GUKPT
August 8, 2008
The GUKPT kicked off in Luton yesterday with 191 runners day 1a looked like this:
Seating arrangements at start of play
Table 1
1…..Dave Penly
2…..Phillip Mildon
3…..Tony Ringe
4…..David Amos
5…..Martin Jarvis
6…..Colin Bord
7…..Ricky Vedhara
8…..Pete Linton
9…..Daniel Samson
Table 2
1…..Olaf Zeeuw
2…..Mohammed Zahour
3…..R Nicholas
4…..Lawrence Windish
5…..Richard Scott
6…..Alexander Masterman
7…..Richard Pain
8…..Pippa Flanders
9…..Graham Rogers
Table 3
1…..Mark Dalimore
2…..Peter Singleton
3…..Paul Crowson
4…..Mortis Schmejkal
5…..Phil Cooklin
6…..Paul Bellamy
7…..Justin Oshaughnessy
8…..Karl Mahrenholz
9…..Matthias Willsch
Table 4
1…..Anthony Chapman
2…..Matthew Waddington
3…..Julian Peschal
4…..Leon Campbell
5…..Aaron Cooke
6…..Hugh Frew
7…..Edna Adams
8…..Gits Franceso
9…..Graham Wheldo
Table 5
1…..Kevin O Leary
2…..Richard Gryko
3…..Mohammed Ali
4…..William Davies
5…..Andy Bradshaw
6…..David Sargent
7…..D Lloyd
8…..Dave Colclough
9…..Clevedon Buntyn
Table 6
1…..Glen Altham
2…..K Allen
3…..Jerome O Shea
4…..Nick Gibson
5…..Nathan Lee
6…..Ken Lam
7…..Priyan De Mel
8…..Adam Stoneham
9…..David Evans
Table 7
1…..William Hardie
2…..David La Ronde
3…..Tom McCready
4…..Daniel Stoate
5…..James Reid
6…..Craig Bickerton
7…..Danny Livett
8…..Joe Grech
9…..Ian Woodley
Table 8
1…..Nick Slade
2…..Trevor Pearson
3…..Tom Middleton
4…..James Dempsey
5…..Alan Davies
6…..Gary Adjemian
7…..Dave Anderson
8…..Peter Wood
9…..Jeff Duval
Table 9
1…..Rayeez Mulla
2…..Kay Bushby
3…..Martins Adeniya
4…..Gareth Teatum
5…..Kuljindar Sidhu
6…..Andreas Mihail
7…..David Seear
8…..Robert Boon
9…..Iain Bowden
Table 10
1…..Paul Leckey
2…..Steve Jelenik
3…..Richard Ashby
4…..Daniel Wicks
5…..Paul Mendes
6…..Gary Wilson
7…..Dara O Kearney
8…..Michael Greco
9…..Mickhael McCloskey
Table 11
1…..Jen Mason
2…..Howard Whittingham
3…..Steve Craig
4…..Ian Farrel
5…..Paul Vicary
6…..Paul Hassan Mehmet
7…..Andy Warnes
8…..Sam Trickett
9…..Marc Goodwin
Table 12
1…..Michael Vassiliou
2…..Paul Noury
3…..Stephen Basri
4…..Alan Mansbridge
5…..Stephen Kirk
6…..Mark Abraham
7…..Jon Brown
8…..Graham Pound
9…..Barry Carter
Table 13
1…..David Binstock
2…..Richard Furse
3…..Trevor Reardon
4…..Karim Louis
5…..Scott Chaudhry
6…..Sami Yusuf
7…..Desmond Jonas
8…..Lalit Khajura
9…..Rob Ellis
Table 14
1…..Anthony Mackay
2…..Jeffrey Rogers
3…..Dominic Kay
4…..Iwan Jones
5…..Gary Mills
6…..
