**FRIDAY FIGHT NIGHT** (22nd January and then every Friday thereafter)
THIS WEEK  WE HAVE **ADDED a £1250 SUITE** AT THE WESTBURY HOTEL, MAYFAIR!!!!
£500 + £50 knockout - 1 day event, every Friday at 8.00pm.
10,000 starting stack, 30 minute blinds, £400 to prize pool, £100 each knockout

**SATURDAY SHOWDOWN**  (23rd January and then every Saturday thereafter)
£135 + £15 freezeout - 1 day event, every Saturday at 1.00pm.
7,500 starting stack, 30 minute blinds

**SUPER STACK MAIN EVENT** (2 day 6th and 7th February, then every 1st weekend of month)
£400 + £40 freezeout - 2 day event, 2.30pm
15,000 starting stack, 45 minute blinds

**SUPER STACK MAIN EVENT SATELLITES**
SPORTSMAN - Friday 22nd January and then every Friday thereafter alongside Friday Fight Night
8pm start, £40 + £5 freezeout, 1 seat guaranteed
TC's SPORTS MAIDENHEAD - Friday 29th January, £30 + £5 rebuy
8.00pm start, 2 seats guaranteed and added value Hotel Packages
KENSINGTON CLOSE HOTEL (lpc mailing list and facebook group members invitation only) - Sunday 31st January, £10 no charges rebuy
2.00pm start

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour kicked off again this week when the 1st leg of the 2010 season got underway at the G casino in Bolton. 2010 will see several changes and additions to the UK’s largest series of poker festivals.

 

New Sponsor

 

This year the tour will be run in association with gcasino.com (www.gcasino.com). For the first three years, the tour was run in conjunction with Blue Square Poker (www.bluesqpoker.com) and although the online partner is changing this year, online super satellites will continue to be hosted on Blue Square. The online poker room of gcasino.com will be launched in February and will also host online super satellites and other online GUKPT events.

 

£300,000 in Added Value

 

This year Grosvenor/G Casinos and their online partner gcasino.com are adding £300,000 to the GUKPT. £150,000 if this will form the prize pool for the end-of-year Champion of Champions tournament, which will be taking place at the G Casino, Coventry. The GUKPT rankings will carry £50,000 in prizes, with £20,000 awarded to the overall winner and a further £30,000 distributed to the top 20 players on the leader board. The GUKPT National Leagues will also carry £100,000 in prizes.

 

Increased Starting Stacks

 

Starting stacks in the main events this year will be increased to 15,000. Side events will also have bigger starting stacks with £100-£200 events now awarding 7,500 chips while £250-£500 events kick off with 10,000 chips per player. The Grand Final will have a 25,000 starting stack.

 

The Main Tour

 

There will be eight legs and the Grand Final on the Main Tour in 2010, each featuring at least a week of side events and a three/four day main event. Most of the main events cost £1,000 to play, with the exception of leg 3, which costs £1,500 and the Grand Final, which is £2,500. The winners of all tournaments on the Main Tour will be invited to play in the £150,000 Champion of Champions tournament.

 

Extended Summer Series

 

The Summer Series, which debuted in 2009 has been extended this year to include ten mini-festivals. Each festival lasts between four to seven days and features main events with buy-ins ranging from £300 - £750. New venues taking part in the Summer Series this year include the recently opened G casinos in Dundee and Sheffield. The winners of all tournaments on the Summer Series will be invited to play in the £150,000 Champion of Champions tournament.


New for 2010 - The GUKPT Club Championships

 

The Club Championships brings the GUKPT experience to all 23 poker rooms in the Grosvenor/G casino estate. From Aberdeen to Plymouth, these £200 NL Hold’em one-day events will extend the reach of the GUKPT further than ever before. The winners of all Club Championship tournaments will be invited to play in the £150,000 Champion of Champions tournament.


