he decides to wait for a better spot.
Marc Wright moves over a million chips, taking the pot and showing the seven of spades.
03/03/2013 15:30 – Still 16 remaining
Still 16 players remaining 30 minutes into level 10.
We haven’t had any real big hands, plenty of three and four betting though, especially on table 8, which includes Chiraag, Ashley & Marvin.
Marc Wright is the current chip leader with just less than a million chips.
The short stacks are Andy Efstathiou, Nick Crisp & Paul Attwood with around 300,000 each.
03/03/2013 15:05 – Blinds Up!
Blinds up as we begin level 20. They are now 6,000-12,000 with a 1,500 ante.
16 players remaining. Average stack is 496,000.
03/03/2013 15 – Huge Pot for Thompson
Action is folded round to Jamie Roberts who makes it 20,000 to play in the cut off, Ashley Thompson directly to his left three bets to 45,000. The blinds get out of the way before Jamie clicks it back making it 78,000 to play, Ashley makes the call in position as the two players see a flop.
The flop comes 6d–Qs–4c.
Jamie needs little thinking time before betting 82,000, which Ashley calls.
The turn card comes the King of clubs.
Jamie again fires, again 82,000, leaving himself about 360,000 behind. Ashley again makes the call leaving himself with 300,000.
The river card is an interesting one as it comes the Jack of clubs.
Jamie opts to check to Ashley this time. Ashley checks out Jamies stack, before moving all in!! He starts to shake as it puts his chips across the line. Jamie takes a few minutes, studying Ashley looking for any kind of tell that will make this decision easier to make. He eventually makes the fold and Ashley takes the pot.
Ashley (right) is now up to 850,000 , while Jamie (left) is down to 360,000.
03/03/2013 14:42 – Kevin Williams 17th
I rush over to the table to see Kevin Williams all in with Ad–4h from the big blind against the 9c–9d of Sin Melin.
The flop comes 5d–Jh–6h. Nines still infront for Sin.
The turn card is 3h, giving Kev flush and straight draws.
The river is a brick as it comes a four. Kev makes a pair but it’s no good. He leaves us in 17th place for £3,180.
Sin Melin (below) is now up to 500,000!
03/03/2013 14:30 – Steve Watts – 18th
Steve Watts and Tamer Kamel get involved in a raising war which sees Steve move all in and Tamer make the call.
Steve is in bad shape with A-Q against the pocket KINGS of Tamer.
The board runs out 7–K–Q–A–5.
Steve makes two pair but it’s no good as Tamer makes a set of kings.
Steve Watts is eliminated in 18th place for £3,180.
03/03/2013 14:22 – Greame Ladd – 19th
Action is folded round to Greame Ladd on the button who moves all in!! Paul Alterman makes the call and the cards are tabled.
Greame admits he was blind as he shows 7-3, he is up against the A-9 of Paul.
No help for Greame on the board as Ace high holds up.
He is eliminated in 19th place for £2,780.
With his exit we are now down to the final two tables.
03/03/2013 14:18 – Leslie Packer – 20th
Paul Attwood again moves all in, this time for 140,000!! Leslie Packer just says call, he has Paul covered and leaves 18,000 behind. Tamer Kamel also makes the call to create a 450k pot!!
The flop comes 10–8–7.
Tamer puts Leslie all in and he puts his 18,000 into the middle all three hands are tabled..
Tamer… A-K for ace high
Paul…8-7 for two pair
Leslie.. 6-6 for an under pair
The turn card comes a 3.
River card a KING!
Paul Attwood takes the main pot and now has 450,000!! 10 times what he started with.
Tamer Kamel takes the small side pot as Leslie Packer is eliminated in 20th place for £2,780.
03/03/2013 14:10 Alex Lindop – 21st
Marvin Rettermaier makes it 20,000 to play, he is called on the button by Martin Bader before Alex Lindop moves all in for 130,000. Marvin makes the call and Martin gets out of the way.
It’s a classic flip as Alex tables 6-6 against the K-Q of Marvin.
The flop comes A–2–10, flopping Marvin four more outs with a gut shot straight draw.
The turn card is a 4 changing nothing.
The river card is a QUEEN!! Marvin hits the river to take the pot. He is now up to 500,000.
Alex ‘Podnil’ Lindop is eliminated in 21st place for £2,780.
03/03/2013 14:05 – Attwood doubles!
Paul Attwood gets it all in with Kd-3s vs the Ah-6h of Antonio Millan.
Three diamonds on the flop and then another diamond on the turn means Paul Attwood gets a much needed double up to 100k.
03/03/2013 14 – Shuffle Up & Deal!
Play is now underway, blinds are 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante.
21 players remaining.
03/03/2013 13:52 – Players Called In
Players have just been called in to the cardroom to unbag their chips, we should be underway bang on time at 2pm.
03/03/2013 13:50 – Live Stream
The live stream is up and running and will be available all day until we crown a winner, at the link below.
http://www.livestream.com/d4eventstv
03/03/2013 13:40 – The Final Day
This is it, the day where every poker player wants to be, the final day of the tournament. We have 21 hopefuls coming back today all with the same plan to be GukPT London Champion 2013. Only one of them will be walking out the casino with that title.
Chiraag Thanki leads the players into battle today with a stack of 762,500, closely followed by David Barraclough with 617,000 and Tamer Kamel with 570,000.
On the other end of the chip counts we have the players who need help, Paul Attwood 46,000, less than 5 bigs. Graeme Ladd 137,000 & Alex Lindop 147,000.
It should be a fantastic days poker with other names such as Marc Wright, Steve Watts, Kevin Williams, Jeff Duval and Global Poker Index #1 Marvin Rettermaier.
Play will kick off at 2pm.
03/03/2013 13:30 – Final Day Seating Plan
Table Six
Seat One – Marc Wright – 502,000
Seat Two – Paul Attwood – 46,000
Seat Three – Leslie Packer – 187,500
Seat Four – Antonio Millan – 529,000
Seat Five – David Barraclough – 617,000
Seat Six – Tamer Kamel – 570,000
Seat Seven – Andy Efstathiou – 367,500
Table Seven
Seat One – Sinem Melin – 354,000
Seat Two – Chiraag Thanki – 762,500
Seat Three – Jamie Roberts – 470,000
Seat Four – Greame Ladd – 137,000
Seat Five – Steve Watts – 266,000
Seat Six – Paul Alterman – 442,500
Seat Seven – Jeff Duval – 415,000
Table Eight
Seat One – Kevin Williams – 338,000
Seat Two – Nick Crisp – 223,000
Seat Three – Marvin Rettermaier – 252,500
Seat Four – Martin Bader – 493,000
Seat Five – Alex Lindop – 147,000
Seat Six – Ashley Thompson – 505,000
Seat Seven – David Rudling – 294,000
02/03/2013 23:40 – Prizepool
GukPT London Main Event
£1000 NLHE F/O
Entries: 397
1st – £103,240
2nd – £68,480
3rd – £44,660
4th – £27,000
5th – £20,250
6th – £16,670
7th – £13,100
8th – £9,530
9th – £7,150
10th – £5,560
11th – £4,470
12th – £4,470
13th – £4,470
14th – £3,970
15th – £3,970
16th – £3,180
17th – £3,180
18th – £3,180
19th – £2,780
20th – £2,780
21st- £2,780
22nd – £2,780 – Willie Tann
23rd – £2,780 – Pantelis Christodoulou
24th – £2,380 – Rhys Jones
25th – £2,380 – Georges Tohme
26th – £2,380 – Tore Nilsen
27th – £2,380 – Gary Jones
28th – £2,380 – Gary Fisher
29th – £2,380 – Patrick Uznan
30th – £2,380 – James Greenwood
31st – £2,380 – Bruce Atkinson
32nd – £2,380 – Martin Hayes
33rd – £2,380 – Carlo Citrone
34th – £2,380 – Per Martin Jacobson
35th – £2,380 – Victor Ilyukhin
36th – £2,380 – Stephen Bean
37th – £2,380 – Mark Brockwell
38th – £2,380 – Catalin Dragomir
02/03/2013 23:30 – Day 2 Round Up
02/03/2013 23:10 – Down to 22
02/03/2013 22:58 – Day 2 is Done!
