£1,000 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Reading
£1,000 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Reading
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£304,200
Entries
346
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
206
Players Left
58
Day 1 Of GUKPT Reading Has Concluded; 97 Return For Day 2
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Day 1b and 1c have concluded, after ten levels of play from The Grosvenor Casino Reading South. The £1,000 GUKPT Main Event is in the books, with a big field showing up on Day 1b and Day 1c for a total entrants of 355, 90 from day 1a, 206 from day 1b and 39 from 1c.
Players bagging, tagging from Day 1b and 1c include Noel Broadbent (125,000), Andrew Bullen (156,600), Christopher Brammer (146,300) and Hongting Xu (133,200). A total of 97 players will return for Day 2 from 12:00 p.m. local time.
Some well known players did join Day 1b but fell short at various points of the day. Those to hit the rail include Brandon Sheils, Richard Trigg and Timothy Chung. Danny Pyke tried and failed to run up a stack in all three flights.
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT |
| 1 | Vikrum Mehta | United Kingdom | 197,100 |
| 2 | Andrew Bullen | United Kingdom | 156,600 |
| 3 | Christopher Brammer | United Kingdom | 146,300 |
| 4 | Richard Jack | United Kingdom | 141,000 |
| 5 | Hongting Xu | China | 133,200 |
| 6 | Noel Broadbent | United Kingdom | 125,000 |
| 7 | Leo Worthington | United Kingdom | 124,300 |
| 8 | David Harris | United Kingdom | 115,000 |
| 9 | Ryan Mandara | United Kingdom | 115,000 |
| 10 | Jurek Jamrozy | United Kingdom | 107,600 |
That concludes all Day 1 flights of the £1,000 GUKPT Reading Main Event. Follow PokerNews as the action from Day 2 continues, before the final Day on Sunday, where a champion will be crowned the latest GUKPT winner.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
197,100 | |
|
156,600 | 25,600 |
|
146,300 | 16,300 |
|
|
141,000 | |
|
133,200 | -29,800 |
|
|
125,000 | 62,800 |
|
124,300 | 14,300 |
|
115,000 | |
|
115,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
107,600 | 87,600 |
|
|
93,300 | -4,700 |
|
92,300 | 79,300 |
|
|
91,000 | |
|
|
89,200 | |
|
|
88,400 | |
|
86,400 | |
|
85,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
84,600 | -15,400 |
|
83,400 | 63,400 |
|
|
81,000 | |
|
|
79,000 | 49,000 |
|
76,000 | -29,000 |
|
75,500 | |
|
72,500 | |
|
|
68,200 |
Play Has Concluded In Day 1b
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
With just two 20-minute levels on Day 1c left, play will conclude shortly for Day 1, with around 90 players bagging and tagging from the flights combined. A full player count and end of day recap will be available shortly.
Worthington With Worthwhile Call
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Leo Worthington was all in from the cutoff covering the button of Robert Ellis, who got his last 14,000 or so in the middle with 
against Worthington's 
.
The board ran out 
to give the pot to Worthington as he climbs up over the 100,000 mark as the day draws into it's last few hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Day 1c Action As Skeadas Sailing On His Boat
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
After Matthew Skeadas raised the button, the short stacked small blind got in his last few thousand chips and Skeadas made the call.
Opponent: 
Matthew Skeadas: 
The 
flop had his opponent walking the plank. On the 
turn and 
river, Skeadas held, making a boat, sending his opponent off the
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Chip Count Updates From Flight 1c Turbo
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 123,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | 30,000 |
|
14,000 | |
|
14,000 | |
|
12,000 |
Broadbent Gets It In Very Good, Bak Can't Catch Up
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
With action heads-up to a river, Noel Broadbent had jammed all in for 22,600 from the big blind on a board of 
. The under-the-gun Andrew Bak called off, covering Broadbent.
Noel Broadbent: 
Andrew Bak: 
Bak had just one out after making the call and the 
secured the double for Broadbent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,200 | 14,200 |
|
30,000 | -29,800 |
Day 1c Is Ongoing
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Day 1b and 1c are running concurrently, with Day 1c at level 3. So far 26 players have entered that flight with 26 total entrants remaining. Play will conclude after 10 levels of play.