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

03-05-2022 00:09 UTC

Grosvenor Team Pro Trigg Third in Chips After GUKPT Coventry Main Event Day 1b

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Day 1b of the GUKPT Coventry Main Event attracted a total of 219 entries, with just 59 players advancing from a field of 219 to Day 2 here at the Grosvenor Casino at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

This brings the total number of players through to Day 2 to 85 with the Turbo Day 1c still to come.

Grosvenor Poker Team Pro Richard Trigg bagged a healthy stack of 173,900, good enough for third in chips behind anonymous player L M (219,600) and Rodrigo Hernandez (187,400).

Defending champion Steve Jelinek survived through to Day 2 with a stack of 63,500 while fellow WSOP bracelet winner Carl Shaw also made it through with 37,300. GUKPT London champion Timothy Chung (24,500) is also through, as well as Joe Hindry, Sinem Melin and Bhavin Khatri.

Players who failed to make it through include Terry Jordon, Katie Swift, Guy Taylor and Waheed Ashraf.

GUKPT Coventry Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	L M	NA	219,600
2	Rodrigo Hernandez	United Kingdom	187,400
3	Richard Trigg	United Kingdom	173,900
4	Andrew Bak	United Kingdom	160,100
5	Sinem Melin	United Kingdom	133,200
6	Jacob Mulhern	United Kingdom	123,000
7	Alan Stearn	United Kingdom	116,100
8	Gary Whitehead	United Kingdom	114,700
9	Chun Hao Man	United Kingdom	110,600
10	Tai Hoang	United Kingdom	110,500

All those who made it through will return at midday on Saturday, March 5 with ten more 60-minute levels scheduled.

03-04-2022 19:17 UTC

Swift's Kings Get Cracked

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

Katie Swift has been eliminated after another tangle with Neophytos Neophytou, and she relayed us details of the hand.

A player opened to 800 and Swift flat-called. Rupinder Bedi three-bet to 3,200 and Neophyto four-bet to 7,500. The original raiser folded and Swift five-bet jammed with .

Bedi folded and Neophytou called with , only to flop a jack to eliminate Swift.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neophytos Neophytou	70,000	41,000
Katie Swift	Busted

03-04-2022 19:16 UTC

Bracelet Buddies Sat Together

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

Two bracelet winners are in the field today, in the shape of Steve Jelinek and Carl Shaw. Jelinek's bracelet came back in 2010 when he won $245,871 in Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better.

Shaw picked up his bracelet in 2019, defeating Tony Dunst heads-up in the final event of the WSOP.

The pair were discussing the upcoming 2022 WSOP, with Shaw unable to attend ahead of the upcoming birth of his child in May.

"The WSOP isn't going anywhere," said Jelinek, with Shaw murmuring agreement.

03-04-2022 15:35 UTC

Defending Champ Busts to Pyke

Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Steve Jelinek was all in with but had run into the of Danny Pyke.

The board came offering the defending champion no help and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Pyke	49,000	49,000
Steve Jelinek	Busted

03-04-2022 13:12 UTC

Grosvenor Team Pro Swift on Feature

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Katie Swift has joined the GUKPT Coventry Main Event field, and has been seated at the feature table.

She was explaining to the table how she will listen to one song on repeat for the entire day.

"I've never heard of that," said tablemate Bhavin Khatri. "And do you listen to the same one tomorrow? Well I suppose you would if you make it!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Katie Swift	20,000

03-04-2022 12:49 UTC

Penescu Rising Further

Will Shillibier

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

With action on the turn and 1,600 in the middle already, Christopher Johnson had bet 1,300 and Cosmin Penescu raised in the next position to 3,500.

Johnson called and the river was the .

It checked to Penescu who bet 4,200. Johnson counted out the chips early, but went deep into the tank. Just as his tablemates were contemplating calling the clock he folded. Penescu turned over for a set of fours and chipped up further.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cosmin Penescu	45,000	6,000
Christopher Johnson	15,500	15,500

03-04-2022 12:13 UTC

Defending Champ Faces Filth on the River

Will Shillibier

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Steve Jelinek opened and Tom Bacon three-bet from the button. Philip Tate called in the big blind, as did Jelinek.

The flop checked to Bacon who bet 700 and Jelinek, who won GUKPT Coventry last year, was the only caller.

The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Jelinek checked again and watched as Bacon bet 2,500.

Jelinek called, with Bacon turning over for top pair. Jelinek showed having been out kicked.

"Filth on the river," he said, handing over chips to his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Bacon	24,000	4,000
Steve Jelinek	16,000

03-04-2022 11:12 UTC

Two More Flights in the GUKPT Coventry Main Event

Will Shillibier

Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the GUKPT Coventry Main Event. Today sees two starting flights get underway, with Day 1b starting at midday and the Turbo Day 1c starting at 8 p.m.

Both see players start with 20,000 in chips, with Day 1b having 60-minute levels and Day 1c having 30-minute levels.

In Day 1b, there will be 15-minute breaks after every two levels, with an extended 60-minute break after Level 4.

Yesterday 100 players entered Day 1b, with Mitchell Hynam bagging the overnight chip lead with 169,700. He will be the man to beat once cards get in the air later today.