Day 2 of the Main Event here at the Vic has finished after nine levels of play. It was the most manic day in GukPT history as we lost 50 players in the first two levels and after four and a half we had lost 100!! Although we all knew it was going to be impossible to make the final 9 players. We finished the day with 21, who will all be coming back tomorrow to fight it out for the £103,000 first placed prize, the trophy and the title as the first winner of 2013.
The bubble was burst within 20 minutes of bubble play after Umberan Akhtar got it in with AQ vs the KQ of Marvin Rettermaier. King on the flop and Umberan would leave the tournament in 39th place, empty handed.
Chiraag Thanki (above) leads the 21 hopefuls back tomorrow for a 2pm start. We will have the live stream running so you can watch who takes it down. With a host of names still left in, we should be in for a good one. I hope you join us then.
Chiraag Thanki 762500
David Barraclough 617000
Tamer Kamel 570000
Antonio Millan 529000
Ashley Thompson 505000
Marc Wright 502000
Martin Bader 493000
Jamie Roberts 470000
Paul Alterman 442500
Jeff Duval 415000
Andy Efstathiou 367500
Sin Melin 354000
Kevin Williams 338000
David Rudling 294000
Steve Watts 266000
Marvin Rettermaier 254500
Nick Crisp 223000
Leslie Packer 187500
Alex Lindop 147000
Graeme Ladd 137000
Paul Attwood 46000
02/03/2013 22:35 – Alex Lindop
02/03/2013 22:30 – Three More Hands
The clock has been paused with 7:50 remaining. A three has been chosen.
Three more hands on each table then we are done for the day.
02/03/2013 22:20 – Pantelis Christodoulou – 23rd
Paul Alterman & Pantelis Christodoulou has around 140,000 and is in great shape for a double up as he tables pocket Queens against the nines of Paul.
That is until the dealer burns a card and deals a flop, the first card out is a NINE, followed by a King and a Jack. Paul flops a set, but Pantelis picks up a gut shot straight draw.
The turn card is an Ace.
The river card is 4.
Unlucky for Pantelis Christodoulou as he heads out in 23rd place for £2,780.
02/03/2013 22:15 – More exits
Two more exits as we lose Georges Tohme in 25th and Rhys Jones in 24th, both taking home £2,380 for their efforts.
02/03/2013 22 – Tore Nilsen – 26th
Tore makes it 20,000 to play, sat directly on his left Nick Crisp moves all in!! Tore makes the call and the short stacks go at it…
Tore has the best of it with pocket Queens against the Jacks of Nick.
That is until the flop comes 3–J–6.
The turn card comes a 7. River card a two.
Nick hits a two outer to take the pot and just has him covered. Tore stands up puts his chair in and walks to the cashier desk to collect £2,380 for finishing in 26th place.
02/03/2013 21:55 – Gary Jones – 27th
Chiraag Thanki makes it 16,000, Gary Jones moves all in for exactly 100,000, Chiraag thinks for a minute or so before making the call.
Gary is ahead with his A-Q vs the K-J of Chiraag.
The board runs out 4–9–3–6–J
JACK on the river sends the pot to the chip leader Chiraag.
Gary Jones is eliminated in 27th place for £2,380.
02/03/2013 21:48 – In The Money
02/03/2013 21:40 – Chip Counts
Chiraag Thanki 760000
MArc Wright 720000
Tamer Kamel 550000
Ashley Thompson 545000
Martin Bader 475000
Alex Lindop 400000
Andy Efstathiou 395000
Antonio Millan 390000
David Rudling 310000
Leslie Packer 300000
Marvin Rettermaier 280000
Sinem Milen 280000
Paul Attwood 270000
Steve Watts 250000
Pantelis Christodoulou 220000
Paul Alterman 210000
Kevins Williams 205000
Nick Crisp 170000
Jamie Roberts 155000
David Barraclough 150000
Graeme LAdd 128000
Tore Nielsen 125000
Rhys Jones 115000
Patrick Uzan 112000
Willie Tann 105000
Julian Denis 100000
Georges Tohme 90000
Gary Jones 60000
Gary Fisher 42500
02/03/2013 21:35 – Level Eighteen
Players are back seated as we begin level eighteen.
Blinds are now 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante.
29 players remaining. This is the last level of today.
02/03/2013 21:20 – Break time
15 minute break for all the players before we start the last level of today.
02/03/2013 21:16 – Elvis Leaves The Building
Bruce Atkinson squeezes all in after an open from Chiraag Thanki and a call from Kevin Williams, Chiraag then re-raises to isolate and Kev gets out of the way, on your backs..
Bruce.. A-K
Chiraag.. 9h-10h
The flop comes 4–6–10 all clubs, but neither player holds one.
The turn card is a Jack.
The river card an 8.
Chiraag takes the pot with a pair of tens, he now has around 650,000!!
Bruce ‘Elvis’ Atkinson heads out taking home £2,380 for his efforts.
02/03/2013 21:10 – Bubble Bursts!
02/03/2013 20:59 – More Bust Outs
More bust outs from the main event as we are now down to 31 players…
32nd – £2,380 – Martin Hayes
33rd – £2,380 – Carlo Citrone
34th – £2,380 – Per Martin Jacobson
02/03/2013 20:50 – Jones Doubles
Marc Wright makes it 12,000 to play from the cut off, Rhys Jones moves all in from the big blind for 75,000 and Marc makes the call…
Rhys.. 10-10
Marc.. K-J
The board runs out 6–6–2–3–9.
Rhys Jones wins the coinflip doubling up to 150,000. Marc still has around 800,000.
02/03/2013 20:40 – Short Stacks Exit
Now we are in the money the short stacks are shoving it in as their isn’t a pay jump till 23 position. These players didn’t get the double up they were looking for…
35th – £2,380 – Victor Ilyukhin
36th – £2,380 – Stephen Bean
37th – £2,380 – Mark Brockwell
38th – £2,380 – Catalin Dragomir
02/03/2013 20:35 – Thompson Chip Daddy
02/03/2013 20:29 – Wright Side Of Huge Pot!!
02/03/2013 19:20 – Umberan Bubble Boy
Well after 20 minutes of bubble play the bubble has burst, during the first all in and a call we had.
Marvin Rettermaier who had played every hand on the bubble opened to 8500, action folded round to Umberan Akhtar who was the shortest stack in the room, he moved all in and Marvin made the call…
Umberan.. A-Q
Marvin… K-Q
The board ran out 6–K–3–5–2. Marvin hit a three outer and took the pot.
Umberan Akhtar is our bubble boy, leaving the tournament empty handed.
02/03/2013 19:58
Richard Buck opens, Marc Wright puts in a standard three bet, Richard shoves and Marc makes the call…
Richard tables A-Q against the 10-10 of Marc.
Tens hold, Richard is eliminated in 40th place
BUBBLE TIME!!!!
02/03/2013 19:50 – Tens No Good
Well all is quiet on the tables as no one wants to be the bubble boy or the bubble bubble boy.
Then we had two all ins, one on each table.
First was on table 8. Stephen Bean made it 12,000 from the button, Fernandez Millan shoved his 50k stack all in and Stephen called.
10-10 for Stephen
5-5 for Fernandez who was drawing to two outs.
The board ran out 5–4–A–J–6. Fernandez got his much needed double and now has 100k, Stephen is left with 110,000.
On the other table we had a class coinflip.
A-J for Gary Fisher – 10-10 for James Greenwood.
The board comes down A–Q–J–6–5.
Gary flops two pair, doubles up to 80,000 and survives….
We continue the game with 40 players.
02/03/2013 19:35 – Bubble Approaching
We have lost W. Sawaya, Gerasimos Deres & Chris Bjorin from the tables.
With their eliminations we are now down to 40 players. One player off the bubble and two off the money.
02/03/2013 19:24 – Top Ten Stacks
Marc Wright 700000
Ashley Thompson 650000
Chiraag Thanki 440000
David Rudling 440000
Kevin Williams 300000
Andy Efstathiou 280000
Paul Attwood 280000
Martin Bader 280000
Tamer Kamel 275000
Nikodimos Protopapas 240000
02/03/2013 19:18 – Level Sixteen
Players are back seated as we begin level sixteen. Blinds are 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante.
We have 43 players remaining as we lost Shola Akindele the last hand before the break.
