2022 GUKPT London

£1,250 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2022 GUKPT London
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
£185,560
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,250
Prize Pool
£772,200
Total Entries
702
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
229
Players Left
33
Players Left 1 / 702
Filter

Filter

Filter By
Sort By

£1,250 Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Geilich Leads as GUKPT London Main Event Reaches Final Day

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Ludovic Geilich
Ludovic Geilich

The largest GUKPT Main Event in history is down to its final day with 33 players still in contention for the GUKPT London title and over £185,000 in prize money that comes with it.

After late registrations were taken into account, the final figure of 702 entries was the largest in the history of the GUKPT, smashing the previous best of 607 set just five months ago.

Leading the 33 survivors is a familiar face in the world of British poker, with Ludovic Geilich bagging 918,000.

Geilich's last cash on the GUKPT was a second-place finish in Edinburgh in September last year for £42,060, and he will be hoping to go one further when play resumes tomorrow.

Other big stacks include Timothy Chung (883,000), Matthew Bonham (874,000) and Lewis Spencer (870,000) who are the only other three players over 800,000.

GUKPT London 2022 Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Ludovic GeilichUnited Kingdom918,00077
2Timothy ChungHong Kong883,00074
3Matthew BonhamUnited Kingdom874,00073
4Lewis SpencerUnited Kingdom870,00073
5Joshua BoultonUnited Kingdom750,00063
6Alexios ZervosGreece685,00057
7Chris DasilvaUnited Kingdom680,00057
8Barny BoatmanUnited Kingdom655,00055
9James CrawleyboeveyUnited Kingdom598,00050
10Martins AdeniyaUnited Kingdom575,00048

The final day will also feature three former WSOP Main Event final tablists in the shape of Nick Marchington, Antoine Saout and Antoine Labat, as well as two-time WSOP bracelet winner Barny Boatman.

Missing out on the final day were Grosvenor pros Katie Swift and Richard Trigg along with 2021 National League Champion Euan McNicholas. Bubble boy James Ivall was one of a number of players in a last longer for a GUKPT seat after qualifying online, the last of which still standing being Ciaran McCullagh who bagged 234,000 for Day 3.

The tournament resumes at midday on Sunday, February 6 with the plan to play down to a winner.

End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

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

Read full

Frey Busts as Aces Cracked

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

Martyn Frey was all in and at risk for around 175,000 holding {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} and was comfortably ahead of the {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} of Bhavin Khatri on {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}

As Frey looked for the double, the turn was the {4-Diamonds} but the river {6-Spades} completed a straight for Khatri and Frey was eliminated.

Khatri Flops Full House for Double

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Bhavin Khatri
Bhavin Khatri

Bhavin Khatri moved all-in for 145,000 from middle position and was snap-called by Matthew Bonham on his immediate left.

Bhavin Khatri: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Matthew Bonham: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

Khatri had his opponent drawing extremely thin after the {k-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades} flop and doubled up after the {9-Diamonds} turn and {5-Clubs} river.

Another Scalp for Da Silva

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

Gary Whitehead was all in for 100,000 on the {7-Spades}{a-Spades}{j-Clubs} flop against Chris Da Silva.

Da Silva held {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and was ahead of the {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} of Whitehead. The turn {9-Diamonds} did give Whitehead a straight draw, but the {4-Clubs} river bricked and Whitehead was eliminated.

Da Silva Showers Spinks; Woodhead Gone

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Chris Da Silva
Chris Da Silva

Chris Da Silva and Garry Spinks committed their stacks on the {7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop, with the latter at risk of elimination.

Garry Spinks: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Chris Da Silva: {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

The {a-Hearts} turn helped nobody bu Da Sliva made his straight on the {4-Hearts} river to claim the pot.

Elsewhere, Stephen Woodhead moved all-in with king-queen and was called by an opponent's ace-nine. Woodhead was unable to scoop the pot and busted

Bonham Bounces Back with Flush Over Straight

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

Action was on a river of {6-Hearts}{j-Spades}{7-Hearts}{8-Spades}{9-Spades} with Matthew Bonham having moved all in for 285,000 with just 40,000 in the middle.

His opponent was Alexios Zervos who was in the tank. "I have a straight," he said. "But I'm worried you have the flush.

He eventually called and Bonham showed {k-Spades}{4-Spades} for a flush. Zervos showed {a-Spades}{10-Clubs} for a jack-high straight — and the ace of spades blocker — and counted out the chips for his opponent.

Table 21 Updates

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

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Prev 1234513 Next