2025 Grosvenor GOLIATH

Day 1B of the 2025 GOLIATH is officially underway, and another huge crowd is expected to pack out the Grosvenor G Casino in Coventry.

Players will start with a 250,000 chip stack, with blinds beginning at 100/100. The structure features 18 levels of play, with the first 14 levels lasting 30 minutes, and levels 15–18 stretched to 40 minutes each.

There will be 30-minute breaks after Levels 4 and 8, and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 12. Late registration will remain open until the dinner break is over, so if you’re running late, you’ve still got time to get in the mix.

Day 1 Flights Structure

From a field of 1,023 entries, just 36 players remain in the hunt for the GUKPT Main Event title at the 2025 GOLIATH festival. The action resumes at 1:00 p.m. BST on Sunday, with players set to battle it out until a final table is reached.

At the top of the Day 3 chip counts is Iman Sarkeshik, who leads the field with 1,507,000 chips. He’s closely followed by Jay O’Leary (1,426,000) and John Bousfield (1,243,000), with several other big stacks well positioned for a deep run, including Ravi Sheth (1,100,000) and former GUKPT champ Richard Trigg (860,000).

The tournament will crown its champion on Monday, July 28, but for those who can’t make it to Coventry, the action will be live streamed starting at 1:20 p.m. today on the Grosvenor Poker channels.

This year’s Main Event generated a £1,070,070 prize pool, with the top 121 players making the money. A min-cash was worth £2,670, and all remaining players have now locked up £3,630.

Reaching the final table guarantees £14,320, but all eyes are on the £192,700 top prize that awaits the winner.

Chip Counts Heading into Day 3

The 2025 GOLIATH is officially underway, and after 18 levels of play on Day 1A, just 111 players made it through from a starting field of 1,384 entries. This has contributed £221,440 into the £2 million estimated prize pool.

Leading the way is Hertfordshire’s Luke Tatum, who bagged an impressive 928,000 and holds a clear chip lead heading into Day 2. Tatum, who has $18,120 in live tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob, is no stranger to the felt, but this could be the start of the biggest run of his poker playing exploits.

His previous best live cash came back in 2013, when he finished 33rd in the £1,100 UKIPT Main Event at EPT London for £2,970 ($4,815).

More recently, he’s found success on the European circuit, taking down a €150 Pot-Limit Omaha event in June 2025 at the Ola Poker Tour in Rozvadov, banking €3,180 ($3,664) for the win and his first recorded tournament victory.

Tatum has been busy in 2025, with seven live cashes so far, including a pair of results this summer in Las Vegas. He placed 153rd out of 5,667 entries in the PokerNews Deepstack Championship at the WSOP, good for $2,302, and also picked up a cash in a $600 Turbo at the Wynn Summer Classic.

Top 10 Chip Counts – GOLIATH Day 1A

Day 1B gets underway Sunday at noon, with another massive field expected to descend on Coventry’s Grosvenor G Casino.