38 will be paid.
02/03/2013 19:01 – Break Time
Break time for the remaining 44 players as they take 15 minutes.
02/03/2013 18:55 – More Bust Outs
Players who will not be making the money…
Surinder Sunar
Chris Kyprianou
Charles Combes.
We have 44 players remaining. 38 will be getting paid.
02/03/2013 18:50 – Chip Leaders during Level 5
02/03/2013 18:35 – Kings Again For Wright
Marc Wright opens, making it 6500 to play, Marvin Rettermaier flat calls, action then comes to Naresh Advani in the big blind who SHOVES for 260,000!! Marc is shocked by this, stands up from his chair before also announcing all in.
Mad Marvin starts laughing to himself and says “Why does this always happen to me??” He then folds face up, showing Queens!!
Marc tables pocket Kings, Naresh is in trouble in the 520k pot with A-10…
The board runs out K–8–6–4–J.
Naresh misses his three outs and heads out of the tournament.
Marc Wright is now just chip leader with around 700,000!!
02/03/2013 18:21 – Chip Daddy!
I get to the table as all the money is in the middle already on a board of J–10–2–10 board for a massive 400,000 pot!!
Ashley Thompson has the best of it with J-J for a full house against the A-10 of Martin Henderson.
The river card is an 8.
Ashley wins the hand with a boat as Martin shakes his hand and pushes the chips across to him.
Ashley (pictured before this big pot) is now our run away chip leader with around 600,000!!!
02/03/2013 18:08 – Recent Eliminations
Play has become alot slower since the break which is what you would expect after losing 100 players in 4 and a half hours of play!!
The last four eliminations from the field were.. Sergio, Aidoespina, Leon Louis, Manig Loeser & Paul Byrne.
02/03/2013 18:02 – Level 15
Blinds Up as they increase to 1500-3000 with a 400 ante.
52 players remaining
Average stack is 152,700
02/03/2013 18 – Prizepool Payout
GukPT London Main Event
£1000 NLHE F/O
Entries: 397
1st – £103,240
2nd – £68,480
3rd – £44,660
4th – £27,000
5th – £20,250
6th – £16,670
7th – £13,100
8th – £9,530
9th – £7,150
10th – £5,560
11th – £4,470
12th – £4,470
13th – £4,470
14th – £3,970
15th – £3,970
16th – £3,180
17th – £3,180
18th – £3,180
19th – £2,780
20th – £2,780
21th – £2,780
22th – £2,780
23th – £2,780
24th – £2,380
25th – £2,380
26th – £2,380
27th – £2,380
29th – £2,380
30th – £2,380
31st – £2,380
32nd – £2,380
33rd – £2,380
34th – £2,380
35th – £2,380
36th – £2,380
37th – £2,380
38th -£2,380
02/03/2013 17:50 – Stream Shut Down
Due to massive technical difficulties through the serve we are using to stream our feature table we have had to close down the stream for the night as it was not up to the standard we wanted.
We will now continue to do updates through videos which will all be posted on the blog, facebook & twitter, so keep an eye out for them.
Big apologies from everyone here.
02/03/2013 17:40 – Level 14 Eliminations
We have lost 100 players so far today in 4 and a half levels. 59 players are left in the tournament. Below is a list of the most recent eliminations…
Tai Tran
Neil Channing
Chris Kadji
Luke Reeves (pictured right)
Mats Rosenpihl
John Hadjinicdaou
02/03/2013 17:30 – Huge Pot!!
Blind on blind raise, three bet, four bet all in call…
Jeff Duval (pictured middle) is in bad shape with A-Q vs the K-K of Marc Wright (pictured left).
That is until the flop comes A–4–J! Jeff flops the three outer to take the lead.
The turn card is a KING!!! Marc re takes the lead by hitting a two outer!!
The river is a 6, helping no one.
Marcs chips are counted and he has 180,000. Giving him a double to just over 365,000. Jeff Duval still has a healthy stack of 200,000.
02/03/2013 17:15 – Table Banter
On table five John Eames and Neil Channing are discussing re entries and if it’s good for the game.
Neil then says “I think if someone bust they should announce who it is over loud speaker and the rest of the players in the tournament should determine whether or not they are allowed to re enter. Like if it’s Jake Cody everyone would be like no thanks don’t let him back in, but if it’s Albert, everyone would be like YEH let him re enter”
The table was in fits of laughter!! Channing is always good for some banter, whether it’s at the tables or on twitter.
02/03/2013 17:05 – Level 14
Players are back seated from their dinner break as we begin level 14.
Blinds are 1200-2400 with a 300 ante.
64 players remaining.
Average stack is 124,100.
02/03/2013 17 – Chip Counts
David Rudling 390000
Jeff Duval 350000
Ashley Thompson 332000
Chiraag Thanki 330000
Kevin Williams 325000
Naresh Advani 305000
Nikodimos Protopapas 220000
Mark Brockwell 210000
Jan Oconnor 202000
James Greenwood 200000
Andy Efstathiou 198000
Martin Per Jacobsen 190000
Leslie Packer 180000
Marvin Rettermaier 170000
Martin Bader 161000
Rhys Jones 156000
Martin Henderson 151000
Carlo Citrone 150000
Pantelis Christodoulou 145000
Umberan Akhtar 140000
Stephen Bean 132000
Jamie Roberts 131200
Paul Attwood 130000
Charles Combes 115400
Luke Reeves 110000
Surinder Sunar 105000
Mats Rosenpihl 105000
David Barraclough 103000
Paul Byrne 103000
Victor Ilyukhin 100000
Manig Loeser 99000
Paul Alterman 93000
Richard Buck 92000
Gary Fisher 92000
Bruce Atkinson 91000
Tore Nilsen 91000
Joe Joseph 90000
Shola Akindele 90000
Chris Bjorin 85500
Georges Tohme 85000
Gary Jones 80000
Leon Louis 79000
Gerasimos Deres 76000
Regis Nurlot 75000
Nick Crisp 75000
Greame Ladd 72600
Fernandez Millan 67000
Catalin Dragomir 65000
Sinem Melin 65000
Patrick Uznan 65000
Sergio Aidoespina 61000
Jeremy Pantin 60500
Connor Hogarty 59600
John Hadjinicdaou 55500
Neil Channing 52500
W Sawaya 49000
John Eames 45000
Willie Tann 43400
Chris Kyprianou 43300
Tamer Kamel 40000
Steve Watts 34000
Chris Kadji 17000
Tai Tran 13000
02/03/2013 16:15 – Dinner Break
Break time for the players as they take a 45 minute dinner break.
64 players remaining.
02/03/2013 16:05 – Level 18 Eliminations
Joe Joseph
Nicolas Markou
Mark McCluskey
Charles Akadiri
John Bousfield
Peter Charlambous
George Trigeorgis
Wei Deng Wang
Richie Allen
Nilay Ganatry
Dervis Ozkarapinar
Arrash Zafari
David Evans
Adam Stoneham
Kevin Allen
Ben Jackson
Tim Reilly
02/03/2013 16:05 – Carlo Doubles
In a raise pot the flop comes 10–7–4. Carlo Citrone makes a c bet of 10,500, Tai Tran raises to 25,000, Carlo moves all in and Tai makes the call.
Carlo tables Queens and is in good shape against the K-10 of Tai.
The turn is an Ace.
The river a Jack.
Queens hold for Carlo as he doubles to 110,000. Tai is down to just 7,000.
02/03/2013 15:55 – Wei Deng Wang Eliminated
Wei Deng Wang gets his last 30,000 in the middle with a flush draw on the flop against the top pair of Manig Loeser. He bricks up out on the turn and river as Wei heads out.
Manig (right) who finished second against Praz Bansi here in 2011 is now up to 100,000 and dangerous!!
02/03/2013 15:50 – Stream is down 🙁
The stream is down at the moment.
There is a problem with the server we are using, which is out of our control.
It will hopefully be back up with you ASAP.
02/03/2013 15:40 – Sick 260k pot!!
Kevin Allen has just been over to tell me about a HUGE pot he just lost to David Rudling.
David opened the action in late position and was called in the cut off. Kevin on the button put in a three bet, David four bet, Kevin five bet… David then six bet shove and Kevin called off his stack with QUEENS! David tables A-8…
David hits an Ace and he is now chip leader on 330,000!!!
