GUKPT Reading Day 1a Blog
Bampton Leads 1a – 08/06/2018 – 01:20
After ten levels of play Day 1a of GUKPT Reading 2018 is in the history books. It’s been a great day of poker played in great spirits by the 90 entries that took part.
28 players have made it through and they are led by Paul Bampton who has finished with 161,800. Full chip counts are:
| Paul | Bampton | 161800 |
| Anon | 144500 | |
| Robin | Fisher | 141500 |
| Halil | Gecaj | 111500 |
| Sean | Cahill | 105400 |
| Leslie | Lamnea | 86300 |
| Danny | Tran | 85000 |
| Jonathan | Wong | 84400 |
| Martin | Holmes | 78800 |
| Alex | Bounsall | 68000 |
| Andrei | Buta | 65500 |
| Gerald | Crone | 63800 |
| James | Martin | 60300 |
| Philippe | Souki | 57400 |
| Khalick | Mohangee | 52800 |
| Diyary | Khdir | 52000 |
| Anon | 46000 | |
| Mike | Ellis | 42400 |
| Robert | Maile | 40700 |
| Phi | Vo | 40100 |
| Robert | Deacon | 39000 |
| Graham | Pound | 31600 |
| Keith | Ongxun | 30300 |
| Michael | Omahoney | 27600 |
| Pal | Sandmo | 24000 |
| Anon | 22900 | |
| Victor | Corbett | 18700 |
| Anon | 17400 |
We’ll be back tomorrow for Day 1b, which begins at 1pm, with late registration open till 8:30pm.
Join us from noon.
Play Has Finished – 08/06/2018 – 01:05
Play has now finished on all tables.
Full chip counts will be up as soon as possible.
Last Five Hands – 08/06/2018 – 00:40
The clock has been paused with 10 minutes remaining, the players will now play 5 more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
Recent Exits – 08/06/2018 – 00:30
Jordan Daniels
Jacquiline Price
Amarjit Singh Virk
Andrew Probyn
Thomas Deans
All is Quiet – 08/06/2018 – 00:15
All is quiet on the four tables still remaining here on Day 1a, the players have just 30 minutes left to play before we bag up for the night.
Last Level – 07/06/2018 – 23:59
The blinds increase as we begin level number 9.
They are now 500/1000 with a 100 ante.
33 players remaining.
Price Busts – 07/06/2018 – 23:45
Jacquiline Price gets her 10,000 stack all in pre flop holding 
and runs into the 
of Martin Holmes.
No help for Jacquiline as the board runs out 
Martin takes the pot and now has around 100,000.
One Level Left – 07/06/2018 – 23:35
Just one level and 5 minutes remaining here at GUKPT Reading.
There are 36 players still playing here on Day 1a as we approach the last hour of play.
Chip Counts – 07/06/2018 – 22:59
| Anon | 150,000 | |
| Gerald Crone | 95,000 | |
| Martin Holmes | 90,000 | |
| Sean Cahill | 80,000 | |
| Paul Bampton | 80,000 |
Level 9 – 07/06/2018 – 22:45
The players are now back seated as we begin level number 9.
The blinds are now 400/800 with a 100 ante.
40 players remaining.
Break Time – 07/06/2018 – 22:30
Break time for the players.
Back in 15.
Chip Leader! – 07/06/2018 – 22:15
Anon is chip leader here at GUKPT Reading.
He currently has 150,000 which is a great stack with two levels left to play today.
Exits – 07/06/2018 – 21:50
A few exits from the field as we lose:
Nevalainen Petteri
Jarrett Owen
Ryan Power
Dost Ghrabie
Dooley Alshanti
Margaret Esterhuizen
Blinds up – 07/06/2018 – 21:30
The blinds increase as we begin level number 8.
They are now 300/600 with a 100 ante.
50 players remaining.
Reg Closed – 07/06/2018 – 21:10
Registration has now closed for Day 1a of GUKPT Reading!!
In total we have had 91 entries today!!
Tomorrow Day 1b begins at 1pm with late registration open until 8:30pm!
Chip Counts – 07/06/2018 – 20:50
Diyary Khdir – 40,000
Dooley Ashanti – 30,000
Amarjit Singh – 31,000
Gabriel Shohet – 13,500
Ben Lloyd – 60,000
Graham Pound – 43,000
Level 7 – 07/06/2018 – 20:30
The players are back seated as we begin level number 7.
The blinds are now 200/400 with a 50 ante.
90 entries so far today.
Break Time – 07/06/2018 – 20:15
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
30 Minutes of Reg – 07/06/2018 – 20
There’s just 30 minutes remaining of late registration for Day 1a in Reading.
At the moment we have had 87 entries, which is just 6 players down from the 93 that turned out last year for the first day of the main event
Pics – 07/06/2018 – 19:30
Level Up – 07/06/2018 – 19:15
The blinds increase as we begin level number 6.
They are now 150/300 with a 50 ante.
85 entries so far today.
Exits – 07/06/2018 – 18:55
Danny Tran
Thomas Edward Cropp
Colin Paddington
Colin Paddington
Dominic Pierse
Martin Bader
Chip Counts – 07/06/2018 – 18:40
Paul Romain – 9,000
Graham Pound – 35,000
Alex Bounsall – 22,000
Margaret Esterhuizen – 14,000
Dost – 43,000
Level 5 – 07/06/2018 – 18:15
The players are back seated as we begin level number 5.
The blinds are still 100/200 but now with an ante of 25.
Break Time – 07/06/2018 – 17:15
Break time now for the players as they take a 60 minute dinner break.
