Penultimate Stop of thrammygolde 2024 GUKPT Sees the Tour Head to Blackpool

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Table Of Contents

• Get Involved in the Eighth Edition of the Kav Cup
• Derek “Kav” Kavanagh: This Train Doesn’t Stop
• 2024 GUKPT Blackpool Schedule
• Past GUKPT Blackpool Main Event Champions
• GUKPT Grand Final Runs From November 21

As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the Grosvenor G Casino in Blackpool hosts the penultimate stop of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) each November. Stops have come on gone on the GUKPT since its inception in 2007, but the Blackpool leg has remained constant, with the exception of the COVID-19 hit 2020.

November is fast approaching, and as sure as eggs are eggs, the GUKPT's penultimate stop of its 2024 tour takes place in the British seaside town of Blackpool. From October 30 through November 10, poker players from far and wide will descend on Blackpool, each sharing the common goal of becoming the GUKPT Blackpool Main Event champion.

Get Involved in the Eighth Edition of the Kav Cup

Although the £1,250 GUKPT Blackpool Main Event is the tournament everyone has their eye on, PokerNews urges you to head to the casino on November 2 and play in the £60 Kav Cup. Now in its eighth iteration, the Kav Cup is a charity tournament in the name of the late Derek "Kav" Kavanagh, an immensely popular and inspirational man.

Kavanagh continued grinding poker tournaments despite fighting through gruelling chemotherapy sessions in his battle against lung cancer. Sadly, Kavanagh passed away in March 2017, a couple of months after reaching the final two tables of the GUKPT Blackpool Main Event.

The Kav Cup is a £40+£20 tournament, with the £20 going to charity. There's an option for a 2,000 bonus chip for £5, with the £5 also donated to charity. So far, the Kav Cup has raised over £63,000 for worthy causes and is intending to smash through £100,000 worth of donations eventually. It's one of the most fun live tournaments you will play, with most of the field gulping on pints of Guinness, Kav's favourite drink. Last year, 257 players bought in, and Bryn Cropper outlasted them all. Cropper collected £5,370 for his win.

Derek “Kav” Kavanagh: This Train Doesn’t Stop

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2024 GUKPT Blackpool Schedule

Date	Time	Event
Wed 30 Oct	7:00 p.m.	£50 Opener+Mini Main Event Satellite
Thu 31 Oct	6:00 p.m.	£200 NLHE Opener Day 1A
	8:00 p.m.	£140 Main Event Cashout Satellite
Fri 1 Nov	6:00 p.m.	£200 NLHE Opener Day 1B
	8:00 p.m.	£140 Main Event Cashout Satellite
Sat 2 Nov	1:00 p.m.	£60 NLHE Kav Cup
	8:00 p.m.	£140 Main Event Cashout Satellite
	9:00 p.m.	£200 NLHE Opener Day 1C Turbo
Sun 3 Nov	1:00 p.m.	£200 NLHE Opener Day 2
	3:00 p.m.	£250 NLHE Mini Main Event Day 1A
	8:00 p.m.	£140 Main Event Cashout Satellite
Mon 4 Nov	3:00 p.m.	£250 NLHE Mini Main Event Day 1B
	6:00 p.m.	£180 High Roller Cashout Satellite Turbo
	8:00 p.m.	£140 Main Event Cashout Satellite
Tue 5 Nov	12:00 p.m.	£250 NLHE Mini Main Event Day 1C Turo
	4:30 p.m.	£250 NLHE Mini Main Event Day 2
	7:00 p.m.	£200 Pot-Limit Omaha
	9:00 p.m.	£180 High Roller Cashout Satellite Turbo
Wed 6 Nov	12:00 p.m.	£220 High Roller Cashout Satellite Turbo
	3:00 p.m.	£1,650 NLHE High Roller Day 1
	5:00 p.m.	£200 NLHE Turbo
	5:00 p.m.	Mini Main Event Day 3
	9:00 p.m.	£140 Main Event Cashout Satellite
Thu 7 Nov	12:00 p.m.	£1,650 NLHE High Roller Day 2
	1:00 p.m.	£1,250 NLHE GUKPT Main Event Day 1A
	7:00 p.m.	£140 Main Event Cashout Satellite
Fri 8 Nov	12:00 p.m.	£1,250 NLHE GUKPT Main Event Day 1B
	2:00 p.m.	£140 Main Event Cashout Satellite Turbo
	9:00 p.m.	£1,250 NLHE GUKPT Main Event Day 1C Turbo
Sat 9 Nov	£1,250 NLHE GUKPT Main Event Day 2
	2:30 p.m.	£550 NLHE GUKPT Cup Day 1
Sun 10 Nov	12:00 p.m.	GUKPT Main Event Day 3
	12:30 p.m.	£550 NLHE GUKPT Cup Day 2
	1:00 p.m.	£150 NLHE Seniors
	3:00 p.m.	£330 Pot-Limit Omaha 4/5/6/ Bounty
	6:00 p.m.	£200 NLHE Closer

Past GUKPT Blackpool Main Event Champions

The £1,250 GUKPT Blackpool Main Event is the event everyone heading to Blackpool wants to win, adding their name to a long line of past champions. Ludovic Geilich emerged victoriously when the GUKPT stopped in Blackpool in March, something it has done since 2023. Geilich walked away with £56,150 for his efforts.

Ian Gascoigne won the GUKPT Blackpool Main Event last November, earning a career-best £62,198.

Other past champions include Jamie Clossick, whose £109,000 is the second-largest prize in the stop's history. Yiannis Liperis has also been king of Blackpool, as has Tom Middleton, Richard Trigg, Simon Deadman, and Priyan de Mel. Will you add your name to that impressive list?

Date	Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize
Mar 2024	£1,250	207	£250,000	Ludovic Geilich	£56,150
Mar 2023	£1,250	305	£321,081	Lin Chen	£65,310
Nov 2023	£1,250	347	£360,430	Ian Gascoigne	£62,198
Nov 2022	£1,250	543	£597,300	Jamie Clossick	£109,000
Nov 2021	£1,250	533	£574,580	Richard Horton	£94,150
Nov 2019	£1,110	367	£367,000	Matthew Eardley	£84,550
Nov 2018	£1,110	304	£304,000	Yiannis Liperis	£84,250
Nov 2017	£1,100	314	£314,000	Daniel Corbett	£87,280
Nov 2016	£1,100	251	£251,000	Tom Middleton	£56,255
Nov 2015	£1,090	275	£275,000	Jonny Gray	£69,050
Nov 2014	£1,080	171	£200,000	Justin Astley	£59,000
Nov 2013	£1,070	226	£226,000	Richard Trigg	£53,000
Nov 2012	£1,070	173	£173,000	Simon Deadman	£49,290
Nov 2011	£1,070	262	£262,000	Andrew Peters	£72,020
Nov 2010	£1,070	246	£246,000	David Johnson	£67,750
Nov 2009	£1,060	287	£287,000	Priyan de Mel	£84,900
Nov 2008	£1,060	341	£341,000	Brian Clarke	£96,500
Nov 2007	£1,050	353	£353,000	Paul Bracken	£109,700

GUKPT Grand Final Runs From November 21

If you head to GUKPT Blackpool and plan to compete in the Grand Final, you won't have much time to rest on your laurels because the final leg of the 2024 GUKPT starts on November 21. For the first time in the tour's history, the Grand Final is not taking place in London but Luton. The full schedule is still being determined, but we know the festival runs from November 21 to December 1 and includes a £2,000 buy-in Main Event. Watch this space.