02/03/2013 15:35 – Players will lost in the last level
Below is a list of the players we lost in the last level
Martin Hayes
Neil Kilgour
Neophytos Neophytou
Enrique Cortell
John Harnett
Hristo Genov
Robin Keston
Caroline Deweert
Alan Mansbridge
Sami Mahmoud
Peter Mok
Karoly Kiss
Matt Davenport
Andrey Dimitrov
Khoa Nguyen
02/03/2013 15:29 – Reigning Champ Eliminated
The reigning champ from last season Robin Keston has just been eliminated from our feature table by Jeff Duval who is now up to 275,000.
Which means we will have a new champ!!
02/03/2013 15:19 – Blinds Up
Blinds Up as they increase to 1000-2000 with a 200 ante.
83 players remaining.
The average stack is 95,700.
Another crazy level last level as we lost 26 players!!
02/03/2013 15:15 – Matt Davenport Eliminated
Matthew Davenport makes it 3200 to play from early position and gets one caller in Chris Bjorin, directly to his left.
The two players see a flop of 7–4–4. Matt makes a continuation bet of 6200, Chris bumps it up to 12500 and Matt makes the call.
The turn card comes a King.
Matt checks to Chris who announces all in for 27,100, Chris calls and it’s on your backs…
Matt tables J-J and has two outs to the A-A of Chris.
The river is a 5.
The stacks are counted and Chris has Matt covered.
Matt Davenport one of the most consistent players on the tour last year is eliminated from the tournament.
Chris Bjorin (right) is now up to 85,000.
02/03/2013 15:05 – Side Event
The £200 one day side event starts at 4pm!!! Not 6pm as some people have been saying.
This is a one day event. Starting stack is 10,000 on a 25 minute clock.
We hope to see you here, this side event will be just as busy as the ones earlier in the week.
02/03/2013 14:58 – Live Stream
Don’t forget you can view the live stream at the link below. It includes two of the chip leaders in Marc Wright and Jeff Duval
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/grosvener-uk-poker-tour
02/03/2013 14:40
Exits from the first 20 minutes of this level…
Karl Mahrenholz
Steven Lowzy
Jake Quinsee
James Rann
Erwan Calvez
Thomas Kettle
Joe Laming
Gabriel Dragomir
Andrew Abernathy
Ali Sarkeshik
02/03/2013 14:30 – Big Stacks
The big stacks from around the room at the break were…
Luke Reeves – 170,000
Bruce Atkinson – 115,000
Marc Wright – 280,000
Jeff Duval – 240,000
Shola Akindele – 150,000
Umberan Akhtar – 210,000
Kevin Williams – 155,000
Nick Crisp – 160,000
Charles Combes – 130,000
David Rudling – 220,000
Mark Brockwell – 200,000
Karoly Kiss – 150,000
Marvin Rettermaier – 100,000
Chiraag Thanki – 230,000
02/03/2013 14:15 – Level 12
Players are back seated as we begin level 12.
Blinds are 800-1600 with a 200 ante.
109 players remaining.
02/03/2013 14:05 – Break Time
Well that was a manic two levels of play as we lost 50 players!!!
The players are now on a 15 minute break.
02/03/2013 14 – More Bust Outs
Dan Laming
Ivan Tikhov
Patryk Slusarek
Najam Qureshi
Kenneth Walshe
Jan Oconnor
Jack Ellwood
George Hassabis
Nathan LEe
Dan Samson
02/03/2013 13:55 – Nathan Lee Eliminated
Nathan Lee short stacked gets his last few thousand in the middle on a flop of 9–5–6 with 9-7 for top pair and a gut shot, he is called by Shola Akindele with 6-6 for middle set.
The turn card is a 2.
The river card is another Nine.
Shola rivers a full house and takes the pot, she is now up to around 110,000.
Nathan Lee heads for the exit door.
02/03/2013 13:35 – Chipping Up
Marc Wright (left) started the day 9th in chips on 113,000. He has had a good day so far and is up to 200,000. He’s chipping up well and is very dangerous with chips. Still 114 players remaining I’d be picking him as one of the favourites. Jeff Duval to his right started the day with 77,000 and has also chipped up well as he is up to 170,000!! These two are up there with the chip leaders.
02/03/2013 13:20 – Madness Continues
The madness hasn’t stopped in the first half of level 11 as we have lost another 14 players!! They are…
Danny Blair
Lee Taylor
Vera Kelleher
Craig McCorkell
Espino Fernandez
Gordon Happer
Martin Holmes
Diego Abuello
Chung Hoang
Jerome Bradpiece (pictured)
Jeff Kimber
Richard Harvey
02/03/2013 13:10 – Turn Up On Time
Andy Georgiou has just turned up, over an hour late. He thought it was a 2pm start.
Unfortunately Andy only made it through with 9,000 chips and has already been blinded out. We thought it was uncharacteristic of him to not turn up and this is the reason why.
02/03/2013 13 – Level Eleven
Blinds Up as they increase to 600-1200 with a 150 ante.
We have 133 players remaining.
Average stack is 59,700.
02/03/2013 12:50 – More Eliminations
Every time I try and get out of my seat to go find some table action I get handed more and more tickets of players who have been elimination, we are now down to 133 players so we have lost 26 so far this level. More players to bust the main are…
Andoni Larrabesanchez
Ramsey Ajram
Ganesh Bathmanathan
Stuart Fox
Gary Pearce
Martin Hogarty
Seun Oluwule
Mark Prescott
Keith Hawkins
Iaran Lightbourne
Andrey Veselov
Rory Matthews
Elliot Panyi
02/03/2013 12:30 – Level 10 Eliminations
Jiteshchandra Thakker
Chris Howden
Alex Schechter
Ben Vinson
Edward Keljik
Espen Sandvik
Arkady Kielman
Rory Liffey
Mark James
Julien Denis
Leon Mills
Neil Bernadout
Dan Charlton
02/03/2013 12:25 – Day 2 Seating Plan
Table One
Seat One – Karl Mahrenholz
Seat Two – Jake Quinsee
Seat Three – Nikodimos Protopapas
Seat Four – Jiteshchandra Thakker
Seat Five – Danny Blair
Seat Six – Willie Tann
Seat Seven – Chris Kyprianou
Seat Eight – James Rann
Seat Nine – Lee Taylor
Table Two
Seat One – Stewart Barrie
Seat Two – Joe Joseph
Seat Three – Neil Kilgour
Seat Four – Leslie Packer
Seat Five – Chris Howden
Seat Six – Catalin Dragomir
Seat Seven – Dan Laming
Seat Eight – Mark Brockwell
Seat Nine – Nicolas Markou
Table Three
Seat One – Martin Hayes
Seat Two – Andoni Larrabesanchez
Seat Three – Pantelis Christodoulou
Seat Four – Vera Kelleher
Seat Five – Alex Schechter
Seat Six – Craig McCorkell
Seat Seven – Marvin Rettermaier
Seat Eight – Espino Fernandez
Seat Nine – Neophytos Neophytou
Table Four
Seat One – Mark McCluskey
Seat Two – Chiraag Thanki
Seat Three – Ben Vinson
Seat Four – Enrique Cortell
Seat Five – Ivan Tikhov
Seat Six – Gordon Happer
Seat Seven – Alfie Baldwin
Seat Eight – Chris Bjorin
Seat Nine – Ramsey Ajram
Table Five
Seat One – Kenneth Walshe
Seat Two – Steven Lewzy
Seat Three – Martin Holmes
Seat Four – John Harnett
Seat Five – Ganesh Bathmanathan
Seat Six – Richard Buck
Seat Seven – Charles Combes
Seat Eight – David Rudling
Seat Nine – Charles Akadiri
Table Six
Seat One – Edward Kaljik
Seat Two – Gary Fisher
Seat Three – Craig Sweden
Seat Four – Hristo Genov
Seat Five – john Bousfield
Seat Six – W Sawaya
Seat Seven – Steven Watts
Seat Eight – Martin Henderson
Seat Nine – Paul Alterman
Table Seven
Seat One – Victor Ilyukhin
Seat Two – George Trigeorgis
Seat Three – Wei Deng Wang
