Cure Your Post Goliath Blues With the 2024 GUKPT Luton Festival
The folks at Grosvenor Casinos are just about recovered from the massive 2024 Goliath festival that saw William Watkins turn £200 into £166,058 after a nine-way deal at the final table earlier this month. That well-deserved rest is about to be broken with the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Luton festival rapidly approaching.
The 2024 GUKPT Luton festival runs from September 11 through September 23 at the Grosvenor G Casino on Park Street West. Luton may not be the first city that springs to mind when you think of poker tournament action, but the Bedfordshire town is a proverbial poker hotbed.
Many seasoned poker pros have left Luton with the GUKPT Main Event trophy in tow over the years. Sam Trickett’s first major live title was the 2008 GUKPT Luton Main Event; he earned £109,050 that day.
Others to emerge victoriously in Luton include stalwarts Richard Gryko and Neil Channing, Charles Chattha, Leeds’ Jamie O’Connor, Driton Haxhiaj (twice), David Docherty, the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event third-place finisher John Eames, and Stuart Rutter.
Chris Johnson is the GUKPT Luton Main Event’s reigning champion, having outlasted 211 opponents in May this year, banking £48,570. The tour returns to Luton for the second time in 2024 before heading to Blackpool for the penultimate stop and the season-ended Grand Final in London in November.
2024 GUKPT Luton Schedule
If you are in Luton on September 11, you can play in a £50 buy-in satellite that awards tickets to both the £200 Opener and the £250 Mini Main, but the actual events kick off a day later.
Events such as the £200 Opener, £250 Mini Main, £1,650 High Roller, £550 GUKPT Cup, and the eagerly anticipated £1,100 GUKPT Luton Main Event are among the busy schedule.
Date | Time | Event |
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Wed 11 Sep | 7:00 p.m. | £50 Opener + Mini Main Satellite |
Thu 12 Sep | £200 NLHE Opener Day 1A | |
6:00 p.m. | £200 NLHE Opener Day 1B | |
Fri 13 Sep | 12:00 p.m. | £200 NLHE Opener Day 1C |
6:00 p.m. | £200 NLHE Opener Day 1D | |
8:00 p.m. | £140 Main Event Cashout Satellites – 10 seats GTD | |
Sat 14 Sep | 11:00 a.m. | £200 NLHE Opener Day 1E Turbo |
4:00 p.m. | £200 NLHE Opener Day 2 | |
6:00 p.m. | £200 NLHE Turbo | |
8:00 p.m. | £140 Main Event Cashout Satellite – 10 seats GTD | |
Sun 15 Sep | 3:00 p.m. | NLHE Opener Day 3 |
3:00 p.m. | £250 NLHE Mini Main Day 1A | |
8:00 p.m. | £140 Main Event Cashout Satellite – 10 seats GTD | |
Mon 16 Sep | 3:00 p.m. | £250 NLHE Mini Main Day 1B |
6:00 p.m. | £180 High Roller Cashout Satellite Turbo | |
8:00 p.m. | £140 Main Event Cashout Satellite – 10 seats GTD | |
Tue 17 Sep | 12:00 p.m. | £250 NLHE Mini Main Day 1C Turbo |
4:30 p.m. | £250 NLHE Mini Main Day 2 | |
7:00 p.m. | £200 Pot-Limit Omaha | |
9:00 p.m. | £180 High Roller Cashout Satellite Turbo | |
Wed 18 Sep | 12:00 p.m. | £220 High Roller Cashout Satellite Turbo |
3:00 p.m. | £1,650 NLHE High Roller Day 1 | |
5:00 p.m. | £200 NLHE Turbo | |
5:00 p.m. | Mini Main Day 3 | |
Thu 19 Sep | 12:00 p.m. | £1,650 NLHE High Roller Day 2 |
1:00 p.m. | £1,250 NLHE Main Event Day 1A | |
7:00 p.m. | £140 Main Event Cashout Satellite - 10 seats GTD | |
Fri 20 Sep | 12:00 p.m. | £1,250 NLHE Main Event Day 1B |
2:00 p.m. | £140 Main Event Cashout Satellite | |
9:00 p.m. | £1,250 NLHE Main Event Day 1C Turbo | |
Sat 21 Sep | 12:00 p.m. | £1,250 NLHE Main Event Day 2 |
2:30 p.m. | £550 NLHE GUKPT Cup Day 1 | |
Sun 22 Sep | 12:00 p.m. | Main Event Day 3 |
12:30 p.m. | £550 NLHE GUKPT Cup Day 2 | |
3:00 p.m. | £330 PLO 4/5/6/ Card Bounty | |
6:00 p.m. | £200 NLHE Closer | |
Mon 23 Sep | 7:00 p.m. | £110 Online Closer Day 1 |
7:00 p.m. | Online Closer Day 2 |
Results From the 2023 GUKPT Luton Festival
Expand the table below to see all the results from the previous edition of the GUKPT Luton festival, so you have some idea of what to expect if you head there in September.
Event | Entrants | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
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£1,250 NLHE Main Event | 212 | £218,870 | Chris Johnson | £48,570 |
£1,650 NLHE High Roller | 67 | £96,480 | Anonymous | £31,840 |
£560 Midi Main Event | 159 | £71,320 | Min Ji | £16,110 |
£200 NLHE Opener | 319 | £61,985 | Reon Staples | £13,395 |
£250 NLHE Mini Main | 462 | £97,220 | Wenbo Xie | £13,057 |
£550 NLHE GUKPT Cup | 94 | £45,120 | Robert Douras | £10,960 |
£250 Pot Limit Omaha | 84 | £18,140 | Paul Haycock | £4,520 |
£200 NLHE Closer | 84 | £14,510 | Paul Haycock | £3,620 |
£200 NLHE Turbo | 83 | £14,340 | Anonymous | £3,150 |
£330 PLO 4/5/6 Bounty | 55 | £7,920 | Cassandra Yong | £2,600 |
£150 NLHE Seniors | 74 | £9,430 | Steven Goose | £2,000 |
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