Johnson, who has now accrued well over $750,000 in live tournament winnings, has thrived at Grosvenor tournaments including victory in Leeds in 2022 and a fourth place at GUKPT London in 2021. Last October he was fifth at GUKPT Coventry and this year’s achievements include a runner-up finish in the UKPL High Roller in Coventry in January and winning the Walsall 25/50 in February.
The finalists (pictiured above) in Luton included fourth-placed Trevor Reardon, Keith Johnson, 2022 Player of the Year Matt Davenport (who was on his third consecutive Main Event final table and finished 8th) and GUKPT Edinburgh champion Paul Mcaulay. Among the others who cashed were 888poker LIVE London runner-up Francis Obadun, Sinead Priestley and defending Luton champion Stuart Rutter. There were 212 entries overall creating a prize pool of £218,870 with 29 players paid.
Cal soars even further!
2023 Player of the Year Cal Morreale increased his lead in this year’s National Poker League still further at GUKPT Luton with a runner-up finish in the very first event of the festival - the £200 GUKPT Luton Opener. Cal snagged £9,960 for second place while winner Reon Staples took £13,395. In third place was Sinead Priestley who is also on a tear after winning the GUKPT Edinburgh Cup last month (beating Cal heads-up) and finishing 16th in the Edinburgh Main Event. Priestley, who got £6,830, definitely thrives in Luton – she won the 888poker UKPL Luton Opening Voyage tournament in March for £17,865.
Next up for GUKPT fans – Leg 6 in London from May 16 to 26. Don’t miss the chance to win up to 100% of your MET-booked travel costs in credits! The £1,250 GUKPT London Main Event is one of scores of tournaments this year which are eligible for MainEventTravel’s amazing #FinalTableFreeroll promotion – including seven tournaments at Grosvenor’s Goliath festival alone!
Side events
Wenbo Zie won the £250 Mini Main for £13,058. There were 462 entries creating a £97,220 prize pool with 62 players finishing in the money including Cal Morreale, Sinead Priestley, Francis Obadun and Priestley’s fiancé Matt Davenport. Min Ji won the £560 Midi Main for £16,1110 while Paul Haycock (pictured below) triumphed in the £250 PLO for £4,520 after outlasting an 84-entry field. The anonymous winner of the £1,650 High Roller beat a 67-strong field to seize the trophy and £31,840 first prize. Robert Douras won the £550 GUKPT Cup for £10,960.
GUKPT stops in 2024
Following Luton, it’s back to London on May 16, Leeds at the beginning of June, a second trip to Luton in September, Blackpool #2 in October and then the final leg of 2024 back in London for the Grand Final. Grosvenor’s annual Goliath extravaganza runs from July 25 to August 4 at the Coventry Arena.
MainEventTravel’s #FinalTableFreeroll promotion
All this year’s GUKPTs – plus seven events at this year’s Goliath – are eligible for MainEventTravel’s amazing #FinalTableFreeroll promotion. All you have to do to enter is book your poker travel with MainEventTravel.com and then tag @MainEventTravel.com and #FinalTableFreeroll before the Main Event starts. If you reach the official final table, post a pic of yourself – including the tags – before the event begins and you’ll get a travel credit worth 10% of your MET-booked travel costs. Make it to heads-up and you’ll score a travel credit worth 50% of your travel costs and, if you win, you’ll receive a travel credit worth the full amount of your MET-booked travel.
National Poker League
Don’t forget Grosvenor’s exciting National Poker League Player of the Year contest. Over the course of the year, players can accrue points in 100 different events all over the country to win a £40k Player of the Year sponsorship package and a host of other prizes including GUKPT events and Goliath in July. At present, Cal Morreale looks set to win the leaderboard for the second year running. He won GUKPT Blackpool in March and has enjoyed point-accumulating results at all the other stops.
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