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New Year, New Tour!  GUKPT Leg 1 Hits the Ground Running in Manchester

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour 2011 is about to get underway.  The first tournament cards will hit the felt on Monday as the GUKPT crowns its first Champions at the opening festival of the year.  After the Christmas hibernation, the poker community of Manchester will be the first to welcome the Tour to G Casino, Bury New Road, with a full week of live events running until the very end of this month.  The £1,000 Main Event will be split into two start days (Thursday 27th and Friday 28th) unlike most of this year’s twin flights which will take place on the same day.

The regular double flight is just one of many changes that have been made to this year’s tour, with the individual post-festival Champion of Champions events representing the best added value around, played online at gcasino.com while the sweet taste of victory is still fresh after each leg.  Manchester’s Champion of Champions £10,000 freeroll will take place on Wednesday 2nd February, and is open to winners of all side events, including the online 10% Series tournament.

For those who fancy taking on the GUKPT Leaderboard, the slate is as clean as a whistle – perhaps a new set of names may grace the Rankings this year after a thrilling chase awarded David Johnson the 2010 top prize of £20,000.  With £65,000 in total to play for, the chance to start afresh on the road to the top is not to be missed.

We are pleased to present an all-new site http://www.grosvenorukpokertour.com/ - here you will find full schedule and qualification details for the whole year, an up-to-date Leaderboard, links to the Tour’s Galleries, Reports, and Facebook page - the full gamut of online information in a brand new format.

Full Schedule for GUKPT Leg 1: Manchester

Monday 24th January:  NLH Freeze Out £100 +£10 7.30pm (1 day)
Tuesday 25th January:  NLH Freeze Out £500 +£50 7.30pm (2 days)
Wednesday 26th January:  Omaha Double Chance Freeze Out £250 +£25 6pm (1 day)
Wednesday 26th January:  NLH Super Satellite Freeze Out £150 +£15 8.30pm (1 day)
Thursday 27th January:  Main Event Flight 1A £1,000 +£70 12pm (4 days)
Thursday 27th January:  NLH Short Handed Freeze Out £200 +£20 7.30pm (1 day)
Friday 28th January:  Main Event Flight 1B £1,000 +£70 12pm (4 days)
Friday 28th January:  NLH Freeze Out £100 +£10 7.30pm (1 day)
Saturday 29th January:  NLH Freeze Out Re-Entry* £250 +£25 6pm (2 days)
Sunday 30th January:  Bounty Booster £100 +£10 5pm (1 day)
Monday 31st January:  Online 10% Series £100 +£10 NLH Freeze Out on gcasino.com/bluesq.com poker rooms 8pm

If this Sunday’s (23rd January) 7:30pm Ten-Seat-Guaranteed £30 Re-buy Super Satellite into the first Main Event of the year doesn’t secure a seat, there are afternoon chances to qualify live at the venue planned for this and all Main Tour legs at 2pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  The buy-in for these Re-buy satellites will be either £30 or £50.