GUKPT Luton Main Event
Day 1a Started
2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Luton
GUKPT Luton Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Luton
Buy-in
£1,250
Prize Pool
£375,100
Entries
341
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
99
Players Left
20
Welcome to GUKPT Luton! Main Event Day 1a Gets Underway at 12 p.m.
Welcome to the Grosvenor Casino Luton for the latest event on the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour (GUKPT).
Today's Main Event gets underway at midday with the first of three starting flights in the £1,250 buy-in tournament.
In March, Joe Hindry defeated a 416-player field to win the GUKPT Coventry Main Event for £93,460.
Earlier this year in London, Timothy Chung defeated a record 702-player field to take home £185,560.
The Main Event features a 60-minute structure with ten levels played on Day 1 and a 20,000 starting stack. Players are allowed up to three entries per flight, with late registration open to the start of Day 2.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for full coverage from the event as the GUKPT crown their latest champion.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Play Begins
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air here at the GUKPT Luton Main Event.
With late registration open until the start of Day 2, 19 players are seated.
Tate Takes the First Pot
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The flop was down 
and both Phil Tate and Anthony Hughes checked.
Both players opted to check on the 
turn, and again on the 
river. Hughes tabled 
and Tate took down the pot after he revealed 
for the flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,500 | |
|
|
18,500 |
McCorkell, Csapo & Tann Enter
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Entries are up to 28 with Craig McCorkell, Jozsef Csapo and Willie Tann joining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Hackshaw Battles Parker
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Peter Hackshaw raised to 300 from early position and James Parker called from the small blind. Parker check-called a 500 continuation-bet from Hackshaw on the 
flop and then led for 500 on the 
turn. Hackshaw called and Parker checked on the 
river.
Hackshaw threw a single 1,000 chip into the middle, and Parker called after a few moments of thought.
Hackshaw flipped over 
and Parker mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000 | 23,000 |
|
18,000 | 18,000 |
Turn Victory For Yucedal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Jozsef Csapo raised to 300 from middle position and Cem Yucedal defended his big blind. Yucedal checked on the 
before raising a 300 continuation-bet from Csapo to 1200. Csapo made the call and Yucedal bet 2,500 on the 
turn.
Csapo gave himself a minute of thought before he opted to muck, and Yucedal collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,000 | |
|
|
18,000 | -2,000 |
Dunleavy Shows Aggression
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
James Parker raised to 300 from the hijack before Michael Dunleavy, in the cutoff, and Ciaran McCullagh, in the big blind, called. All three players checked on the 
and Dunleavy bet 600 on the 
turn after the action checked to him. Both opponents called and the hit the river.
Both McCullagh and Parker checked and then folded after Dunleavy placed another 1,500 into the middle.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100