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

£1,000 Main Event

Day 1b Started

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.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

07-22-2022 11:07 UTC

Cards Are In The Air

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Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 0 ante

Cards are in the air as level one kicks off Day 1b of GUKPT Reading.

07-22-2022 11:12 UTC

Players Joining the Action From Level 1

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Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Faisel Alnouri	20,000
Tom Arovaara	20,000
Thomas Bacon	20,000
Andrew Bak	20,000
Simon Baker	20,000
Thomas Baker	20,000
Alexander Booth	20,000
Noel Broadbent	20,000
Andrew Bullen	20,000
Clemente Carobene	20,000
Dean Clay	20,000
Andreas Constantinou	20,000
Benjamin Creasey	20,000
Michael Cummings	20,000
Paul Danko	20,000
Matthew Davenport	20,000
Robert Douras	20,000
Ciaran Duffy	20,000
Glen Gaines	20,000
Robert Hallworth	20,000
Samuel Harwood	20,000
Paul Henson	20,000
Graeme Hibbert	20,000
Richard Horton	20,000
Mitchel Hynam	20,000

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07-22-2022 11:31 UTC

Baker Doubles Early Into Early Chip Lead

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Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 0 ante

With 2,200 in the pot on the turn with the board reading , Paul Danko had bet 1,100 into Simon Baker, who responded by raising to 3,100.

Dank then made it 8,500 and Baker moved all in for just under starting stack. Danko quickly called and cards were tabled.

Simon Baker:
Paul Danko:

Baker had a full house against the pocket queens of Danko, who needed one of two queens or nines left in the deck to win the pot and knock out Baker. The completed the board however, giving Baker a full double and leaving Danko very short stacked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Baker	38,800	18,800
Paul Danko	1,200	-18,800

07-22-2022 11:40 UTC

Danko Doubles Through Woolfrey

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Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 0 ante

After an open from Barry Cole from the cutoff and a call on the button from Neil Woolfrey, the small blind of Paul Danko moved all in for his last 1,600 after he was shocked stacked from the hand below with Simon Baker.

Paul Danko:
Neil Woolfrey:

The board ran out to give Danko the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neil Woolfrey	18,800	-1,200
Paul Danko	3,600	2,400

07-22-2022 11:56 UTC

His Thirst Quelched As He Takes Down The Multi-Way Pot

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Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 0 ante

3,500 was the pot, with Paul Henson under-the-gun checking over to Mitchell Hynam, who followed suit on the board. Nigel Quelch checked it from the cutoff to bring them to the turn.

Action was so quick, PokerNews missed the turn card, but it was checked to Quelch once again, who fired 1,500 into the middle and got two quick folds.