2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Reading

£1,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Reading

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
£78,260
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£304,200
Entries
346
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
90
Players Left
24

£1,000 Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Day 1a of the 2022 Grosvenor UK Pour Tour: £1,000 Main Event Reading Has Completed

Level 10 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Jamie Nixon
Jamie Nixon

After ten levels of play from The Grosvenor Casino Reading South, Day 1a of the £1,000 GUKPT Main Event is in the books. There were 90 entrants that sat down in the first flight of the event, with just 24 returning from Day 1a for Day 2.

Among the bagging, tagging and returning for Day 2 are Jack Hardcastle (65,600), Jamie Nixon (68,200), Sebastien Jung (98,600) and Jacque Ramsden (183,800).

Top 10 Chip Stacks

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1M. B.United Kingdom219,800
2Jacque RamsdenUnited Kingdom183,800
3Vadim CojocaruUnited Kingdom112,200
4Rafael Navas RoblesSpain110,000
5Peter WigglesworthUnited Kingdom102,400
6Sebastien JungUnited Kingdom98,600
7Craig RimmerUnited Kingdom79,300
8Ian BerryUnited Kingdom73,500
9Paul LintonUnited Kingdom71,700
10Niall James FisherUnited Kingdom69,200

Many tried and failed to run up a stack today, like George Sandford, Danny Pyke and Timothy Chung, but they and others have chances to get some traction in the other two flights running tomorrow. Day 1b will 60-minute levels from 12:00 p.m and Day 1c running g 20-minute levels, starting at 9:00 p.m. local UK time.

Jacque Ramsden
Jacque Ramsden

That concludes Day 1a of GUKPT Reading, follow PokerNews as the action from Day 1b and 1c continues on Friday July 22, before they play Day 2 on Saturday and of course the final day, on Sunday, where a champion will be crowned the latest GUKPT winner.

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
M. B. gb
M. B.
219,800 79,800
Jacque Ramsden gb
Jacque Ramsden
183,800 113,800
Vadim Cojocaru gb
Vadim Cojocaru
112,200 7,200
Rafael Navas Robles es
Rafael Navas Robles
110,000 110,000
Peter Wigglesworth gb
Peter Wigglesworth
102,400 -600
Sebastien Jung gb
Sebastien Jung
98,600 98,600
Craig Rimmer gb
Craig Rimmer
79,300 54,300
Ian Berry gb
Ian Berry
73,500 -11,500
Paul Linton gb
Paul Linton
71,700 -34,300
Niall James Fisher gb
Niall James Fisher
69,200 47,200
Jamie Nixon gb
Jamie Nixon
68,200 -800
Jack Hardcastle gb
Jack Hardcastle
65,600 -50,400
Lei Wang cn
Lei Wang
63,500 17,500
Kalwinder Dohil gb
Kalwinder Dohil
63,200 -18,800
Graham Pound gb
Graham Pound
56,400 -18,600
Robert Maile gb
Robert Maile
53,500 -500
Patrick Donohoe gb
Patrick Donohoe
47,500 47,500
Daniel Laidlaw (UK) gb
Daniel Laidlaw (UK)
41,400 -78,600
Gabriel Ene ro
Gabriel Ene
39,700 21,700
Paul Vas Nunes gb
Paul Vas Nunes
37,400 37,400
Martyn Cavanagh gb
Martyn Cavanagh
27,100 7,100
Mike Ellis gb
Mike Ellis
21,900 4,900
Gaurav Gupta gb
Gaurav Gupta
18,000 -42,000
Archie Seaton gb
Archie Seaton
15,800 -3,700

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Hardcastle Laughs As He Folds The Nut Flush

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

After a bet of 2,500 from Jack Hardcastle in the hijack versus the early position opponent of Graham Pound on {4-Spades}{8-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, Pound made the call.

Both players then checked on the {5-Spades}.

After a {10-Spades} completed the board, Pound then lead for 22,000. Hardcastle didn't take long to show the {a-Spades} and smile as he looked up to the sky, folding as he rolled his eyes.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Hardcastle gb
Jack Hardcastle
116,000 -9,000
Graham Pound gb
Graham Pound
75,000 57,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Wiggle ft Ian Berry

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

Once action folded to Peter Wigglesworth in the small blind, he limped in, to which Ian Berry responded by making it 3,500. Wigglesworth made the call.

On a {9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop, Wigglesworth check-called a bet of 2,400 from Berry.

The {k-Spades} turn slowed action down, with it getting checked to the {2-Clubs} river.

Again both players checked and Wigglesworth tabled {10-Spades}{4-Spades}, which wasa good enough to win with a pair of fours.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Wigglesworth gb
Peter Wigglesworth
103,000 -17,000
Ian Berry gb
Ian Berry
85,000 10,000

Wigglesworth Playing the 7-2 Rule

Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante

After an open from Jack Hardcastle from the cutoff to 1,600, Peter Wigglesworth called from the small blind and the big blind completed.

On a {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop, action checked around.

When a {2-Clubs} fell on the turn, Hardcastle then bet 1,800 when actioned checked to him. Just Wigglesworth called.

On a river of {2-Hearts}, Wigglesworth then decided to take over the betting lead, firing out for around 2,000. Hardcastle said something along the lines of ''The is the biggest donation of my life'', as he tossed in the call.

Wigglesworth tabled the {7-Spades}{2-Spades} proudly as he raked in the small pot. ''I thought we were playing the 7-2 rule?'' asked Wigglesworth, jokingly.

Another player at the table, Graham Pound, responded ''Sod off!'' to Wigglesworth.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Hardcastle gb
Jack Hardcastle
125,000 47,000
Peter Wigglesworth gb
Peter Wigglesworth
120,000 -5,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Players Are On Break

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the day.

When play returns, they will play two more 1-hour levels before the day ends.