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