£1,000 Main Event Day 1b | 2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Reading

07-22-2022 23:24 UTC

Day 1 Of GUKPT Reading Has Concluded; 97 Return For Day 2

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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.

07-22-2022 14:21 UTC

Chung Chipping Up

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Level 3 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

After under-the-gun raised, Shun Bok Hui called from the cutoff and so did Timothy Chung from the button. The other players folded and they were three players to a flop.

caused it to be checked to Chung who bet 1,500. After the early position player folded, Hui made the call.

Both Hui and Chung checked the turn but on a river, once Hui checked again, Chung fired 7,000 and Hui mucked his holding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chung	35,000
Shun Bok Hui	18,000

07-22-2022 12:48 UTC

Christoforou Playing The 7-2 Game, Apart From He Also Makes a Boat

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Level 2 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

With action four ways to a board of with 1,400 in the middle, it was the 800 bet of Andrew Christoforou from the hijack that was called by Noel Broadbent in the small blind. The original raiser folded and Leo Worthington called in middle position.

The turn slowed action, the three players all checking.

On a river of the small blind of Broadbent lead for 1,100, Worthington reacted by raising to 4,400 before Christoforou moved all in for 20,900. Broadbent then moved all in too and Worthington mucked.

It was Christoforou with that took the pot down with a full house, beating the flush of Broadbent.

''Its my first hand, you gotta play the seven-deuce'', said Christoforou as he smiled, offering an ''Unlucky'' to his table mate, Broadbent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Christoforou	51,000	51,000
Leo Worthington	19,000	19,000
Noel Broadbent	3,200	-16,800

07-22-2022 08:27 UTC

Day 1b of GUKPT Reading £1,000 Main Event Continues From 12:00 p.m.

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PokerNews welcomes you back to Day 1b of the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour (GUKPT), brought to you live from Grosvenor Casino, Reading South.

The action continues today with Day 1b of the £1,000 Main Event, which will run exactly how Day 1a did, yesterday, starting at 12:00 p.m. local UK time. There will be another 10 levels of play in this Day 1b flight, with a Day 1c turbo flight from 9:00 p.m, which will be on 20 minute levels, as opposed to the 60-minute levels of Day 1b.

Players will start with 20,000 chips with blinds at 100/100. From Level 2, there will be a big blind ante in place. Players can expect 15-minute breaks after every two levels and a 60-minute break after Level 4 for the Day 1b flight, with fewer breaks in place for the Day 1c flight.

The Day 1a flight saw 90 entrants, including many re-entries, with 24 players bagging and tagging for Day 2. It is worth noting that players can re-enter two more times per flight if they bust their first bullet, many players have and will continue to take advantage of this option as they try and grind up a stack for Day 2, including Jacque Ramsden (183,800), Jamie Nixon (68,200) and Paul Vas Nunes (37,400).

British pro Tom Hall was the last winner on the GUKPT. He topped the 341-player field and took down the 2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Luton Main Event for £90,965, as well as the GUKPT title.

There will also be a live-streamed feature table presented by the GUKPT, available to watch on YouTube and Twitch.

Level	Duration (mins)	Blinds (SB/BB/BB Ante)
1	60	100/100/0
2	60	100/100/100
	15-minute break
3	60	100/200/200
4	60	100/300/300
	40-minute break
5	60	200/300/300
6	60	200/400/400
	20-minute break
7	60	200/500/500
8	60	300/600/600
	20-minute break
9	60	400/800/800
10	60	500/1000/1000
	Day Ends

Join PokerNews as the live reporting team will bring you all the up-to-date action on the GUKPT Main Event, as the tournament concludes Day 1 flights, with remaining players coming back on Saturday and Sunday to conclude action and crown a new champion.