Grosvenor sponsored pro Ludovic Geilich has sensationally won a second GUKPT title, taking down the £1,250 buy-in Main Event in Blackpool for £56,150. His victory comes only two months after he joined Team Grosvenor and less than four months since finishing fourth in Blackpool last November.
Geilich said: “Callum is a very tough opponent. He’s never been knocked out in Blackpool! He played a great strategy heads-up and I played the exact same strategy so I’m over the moon to win.”
British player Peter Flynn (pictured below) shipped the GUKPT Blackpool Mini Main Event, beating a 379-entry field to win a career-best £14,610. The total prize pool was £75,040 with 50 places paid. Among those getting a slice of the cake were Tim Chung, Wendy Watson MBE, Cristian Popescu and Arian Kashani.
Cal Morreale
2023 Player of the Year Cal Morreale (pictured below) added more points to his standings in the current National Poker League when he took down yet another tournament at GUKPT Blackpool. He outlasted a field of 103 players to win the £200 turbo for £4,330. The total prize pool was £17,800. Morreale has already had some 20 cashes this year, taking down the Omaha 4/5/6 event at the UK Poker Open, cashing five times at GUKPT London in January, winning the Grosvenor 25/50 series in Luton for £22,965, cashing three times at GUKPT Manchester and three times in the new 888poker UK Poker League. Morreale won a £40k Grosvenor Sponsorship package last year after dominating the Player of the Year leaderboard. He’s currently miles ahead of his nearest rival in the league – Matt Davenport, who was the 2022 Player of the Year.
High Roller
Congratulations to Endrit Geci-Dempsey (pictured below) who won the GUKPT Blackpool High Roller for £22,960. Endrit beat the 43-entry field – and Andrew “Stato” Hulme heads-up. The total prize pool was £61,920. Others who cashed included new Main Event champ Ludovic Geilich who finished fourth for £7,000.
Blackpool Cup
Keith Littlewood (pictured below) won the GUKPT Blackpool Cup for £7,520 after beating Andrew Aspinall heads-up. The total prize pool was £27,840.
GUKPT stops in 2024
Following the GUKPT Blackpool, the GUKPT continues with a slew of great events all over the country including Edinburgh from April 4 to 14 and Luton starting April 25. Then it’s back to London in May, 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.
MainEventTravel’s #FinalTableFreeroll promotion
The Grosvenor GUKPT event is 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. Globally, there are at least 25 Eligible Events to choose from in March alone.
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 garner 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.
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