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Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Walsall Main Event Under Way

Day 1A at the GUKPT saw 111 players Start and Just 26 Finish the Day

by Brendan Murray  |  Published: Feb 26, 2009

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The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour has made its second stop of the year at the Grosvenor Casino, Walsall  with the Jeff Kimbernine-day festival culminating in the £1,000 main event which started yesterday.

The festival got underway with a £100 no-limit hold’em event and more than 300 players are expected to take to the felt for the main event which last year was won by Jeff Kimber who took down £83,000.

Day 1a saw 111 players in the main event and by the the end of play only 26 had made it through. The top 10 in chips were:

  1. Jerome Bradpiece  -- 86,050
  2. Daniel Carter -- 78,500
  3. Nicholas Gibson  -- 72,375
  4. James Akenhead  -- 72,275
  5. Joseph Grech  -- 67,750
  6. Martyn Cavanagh -- 63,475
  7. Arjanit Kondaj  -- 57,300
  8. Michael Greco -- 54,475
  9. Robert Price  -- 54,150
  10. Jeff Hemmerman  -- 47,800

Bernard Litman won the first stop on the tour in Brighton lifting £70,520 for his victory. Check back at CardPlayerEurope.com on Monday for the results of this tournament.

 
 
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