£1,000 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Reading
£1,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Reading
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£304,200
Entries
346
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
90
Players Left
24
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
After ten levels of play from The Grosvenor Casino Reading South, Day 1a of the £1,000 GUKPT Main Event is in the books. There were 90 entrants that sat down in the first flight of the event, with just 24 returning from Day 1a for Day 2.
Among the bagging, tagging and returning for Day 2 are Jack Hardcastle (65,600), Jamie Nixon (68,200), Sebastien Jung (98,600) and Jacque Ramsden (183,800).
Top 10 Chip Stacks
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. B. | United Kingdom | 219,800 |
| 2 | Jacque Ramsden | United Kingdom | 183,800 |
| 3 | Vadim Cojocaru | United Kingdom | 112,200 |
| 4 | Rafael Navas Robles | Spain | 110,000 |
| 5 | Peter Wigglesworth | United Kingdom | 102,400 |
| 6 | Sebastien Jung | United Kingdom | 98,600 |
| 7 | Craig Rimmer | United Kingdom | 79,300 |
| 8 | Ian Berry | United Kingdom | 73,500 |
| 9 | Paul Linton | United Kingdom | 71,700 |
| 10 | Niall James Fisher | United Kingdom | 69,200 |
Many tried and failed to run up a stack today, like George Sandford, Danny Pyke and Timothy Chung, but they and others have chances to get some traction in the other two flights running tomorrow. Day 1b will 60-minute levels from 12:00 p.m and Day 1c running g 20-minute levels, starting at 9:00 p.m. local UK time.
That concludes Day 1a of GUKPT Reading, follow PokerNews as the action from Day 1b and 1c continues on Friday July 22, before they play Day 2 on Saturday and of course the final day, on Sunday, where a champion will be crowned the latest GUKPT winner.
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
219,800
79,800
|
79,800 |
|
183,800
113,800
|
113,800 |
|
112,200
7,200
|
7,200 |
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
102,400
-600
|
-600 |
|
98,600
98,600
|
98,600 |
|
79,300
54,300
|
54,300 |
|
|
73,500
-11,500
|
-11,500 |
|
|
71,700
-34,300
|
-34,300 |
|
|
69,200
47,200
|
47,200 |
|
68,200
-800
|
-800 |
|
||
|
65,600
-50,400
|
-50,400 |
|
63,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
63,200
-18,800
|
-18,800 |
|
|
56,400
-18,600
|
-18,600 |
|
|
53,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
|
47,500
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
|
41,400
-78,600
|
-78,600 |
|
39,700
21,700
|
21,700 |
|
37,400
37,400
|
37,400 |
|
|
27,100
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
21,900
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
|
18,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
|
15,800
-3,700
|
-3,700 |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
After a bet of 2,500 from Jack Hardcastle in the hijack versus the early position opponent of Graham Pound on 
, Pound made the call.
Both players then checked on the 
.
After a 
completed the board, Pound then lead for 22,000. Hardcastle didn't take long to show the 
and smile as he looked up to the sky, folding as he rolled his eyes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
116,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
75,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Once action folded to Peter Wigglesworth in the small blind, he limped in, to which Ian Berry responded by making it 3,500. Wigglesworth made the call.
On a 
flop, Wigglesworth check-called a bet of 2,400 from Berry.
The 
turn slowed action down, with it getting checked to the 
river.
Again both players checked and Wigglesworth tabled , which wasa good enough to win with a pair of fours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
103,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
85,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
After an open from Jack Hardcastle from the cutoff to 1,600, Peter Wigglesworth called from the small blind and the big blind completed.
On a 
flop, action checked around.
When a fell on the turn, Hardcastle then bet 1,800 when actioned checked to him. Just Wigglesworth called.
On a river of 
, Wigglesworth then decided to take over the betting lead, firing out for around 2,000. Hardcastle said something along the lines of ''The is the biggest donation of my life'', as he tossed in the call.
Wigglesworth tabled the 
proudly as he raked in the small pot. ''I thought we were playing the 7-2 rule?'' asked Wigglesworth, jokingly.
Another player at the table, Graham Pound, responded ''Sod off!'' to Wigglesworth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
120,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
125,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
106,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
105,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
100,000
82,500
|
82,500 |
|
|
78,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
75,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 8
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the day.
When play returns, they will play two more 1-hour levels before the day ends.