Side Event – 07/06/2018 – 16:59
Tonights side event is:
| Event 8: | Omaha 4/5/6 |
| Buy-in: | £100 + £10 |
| Start time: | 6.00pm |
| Re-entry: | Unlimited |
| Entry period: | 6 Levels |
| Days: | 1 Day |
| Levels: | Until finish |
| Clock: | 6 x 20 mins then a 30 min clock |
| Starting Stack: | 12,500 |
| Breaks: | 8.00pm, 10.15pm, 12.30am, 2.45am and then finish |
All is Quiet – 07/06/2018 – 16:40
All is quiet here during level number four. The players have 25 minute remaining of this level before they go on a one hour dinner break.
Level Four – 07/06/2018 – 16:15
The blinds increase as we begin level number four.
They are now 100/200.
65 entries so far today.
Feature Table – 07/06/2018 – 15:45
Chip Counts – 07/06/2018 – 15:30
Ryan Power – 16,225
Margaret Esterhuizen – 14,000
Andrei Buta – 22,000
Gerald Crone – 45,000
Robert Deacon – 20,000
Valentin Kostadinov – 17,000
Jan Naderzadeh – 30,000
Level Three – 07/06/2018 – 15:16
The players are back seated as we begin level 3.
Blinds are now 75/150.
63 entries for Day 1a so far.
Break Time – 07/06/2018 – 15:01
Break time now for the players as they take 15 minutes.
Double For Tran – 07/06/2018 – 14:50
Danny Tran defends his big blind from Michael Ingram who opens from the cut off.
The flop comes 
Danny checks, Michael bets 700, Danny raises to 2,000, Michael shoves and Danny calls off his stack.
Michael tables 
for the nut flush draw against the 
of Danny who has flopped two pair.
The turn card comes 
The river card 
Two pair is good for Danny as he doubles up to 25,000.
Michael is down to 4,000.
Start of Day 1a – 07/06//2018 – 14:30
Level 2 – 07/06/2018 – 14:01
The blinds increase for the first time today as we begin level number 2.
They are now 50/100.
55 entries so far today.
Live Stream – 07/06/2018 – 13:55
We are now LIVE from GUKPT Reading!!
Come and join The Tower & Jay with all hole shown on a thirty minute delay.
You can watch it here – http://bit.ly/GUKPT_live_stream
Numbers Increasing – 07/06/2018 – 13:45
Numbers increasing as players continue to buy into the tournament.
We are now up to 50 entries so far for Day 1a of Reading.
Late registration is open for the first 6 levels of today, bringing us up to 8:15pm.
Day 1a Seating Plan – 07/06/2018 – 13:30
| 11 | 1 | Anon |
| 11 | 3 | Richard Graham Turner |
| 11 | 4 | Mohammed Suhail |
| 11 | 5 | Pal Sandmo |
| 11 | 6 | Thomas Edward Cropp |
| 11 | 8 | Alan Mansbridge |
| 11 | 9 | Martin Holmes |
| 11 | 10 | Anon |
| 12 | 1 | Robert Maile |
| 12 | 2 | Michael Ingram |
| 12 | 3 | Khalick Mohangee |
| 12 | 4 | Paul Romain |
| 12 | 5 | Danny Tran |
| 12 | 6 | Ben Lloyd |
| 12 | 7 | Nevalainen Petteri |
| 12 | 8 | Keith Ongxun |
| 12 | 9 | Graham Pound |
| 12 | 10 | Mike Ellis |
| 13 | 1 | Rohin Dale |
| 13 | 2 | Florian Andrei |
| 13 | 3 | Jordan Daniels |
| 13 | 4 | Daniel Robert Lowe |
| 13 | 5 | Justin Wang |
| 13 | 6 | Ryan Crane |
| 13 | 7 | Phi Vo |
| 13 | 8 | Jarrett Owen |
| 13 | 9 | Thomas Deans |
| 13 | 10 | Le Dinh |
| 14 | 1 | Ryan Power |
| 14 | 2 | Margaret Esterhuizen |
| 14 | 3 | Philippe Souki |
| 14 | 4 | Andrei Buta |
| 14 | 5 | Harry Fenner |
| 14 | 6 | Gerald Crone |
| 14 | 8 | Valentin Kostadinov |
| 14 | 9 | Jan Naderzadeh |
| 14 | 10 | Amarjit Singh Virk |
| 15 | 1 | Nicholas Simon |
| 15 | 2 | Halil Gecaj |
| 15 | 4 | Jacquiline Price |
| 15 | 5 | Lea Portelli |
| 15 | 6 | Vikas Sabharwal |
| 15 | 7 | Dominic Pierse |
| 15 | 8 | James Martin |
| 15 | 9 | Mason Hyatt |
Shuffle Up & Deal – 07/06/2018 – 13:10
The cards are in the air as we begin Day 1a of GUKPT Reading.
The blinds are 25/50.
There are 30 players to start the day.
Welcome To Reading – 07/06/2018 – 13:01
Good afternoon and welcome to Day 1a of GUKPT Reading.
We’re here for you this week covering the £100,000 Guaranteed, £500+£60 buy in tournament.
For their buy in the players will receive a 20,000 starting stack on a one hour clock and the best structure around.
Day 1a is today with late registration open until 8:15pm.
We’ll be providing you with coverage of todays play, bringing you live blog updates, pictures, chip counts and of course the live stream which runs on a thirty minute delay with all hole cards shown.
Last year Ali Mallu was victorious beating a 247 runner field to take home the first place prize of £35,000!! Hopefully we will see him here this week to defend his title.
