GUKPT Schedule
The second year of the Blue Square poker sponsored Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) gets underway next Monday in Brighton.
The GUKPT is the UK's largest poker tour, consisting of ten major poker festivals taking place at Grosvenor and G Casinos across the country. There are nine legs and a grand final scheduled for 2008. The 4 day main events at each of the nine legs of the tour will be £1,060 NL Hold'em freezeouts, while at the grand final the stakes are raised to £3,000. Last year's Grand Final winner was Londoner Michael Ellis, who walked away with just over £200,000.
Tour sponsor Blue Square Poker is adding £200,000 to the tour, including a £75,000 Champion of Champions tournament and £30,000 in prize money for the Leaderboard (rankings). The Champion of Champions Tournament is a new event for 2008 which will take place in December. Players who win any GUKPT event (main event or side event) will qualify for this prestigious tournament. The Leaderboard is also going to be more competitive this year with ranking points awarded to players who make the final table of all events (main events and side events).
The GUKPT 2008 schedule for the year is as follows:
Leg 1 Brighton January 14th-20th January 17th-20th Leg 2 Walsall February 11th-17th February 14th-17th Leg 3 London March 1st-9th March 6th-9th Leg 4 Manchester April 21st-27th April 24th-27th Leg 5 Newcastle May 14th-18th May 15th-18th Online GUKPT Festival Blue Square Poker July 21st-25th July 25th Leg 6 Luton August 2nd-10th August 7th-10th Leg 7 Bolton September 1st-7th September 4th-7th Leg 8 Thanet October 13th-19th October 16th-19th Leg 9 Blackpool November 8th-16th November 13th-16th Grand Final London November 22nd-30th November 27th-30th
Online satellites are running now at Blue Square Poker for all stops on the tour.