Seat Four – Martin Per Jacobson
Seat Five – Tai Tran
Seat Six – Andrey Veselov
Seat Seven – Kevin Williams
Seat Eight – Chris Kadji
Seat Nine – Peter Charalambous
Table Eight
Seat One – Chung Hoang
Seat Two – Erwan Calvez
Seat Three – Espen Sandvik
Seat Four – Naresh Advani
Seat Five – Robin Keston
Seat Six – Marc Wright
Seat Seven – Diego Arbuella
Seat Eight – Patryk Slusarek
Seat Nine – Najam Qureshi
Table Nine
Seat One – Andy Efstathiou
Seat Two – Stuart Fox
Seat Three – Jeremy Pantin
Seat Four – Surinder Sunar
Seat Five – Sergio Aidoespina
Seat Six – Georges Tohme
Seat Seven – Jerome Bradpiece
Seat Eight – Jan Oconnor
Seat Nine – Bruce Atkinson
Table Ten
Seat One – Paul Attwood
Seat Two – Arkady Kielman
Seat Three – Richie Allen
Seat Four – Rory Liffey
Seat Five – Sinem Melin
Seat Six – Jeff Kimber
Seat Seven – Umberan Akhtar
Seat Eight – Nathan Lee
Seat Nine – Shola Akindele
Table Eleven
Seat One – Jamie Roberts
Seat Two – Andrew Georgiou
Seat Three – Iaran Lightbourne
Seat Four – Fernandez Milan
Seat Five – Carlo Citrone
Seat Six – Caroline Deweerdt
Seat Seven – James Greenwood
Seat Eight – Thomas Kettel
Seat Nine – Nilay Gantra
Table Twelve
Seat One – David Barraclough
Seat Two – Dervis Ozkarapinar
Seat Three – Regis Nurlot
Seat Four – Luke Reeves
Seat Five – Alan Mansbridge
Seat Six – Sami Mahmoud
Seat Seven – Stephen Bean
Seat Eight – Arrash Zaffari
Seat Nine – Gary Pearce
Table Thirteen
Seat One – Nick Crisp
Seat Two – Martin Hogarty
Seat Three – David Evans
Seat Four – Mark James
Seat Five – Joe Laming
Seat Six – Peter Mok
Seat Seven – Tore Nilsen
Seat Eight – Seun Oluwule
Seat Nine – Gabriel Dragomir
Table Fourteen
Seat One – Karoly Kiss
Seat Two – Patrick Uznan
Seat Three – Adam Stoneham
Seat Four – Jack Ellwood
Seat Five – Matthew Davenport
Seat Six – Mark Prescott
Seat Seven – Ashley Thompson
Seat Eight – Andrew Abernathy
Seat Nine – Rory Matthews
Table Fifteen
Seat One – Keith Hawkins
Seat Two – Jeff Duval
Seat Three – Alex Lindop
Seat Four – Neil Channing
Seat Five – Julien Denis
Seat Six – Hamish Mojaria
Seat Seven – Andrey Dimitrov
Seat Eight – Gary Jones
Table Sixteen
Seat One – George Hassabis
Seat Two – Rhys Jones
Seat Three – Graeme Ladd
Seat Four – Leon Mills
Seat Five – Leon Louis
Seat Six – Manig Loeser
Seat Seven – Martin Bader
Seat Eight – Gerasimos Deres
Table Seventeen
Seat One – Kevin Allen
Seat Two – Neil Benardout
Seat Three – John Eames
Seat Four – Ben Jackson
Seat Five – Tamer Kamel
Seat Six – Dan Samson
Seat Seven – Paul Byrne
Seat Eight – Ali Sarkeshik
Table Eighteen
Seat One – Tim Reilly
Seat Two – Khoa Bguyen
Seat Three – Dan Charlton
Seat Four – Connor Hogarty
Seat Five – Elliot Panyi
Seat Six – Richard Harvey
Seat Seven – Mats Rosenpihl
Seat Eight – John Hadjinicdaou
02/03/2013 12:12 – Live Stream!
Watch all the action from The Vic with commentary from WPT Poker Personality of the year Phil ‘The Tower’ Heald
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/grosvener-uk-poker-tour
02/03/2013 12 – Shuffle Up and Deal
Cards are in the air and we are underway. Blinds are 500-1000 with a 100 ante.
We have 158 players remaining.
It should be pretty manic in the first level, my guess is we will lose around 20 players.
02/03/2013 11:56 – Players Called In
Players have just been called in to take their seats and unbag their chips. We should be starting bang on time at 12pm.
02/03/2013 11:55 – Day 2 Chip Counts
Day Two Chip Counts
Rhys Jones 149775
Andy Afstathiou 137650
Patryk Slusarek 134250
Mark Brockwell 134000
Gabriel Dragomir 124775
Pantelis Christodoulou 123250
Erwan Calvez 122550
Kevin Williams 115100
Marc Wright 113425
George Trigeorgis 109450
Wei Deng Wang 108400
Chiraag Thanki 103900
Bruce Atkinson 103900
Sergio Aidoespina 99600
Karoly Kiss 97925
Victor Ilyukhin 97625
Mats Rosenpihl 95800
Ali Sarkeshik 95625
Jiteshchandra Thakker 95250
Marvin Rettermaier 89800
Surinder Sunar 88750
Stuart Fox 87525
Stephen Bean 85275
Alex Lindop 83425
Gary Jones 82775
Catalin Dragomir 82050
Leon Louis 78650
Nathan Lee 77175
Espinosafernandez 77125
Jeff Duval 77000
Patrick Uzan 75875
Dervis Ozkarapinar 75175
Neil Channing 74225
Jack Ellwood 74000
Regis Nurlot 73800
Richie Allen 72800
Arkady Kielman 72000
Luke Reeves 71475
Ashley Thompson 70400
Richard Harvey 70075
Peter Charalambous 70025
Carlo Citrone 69400
Adam Stoneham 69400
Chris Howden 69125
David Rudling 68125
Jerome Bradpiece 67075
Umberan Akhtar 66250
Willie Tann 64500
Manig Loeser 64025
Martin Henderson 62800
Elliot Panyi 62450
Andoni Larrabesanchez 60925
Chris Bjorin 60100
Alan Mansbridge 60100
Paul Alterman 59100
John Hadjinicdaou 57725
Nick Crisp 56800
Tamer Kamel 56325
Nicolas Markou 56250
Enrique Cortell 56050
Martin Bader 55825
Arrash Zafari 55775
Graeme Ladd 54925
Charles Combes 54400
Kevin Allen 52850
Alex Schechter 51025
Zarar Mohammed 50900
Hristo Genov 50725
Matt Davenport 50075
Andrey Dimitrov 49825
Leslie Packer 49750
Ganesh Bathmanathan 49650
David Barraclough 49125
Naresh Advani 48475
Ivan Tikhov 48325
JAke Quinsee 47400
Najam Qureshi 46875
Jamie Roberts 45700
John Harnett 43600
Stewart Barrie 43000
Joe Johnson 42250
Iaran Lightbourne 42000
Chris Kadji 41500
Andrey Veselov 40900
Alfie Baldwin 40825
Neil Kilgour 40800
Gary Pearce 40025
Caroline Deweerdt 39425
Neil Bernadout 38975
Charles Akadiri 38025
Sinem Melin 37900
Dan Laming 37725
Espen Sandvik 37500
Connor Hogarty 37250
George Hassabis 36975
Gary Fisher 36800
Khoa Nguyen 36625
Tim Reilly 36325
Fernandez Millan 35475
Vera Kelleher 35200
Peter Mok 34300
Tore Nilsen 33650
Georges Tohme 33125
Paul Byrne 33075
Ben Vinson 31900
Neophytos Neophytou 31825
Danny Blair 31800
Joe Laming 31725
Chung Hoang 31425
Chris Kyprianou 31175
Karl Mahrenholz 30500
Seun Oluwole 30350
Paul Attwood 30300
David Evans 30275
Martin Hogarty 29950
Shola Akindele 29875
Steven Lewzy 28875
James Greenwood 28750
Rory Liffey 28650
Jan Oconnor 28450
Ramsey Ajram 28150
John Eames 28000
Craig McCorkell 27925
Nilay Ganatra 26400
Robin Keston 26000
Andrew Abernathy 25400
Mark McCluskey 25125
Diego Arbuello 24475
Steve Watts 24100
Martin Hayes 24025
Lee Taylor 23900
Rory Matthews 23825
W Sawaya 23300
Mark James 21575
Nikodimos Protopapas 20825
Dan Samson 20500
Martin Per Jacobson 20300
Jeff Kimber 19850
James Rann 19550
Ben Jackson 18575
Richard Buck 18325
Gordon Happer 18225
John Bousfield 18200
Jeremy Pantin 18025
Mark Prescott 18000
Kenneth Walsh 17950
Tai Tran 17625
Hamish Morjaria 17275
Craig Sweden 17075
Keith Hawkins 16500
Dan Charlton 16075
Martin Holmes 15950
Gerasimos Deres 15600
Edward Keljik 13000
Leon Mills 10850
Julien Denis 10000
Thomas Kettel 9850
Andrew Georgoui 9775
02/03/2013 11:45 – Welcome To Day 2
Welcome back to Day two of the GukPT Main Event here at The Vic casino in London. A massive turnout for the first main event of 2013 with 397 entries creating a prizepool of £397,000 to play for, with the eventual winner taking home £103,000 on Sunday evening.
