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Title: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: DaveShoelace on November 21, 2009, 07:32:43 PM 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced
The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) will be returning in 2010 for a fourth year. 2010 will see new events and new venues added to the schedule of the UK’s biggest poker tour. Once again Grosvenor/G Casinos and their online partner gcasino.com are adding significant prize money to the tour. The added prize money in 2010 will be at least £200,000! The 2010 schedule includes: The Main Tour – 8 legs, a grand final and the Champion of Champion’s festival. The Summer Series – launched in 2009, it has now been extended to include ten mini-festivals, taking place from May – August. The Club Championships – New for 2010, the GUKPT Club Championships is a series of one-day £200 tournaments, taking place in all 23 Grosvenor and G Casinos with a poker room. The 10% Online Series – New for 2010, a series of one off events taking place the day after each festival on the Main Tour and the Summer Series concludes. The buy in will be 10% of the cost of the main event at the festival that has just concluded. These tournaments will be available on Blue Square Poker, Grosvenor Poker and the poker room of gcasino.com. £200,000 Added Prize Money The Champion of Champions tournament will be taking place again, for the third successive year and the prize money is being increased to a massive £150,000. The event was launched in 2008 with a £75,000 prize pool and this was increased to £100,000 in 2009. The stakes have now been significantly raised and only way to get into this prestigious tournament is to win a GUKPT event in 2010. Main events and side events on the Main Tour, the Summer Series, the Club Championships and the 10% Online Series all count as qualifying events. There are also a limited number of additional qualifying events (such as the GUKPT Student Championship and the GUKPT Press Championship) which will be detailed on GUKPT.com early in 2010. The GUKPT Rankings. As per 2009, £50,000 is prize money will be paid out to the 20 players who top the GUKPT leader board by the end of the year. Points are awarded for all open events on the GUKPT. Details of how points are earned will be listed on gukpt.com Online qualification will be available at the online poker room of gcasino.com (which is being launched in early 2010) and also continues on the site of the tour’s previous sponsor, Blue Square Poker and on Grosvenor Poker. The Main Tour Schedule The Main Tour this year will consist of 8 legs, the Grand Final and the Champion of Champions festival. The first leg in January sees the Bolton returning as a main tour venue, while the Coventry hosts it’s first GUKPT main tour event in May. Main Tour Dates Main Event Dates Leg 1 - G Casino, Bolton - £1,000 Main Event January 18th - 24th January 22nd - 24th Leg 2 - Grosvenor Casino, Walsall - £1,000 Main Event February 20th - 28th February 25th - 28th Leg 3 - Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London - £1,500 Main Event March 18th - 28th March 25th - 28th Leg 4 - G Casino Bury New Road, Manchester - £1,000 Main Event April 17th - 25th April 22nd - 25th Leg 5 - G Casino, Coventry - £1,000 Main Event May 17th - 23rd May 20th - 23rd Leg 6 - G Casino, Luton - £1,000 Main Event August 7th - 15th August 12h - 15th Leg 7 - G Casino, Brighton - £1,000 Main Event September 11th-19th September 16th - 19th Leg 8 - G Casino, Blackpool - £1,000 Main Event November 6th - 14th November 11th - 14th Grand Final - Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London - £2,500 Main Event November 18th - 28th November 25th-28th Champion of Champions Festival - G Casino, Coventry December 1st - 5th December 4th-5th Summer Series The Summer Series has been extended for 2010 to include ten events, each with a main event of £300-£750. Throughout the Summer Series, two events will take place simultaneously in different parts of the country. The Summer Series Dates Main Event Dates 1a - G Casino, Blackpool - £500 Main Event May 26th - 31st May 30th-31st 1b - G Casino, Thanet - £300 Main Event May 28th - 31st May 30th-31st 2a - G Casino, Luton - £500 Main Event June 9th -13th June 12th-13th 2b - G Casino, Aberdeen - £300 Main Event June 10th - 13th June 12th-13th 3a - Grosvenor Casino, Walsall - £500 Main Event June 23rd - 27th June 26th-27th 3b - Grosvenor Casino, Newcastle - £300 Main Event June 24th - 27th June 26th-27th 4a - G Casino, Sheffield - £500 Main Event July 21st - 25th July 24th-25th 4b - G Casino, Dundee - £300 Main Event July 22nd - 25th July 24th-25th 5a - Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London - £750 Main Event August 23rd - 30th August 29th-30th 5b - G Casino, Bury New Road, Manchester - £500 Main Event August 26th - 30th August 29th-30th The Club Championships New for 2010, the Club Championships are one-day events that will take place in all 23 poker rooms throughout the Grosvenor/G Casino estate. They will take place on five dates throughout the year in up to five locations on each day. Locations Date Event Swansea, Thanet, Leeds, Blackpool, Stoke February 13th £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Luton, Dundee, Bolton, Coventry April 10th £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Cardiff, London, Newcastle, Salford, Sheffield July 10th £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Portsmouth, Southampton, Aberdeen, Manchester, Great Yarmouth October 16th £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Plymouth, Brighton, Huddersfield, Walsall October 23rd £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Leg 1 – G Casino, Bolton 18th- 24th January, 2010 Bolton was the venue for the very first GUKPT main event in January 2007, which was won by Praz Bansi. As per the 2007 event, this leg will only have one starting day. Date Event Start Time Length Monday 18th January £30 NL Holdem Rebuy Super Satellite to Main Event 2pm 1 day Monday 18th January £150 + £15 NL Hold'em Freezeout 7pm 2 days Tuesday 19th January £30 NL Holdem Rebuy Super Satellite to Main Event 2pm 1 day Tuesday 19th January £100 + £11 NL Hold'em Rebuy 7pm 2 days Wednesday 20th January £30 NL Holdem Rebuy Super Satellite to Main Event 2pm 1 day Wednesday 20th January £300 + £30 NL Hold'em Freezeout 7pm 2 days Thursday 21st January £50 NL Holdem Rebuy Super Satellite to Main Event 2pm 1 day Thursday 21st January £100 + £11 PL Omaha Rebuy 5pm 1 day Thursday 21st January £150 + £15 NL Hold'em Freezeout Super Satellite to Main Event 9pm 1 day Friday 22nd January £1,000 + £70 NL Hold'em Main Event 2pm 3 days Friday 22nd January £100 + £11 NL Hold'em Freezeout 8pm 1 day Saturday 23rd January £200 + £20 NL Hold'em Freezeout 7pm 2 days Sunday 24th January £100 + £11 NL Hold'em Bounty Freezeout 5pm 1 day Please note that all the above dates for GUKPT events in 2010 are subject to confirmation. Final confirmation will be made by mid December. Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: DaveShoelace on November 21, 2009, 07:34:35 PM Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Sheffield leg 2 miles from Shoelace Towers, I can walk back and pop in to my favourite curry house after busting level 1
Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: Ironside on November 21, 2009, 07:39:42 PM have they got a list of the events in each festival?
Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: DaveShoelace on November 21, 2009, 07:44:20 PM have they got a list of the events in each festival? Not yet, they didn't at this time last year either I think, dare say they wont differ greatly from what we have seen this year. Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: AlrightJack on November 21, 2009, 07:50:56 PM The only full festival schedule we have published at this point in time is leg 1 in Bolton. The full schedule for every festival will be released in mid December.
Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: glorious on November 21, 2009, 08:22:39 PM Looks excellent guys - good effort in getting this organised!
Any word on a Grosvenor for Edinburgh yet? Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: UpTheMariners on November 22, 2009, 12:02:56 AM 15k starting stack in the main event too i hear.
Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: booder on November 22, 2009, 11:58:05 AM Gt.Yarmouth wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii that will be fun........proberly.
Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: cia260895 on November 22, 2009, 12:44:50 PM Heve never followed one of these events from start to finish,
but 1 question on the Main tour why is London £500 more than all other locations? Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: byronkincaid on November 22, 2009, 01:07:24 PM london weighting
Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: marcin123 on November 22, 2009, 01:12:37 PM lol @ a £200 at leeds merrion wp...
Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: Colchester Kev on November 22, 2009, 01:16:14 PM £200 comps at Pompey & Southampton on same day needs looking at, just diluting what will already be a small field.
Hope it's a blinding success though, wp Raaby. Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: SuperJez on November 22, 2009, 03:00:50 PM Looks excellent. I played the summer series up here in the deen this year and the whole thing was run superbly. I will definately be back for this and if I was closer to the other places Id play as many as I could get to easily.
A little disappointed they have dropped the buy in for the main event from 500 to 300 in the summer series for some places, there already were cheaper events on the schedule. But then again I understand why, and if it raises the player pool a lot then I suppose its a good thing. Really looking forward to this. Jez Btw wtf is the script with this club championship thing? Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: luther101 on November 22, 2009, 04:11:47 PM Mr Rabid - will Blue Sq continue with the online National League thingy ..... ?
If so - with all these new live events - I'm gonna have to buy a NASA enabled satellite laptop to keep abrest of the off/online points up for grabs! Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: NigDawG on November 25, 2009, 09:43:06 AM so no more $1k gukpts online? :(
Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: bergeroo on November 25, 2009, 02:14:02 PM Two questions for anyone.
One - Bolton - there's just one start day and it is a three day event, not a day 1a and ib? All other £1ks seem to be four days so I assume they will have a 1a and ab? Two - Stupid I know, but can you play more than one club championship - or do you have to be affiliated to a certain 'club'? Seems pretty cool, perhaps I'll be tempted out to play live for a change. Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: GreekStein on November 25, 2009, 02:25:02 PM Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Sheffield leg 2 miles from Shoelace Towers, any blondes wishing to play this can stay at mine free of charge obv. Breakfast provided. n1 Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: DaveShoelace on November 25, 2009, 02:46:06 PM Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Sheffield leg 2 miles from Shoelace Towers, any blondes wishing to play this can stay at mine free of charge obv. Breakfast provided. n1 Sorry mate, no breakfast for you, I dont want you smashing my plates up in celebration no matter how much you like my missuses scrambled eggs on toast. Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: GreekStein on November 25, 2009, 02:50:29 PM Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Sheffield leg 2 miles from Shoelace Towers, any blondes wishing to play this can stay at mine free of charge obv. Breakfast provided. n1 Sorry mate, no breakfast for you, I dont want you smashing my plates up in celebration no matter how much you like my missuses scrambled eggs on toast. lol Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: vinni on November 25, 2009, 07:05:23 PM cos, dont be worried about coming this far north.
Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: AlrightJack on November 25, 2009, 10:36:19 PM There is only going to be 1 starting day for the Bolton event.
You can play in more than one club championship event. Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: GreekStein on November 26, 2009, 10:33:38 AM cos, dont be worried about coming this far north. It's protecting you up there I'm worried about. I can take care of myself. Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: vinni on November 26, 2009, 11:57:47 AM lol, your not right ,i think you was dropped as a kid.
Title: Re: 2010 GUKPT Schedule Announced Post by: GreekStein on November 26, 2009, 12:57:20 PM lol, your not right ,i think you was dropped as a kid. I think you are a cheeky pants. |