7…..Martyn Cavanagh
8…..Ian Cox
9…..Patrick Kelly
Table 15
1…..Kevin Bloor
2…..Torstein Iverson
3…..Steve Read
4…..Steve Tucker
5…..Francis Scilio
6…..Mark Friedman
7…..Nik Persaud
8…..Ergun Macit
9…..John McGrane
Table 16
1…..Simon Galloway
2…..Terry Farmer
3…..Nik Stylianou
4…..Martin Robinson
5…..Mickey Wernick
6…..Daniel Edgington
7…..Andre Wagner
8…..Maurice McCarthy
9…..Tim Flanders
Table 17
1…..Tony Cascarino
2…..Alan Stearn
3…..Alan Gray
4…..James McBride
5…..David Gregory
6…..L Windish
7…..Francisco Gargallo
8…..Scott O Reilly
9…..Ian Frazer
Table 18
1…..Raymond Hammer
2…..Connor Smyth
3…..Tracey Dell
4…..Christopher Kyriacou
5…..Brad Shaw
6…..Tony Kendall
7…..Praz Bansi
8…..Neil Bethune
Table 19
1…..Terence Owens
2…..Gurindar Purewell
3…..Richard Lynch
4…..Chris Moorman
5…..Richard Prew
6…..K Dionysiou
7…..N Tang
8…..Panicos Ellinas
Table 20
1…..Jeff Kimber
2…..Jeff Sharpe
3…..Andy Andreou
4…..Nicholas Crisp
5…..Mick Fletcher
6…..William Martin
7…..Michael Piper
8…..Alex Martin
I am sure you will agree that this is one amazing line up, proving the popularity of the GUKPT tour, first prize is expected to be well over £100k as day 1b will probably have a similar amount of runners
56 players made it to day 2 with the chip leader who has over 100k in chips and noteably an online qualifer. The average is 32,000 and Craig Bickerton is just above that, unfortunately UKPL’s Kev Bloor exited mid session. The 56 look like this
Player - Chip Counts
La Ronde, David - 100425
Stoneham, Adam - 67300
Dempsey, James - 65025
Jelinek, Steve - 63225
Gregory, David - 59625
Foltyn, Paul - 58800
Frazer, Ian - 55650
Bethune, Neil - 55575
Flanders, Tim - 53100
Purewal, Gurinde - 52050
Cox, Ian - 50975
Furse, Richard - 43600
Flanders, Phillipa - 43250
Green, Martin - 41775
Chapman, Anthony - 41725
Farrel, Ian - 39450
Rogers, Jeffery - 39175
Kyriacou, Christo - 37250
Persaud, Nikhil - 37100
Robinson, Martin - 37025
Warnes, Andy - 35425
Gibson, Nick - 35225
Bickerton, Craig - 34525
Zahour, Mohammed - 33950
Bradshaw, Andy - 32500
Davis, Alan - 32475
Trickett, Sam - 32275
Brown, Jon - 31725
Moorman, Chris - 31725
Jones, Iwan - 31100
Martin, William - 30925
Wheldon, Graham - 30250
Jonas, Desmond - 28550
Yusuf, Sami - 28375
Wernick, Mickey - 27000
Clark, David - 26975
Martin, Alex - 26450
Mihail, Andreas - 25875
O’Kearney, Dara - 25450
Scott, Richard - 25100
Jarvis, Martin - 24550
Tucker, Steve - 24500
Litman, Bernard - 23525
Gryko, Richard - 22775
Bowden, Iain - 22025
Ringe, Tony - 21425
Sargeant, David - 18675
Seear, David - 18350
Pearson, Trevor - 17900
Mildon, Philip - 17300
Ellinas, Panicos - 14150
Rogers, Graham - 11250
Frew, Hugh - 9900
Binstock, David - 8325
Eminoglu, Yucel - 8125
Whittingham, Howard - 3225
All the best from UKPL to Craig Bickerton and Mick Jagger who plays later today.
Ladbrokes Rumours
August 7, 2008
After their quarterly results this year pre-tax profits fell from £154.400,000 to £126.700,000, and the recent economic situation in the UK and US. The Managing Director John O’Reilly hinted yesterday that they may enter the US Market. They had already put in place an entry into the poker and betting arena of the United States, but were hit along with most by the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act. There are some companies that have ignored the UIGEA, despite threats of legal action, fines and closure. However there is a huge potential market waiting to be exploited and looks like some Companies are prepared to risk chancing entering the US market as the reward is too high.
EPT London
August 6, 2008
The Victoria Casino London will be hosting Season 5’s London EPT main event from the 1st-5th October 2008. The price will be £5,200 + £200. PokerStars will be adding £250,000 to make sure that the winner will for the first time take home £1,000,000 (bar deals). (Max entry 500).Satellites and side games from 24th September. This will include a £1000 Pot limit Omaha comp on the 28th September with a cap of 150 players
There will also be a high rollers event £20,000 + £300 and this also with have a one million pound guarantee, a two day event, to be held on the 5th and 6th October.