We have 158 hopefuls coming back today all with the same aim of still being in with a shot to take down the title on the Sunday.
Blinds will be starting at 500-1000 today, with the average being 50,000 we should be in for a fantastic days poker. Rhys Jones leads the field with a shade under 150,000. Other players to watch out for with big stacks today are Kevin Williams (115,100), Marc Wright (113,425), Marvin Rettermaier (89,800) & Surinder Sunar (88,750). We also have a hell of alot of regular GukPT players still remaining in the tournament.
38 players get paid. We are 15 minutes before we kick off.
01/03/2013 23:59 – Day 1b Round Up
01/03/2013 23:50 – End Of Day 1b Chip Counts
Rhys Jones 149775
Andy Afstathiou 137650
Patryk Slusarek 134250
Mark Brockwell 134000
Gabriel Dragomir 124775
Pantelis Christodoulou 123250
Erwan Calvez 122550
Kevin Williams 115100
Chiraag Thanki 103900
Sergio Aidoespina 99600
Karoly Kiss 97925
Mats Rosenpihl 95800
Ali Sarkeshik 95625
Jiteshchandra Thakker 95250
Stephen Bean 85275
Alex Lindop 83425
Catalin Dragomir 82050
Leon Louis 78650
Espinosafernandez 77125
Patrick Uzan 75875
Jack Ellwood 74000
Regis Nurlot 73800
Arkady Kielman 72000
Luke Reeves 71475
Ashley Thompson 70400
Richard Harvey 70075
Carlo Citrone 69400
Chris Howden 69125
David Rudling 68125
Jerome Bradpiece 67075
Willie Tann 64500
Martin Henderson 62800
Andoni Larrabesanchez 60925
Paul Alterman 59100
Nick Crisp 56800
Nicolas Markou 56250
Martin Bader 55825
Zarar Mohammed 50900
Matt Davenport 50075
Leslie Packer 49750
Naresh Advani 48475
Ivan Tikhov 48325
JAke Quinsee 47400
Najam Qureshi 46875
Stewart Barrie 43000
Joe Johnson 42250
Chris Kadji 41500
Neil Kilgour 40800
Caroline Deweerdt 39425
Charles Akadiri 38025
Espen Sandvik 37500
Connor Hogarty 37250
George Hassabis 36975
Gary Fisher 36800
Tim Reilly 36325
Fernandez Millan 35475
Vera Kelleher 35200
Peter Mok 34300
Tore Nilsen 33650
Georges Tohme 33125
Ben Vinson 31900
Danny Blair 31800
Chung Hoang 31425
Chris Kyprianou 31175
Seun Oluwole 30350
Paul Attwood 30300
Martin Hogarty 29950
Shola Akindele 29875
Steven Lewzy 28875
Rory Liffey 28650
Ramsey Ajram 28150
John Eames 28000
Craig McCorkell 27925
Andrew Abernathy 25400
Mark McCluskey 25125
Diego Arbuello 24475
Lee Taylor 23900
W Sawaya 23300
Mark James 21575
Ben Jackson 18575
Richard Buck 18325
Gordon Happer 18225
John Bousfield 18200
Tai Tran 17625
Keith Hawkins 16500
Dan Charlton 16075
Martin Holmes 15950
Edward Keljik 13000
Andrew Georgoui 9775
01/03/2013 22:55 – Day 1b is over!
After Nine levels of play Day 1b of the GukPT in The Vic has finished with around 87 players. A massive 224 entries today, making the prizepool a huge £397,000, which is the biggest we have had for a £1000 buy in for a long time. The winner will take home a nice sum of just over £100,000!! There were plenty of big stacks who came out of todays play, with atleast 6 players having over 100,000 chips. Leading Day two will be Rhys Jones who managed to finish with a shade under 150,000 chips, he is at least 20,000 clear of any other player.
We will be back tomorrow for another 12pm start where we will be playing 9 levels because it’s unlikely we will make the final table of nine players. Tomorrow we will also have a live stream up and running with commentary from none other than WPT Poker Personality 2012m Phil The Tower Heald. I hope you join us then.
01/03/2013 22:40 – A Chat with Ian Bryan
01/03/2013 22:30 – Six More Hands
The clock has been paused and a six has been chosen, 6 more hands and we are done for the day.
01/03/2013 22:20 – More Exits
More exits from level nine as the short stacks try to double up…
Sunny Chattha
Neil McCulloch
Matthew Frankland
Jen Yue Chiang
P Souki
Richard Stanley
01/03/2013 22:04 – Treble for Charlton
Dan Charlton gets his short stack of 9k all in pre flop in a three way all in!! He is ahead as he tables Queens against the 9-9 of Micket Peterson and 9h-10h of another player.
Queens hold for Dan and he trebles to 30,000. Mickey takes the side pot and is left with just 10,000.
No eliminations during that hand but we are losing them thick and fast as we get below 100 players.
01/03/2013 21:55 – 13 Exits in 15 minutes!
Manic here in level 9. As we have just lost 13 players in 15 minutes!! The players below will not be making Day 2.
Jacqueline Norwood
Tim Clarke
John Christensen
Mario Trattou
Sam Grafton
Jan Bentsen
Zara Mohammed
CT Law
Sailajan Shrithajan
Chris Wood
Andy Nguyen
Andy Silverman
Simon Deadman
01/03/2013 21:42 – Chip Counts
Rhys Jones 150000
Andy Efstathiou 120000
Tim Reilly 119575
Pantelis Christodoulou 115000
Gabriel Dragomir 111750
Mats Rosenpihl 99000
Alex Lindop 88000
Stephen Bean 80000
Karoly Kiss 78000
Jerome Bradpiece 72000
Leon Louis 72000
Mark Brockwell 71000
Jake Quinsee 70000
Carlo Citrone 66000
Jack Ellwood 62000
01/03/2013 21:35- Level Nine
Players are back seated as we begin level nine.
Blinds are now 400-800 with a 100 ante.
114 players remaining.
01/03/2013 21:17 – Break Time
It’s Break time for the remaining 116 players as they take 15 minutes before beginning the last level of today.
01/03/2013 21:15 – Jamie Burland
Black Belt Pokers Jamie Burland currently grinding a short stack of 14,000.
01/03/2013 21:05
Masses of exits in level eight as we lose a gazillion more players…
Gabriel Tuna
Marc Convey
Matt Perry
Martin Davis
James Brady
David Gassian
John Sweeney
Lewis Hunter
Ryan Spittles
Charles Clarke
01/03/2013 20:50 – Sammy Mac Exits
Karoly Kiss opens the action to 1550 in late position, Sam MacDonald then moves all in for 10,000. Diego Arbuello picks up a hand behind and also moves all in, he has Sam covered, it comes back round to Karoly who folds and it’s on your backs..
Sam is in bad shape with Ah–5h vs the Kd–Ks of Diego.
The flop comes 5d–6d–8c
The turn card is 7d. That gives Sam the straight, but Diego picks up a flush draw.
The river is the Jack of Diamonds!!
Flush for Diego as he takes the pot, moving up to 32,000.
Sam MacDonald is eliminated from the tournament.