The Online 10% Series

 

Throughout the year, a series of one-off tournaments will be hosted on the online poker room of gcasino.com (www.gcasino.com). They take place the day after each main event on the Main Tour and the Summer Series concludes and the buy-in will be 10% of the event which has just finished. The first of these will take place on Blue Square Poker (www.bluesqpoker.com) on January 25th and will have a buy-in of £100. The winners of all Online 10% Series tournaments will be invited to play in the £150,000 Champion of Champions tournament.

 

10-Seat-Guaranteed Super Satellites

 

New for 2010, every host venue on the Main Tour and the Summer Series will stage a 10-seat guaranteed super satellite, which will take place the week before their festival starts. The first of these took place in Bolton, where 14 seats were generated.

 

Live Streaming & Reporting

 

Live streaming of main events will continue in 2010 with Phil ‘the Tower’ Heald hosting the show on www.thenutz.tv. Live reporting will also be available on www.gukpt.com during every main event. Leg 1 will be covered by Adam 'Snoopy' Goulding.

 

The Main Tour Schedule

 

Festival - Venue - Dates

Leg 1 - G Casino, Bolton - 18th-24th January

Leg 2 - Grosvenor Walsall 20th - 28th February

Leg 3 - Grosvenor Victoria, London - 18th - 28th March

Leg 4 - G Casino, Bury New Rd, Manchester - 17th - 25th April

Leg 5 - G Casino, Coventry - 17th - 23rd May

Leg 6 - G Casino, Luton - 7th - 15th August

Leg 7 - G Casino, Brighton - 11th - 19th September

Leg 8 - G Casino, Blackpool - 6th - 14th November

Grand Final - Grosvenor Victoria, London - 18th - 28th November

 

The Summer Series Schedule

 

Venue - Dates - Main Event Buy In

 

1a - G Casino, Blackpool - 26th-31st May - £500 + £50

1b - G Casino, Thanet - 28th - 31st May - £300 + £30

2a - G Casino, Luton - 9th - 13th June - £500 + £50

2b - G Casino, Aberdeen - 10th - 13th June - £300 + £30

3a - Grosvenor Walsall - 22nd - 27th June - £500 + £50

3b - Grosvenor Newcastle - 24th - 27th June - £300 + £30

4a - G Casino, Sheffield - 21st -25th July - £500 + £50

4b - G Casino, Dundee - 22nd - 25th July - £300 + £30

5a - Grosvenor Victoria, London - 23rd - 30th August - £750 + £60

5b - G Casino, Bury New Rd, Manchester - 26th - 30th August - £500 + £50

 

The Club Championships Schedule

 

Date - Venues

13th February - Blackpool, Coventry, Leeds, Swansea & Thanet

10th April - Bolton, Dundee, Southampton & Stoke

10th July - Cardiff, London Victoria, Newcastle, Salford & Sheffield

16th October - Aberdeen, Gt Yarmouth, Luton, Manchester & Portsmouth

23rd October - Brighton, Huddersfield, Plymouth & Walsall

 

Club Championships tournaments start at 2pm. They are all £200 NL Hold’em Freezeouts and players start with 10,000 chips.

 

For more details, please visit www.gukpt.com

We have had to change the forum and delete the members due to a massive amount of spam, we are sorry if your account has been deleted but we would ask you to register.
 If you have any information about the London poker games be it a trip report, change of games being spread or just how many runners your local card room had, we would be very grateful for your posts.

Many thanks

Stuart

Stuart - 25 players, u happy with the turn out?

Paul

Just need to check that you work for John lewis can you tell us whick branch you work at.

Stuart

Hi Stuart

It's not accepting the password

 21 runners so far and 20 min to go before kick off
Good luck all


Stuart

And if you have any questions for JLP Indoor Games Club I can answer them.

Paul

One thing i should mention you will have to add your email when posting as a guest, this will not be shown or shared with any one else.

Stuart

Hi Every One

 Welcome to the John Lewis Free Roll page, if you have any questions about tonights free roll please feel free to post on here.
 The forum has been changed for today so guests can post.
 As of 4.30pm we have only 14 runners so a good chance to win one of the 6 tickets to next Sundays Tournament.

Good Luck all.