£1,000 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 GUKPT Coventry

03-03-2022 10:23 UTC

Welcome to GUKPT Coventry! Main Event Day 1a Gets Underway at 12 p.m.

Will Shillibier

Welcome to the Grosvenor Casino Coventry for the latest event on the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour (GUKPT). Today's Main Event gets underway at midday with the first of three starting flights in the £1,000 buy-in tournament.

Last month in London, Timothy Chung defeated a record 702-player field to take home £185,560. Players heading to Coventry this weekend will be hoping to emulate his success with another large field expected.

That's because when the GUKPT last visited Coventry, that Main Event used to hold the record for largest GUKPT Main Event field, before it was beaten by London in February. Steve Jelinek was the victorious player, defeating a 607-player field for £105,050.

The Main Event again benefits from a generous 60-minute structure with ten levels played on Day 1 and a 20,000 starting stack. Players are allowed up to three entries per flight, with late registration open to the start of Day 2.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for full coverage from the event as we crown the latest GUKPT champion.

The GUKPT Coventry Main Event begins today at 12pm!
— Grosvenor Poker (@GrosvenorPoker)

03-03-2022 12:03 UTC

Cards in the Air

Will Shillibier

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Cards are in the air here at the GUKPT Coventry Main Event.

With late registration open until the start of Day 2, there are currently 25 players seated.

03-03-2022 13:25 UTC

Three and Out for Jordon

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Zi Yuan Tang had earlier sent Terry Jordon to the rail, with Jordon's second bullet seeing him sat at the feature table.

In a hand on stream, Jordon raised to 700 with and called a three-bet from Oliver Hutchins to 1,700.

The flop came and Jordon check-called 3,200. The turn was the giving Jordon even more outs.

Jordon checked and called a shove from Hutchins for his last 8,000.

The river was the and Jordon was eliminated.

For his third bullet of the day, he was again seated at the same table as Tang. Jordan was eliminated when his failed to outrun his opponent's on with the chips going in on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zi Yuan Tang	41,000 14,000	14,000
Oliver Hutchins	32,500 32,500	32,500
Terry Jordon	Busted

03-03-2022 13:47 UTC

Queens Hold for Jones to Eliminate Sarkeshik

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Ali Sarkeshik was all in for around 12000 against Donald Jones.

"You cover me, don't you?" asked Sarkeshi who held and was hoping to overcome the of Jones.

The board came and Sarkeshik was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Jones	37,000
Ali Sarkeshik	Busted

03-03-2022 14:46 UTC

Grosvenor Team Pro Nixon Joins the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Grosvenor Poker Team Pro Jamie Nixon had a successful trip out in London at the last leg on the GUKPT, cashing in both the Mini Main Event and narrowly missing out on making the High Roller final table, finishing in 11th place.

He's just taken his seat on Day 1a of the GUKPT Coventry Main Event, and will be looking to improve on his 45th place finish in the same event last year.

Read more about Nixon's experience playing in an online $25,000 Super High Roller - "I Literally Can't Ever Moan About Running Bad Again"

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Nixon	20,000

03-03-2022 16:21 UTC

Nixon: "Numbers Have Been Really Good on Tour"

Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

We caught up with Grosvenor Poker Team Pro Jamie Nixon on break who said that with the GUKPT's return, it's been nice to swap a computer chair for a seat at the live felt.

"It's just weird not being sat in front of the computer," he told PokerNews. "The tour's been back 9-10 months now and it's good to see familiar faces instead of familiar screen names.

"It's also nice just to have chips back in your hands! Numbers have been really good on the last couple of stops, so I think everything's getting back to normal."

03-03-2022 17:30 UTC

London Champ Chung Up and Running

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

Timothy Chung took home a career-best score last month after winning GUKPT London for £185,560 and is in action again here in Coventry.

He has already chipped up to double starting stack, having held on a board to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chung	38,000

03-03-2022 17:37 UTC

Jones Reads Watsons Hand to Perfection

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/300, 300 ante

Five players saw a flop of and it checked to Wendy Watson who bet 1,500. She got three callers including Donald Jones, who was first to act on the turn. He checked and Watson bet 5,000.

The two other players folded and action was back on Jones.

"Big bet," he mused. "I don't think I'm able to fold a flush draw here. Did you flop a pair and a flush draw?"

He continued to mull it over before eventually folding.

"Show me how big," he said, with Watson turning over for a flush, having flopped a pair and a flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Jones	45,000 8,000	8,000
Wendy Watson	35,000 9,500	9,500

03-03-2022 20:25 UTC

Davenport Soaring After Liperis Elimination

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 200/500, 500 ante

Yiannis Liperis had opened and Mitchell Hynam had three-bet to 3,300. Matthew Davenport flat-called and Liperis four-bet all in for 22,000. Hynam folded and Davenport quickly called.

Yiannis Liperis:
Matthew Davenport:

The flop gave Liperis a flush draw, but the runout bricked and Davenport's full house sent his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Davenport	125,000 100,000	100,000
Mitchell Hynam	75,000 45,000	45,000

Yiannis Liperis	Busted

03-03-2022 21:21 UTC

Wendy, Meet the 'Mad Turk'

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

"What's your name?" Yucel Eminoglu asked Wendy Watson. "They call me the Turk."

On the very next hand, John Bousfield opened and Wendy Watson called in the small blind.

"I'm going to raise because I haven't played a pot with this guy in a long time," said Eminoglu in the big blind. "I play big pots against good players and small pots against bad players." He raised to 5,200. Bousfield folded but Watson called.

"You call!" said Eminoglu. "I guess that makes you a good player."

The flop came and Watson immediately bet out 5,000 and Eminoglu looked stunned.