01/03/2013 20:42 – Level 8 exits
Bust outs from level eight.
Panicos Ellinas
Cristos Katsikas
Martin Davis
Gabriel Tuna
Alan Engel
Matt Perry
James Brady
Alfie Adam
Lucille Cailly
01/03/2013 20:35 – Prizepool Payouts
GukPT London Main Event
£1000 NLHE F/O
Entries: 397
1st – £103,240
2nd – £68,480
3rd – £44,660
4th – £27,000
5th – £20,250
6th – £16,670
7th – £13,100
8th – £9,530
9th – £7,150
10th – £5,560
11th – £4,470
12th – £4,470
13th – £4,470
14th – £3,970
15th – £3,970
16th – £3,180
17th – £3,180
18th – £3,180
19th – £2,780
20th – £2,780
21th – £2,780
22th – £2,780
23th – £2,780
24th – £2,380
25th – £2,380
26th – £2,380
27th – £2,380
29th – £2,380
30th – £2,380
31st – £2,380
32nd – £2,380
33rd – £2,380
34th – £2,380
35th – £2,380
36th – £2,380
37th – £2,380
38th -£2,380
01/03/2013 20:25 – Final Numbers
The final number of runners for the first main event of 2013 is 397!! Smashing the guarantee and creating a huge prizepool of £397,000. That means the winner will take home £103,000!!!
01/03/2013 20:15 – Level 8
Blinds Up as we begin level 8.
They are now 300-600 with a 75 ante.
We have 141 players remaining from the 224 that entered today.
01/03/2013 20:15 – More Bust Outs!
More exits from around the tables….
Mark Waites
Dave Maudlin
Alin Raport
Rahim Tadjsadaat
Kevin McPhee
Nick Katz
John Beck
01/03/2013 20:05 – 50k Flip!
Alex ‘Podnil’ Lindop and Luke Bindon get involved in a raising war which ends up in Luke moving all in and Alex making the call.
The cards are tabled and we have a classic coinflip on our hands. Queens for Alex & A-K for Luke.
The board runs out 4–7–J–8–9.
Alex wins the coinflip to take the 50,000 pot, he just has Luke covered who makes his way towards the exit.
01/03/2013 19:55 – Pokerstars Mickey Peterson
Pokerstars online Pro Mickey Peterson who is hoping he runs better with his fourth bullet than his previous three. He currently has 10,000.
01/03/2013 19:45 – Exits from Level 7
These players are now no longer in the tournament and will not have the option to rebuy…
Albert Sapiano
Zimnan Ziyard
Jeffrey Szlanyinka
Peter Lody
Robert Boon
01/03/2013 19:35 – Eliminations From Level 6
01/03/2013 19:13 – Chip Leaders
Chip Leaders
Kevin Williams 85000
Jan Bentsen 82000
Chiraag Thanki 75000
Mats Rosenpihl 72000
Patryk Slusarek 70500
Leon Louis 64000
Sergio Aidoespina 63000
Shola Akindele 63000
Pantellis Christodoulou 61000
Mario Trattou 60000
Simon Deadman 60000
Karoly Kiss 53000
Craig McCorkell 50000
Suen Oluwole 50000
Carlo Citrone 48000
Ben Jackson 46000
Gabriel Dragomir 43000
Rhys Jones 41000
Espen Sandvic 39500
Jeremy Quehen 39000
Matt Perry 38300
01/03/2013 19:03 – Level Seven
Players are now back seated as we begin level seven. Blinds are 200-400 with a 50 ante.
01/03/2013 19:03
Break Time! Players are now on a 15 minute break.
01/03/2013 18:55 – Sapiano Survives!!
Jan Bentsen starts the action making it 850 to play, Albert Sapiano (on his 4th and final bullet) moves all in for only 950. Faud Serhan then enters the pot, raising to 5100. Jan calls that bet and the two players see a flop.
The flop comes 6–2–3.
Faud leads out for 7,000, Jan needs little thinking time before moving all in for 40,000. Faud thinks for a minute or two, he has around 30,000, he then decides to make the call, on yours backs….
Faud tables pocket tens, It’s a good call as Jan only has 7-7, Albert has three outs as he shows A-7.
The turn card comes a three. Giving Albert and Jan a gut shot.
The river card completes the straight for both players as it comes a FOUR!!
Sick for Faud as he walks to the cashiers desk to re enter. Albert survives for now but is still extremely short stacked, as the dealer is splitting his pot, he points to Jan’s 80k pot and says “Can we not split that aswell”
Jan is now one of the chip leaders with 80,000.
01/03/2013 18:45
01/03/2013 18:35
Black Belt Pokers Jerome Bradpiece who came 3rd in the 6max for £4,000. Currently short stacked with only 8,000
01/03/2013 18:25
A flurry of exits here in level six, it seems as though players are gambling with their short stacks as they know this is the last level they can rebuy. Exits from this level are…
Joe Townsend
Leslie Packer
Jeffrey Rogers
Will Kassouf
Lucille Cailly
Mickey Peterson
Michael Chaffe
Nariman Rad
T Purice
Freddy Deeb
Mohammed Ali
01/03/2013 18:10
01/03/2013 18
Blinds Up as we begin the last level of late registration. They are now 150-300 with a 25 ante. We have 151 players remaining from the 207 that have entered so far today.
01/03/2013 17:52
More exits from level five…
Lalit Khajuria
Jamie Burland
Simon Brooks
Matthew Davenport
Ben Phillips
Martin Henderson
Alfie Adam
01/03/2013 17:45
01/03/2013 17:35
Lee Taylor makes it 525 to play and is called in five spots before Tim Reilly makes it 2200 from the big blind from his 19k stack. Lee gets out of the way before Leslie Packing & David Rudling call. Action then comes to Simon Brooks who moves all in (25k)!! Matthew Davenport also moves all in (8k)!! Tim shoves his chips in too. Leslie and David both fold as the three players table their cards…
Simon… Ad–Kd
Matthew 5h–4h
Tim… Jd–Jc
The board runs out 7–Q–9–4–J.
Tim takes the pot and is now up to 60,000.
Matthew is eliminated from the tournament. Simon is down to just 5k.
01/03/2013 17:23
Exits so far from Level Five…
Caroline Deweerdt
Mohammed Ali
Roar Aspas
David LaRonde
Mark James
01/03/2013 17:15
Simon Deadman who made just the four final tables last season, winning in Blackpool. He also come second in the champion of champions event. Simon currently grinding away on 20,000.
01/03/2013 17:10
01/03/2013 17:03
Chip Leaders
Patryk Slusarek 60000
Sunny Chatta 56000
Mats Rosenpihl 55000
Mario Trattou 52000
Craig McCorkell 49000
Rory Liffey 46000
Jan Bentsen 45000
Ben Vinson 44600
Kevin Williams 44000
Leon Louis 44000
Jonathan Beck 44000
Nicholas Katz 43000
Martin Holmes 43000
Nariman Rad 41000
Regis Nurlot 40000
Jeremy Quehen 40000
Richard Buck 40000
Diego Arbuello 39000
Pantelis Christodoulou 37000
Faud Serhan 36000
Shola Akindele 32000
Chung Van Hoang 31000
Ryan Spittles 30000
Vera Kelleher 29000
01/03/2013 16:52
Blinds Up as we begin level four.
They are now 100-200.
We have 156 players remaining from the 178 that have entered so far.
After a 15 minute wander around the cardroom, I come back with blank notepad Not much happening out there at the minute as we close in on the dinner break. The food has just come out though, as is the norm at the Vic the players will be fed at the tables as there isn’t any room for them to hold a buffet for 180 players.
We still have 45 minutes until we take our dinner break.
Balint Pusztai gets his last 5k all in pre flop and is called by Andrew Silverman holding A-K, it’s a classic flip as Balint tables J-J.
The flop comes 4–6–8. So far so good for Balint as his Jacks still have the lead.
The turn card is a Queen. Close but no cigar for Andrew as he is still looking for one of his six outs to take the 10k pot.
The river card is a KING!!!
Andrew Silverman wins the coinflip to take the pot.
Balint Pusztai heads out.
More exits…
Nick Berry
Andrea Sarroa
Terry Jordan
Edward Keljik
Also to have been eliminated for the third time is Albert Sapiano, he has the opportunity to buy in again, but instead he has sat on the cash table. Although late reg is still open till 7:15pm.
