The 2025 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) explodes into motion on January 8 when the primary of 12 scheduled stops shuffles up and offers on the Grosvenor G On line casino in Coventry. If the 2024 version of GUKPT Coventry is something to base judgment on, the 2025 model ought to be nothing in need of large.
Historically, the GUKPT heads to Coventry throughout the UK Open and the record-breaking Goliath festivals. Nevertheless, in 2025, the GUKPT kicks off in Coventry from January 8-19 earlier than returning for the UK Open (February 20 to March 1) and the Goliath (July 24 to August 3) later within the yr.
The 2025 GUKPT Coventry competition begins on January 8 with a £50 satellite tv for pc awarding seats to the Opener and the Mini Predominant. The very first occasion shuffles up at 12:00 p.m. GMT on January 9, the primary of 4 flights within the £200 buy-in, £100,000 assured No-Restrict Maintain’em Opener.
Different facet occasions embody a £250 Pot-Restrict Omaha 4/5/6 Card match, a £200 No-Restrict Maintain’em Turbo, a £1,650 Excessive Curler, the £550 GUKPT Cup, and the primary GUKPT Predominant Occasion of 2025.
Predominant Occasion Ought to Obliterate Its £250,000 Assure
Grosvenor has positioned a £250,000 assure within the £1,250 Predominant Occasion’s prize pool, however all the things factors to that sum getting blown out of the water. In 2024, this match drew in 632 gamers purchased in and created a £667,400 prize pool. The actual fact 65 seats are assured in numerous satellites throughout the GUKPT Coventry competition makes hitting and exceeding £250,000 within the pot ever extra probably.
When this occasion ran in July 2024, it was a part of the Goliath competition. A number of seasoned execs and established grinders reached the cash, together with Alex Todd, Man Taylor, Waheed Ashraf, Keith Johnson, Endrit Geci, Charles Chattha, Kully Sidhu, Callum Gordon, and Steve Watts.
The match noticed a four-way chip: Robert Shields completed fourth for £78,500, Eliot Catterson third for £81,300, Andrew Wilson second for £95,000, and Justin Tsui accumulating the all-important winner’s trophy and £100,000.
Justin Tsui Banks £100K and the GUKPT Predominant Occasion Title in Coventry
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2025 GUKPT Coventry Schedule
Broaden the desk beneath to see the complete 2025 GUKPT Coventry schedule.
DateTimeEventGuarantee
Wed 8 Jan7:00 p.m.£50 Opener + Mini Predominant Satellite tv for pcÂ
Thu 9 Jan12:00 p.m.£200 NLHE Opener Day 1A£100,000
 6:00 p.m.£200 NLHE Opener Day 1B£100,000
Fri 10 Jan12:00 p.m.£200 NLHE Opener Day 1C£100,000
 6:00 p.m.£200 NLHE Opener Day 1D£100,000
 8:00 p.m.£140 Predominant Occasion Cashout Satellite10x seats
Sat 11 Jan1:00 p.m.Nationwide Poker League Cashout PlayoffÂ
 7:00 p.m.£200 NLHE Opener Day 1E Turbo£100,000
 9:00 p.m.£140 Predominant Occasion Cashout Satellite5x seats
Solar 12 Jan12:00 p.m.£200 NLHE Opener Day 2£100,000
 3:00 p.m.£250 NLHE Mini Predominant Day 1A£100,000
 8:00 p.m.£140 Predominant Occasion Cashout Satellite10x seats
Mon 13 Jan3:00 p.m.£250 NLHE Mini Predominant Day 1B£100,000
 8:00 p.m.£140 Predominant Occasion Cashout Satellite10x seats
Tue 14 Jan12:00 p.m.£250 NLHE Mini Predominant Day 1C Turbo£100,000
 4:30 p.m.£250 Mini Predominant Day 2£100,000
 6:00 p.m.£250 PLO 4/5/6 CardÂ
 9:00 p.m.£180 Excessive Curler Cashout Satellite tv for pcÂ
Wed 15 Jan12:00 p.m.£180 Excessive Curler Cashout Satellite tv for pcÂ
 3:00 p.m.£1,650 NLHE Excessive Curler Day 1£100,000
 5:00 p.m.£200 NLHE TurboÂ
 5:00 p.m.Mini Predominant Day 3£100,000
 8:00 p.m.£140 Predominant Occasion Cashout Satellite10x seats
Thu 16 Jan12:00 p.m.£1,650 Excessive Curler Day 2£100,000
 1:00 p.m.£1,250 NLHE Predominant Occasion Day 1A£250,000
 7:00 p.m.£140 Predominant Occasion Cashout Satellite10x seats
Fri 17 Jan12:00 p.m.£1,250 NLHE Predominant Occasion Day 1B£250,000
 2:00 p.m.£140 Predominant Occasion Cashout Satellite10x seats
 9:00 p.m.£1,250 NLHE Predominant Occasion Day 1C Turbo£250,000
Sat 18 Jan12:00 p.m.£1,250 Predominant Occasion Day 2£250,000
 2:30 p.m.£550 NLHE GUKPT Cup Day 1£50,000
Solar 19 Jan12:00 p.m.Predominant Occasion Day 3£250,000
 12:30 p.m.£550 NLHE GUKPT Cup Day 2£50,000
 1:00 p.m.£150 NLHE SeniorsÂ
 3:00 p.m.£330 PLO BountyÂ
 6:00 p.m.£200 NLHE NearerÂ
Mon 20 Jan9:00 p.m.£110 On-line Nearer Day 1£25,000
Tue 21 Jan9:00 p.m.On-line Nearer Day 2£25,000
On-line satellites from solely £1 are operating proper now at Grosvenor Poker. You will want a Grosvenor Poker account if you wish to compete within the two-day £110 buy-in Nearer on-line occasion on January 20-21 which rounds off the competition and comes with a £25,000 assured prize pool.
As soon as GUKPT Coventry ends, there’s not lengthy to attend till the second leg of the 2025 tour begins. GUKPT Manchester BNR runs from January 30 to February 8 earlier than the UK Open runs in Coventry from February 20 till March 2. It is a busy begin to the yr, however poker gamers would not have it another manner.
2025 GUKPT Schedule
DatesLocationMain Occasion Purchase-in2024 Champion
Jan 9-19GUKPT Coventry£1,250Justin Tsui
Jan 30-Feb 9GUKPT Manchester BNR£1,250Vincent Meli
Feb 20-Mar 2UK Open Coventry£1,500Nicholas Marchington
Mar 12-23888poker LIVE Glasgow£888New Occasion
Apr 24-Might 4GUKPT Luton£1,250Christopher Johnson
Might 15-25GUKPT Leeds£1,000James Jones
Jul 10-20GUKPT London: The Vic£1,250Ryan O’Donnell
Jul 24-Aug 3Goliath Coventry£200William Watkins
Aug 14-24GUKPT Luton£1,250Seb Crane
Sep 4-14888poker LIVE London: The Vic£1,250New Occasion
Oct 9-19GUKPT Edinburgh£1,000Paul McAulay
Oct 30-Nov 9GUKPT Blackpool£1,250Ravi Sheth
Nov 20-30Grand Last London: The Vic£2,000Niall Campbell
Dec 9-14Coventry: Behemoth£300Cristinel Costin
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Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he grew to become the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from dwell reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his function of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.
