The GUKPT Goliath was back in Coventry and for the third year running we attended the first weekend. We held four events over the weekend which saw over 500 registrations from our members alone. On Friday night we held a live WLPC qualifier which attracted 100 entries and saw FOUR seats awarded into November’s worldwide pub league poker festival, held in Las Vegas. Saturday was ‘THE BIG ONE’ which once again saw £25,000 awarded to the top 30 finishers on the day with £7,000 going to the winner. Sunday saw the launch of the new Redtooth Poker Tour with an increased buy-in raising the cash prize-pool to around £3,500. Finally, the weekend of poker was finished off with a ‘Redtooth Goes Wild’ event, aka Jokers Wild which was an open event and attracted over 150 players.

Our big event on the Sunday was the first leg of the 2019/20 Redtooth Poker Tour. Yes, the tour is BACK! (Tickets are on sale here) So, the Grosvenor Casino in Coventry hosted leg 1, with the increased buy-in not affecting the numbers as the event was comfortably sold out with a 150 player capacity. An increased buy-in only means one thing… an increased prize-pool! With the tournament winner bagging a golden ticket, 2nd place would walk away with a cool £900! In total, around £3,500 was awarded to the final table finishers with the added bonus of a UK National Final seat in October.

Results

WINNER – Paul Harrison – VEGAS100

02 Gary Edwards – £900 + UK National Final seat
03 Mark Jones – £650 + UK National Final seat
04 Glyn Morris – £500 + UK National Final seat
05 Ross Elliot – £400 + UK National Final seat
06 Martin Campbell – £300 + UK National Final seat
07 Garry Todd – £250 + UK National Final seat
08 Alan Wilkins – £200 + UK National Final seat
09 Marjorie Osborn – £150 + UK National Final seat
10 Adrian Clark – £100 + UK National Final seat

Final Table Chip Stacks

01. Glyn Morris – 644,000
02. Paul Harrison – 347,000
03. Gary Edwards – 333,000
04. Mark Jones – 210,000
05. Martin Campbell – 190,000
06. Ross Elliot – 182,000
07. Garry Todd – 136,000
08. Alan Wilkins – 119,000
09. Marjorie Osborn – 65,000
10. Adrian Clark – 29,000

Redtooth Poker Tour Top 3

1st Paul Harrison – 150 points
2nd Gary Edwards – 120 points
3rd Mark Jones – 105 points

The full leaderboard can be found here