Schedule is as follows;
| DATE/TIME | EVENT | CAP |
| 24th September 14.00 | EPT SATELLITE £300+£30 Freezeout (1 day tournament) |
50 |
| 24th September 20.00 | N/L Hold’Em £200+£20 Rebuy/2 hours (2 day tournament) |
150 |
| 25th September 14.00 | N/L Hold’Em £200+£20 Day 2 |
N/A |
| 25th September 14.00 | EPT SATELLITE £300+£30 Freezeout (1 day tournament) |
50 |
| 25th September 20.00 | N/L Hold’Em £350+£35 Freezeout (2 day tournament) |
150 |
| 26th September 14.00 | N/L Hold’Em £350+£35 Day 2 |
N/A |
| 26th September 14.00 | EPT SATELLITE £300+£30 Freezeout (1 day tournament) |
50 |
| 26th September 20.00 | N/L Hold’Em £500+£50 Freezeout (2 day tournament) |
150 |
| 27th September 14.00 | N/L Hold’Em £500+£50 Day 2 |
N/A |
| 27th September 18.00 | N/L Hold’Em £1500+£75 Double Chance Freezeout (2 day tournament) |
150 |
| 28th September 12.30 | Omaha Satellite £40+£6 Rebuy/75min | 72 |
| 28th September 14.00 | N/L Hold’Em £1500+£75 Day 2 |
N/A |
| 28th September 18.00 | Omaha £1000+£60 Double Chance Freezeout (1 day tournament) |
150 |
| 29th September 20.00 | EPT SATELLITE £150+£15 Rebuy/2 hours (1 day tournament) |
120 |
| 30th September 19.00 | EPT SATELLITE £300+£30 Freezeout (1 day tournament) |
120 |
| 1st-5th October | EPT MAIN EVENT | 500 |
| 1st October 13.30 | EPT TOURNAMENT £5,200+£200 Day 1A - Freezeout (4-day tournament) |
250 |
| 2nd October 13.30 | EPT TOURNAMENT £5,200+£200 Day 1B - Freezeout (4-day tournament) |
250 |
| 3rd October - time tbc | EPT TOURNAMENT - DAY 2 | |
| 4th October - time tbc | EPT TOURNAMENT - DAY 3 | |
| 5th October - time tbc | EPT TOURNAMENT - FINAL TABLE |
Under One Roof
August 5, 2008
Betfair have announced that all the tournaments at this years World Series Of Poker Europe will take place all under one roof, as opposed to last year which was held at four seperate venues. This will mean that all the tournament players wont be as confused as before as they know which venue to travel too.
The tournaments will be held at the Empire in Leicester Square, as I haven’t been there as of yet I don’t know what their capacity is? I would be grateful if any readers can confirm the maximum number of players this venue can handle.
What I do know, is that the side games and cash games will be held around the clock at the Sportsman and the Fifty Club, IMO this may backfire a little as other venues, apart from the LCI clubs could be hosting the larger cash games (a serious revenue for casinos). The Vic and the Loose Cannon Club (which will be holding the Virgin Festival at the same time) could also be in for some mega action.
The tournament schedule is as folows:
September 19th , 2008 - Event #1 - £1,500 – No-Limit Hold’em Day 1A (3-day event)
September 22nd , 2008 - Event #2 - £2,500 – H.O.R.S.E. (3-day event)
September 24th , 2008 - Event #3 - £5,000 – Pot Limit Omaha (2-day event)
September 27th , 2008 - Event #4 - £10,000 – World Championship No-Limit Hold’em (6-day event)
Some of the bigger names that are flying in may even use this event as an excuse to sample the delights of Nottingham?
Stoke or Nottingham?
August 4, 2008
As stated in an earlier post, the details, results and conclusion of the big freezeout weekend.
