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