GUKPT Manchester thread

[TightEnd]

Press Release

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.

[TightEnd]

blonde Poker will be live updating the Main Event from Thursday to Sunday

I will be there Thursday, and most of Friday's play

A new mystery updater has volunteered to do all four days. This mystery updater has a post-graduate in journalism. This mystery updater is a character. I am trying not to think about it too much.

In all seriousness though, the live update is having to be done out of necessity as cheaply as possible, so it would be great if everyone supported it next week

The aim is to do more through the year, whether we will I am not sure yet. All donations gratefully received, PM if you would like to help

[AndrewT]

Good stuff - I've always wanted to read an update done by Barry Neville.

[The_nun]

I would have gladly volunteered to assist but on earlies all week. 

[TightEnd]

I would have gladly volunteered to assist but on earlies all week. 

thanks

All help welcome, through the year.

[ACE2M]

do we know what time day 2 of the £500 tuesday will commence?

[TightEnd]

do we know what time day 2 of the £500 tuesday will commence?

almost always 2.30pm for Day 2 s

Ring to make sure though

[mouth]

I love a mystery

[dandoun25]

Just to answer your question, all our 2 day events have a 2pm restart the following day.
Also worth mentioning is our afternoon satellites have 1 seat guaranteed providing we have a minimum of ten players..
This, alongside the Sunday 10 seat guaranteed and our freezeout satellite means hopefully plenty of chances for you all to save a bit of money and grab yourselves a seat!

We have our Grosvenor Uk poker tour fan page set up on facebook, I'll be part of the team keeping an eye on it and I'd love everyone to get involved.
In addition I now have a new facebook profile set up so feel free to add me on there and any queries or questions I'll aim to sort as quickly as I can.

Hope to see you all soon, Dena

[dandoun25]

Can't believe I'm a newbie after all the years I've been a member of blonde!

[Dubai]

Newbie on blonde, newbie on life. Unlucky

[dandoun25]

Sigh.. Thanks for that Dave

[pleno1]

I'm gonna guess CC.

[mouth]

Which Blonde's are playing this?

[TightEnd]

No one read Caroline's blog.

Thanks