Who Qualified for the GUKPT Champion of Champions Event?

Julian Thew(credit: Poker Stars Blog)

Deanna Goodson - 3 Dec 2008

The second year of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour will draw to a close this Thursday (4th December) when the £75,000 Champion of Champions tournament takes place the G casino in Luton. The only way to qualify for the tournament was to win any event on the 2008 GUKPT (main events, side events, online festival events and online monthly leagues). A total of 93 players have bagged their seats, for a chance to become the GUKPT Champion of Champion, the lion’s share of the prize money and the bragging rights that go with winning such a prestigious and exclusive tournament.

Players will start with varying chip stacks, depending on the size of the buy in of the tournament they won to qualify for it. Players who have won more than one event will receive more starting chips. Sam Trickett, who is the only player to have won three events on the 2008 starts with 20,000 chips and has been installed as the 12/1 favourite to win by tour sponsor Blue Square. To place a bet, please visit the ‘Specials’ section of the Blue Square Sportsbook.

Play starts at 2pm. Any player who has not taken their seat by the end of the third level of play will have their remaining chips removed from play and will be disqualified from the tournament (players who are running late and have informed the casino of their continued intention to play will not be removed from the tournament). It is a one-day tournament and will run on a 45-minute clock.

Another ground-breaking feature of the event is that players will be given the chance to choose the payout structure for the tournament. Two options will be given to them and any player who is seated for the start of the tournament will be given a chance to vote on their preferred payout structure. No further deals or savers will be permitted and all prizes will be paid into Blue Square accounts.

Here is the full list of entrants and their starting chips:

Sam Trickett** - 20,000
Jeff Kimber* - 15,000
Marc Goodwin* - 15,000
Paul Foltyn - 15,000
Dave Penly* - 12,000
Jerome Bradpiece* - 12,000
Andy Andreou* - 10,000
Andy Teng - 10,000
Ash Hussain - 10,000
Brian Clarke - 10,000
Derek Miller* - 10,000
Ganesh Rao - 10,000
Glenn Ashworth* - 10,000
Julian Thew - 10,000
Ketul Nathwani - 10,000
Tony Cascarino - 10,000
Arkady Kielman - 7,000
Ben Callinan - 7,000
Curtis Ledger - 7,000
Karl Mahrenholz - 7,000
Kjetil Naess - 7,000
Pascal Heynsen - 7,000
Paul Parker - 7,000
Richard Grace - 7,000
Richard Wheatley - 7,000
Adam Wilkinson - 5,000
Alan Mclean - 5,000
Alan Mower - 5,000
Andrew Baker - 5,000
Andrew Clarke - 5,000
Anthony Thorpe - 5,000
Antony Ross - 5,000
Aryan Virabi - 5,000
Christopher Skinner - 5,000
Ciaran Corbett - 5,000
Cornelius Cronin - 5,000
Darren McKenzie - 5,000
Darren Seed - 5,000
David Gallagher -5,000
David Price - 5,000
David Rudling - 5,000
Donal Norton - 5,000
Essy Jahanpour - 5,000
Faton Prokupla - 5,000
Frank Romanello - 5,000
Gabriel Macavoray - 5,000
Gary Hollands -5,000
Gavin Ball - 5,000
George Annan - 5,000
Ian Frazer - 5,000
Ian Woodley - 5,000
James Akenhead - 5,000
James Bagley - 5,000
James Browning - 5,000
Javed Iqbal - 5,000
Javid Aktar - 5,000
John Eames - 5,000
Ken Wong - 5,000
Kenneth Kull - 5,000
Kevin Parkes - 5,000
Kevin Rigby - 5,000
Kyle Smith - 5,000
Loraine Healy -5,000
Marcus Bebb-Jones - 5,000
Mark Tomblin - 5,000
Martin Knibb - 5,000
Martyn Reeve - 5,000
Matt Lawrence - 5,000
Michael Arnold - 5,000
Michael Hynes - 5,000
Michael Richardson - 5,000
Nick Slade - 5,000
Nowakowski - 5,000
Oliver Boyce - 5,000
Paul Gardener - 5,000
Paul King - 5,000
Paul Newman - 5,000
Peter Wood - 5,000
Ramazanali Abbasi - 5,000
Reyaaz Mulla - 5,000
Richard Dawson - 5,000
Richard Stanley - 5,000
Rob Ellis - 5,000
Robert Bostock - 5,000
Slobodan Bjelobrk - 5,000
Steve Holden - 5,000
Steve Read - 5,000
Steve Warburton - 5,000
Steven Bayliff - 5,000
Steven Reeves - 5,000
Terry Reeve - 5,000
Theo Tsouvallaris - 5,000
Tony Phillips - 5,000