Angela MacFarquhar gets her last 3,000 in the middle on the flop of J–6–8 with two spades, holding A-9 of spades for the nut flush draw.
She is looked up by Mario Trattou who tables K-J for top pair.
The turn and river are both bricks and Angela heads out!
We are now only 2 minutes away from our 45 minute dinner break.
Break Time!!
The remaining 155 players are now on a 45 minute dinner break.
Chip Counts to follow.
01/03/2013 15:44
Players are back seated as we begin level three.
Blinds are 75-150.
We have 158 players remaining from the 164 that started.
David Barnes – 17,000
Carlo Citrone – 21,000
Dan Charlton – 22,000
David La Ronde – 23,000
Mickey Peterson – 19,000
Chris Woods – 20,000
Shola Akindele – 23,000
Sunny Chattha – 21,000
Lee Taylor – 22,000
Alex Lindop – 16,000
James Akenhead – 10,000
Simon Deadman 20,000
Dave Maudlin – 28,000
Sam MacDonald – 17,000
Albert Sapiano – 25,000
Sam Grafton – 30,000
Keith Hawkins – 30,000
Marc Convey – 18,000
Jack Ellwood – 19,000
John Eames – 18,000
Willie Tann – 22,000
John Bousfield – 20,000
Ben Jackson – 25,000
Ryan Spittles – 27,000
Ben Vinson – 45,000
Matthew Frankland – 15,000
Four exits so far this level.
They are John Griffin, Gabriel Dragomir, Paul Gill & James Akenhead.
More exits this level as I get given another pile of ID cards, they are…
Nurullakhon Nazrullaev
Trond Aanensen
David Laronde
&
Vivien Ma.
178 entrants so far today, which creates a prizepool of £351,000 for the two days!!
01/03/2013 14:26
Blinds up!
The blinds increase as we begin level two.
They are now 50-100.
144 entrants so far today.
We lose Eli Biessek from the field, the second player to be eliminated and also the second player to run into quads!! Eli flopped a set and turned a full house, unfortunately for her James Sullivan also flopped a set but turned quads!! He is now up to 40k, while Eli heads for the exit door.
Three more exits in quick succession as we lose Terry Jordon, Luke Bindon & Martin Hogarty from the field.
On a flop of 9–5–4 with two diamonds we have a three way all in!!!
Sean Randall tables pocket fours for bottom set, Another player tables pocket fives for middle set and 2012 Grand Final champ Sam Grafton tables Ad-3d for the nut flush draw.
The turn is a brick 7.
The river is the Queen of diamonds!!!
Sam Grafton rivers the flush to treble up to 30,000!!
Sean Randall is eliminated from the tournament.
First break of the day as the players take 15 minutes.
164 runners so far.
Top Stacks from around the room
Kevin Williams 60000
Diego Arbuello 50000
Martin Holmes 45000
Jeremy Quehen 42000
Joseph Townsend 39000
Fernandez Millan 35000
Charles Clark 34000
Mark James 30000
01/03/2013 13:05
We are back in the home of UK poker for Day 1b of the main event. 173 players turned out yesterday which was a massive number, more than most people were expecting. Today we hope for more of the same. We need 228 players to reach the 400 mark, which is not out of reach.
Mark ‘dean23price’ Wright leads Day 1a with 113,000. With the average finishing at 50,000. Other notables still left from yesterday include Karl Mahrenholz, Jeff Kimber, Bruce Atkinson & Global Poker Index No#1 Marvin Rettenmaier.
We hope to see more big names in today, with some players coming back for their third and maybe even their fourth attempt at what should be a huge prizepool!!
Looking forward to what should be a fantastic days poker.
We are 10 minutes until the kick off and there is a HUGE line at the cashier desk. At the moment it’s at least 40 players long.
BUSY BUSY BUSY!!
Some of the notables who will be taking their seats in the cardroom today….
Simon Deadman
Zimnan Ziyard
Jerome Bradpiece
Alex Lindop
Dan Charlton
Will Kassouf
James Akenhead
Full seating plan will be up ASAP.
Off we goooo, the cards are in the air and Day 1b is underway.
Blinds are 25-50.
We start today with 102 players,
There is still a queue of 30 players at the cashier desk.
We are not playing 6 max, this is just the seating positions at the start of today, before the late entries started coming in.
Table One
Seat One – Richard Buck
Seat Two – Tai Tran
Seat Three – Andrea Serrao
Seat Four – John Griffin
Seat Five – Mario Trattou
Seat Six – Will Kassouf
Table Two
Seat One – Patryk Slusarek
Seat Two – Simon Deadman
Seat Three – Jacqueline Norwood
Seat Four – Neil McCulloch
Seat Five – Mark Wates
Seat Six – Mark James
Table Three
Seat One – Martin Holmes
Seat Two – Jeremy Quehen
Seat Three – Steve Holden
Seat Four – Rytis Praninskas
Seat Five – Alex Lindop
Seat Six – Jamie Burland
Table Four
Seat One – Dave Maudlin
Seat Two – Gordon Hopper
Seat Three – Tim Clarke
Seat Four – Roland Redhead
Seat Five – Richard Harvey
Seat Six – Sergio Aidoespina
Table Five
Seat One – Tony Doggett
Seat Two – Simon Brooks
Seat Three – John Christensen
Seat Four – Tore Nilsen
Seat Five – Charles Clarke
Seat Six – Lee Taylor
Table Six
Seat One – Joseph Townsend
Seat Two – Sami Mahmoud
Seat Three – Nurullskhon Nazrullaev
Seat Four – Louis Scriven
Seat Five – Jiteshchandra Thakker
Seat Six – Nick Berry
Table Seven
Seat One – Trond Aanensen
Seat Two – Catalin Dragomir
Seat Three – Jeff Rogers
Seat Four – Pedro Gomespereira
Seat Five – Paul Attwod
Seat Six – Alex Elias
Table Eight
Seat One – Chris Kadji
Seat Two – George Hassabis
Seat Three – Jerome Bradpiece
Seat Four – Zimnan Ziyard
Seat Five – Richard Stanley
Seat Six – Mark Segal
Table Nine
Seat One – Danny Tran
Seat Two – Mats Rosenpihl
Seat Three – Stewart Barrie
Seat Four – Shola Akindele
Seat Five – Arkady Kielman
Seat Six – Cristos Katskias
Table Ten
Seat One – David Gassian
Seat Two – Rafael Henderson
Seat Three – Steven Lewzey
Seat Four – Michael Chaffe
Seat Five – Dan Charlton
Seat Six – Paul Alterman
Table Eleven
Seat One – Luke Bindon
Seat Two – Chris Howden
Seat Three – Nariman Rad
Seat Four – Andrew Abernathy
Seat Five – Martin Hogarty
Seat Six – Georges Tohme
Table Twelve
Seat One – Diego Arbuello
Seat Two – Aaron Swartz
Seat Three – Stephen Bean
Seat Four – Andrew Silverman
Seat Five – Balint Pusztai
Seat Six – Peter Wigglesworth
Table Thirteen
Seat One – Vivien Ma
Seat Two – David Greene
Seat Three – Martin Davis
Seat Four – John Sweeney
Seat Five – FernandezMilan
Seat Six – Peter Mok
Table Fourteen
Seat One – Neil Kilgour
Seat Two – Vera Kelleher
Seat Three – Jeffrey Szlanyinka
Seat Four – Gary Fisher
Seat Five – Sean Randall
30 minutes into level one and we are up to 131 players.
That means the prizepool is now £302,000!!!
Will Kassouf is playing today and is as cheerful as ever. He always plays the game how it should be played, with a smile on his face.
I watched him play three hands on his table, winning all of them and using a different accent for his speech play on each occasion. He is one of the most entertaining players to watch just because of his speech play.
After the third hand he won, he said to the rest of the table “Don’t worry lads, I’ve brought you all paracetamol, pulling them out of his pocket.” There is no doubt the rest of the table will need them.
“Lost one”……………….. Unfortunately in the early stages of level 1, Steve Holden bites the dust.. Not sure if he is re entering, but we can’t see him in the building ATM…
Steve ran into quad 9’s.. He mucked his cards but the way the betting went, he can only have folded a boat…
