Victory for Vikrum – GUKPT crowns latest champ with £80k payday
The dust has settled after a tremendous week of poker at Grosvenor Casino Luton. 307 entries to the GUKPT Luton Main Event meant a bumper prizepool of £307,000 with over £200,000 in prizes to the top ten finishers alone.
Sales manager Vikrum has racked up quite a list of poker results over the years but now with a GUKPT title under his belt, his name will be one to watch on the U.K. poker scene.
With previous winners such as Priyan De Mel, Yiannis Liperis and Driton Haxhiaj all in attendance Vikrum certainly had his work cut out for him. Heads up he faced off against formidable opponent and GUKPT regular Andrew “Stato” Hulme. U.K. Poker professional, Hulme, already has a GUKPT Main Event trophy on his mantelpiece after securing a victory at the GUKPT London in 2018. Luckily for Vikrum, Hulme would ultimately fall one place short of a second title.
GUKPT Luton Top Ten
1st – £83,590 – Vikrum Mehta
2nd – £55,360 – Andrew Hulme
3rd – £34,000 – Sachin Joshi
4th – £21,660 – Tom Hall
5th – £14,740 – Chris Yong
6th – £10,830 – Phil Corion
7th – £8,430 – Tim Chung
8th – £6,920 – Hasan Gul
9th – £5,710 – Sebastien Jung
10th – £4,820 – Paul Siddle
2020 may be fast approaching but there’s plenty of poker taking place before the year’s out, namely GUKPT Blackpool and GUKPT Grand Final, London. This year the Grand Final will be hosting a 2 week schedule of events including the £500,000 GUKPT Grand Final Main Event and an all new £10,000+300 HighRoller. The £200,000 Guaranteed GUKPT Blackpool takes place in just three weeks time and satellites are running around the clock on www.Grosvenorpoker.com now.
Grosvenor Casinos’ 25/25 (£200+25 buy-in and £25,000 Guarantee) will also be making stops in Walsall, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester before the year comes to a close.
The debut year of the Grosvenor Casinos’ Deepstack is not over with events taking place in Didsbury, Portsmouth, Stockton, Liverpool, Leeds, Luton, Coventry, Manchester, Thanet, Glasgow, Walsall, Luton, Portsmouth, Edinburgh, Newcastle before we welcome in the New Year.
