Poker’s Goliath X on the UK’s Grosvenor On line casino on Observe for New Report
The Goliath X poker event, a part of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT), kicked off late final month. Already the largest poker event exterior Vegas, it’s set to interrupt a brand new file earlier than it wraps up.
Poker gamers take part within the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour in 2018. Within the newest event sequence, the Goliath X, is breaking information. (Picture: GUKPT)
The primary flight of the occasion, which Grosvenor On line casino hosts, was on August 27. That flight registered 1,294 entries, already a sign that this event was going to be larger than others.
Since then, the sphere has continued to develop. The final reside Goliath event was in 2019 and noticed greater than 9,300 entries. This yr, the £150 (US$173) Goliath X already broke the 10K mark, with one other flight to come back.
Flying Excessive on the Grosvenor
There are a complete of eight flights earlier than gamers dig in and make a severe run for the cash. The fifth flight was on Wednesday and added 1,432 to the operating whole. The subsequent flight, Flight 1F on Thursday, introduced one other 1,572.
The Goliath needed to take a break due to COVID-19. The next two years continued in a web-based format, which nonetheless proved to be widespread.
Now, the reside occasion is again and proving why it will probably declare to be the largest poker event exterior the World Collection of Poker. There have been greater than 11,800 entries thus far, confirming Grosvenor’s earlier suspicions that it might break the 10K barrier.
One other Day 1, one other file as at present is our greatest Thursday on file!
Flight 1F has had 1,572 entries!
We’re at the moment 948 entries up on our 2019 variety of 9,300! pic.twitter.com/be11HQLloX
— Grosvenor Poker (@GrosvenorPoker) September 1, 2022
As a result of the turnout has been so nice, the £1 million (US$1.15 million) assure will improve even additional. Solely after all of the flights are completed and the entries tallied will Grosvenor have the ability to announce the whole prize pool and breakdown.
In 2019, with 9,300 entries, Lee Reynolds took the highest prize of $78K when he reduce a take care of the opposite 4 finalists. To place issues in perspective for this yr, all the high 5 finishers that yr bagged at the very least $80K, and 922 gamers completed within the cash.
There’s nonetheless loads of motion remaining on the felt. The Goliath X occasion runs by means of September 4, when it crowns a winner.
GUKPT Awarding Money
Because it makes its rounds, the GUKPT has already begun shelling out the money. Jack Hardcastle is now a two-time winner after taking down the GUKPT Important Occasion a few days in the past.
Hardcastle received the GUKPT Leeds Important Occasion final yr for £72,200 (US$83,506). In taking down this yr’s Important Occasion in Coventry, he added one other £125,450 (US$145,145). The British poker professional has amassed greater than $1.2 million in reside poker winnings, in keeping with Hendon Mob.
Ciaran Duffy is the right instance of how poker is anybody’s recreation. Earlier than he sat down on the desk within the £1,500 Excessive Curler, he solely had $2,877 in reside event winnings. Nonetheless, he turned a powerful efficiency and a first-place end into $71,500.
