Grosvenor UK Poker Tour 2010 Schedule Announced£200,000 Added Across GUKPT 2010 as Tour Expands Reach |
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The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour 2010 schedule has been announced with added prize money jumping to £200,000 and a new club championship and online tournaments launched.
The 2009 grand final is currently underway at the Victoria Casino, London.
The main tour in 2010 will consist of eight legs, a grand final, and Champion of Champions event with prize money for the latter up to £150,000.
The schedule is:
Jan. 18-24 : G Casino, Bolton — £1,000 main event
Feb: 20-28: Grosvenor Casino, Walsall – £1,000 main event
Mar. 18-28: Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London – £1,500 main event
Apr. 17-25: G Casino Bury New Road, Manchester – £1,000 main event
May 17-23: G Casino, Coventry – £1,000 main event
Aug. 7-15: G Casino, Luton – £1,000 main event
Sept. 11-19: G Casino, Brighton – £1,000 main event
Nov. 6-14: G Casino, Blackpool – £1,000 main event
Nov. 18-24: Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London – £2,500 grand final main event
Dec. 1-5: G Casino, Coventry — Champion of Champions Festival
The Summer Series returns with ten mini-festivals, taking place from May to August across Britain. The organisers have also added the GUKPT Club Championships, a series of one-day £200 tournaments being held across all 23 Grosvenor and G Casinos with a poker room.
The final new addition to the GUKPT is the 10% Series which are one-off online events taking place the day after each festival on the main tour and the Summer Series concludes where the buy is 10 percent of the cost of the main event at the festival that has just finished.