The Result of the £300 DTD Freezeout is as follows:
| Entry: £300 | Game: Hold Em |
| Registration: £30 | Limit: No Limit |
| Starting Chips: 10000 | Type: Freezeout |
| Total Entries: 116 | Special: Regular |
| Total Prizepool: £34,800 |
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
| 1 | Michael Humphries | £12,180 |
| 2 | Thomas Grundy | £7,134 |
| 3 | Tony Salmon | £4,698 |
| 4 | Michael Wernick | £3,132 |
| 5 | Matthew Wadham | £2,262 |
| 6 | Chris Cancelliere | £1,566 |
| 7 | Lee Rawson | £1,218 |
| 8 | Daniel Ward | £870 |
| 9 | Stuart Langford | £696 |
| 10 | Gary Orme | £522 |
| 11 | Philip Clarke | £522 |
Heres where it gets interesting, Sunday saw the £200 and £100 FO at DTD, but Stoke had their anniversary £100 FO with £2000 added. As I work at DTD the chances of me being able to play were very slim, however the 5 O’clock £200 Freezeout only attracted a very disappointing 33 runners. Result:
| Entry: £200 | Game: Hold Em |
| Registration: £20 | Limit: No Limit |
| Starting Chips: 7500 | Type: Freezeout |
| Total Entries: 33 | Special: Regular |
| Total Prizepool: £6,600 |
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
| 1 | Habib Chatoo | £2,970 |
| 2 | Simon Jude | £1,782 |
| 3 | Sadikiah Tapper | £1,188 |
| 4 | Peter Conduit | £660 |
As this event was very quiet, a colleague and myself zipped over to Stoke Circus to partake in the added value tournie, in the car we chatted about a 10% saver. Deal done 
The turnout was fantastic for this tournament which attracted about 160 players, so a total prizepool of £18,000. I also had another 10% with a good friend. I played the worst poker of my life, confirming my dislike for hold’em btw, and I was out before the first break. However my two 10%’s were doing great, and both in with 17 players left…….15 got paid i believe (I was busy in the cash games ). My first 10% got eliminated in 16th place 
. But Joe Wrigley, a DTD colleague, was playing out of his skin. He reached the final as the second shorstack. To everyone’s surprise the chip daddy, suggested that everyone should chop for £1000 each and play for the rest 1st 2nd and 3rd. My Jockey bit his hand off and then knuckled down to accrue some chips (and doing a fine job!!!) 6 players out the chip daddy suggested chopping it for £2000 for the top 5 and £1900 for the short stack. Joe at this stage wanted to play on, but felt that because he was offered such a good deal at the start, it would be rude not to, even though he was second chip leader. Deal done, they then proceeded to do the all-in fest for the trophy, of which an out of towner won. But many congratulation go to Bionic Bill from UKPokerlife who also recieved £2000 after having a long break from poker.
So while the atmosphere was buzzing in Stoke, the £100 at DTD got an even more disappointing 59 runners. Result:
| Entry: £100 | Game: Hold Em |
| Registration: £10 | Limit: No Limit |
| Starting Chips: 5000 | Type: Freezeout |
| Total Entries: 59 | Special: Regular |
| Total Prizepool: £5,900 |
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
| 1 | Pat Kelley | £2,183 |
| 2 | Andy Coughlan | £1,357 |
| 3 | Jennifer Mason | £885 |
| 4 | Daniel Ball | £531 |
| 5 | David Mundle | £413 |
| 6 | Paul Jackson | £295 |
| 7 | Andrew Murphy | £236 |
I will post Stoke Stanleys results as soon as they are recieved, however the big winner was Stanleys Stoke, that was buzzing, like it was in the old days. The reason is undoubtedly the £2000 added, but if you take the £10 reg fee out they put on the show adding only £400!!! For the custom it brought in and the atmosphere, it is something that should be seriously considered as a regular event. IT WOULD DEFINATELY GET THE RUNNERS!!!
Well done Andy! aka Blazing Saddler
321 @ DTD
August 2, 2008
The 321 weekend at Dusk till Dawn has started once again. The main event, the £300 had all the usual suspects, with a top quality line up as follows
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As you can see the field is top class, and not a better £300 freezeout will you see in this country. Following this weeks announcement from Mr Yong, it was debated how the poker community would receive the changes. They are not effective until next week, but the turnout of 116 players indicates that the flack that could have been expected, hasn’t done any damage. Tommorows £200 Freezeout however is in direct competition with, with Stoke Circus’s £100 Freezeout with £2000 added (and using DTD’s structure), so only the new dusk will tell the story, but certainly poker players have a decent choice this weekend. Best of luck whichever venue you decide to play! I know which venue I would like to play, but work commitments keep me from playing either
Poker in the Park
August 1, 2008
Not phonetically btw!!
The place to be in August on the weekend of the 15th and 16th is Leicester Square in Central London. The extravaganza will be in association with PKR and Bluff Magazine Europe. An expected 25,000 poker enthusiasts will descend to Leicester Square for what is billed as Europes largest Poker Show.
There will be a series of lectures by some of the best known players in Europe, stalls which will be selling books, merchandise and paraphernalia. It is free to attend, and also free poker tournaments will be offered every hour. In two locations, PKR Poker Dome and The Fox Club Area.
Also if you there is an Area set aside for Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker, god knows what will go on in there??? Apart from this will be where the lectures will be held.
Lectures will be given by the likes of Marc Goodwin, Paul Jackson, Liv Boeree, Neil Channing, Nik Persaud, Dave Ulliott, Tony Holden, Ian Frazer and Montel Williams amongst others.
I am feeling the need to attend this details can be found here
http://www.bluffeurope.com/pokerinthepark/