2010 GUKPT schedule announced
Monday, 23 November 2009
Organisers of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour have announced an expanded schedule for 2010. There will be eight events on the Main Tour with stops in Bolton, Walsall, London, Manchester, Coventry, Luton, Brighton and Blackpool followed by a Grand Final in London and a Champion of Champions event in Coventry.
The popular Summer Series has been expanded. A series of ten mini festivals will run concurrently at two venues on five weekends throughout May and August. GUKPT has also announced a new series of 23 £200 buy-in Club Championships to be held at 23 casinos throughout the UK as well as a 10% online event that will take place on Blue Square Poker the day after the conclusion of each Main Event.
The prize pool will be boosted by £200,000 making the series some of the best value in the country.
The full schedule is as follows:
Main Tour
Leg 1 - G Casino, Bolton - £1,000 Main Event
18th - 24th January
Leg 2 - Grosvenor Casino, Walsall - £1,000 Main Event
20th - 28th February
Leg 3 - Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London - £1,500 Main Event
18th - 28th March
Leg 4 - G Casino Bury New Road, Manchester - £1,000 Main Event
17th - 25th April
Leg 5 - G Casino, Coventry - £1,000 Main Event
17th - 23rd May
Leg 6 - G Casino, Luton - £1,000 Main Event
7th - 15th August
Leg 7 - G Casino, Brighton - £1,000 Main Event
11th-19th September
Leg 8 - G Casino, Blackpool - £1,000 Main Event
6th - 14th November
Grand Final - Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London - £2,500 Main Event
18th - 28th November
Champion of Champions Festival - G Casino, Coventry
1st - 5th December
Summer Series
1a - G Casino, Blackpool - £500 Main Event
26th - 31st May
1b - G Casino, Thanet - £300 Main Event
28th - 31st May
2a - G Casino, Luton - £500 Main Event
9th -13th June
2b - G Casino, Aberdeen - £300 Main Event
10th - 13th June
3a - Grosvenor Casino, Walsall - £500 Main Event
23rd - 27th June
3b - Grosvenor Casino, Newcastle - £300 Main Event
24th - 27th June
4a - G Casino, Sheffield - £500 Main Event
21st - 25th July
4b - G Casino, Dundee - £300 Main Event
22nd - 25th July
5a - Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London - £750 Main Event
23rd - 30th August
5b - G Casino, Bury New Road, Manchester - £500 Main Event
26th - 30th August
Club Championships
Swansea, Thanet, Leeds, Blackpool, Stoke
13th February
£200 NL Hold'em Freezeout
Luton, Dundee, Bolton, Coventry
10th April
£200 NL Hold'em Freezeout
Cardiff, London, Newcastle, Salford, Sheffield
10th July
£200 NL Hold'em Freezeout
Portsmouth, Southampton, Aberdeen, Manchester, Great Yarmouth
16th October
£200 NL Hold'em Freezeout
Plymouth, Brighton, Huddersfield, Walsall
23rd October
£200 NL Hold'em Freezeout
Qualification satellites will run online at Blue Square Poker.