Day 2 of GUKPT Reading Concludes; 14 Players in Hunt For Title
Day 2 of GUKPT Reading £1,000 Main Event is in the books, after ten levels of play from The Grosvenor Casino Reading South. The Main Event108 hopefuls, including 11 max late registrations before play started, all with a chance at the title. Just 14 remain going into the final day's action.
Play took until about half way through the day to get down to the bubble, with 34 players getting a return on their investment. It was Duc Cao who finished in 35th after he got in top pair in a multiway hand against a full house. The remaining 34 players were playing for a top prize of £78,260.
From the bubble to the end of Day 2 saw 34 turn to 14, with no bust outs in the entire level 19. In the money were Lithuania’s Migle Kriksciunaite in 26th, Leo Worthington in 25th and Renee Xie in 20th, just to name a few.
Some stack coming back to Day 3 are pros Jack Hardcastle (680,000), Jack Loraine (565,000) and Kuljinder Sidhu (505,00), all of which had a swingly last hour of play, trading stacks and bluffing in big pots against one another.
Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT |
| 1 | M. B | United Kingdom | 1,190,000 |
| 2 | David Anderson | United Kingdom | 1,125,000 |
| 3 | Jack Hardcastle | United Kingdom | 680,000 |
| 4 | Jack Loraine | United Kingdom | 565,000 |
| 5 | Kuljinder Sidhu | United Kingdom | 505,000 |
| 6 | Richard Trigging | United Kingdom | 486,000 |
| 7 | Anthony Gardner | United Kingdom | 439,000 |
| 8 | Emrah Yildiz | United Kingdom | 410,000 |
| 9 | Christopher Brammer | United Kingdom | 397,000 |
| 10 | Vikrum Mehta | United Kingdom | 349,000 |
| 11 | Benjamin Creasey | United Kingdom | 322,000 |
| 12 | Phil Tate | United Kingdom | 172,000 |
| 13 | Andrew Bullen | United Kingdom | 150,000 |
| 14 | Robert Maile | United Kingdom | 141,000 |
That concludes Day 2 of the £1,000 GUKPT Reading Main Event. Play will resume from 12:00 p.m, local time on Sunday 24 July. Follow PokerNews as the action from Day 3 continues, where they will play down from 14 players to an eventual champion on the GUKPT tour, live from Reading.