£1,250 Main Event
Jour 2 terminé
£1,250 Main Event
Jour 2 terminé
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.
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | 918,000 | 77 |
2 | Timothy Chung | Hong Kong | 883,000 | 74 |
3 | Matthew Bonham | United Kingdom | 874,000 | 73 |
4 | Lewis Spencer | United Kingdom | 870,000 | 73 |
5 | Joshua Boulton | United Kingdom | 750,000 | 63 |
6 | Alexios Zervos | Greece | 685,000 | 57 |
7 | Chris Dasilva | United Kingdom | 680,000 | 57 |
8 | Barny Boatman | United Kingdom | 655,000 | 55 |
9 | James Crawleyboevey | United Kingdom | 598,000 | 50 |
10 | Martins Adeniya | United Kingdom | 575,000 | 48 |
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.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ludovic Geilich
|
918,000 | -42,000 |
Timothy Chung
|
883,000 | 298,000 |
Matthew Bonham | 874,000 | 24,000 |
Lewis Spencer | 870,000 | 210,000 |
Joshua Boulton | 750,000 | 150,000 |
Alexios Zervos | 685,000 | 545,000 |
Chris Da Silva
|
680,000 | -20,000 |
Barny Boatman
|
655,000 | -5,000 |
James Crawleyboevey | 598,000 | 468,000 |
Martins Adeniya | 575,000 | 265,000 |
Al-Farouk Obe | 546,000 | 76,000 |
Danny Pyke | 461,000 | 161,000 |
Steve Jelinek
|
444,000 | 4,000 |
Harry Law | 397,000 | 72,000 |
Cristian Mihu | 358,000 | 203,000 |
Nick Marchington | 344,000 | -146,000 |
Daniel Samson | 315,000 | -250,000 |
D A | 305,000 | 150,000 |
Ali Sarkeshik | 271,000 | -214,000 |
Trevor Reardon | 270,000 | 35,000 |
Paul Trotter | 269,000 | -446,000 |
Giorgos Onisiforou | 263,000 | 198,000 |
Antoine Labat | 260,000 | -40,000 |
Neophytos Neophytou | 246,000 | 41,000 |
Ciaran McCullagh | 234,000 | -26,000 |
Martyn Frey was all in and at risk for around 175,000 holding and was comfortably ahead of the of Bhavin Khatri on
As Frey looked for the double, the turn was the but the river completed a straight for Khatri and Frey was eliminated.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Bhavin Khatri | 425,000 | 105,000 |
Martyn Frey | Eliminé |
Bhavin Khatri moved all-in for 145,000 from middle position and was snap-called by Matthew Bonham on his immediate left.
Bhavin Khatri:
Matthew Bonham:
Khatri had his opponent drawing extremely thin after the flop and doubled up after the turn and river.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Matthew Bonham | 850,000 | 240,000 |
Bhavin Khatri | 320,000 | 40,000 |
Gary Whitehead was all in for 100,000 on the flop against Chris Da Silva.
Da Silva held and was ahead of the of Whitehead. The turn did give Whitehead a straight draw, but the river bricked and Whitehead was eliminated.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Chris Da Silva
|
700,000 | 100,000 |
Gary Whitehead | Eliminé |
Chris Da Silva and Garry Spinks committed their stacks on the flop, with the latter at risk of elimination.
Garry Spinks:
Chris Da Silva:
The turn helped nobody bu Da Sliva made his straight on the 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
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Chris Da Silva
|
600,000 | 215,000 |
Garry Spinks | Eliminé | |
Stephen Woodhead | Eliminé |
Action was on a river of 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 for a flush. Zervos showed for a jack-high straight — and the ace of spades blocker — and counted out the chips for his opponent.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Matthew Bonham | 610,000 | 310,000 |
Alexios Zervos | 140,000 | -310,000 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Al-Farouk Obe | 470,000 | 325,000 |
Chris Da Silva
|
385,000 | -110,000 |
Antoine Labat | 300,000 | -25,000 |
Ciaran McCullagh | 260,000 | 30,000 |
Colin Gillon | 200,000 | 70,000 |
Gary Whitehead | 200,000 | -100,000 |
Garry Spinks | 188,000 | 144,800 |
Benjamin Bond | 135,000 | 81,500 |
Niveau: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000