The Grosvenor Victoria Casino, better known in the poker community as The Vic, recently underwent a £15 million refurbishment, the largest single outlay Grosvenor Casinos has spent on one of its venues. Players heading to The Vic for the 2025 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) London festival will get to see firsthand the incredible new-look poker room, gaming areas, roof terrace, and VIP areas.
GUKPT London kicks off at noon on July 10 and wraps up on July 20. More than a dozen tournaments and satellites run during those 11 days in the British capital, including a massive £250,000 guaranteed GUKPT London Main Event.
An £800 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Midi Main tournament raises the curtain on the festival. It features two flights on July 10, another two on July 11, with the champion receiving the lion's share of the £200,000 guaranteed prize pool sometime on July 13.
A cheaper Mini Main costing £340 has £100,000 guaranteed. It runs between July 13-16.
The pièce de résistance is the 2025 GUKPT London Main Event. Unless you win your seat online at Grosvenor Poker or in a live £140 satellite at The Vic, you'll need to hand over £1,250 to enter. For that sum, you'll get to play for a share of a guaranteed £250,000, although history suggests the overal prize pool should be much larger despite plenty of GUKPT regulars still being Stateside for the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Day 1a starts at 1:00 p.m. on July 17, with Day 1b scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on July 18. A turbo-structured Day 1c shuffles up and deals at 9:00 p.m. on July 18. The latest GUKPT London Main Event champion will be crowned on July 20.
2025 GUKPT London Schedule
Expand the table below and check out the full 2025 GUKPT London schedule, which also includes a £2,000 High Roller and a £1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller.
Date
Time
Event
Guarantee
Thu 10 Jul
12:00 p.m.
£800 NLHE Midi Main Day 1a
£200,000
6:00 p.m.
£800 NLHE Midi Main Day 1b
£200,000
Fri 11 Jul
12:00 p.m.
£800 NLHE Midi Main Day 1c
£200,000
6:00 p.m.
£800 NLHE Midi Main Day 1d
£200,000
Sat 12 Jul
12:00 p.m.
£800 Midi Main Day 2
£200,000
2:00 p.m.
£1,100 PLO High Roller
£50,000
4:00 p.m.
£250 NLHE Turbo
6:00 p.m.
£140 Main Event Target Cashout Satellite
Sun 13 Jul
12:00 p.m.
£340 NLHE Mini Main Day 1a
£100,000
1:00 p.m.
Midi Main Day 3
£200,000
6:00 p.m.
£340 NLHE Mini Main Day 1b
£200,000
8:00 p.m.
£140 Main Event Target Cashout Satellite
10x seats
Mon 14 Jul
12:00 p.m.
£340 NLHE Mini Main Day 1c
£200,000
6:00 p.m.
£340 NLHE Mini Main Day 1d
£200,000
9:00 p.m.
£140 Main Event Target Turbo Cashout Satellite
10x seats
Tue 15 Jul
12:00 p.m.
£340 NLHE Mini Main Day 1e Turbo
£200,000
4:00 p.m.
£340 Mini Main Day 2
£200,000
6:00 p.m.
£250 Pot-Limit Omaha
9:00 p.m.
£220 High Roller Target Turbo Cashout Satellite
10x seats
Wed 16 Jul
12:00 p.m.
£220 High Roller Target Turbo Cashout Satellite
10x seats
3:00 p.m.
£2,000 NLHE High Roller Day 1
£100,000
5:00 p.m.
Mini Main Day 3
£100,000
7:00 p.m.
£140 Main Event Target Cashout Satellite
10x seats
Thu 17 Jul
12:00 p.m.
£2,000 High Roller Day 2
£100,000
1:00 p.m.
£1,250 NLHE Main Event Day 1a
£250,000
7:00 p.m.
£140 Main Event Target Cashout Satellite
10x seats
Fri 18 Jul
12:00 p.m.
£1,250 NLHE Main Event Day 1b
£250,000
12:00 p.m.
£140 Main Event Target Turbo Cashout Satellite
10x seats
9:00 p.m.
£1,250 NLHE Main Event Day 1c Turbo
£250,000
Sat 19 Jul
12:00 p.m.
£1,250 Main Event Day 2
£250,000
1:00 p.m.
£550 NLHE GUKPT Cup Day 1
£50,000
Sun 20 Jul
12:00 p.m.
Main Event Day 3
£250,000
12:30 p.m.
£550 GUKPT Cup Day 2
£50,000
1:00 p.m.
£150 NLHE Seniors
3:00 p.m.
£330 PLO Bounty
Mon 21 Jul
7:00 p.m.
£110 Online Closer Day 1
£25,000
Tue 22 Jul
7:00 p.m.
Online Closer Day 2
£25,000
GUKPT London should be the first time we get to see the recently refurbished venue's live streaming room in all of its glory. The following preliminary streaming schedule is something for you to commit to memory:
Date
Time
Event
Wed 16 Jul
5:20 p.m.
Mini Main Day 3
Thu 17 Jul
12:20 p.m.
High Roller Day 2
Fri 18 Jul
12:20 p.m.
Main Event Day 1b
Sat 19 Jul
12:20 p.m.
Main Event Day 2
Sun 20 Jul
Main Event Day 3
12:20 p.m.
Past GUKPT London Main Event Champions
Luke Porter emerged victoriously in January 2024.
Not including Grand Finals, more than two dozen players have taken down the GUKPT Main Event since it first ran in 2007. Leo Kam won the inaugural GUKPT London Main Event in October 2007, leaving 432 opponents in his wake on his way to banking a cool £119,590.
Since then, such luminaries as Praz Bansi, the late Robin Keston, Oliver Price, Michael Zhang, Andrew Hulme, Euan McNicholas, and Timothy Chung have emerged victoriously in London.
Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.
