Goliath X Main Event
Day 2 Completed
Goliath X Main Event
Day 2 Completed
After starting the day with 1,075 players, just 42 remain in the 2022 Grosvenor Goliath X Main Event after Day 2, with each player hungrier than the last for their chance of victory and the £200,000 first-place prize.
The chip lead changed many times over the course of the 16 40-minute levels but in the end, it is Saied Yolmeh leading the way with a whopping 15,350,000. Even more incredible is the fact that he was actually the shortest stack coming into Day 2 with a mere 19,800!
Right behind him is Luke Cheslin(11,100,000),Young Seo Yoon(11,675,000) and David Reed(11,150,000). Rounding out the top five is Sean Quinn with 11,100,000.
| Rank | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saied Yolmeh | 15,350,000 | 51 |
| 2 | Luke Cheslin | 12,300,000 | 41 |
| 3 | Young Seo Yoon | 11,675,000 | 39 |
| 4 | David Reed | 11,150,000 | 37 |
| 5 | Sean Quinn | 11,100,000 | 37 |
| 6 | Balan Vasilica | 11,000,000 | 37 |
| 7 | Neil Marshall | 9,050,000 | 30 |
| 8 | James Hill | 8,900,000 | 30 |
| 9 | Alexandru Jurca | 8,725,000 | 29 |
| 10 | Georgian Georgescu | 7,500,000 | 25 |
The bubble burst early in the second level of play today when Martin Clark lost a flip with jacks against ace-king and Wah Tan ironically lost his following flip with ace-king to tens to be the stone bubble in 1,000th place.
Grosvenor Team Pros in the money included Euan McNicholas (167th - £790), Katie Swift (368th - £460), and Jamie Nixon (643rd - £340).
Other notables who cashed included Yucel Eminoglu (160th - £790), Steve Jelinek (252nd - £590), Start-of-day chip leader John Lynch (332nd - £500), Chris Dasilva (383rd - £460), Artan Dedusha (436th - £430) and Sin Melin (582nd - £370).
All the remaining players have locked up £1,460. Here are the remaining tournament payouts:
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | £200,000 |
| 2 | £134,000 |
| 3 | £89,120 |
| 4 | £60,960 |
| 5 | £39,020 |
| 6 | £26,820 |
| 7 | £20,730 |
| 8 | £17,070 |
| 9 | £14,630 |
| 10 | £11,950 |
The tournament will resume tomorrow at 11:00 am and the PokerNews live updates will be on a 30-minute delay in line with the GUKPT stream. Stay tuned for continued coverage as we crown a winner here in Coventry.
Camille Pearce shoved for 1,650,000 and H N tanked in the next position. He eventually re-shoved and the remaining players folded.
Pearce turned over ![]()
much to H N's displeasure who showed ![]()
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"Why can't you have ace-jack!" said H N. "You're so live."
The flop ![]()
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gave H N top pair, but the
completed a straight for Pearce despite improving H N to two pair. H N couldn't fill up on the
river and Pearce secured a double before the end of the day.
Tournament officials have drawn for the number of hands remaining before players bag at the end of Day 2. There will be six more hands before Day 2 draws to a close.
Cards were on their backs with S Yolmeh having a massive double-up counted out.
S Yolmeh: ![]()
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David Wyse: ![]()
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Adan Green: ![]()
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The board read ![]()
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with Yolmeh's stack of 5,800,000 covering the 3,500,000 of Wyse, eliminating him, and doubling through Adam Green.
On a ![]()
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flop Peter Norton had bet 600,000 and called a raise from Luke Cheslin to 1,300,000.
The turn was the
. Norton bet 700,000 but folded to a shove from Cheslin, leaving Norton with around 4,000,000 behind.
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, A A led out for 1,500,000, but then Sunil Bains moved all in for 3,175,000, which sent A A into the tank.
"You got ace-king over there, mate?" Bains asked him after a while, but no response from A A.
After a few more pained moments of counting and recounting his chips, A A slid his cards into the middle and Bains was pushed the pot.
Level: 32
Blinds: 100,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000