£1,000 Main Event Day 2 | 2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Reading

07-23-2022 22:47 UTC

Day 2 of GUKPT Reading Concludes; 14 Players in Hunt For Title

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Level 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Day 2 of GUKPT Reading £1,000 Main Event is in the books, after ten levels of play from The Grosvenor Casino Reading South. The Main Event108 hopefuls, including 11 max late registrations before play started, all with a chance at the title. Just 14 remain going into the final day's action.

Play took until about half way through the day to get down to the bubble, with 34 players getting a return on their investment. It was Duc Cao who finished in 35th after he got in top pair in a multiway hand against a full house. The remaining 34 players were playing for a top prize of £78,260.

From the bubble to the end of Day 2 saw 34 turn to 14, with no bust outs in the entire level 19. In the money were Lithuania’s Migle Kriksciunaite in 26th, Leo Worthington in 25th and Renee Xie in 20th, just to name a few.

Some stack coming back to Day 3 are pros Jack Hardcastle (680,000), Jack Loraine (565,000) and Kuljinder Sidhu (505,00), all of which had a swingly last hour of play, trading stacks and bluffing in big pots against one another.

Chip Counts

RANK	PLAYER	COUNTRY	CHIP COUNT
1	M. B	United Kingdom	1,190,000
2	David Anderson	United Kingdom	1,125,000
3	Jack Hardcastle	United Kingdom	680,000
4	Jack Loraine	United Kingdom	565,000
5	Kuljinder Sidhu	United Kingdom	505,000
6	Richard Trigging	United Kingdom	486,000
7	Anthony Gardner	United Kingdom	439,000
8	Emrah Yildiz	United Kingdom	410,000
9	Christopher Brammer	United Kingdom	397,000
10	Vikrum Mehta	United Kingdom	349,000
11	Benjamin Creasey	United Kingdom	322,000
12	Phil Tate	United Kingdom	172,000
13	Andrew Bullen	United Kingdom	150,000
14	Robert Maile	United Kingdom	141,000

That concludes Day 2 of the £1,000 GUKPT Reading Main Event. Play will resume from 12:00 p.m, local time on Sunday 24 July. Follow PokerNews as the action from Day 3 continues, where they will play down from 14 players to an eventual champion on the GUKPT tour, live from Reading.

07-23-2022 16:50 UTC

Set Over Set Sends Rutter To Rail

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Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

After Stuart Rutter had moved all in on a flop of , Leon Campbell snapped him off for his last 61,000 or so, with about 100,000 already in the pot.

Stuart Rutter:
Leon Campbell:

It was a sickening cooler for Rutter, who ran a set into top set and the meant death by quads. A completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Campbell	180,000
Stuart Rutter	Busted

07-23-2022 13:47 UTC

Hardcastle Loses The Min In A Bizarre Aces Versus Kings Scenario

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Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After Duc Cao limped in from early position, Jack Hardcastle raised to 8,000. It folded back to Cao and he made the call.

On a flop of , Hardcastle bet 6,000 after Cao checked, the call was made setting up a turn.

A turn got a check-call again from Cao, after Hardcastle bet 22,000.

When a completed the board, Cao checked and Hardcastle fired 54,000. Cao's response was going deep into the tank, rubbing his forehead, with a pained frown painted across his face.

Ultimately Cao decided to call as Hardcastle happily turned over . Cao then flipped over none other than as he got a look of befuddlement from Hardcastle as he raked the pot in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duc Cao	235,000	167,000
Jack Hardcastle	55,500	-120,500

07-23-2022 09:36 UTC

Day 2 Of GKUPT Reading Continues From 12:00 p.m; 97 Players Remain

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Day 2 of the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour GUKPT £1,000 Main Event starts today. A field of 97 hopefuls return to try and negotiate their stack down to the final table and give themselves a shot at the title of GUKPT champion.

The action continues in Day 2 from 12:00 p.m, local time, with another 10 levels each 60-minute long to be played, or playing to a final table (whichever comes first). Players can expect the same structure as they have experienced in Day 1a and 1b, with 15-minute breaks after every two levels and a 60-minute break after the forth level of the day. Level 11 will be where they start, with blinds at 600/1200 with a 1200 big blind ante.

Of the 355 entrants, 24 made it from day 1a, 58 from day 1b and 15 from 1c. Among the chip leaders are Vikrum Mehta, Jacque Ramsden (183,800) and Christopher Brammer (146,300).

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)
11	60	600/1200/1200
12	60	800/1600/1600
	15-minute break
13	60	1000/2000/2000
14	60	1000/2500/2500
	60-minute break
15	60	1500/3000/3000
16	60	2000/4000/4000
	20-minute break
17	60	2500/5000/5000
18	60	3000/6000/6000
	20-minute break
19	60	4000/8000/8000
20	60	5000/10000/10000
	Day Ends

Join PokerNews as the live reporting team will bring you all the up-to-date action on the GUKPT £1,000 Main Event, the tournament expect to plays down to the final few players, before a new champion is crowned on Sunday.