The tournament schedules for the next two Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) festivals have now been revealed. The first of these is GUKPT Edinburgh, which runs 9-19 October at the Grosvenor Maybury Casino in the Scottish capital. GUKPT Blackpool, the penultimate event for the 2025 tour, takes place 2-9 November.
Both festivals have schedules that will be familiar to those who have played in any of the six legs of the tour that have taken place so far in 2025. The highlight of each festival is the Main Event, which has a £900+£100 buy-in for the Edinburgh leg, with a £150,000 guarantee. At Blackpool the price to play is a slightly higher £1,100 + £150, with a guarantee of £250,000!
GUKPT Edinburgh Tournament Schedule
GUKPT Edinburgh is a slightly longer festival than Blackpool, running from Thursday 9th until Sunday 19th October. The highlights include:
- £150,000 Guaranteed Main Event
- £50,000 Guaranteed Opener
- £100,000 Mini Main Event
- £30,000 GUKPT Cup
The extra three days at the start enable an additional marquee event to be included in the tournament schedule. It begins with The Opener, a £175 + £25 No Limit Hold’em event with six starting flights and a £50,000 guarantee.
The next key event on the schedule is the £220 + £30 Mini Main Event, with a £100,000 guarantee. The Main Event has three starting days, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and concludes on Wednesday. The two-day £1,500 + £150 High Roller runs in midweek, starting On Wednesday 15th October, concluding on Thursday 16th, without a guarantee.
Once the warm-up events have been dispatched with, the Main Event becomes the key focus for the rest of the festival. Beginning on Thursday 16th, there are three starting days for the £150,000 guaranteed tournament, which reaches its climax on Sunday 19th at the art deco building that is the Grosvenor Maybury Casino. The buy-in for the Main Event has been reduced from last year’s £1,100+£150 to the previously popular £900+£100. With numbers crashing at this event in 2024, it’s hoped that this price reduction will help re-establish the event as one of the biggest on the circuit.
| Date | Start Time | Event Name | Clock |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 16 Oct | 1pm | Main Event Day 1A | 60 mins |
| Fri 17 Oct | 12pm | Main Event Day 1B | 60 mins |
| Fri 17 Oct | 9pm | Main Event Day 1C – Turbo | 20 mins |
| Sat 18 Oct | 12pm | Main Event Day 2 | 60 mins |
| Sun 19 Oct | 12pm | Main Event Day 3 | 60 mins |
In addition to these key tournaments, there are several other side events taking place throughout the festival. The £300 + £40 GUKPT Cup with a £30,000 guarantee runs on the final weekend. There are also a couple of Pot Limit Omaha events, a turbo Hold’em and several satellites. Here’s the full list of side events.
| Date | Start Time | Event Name | Buy-In | Clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 9 Oct | 1pm | The Opener Day 1A | £175+£25 | 30 mins |
| Thu 9 Oct | 7pm | The Opener Day 1B | £175+£25 | 30 mins |
| Fri 10 Oct | 1pm | The Opener Day 1C | £175+£25 | 30 mins |
| Fri 10 Oct | 7pm | The Opener Day 1D | £175+£25 | 30 mins |
| Sat 11 Oct | 1pm | The Opener Day 1E | £175+£25 | 30 mins |
| Sat 11 Oct | 7pm | The Opener Day 1F-Turbo | £175+£25 | 15 mins |
| Sun 12 Oct | 12pm | The Opener Day 2 | £175+£25 | 40 mins |
| Sun 12 Oct | 2pm | Mini Main Day 1A | £220+£30 | 40 mins |
| Mon 13 Oct | 3pm | Mini Main Day 1B | £220+£30 | 40 mins |
| Tue 14 Oct | 12pm | Mini Main Day 1C-Turbo | £220+£30 | 15 mins |
| Tue 14 Oct | 4pm | Mini Main Day 2 | £220+£30 | 40 mins |
| Tue 14 Oct | 5pm | PLO 4 Card | £220+£30 | 6×30/20 mins |
| Wed 15 Oct | 3pm | High Roller Day 1 | £1,500+£150 | 40 mins |
| Wed 15 Oct | 5pm | NLH Turbo | £180+£20 | 20 mins |
| Sun 19 Oct | 12:30pm | GUKPT Cup Day 2 | £300+£40 | 40 mins |
| Sun 19 Oct | 1pm | Seniors | £130+£20 | 4×30/20 mins |
| Sun 19 Oct | 3pm | PLO 4 Card Bounty | £150+£150+£30 | 4×30/20 mins |
Previous GUKPT Edinburgh Winners
Edinburgh has been a regular stop on the GUKPT since 2014, when Andrew Teng won the Event, defeating a field of 192 entrants to take the £26,000 first prize in what was then a £500+£50 tournament. The buy-in remained at this level until 2021, when it was increased to £680+£70 and enjoyed a post-covid boom, with participation rising sharply. Ludovic Geilich was the runner up in that year and after an even bigger 2022 (390 entries), he would go on to win it in 2023, when the buy-in was upped once again, to £900+100.
Last year the buy-in was increased to £1,100+£150, but this proved to be too big an increase and numbers dropped drastically, reducing to 184, equaling the lowest ever attendance of 2015, when James Mitchell became the champion. It was won by Paul Mcauley, who is expected to return this year to defend his title.
| Year | Entries | Buy-In | Prize Pool | Winner | 1st Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 192 | £550 | £100,000 | Andrew Teng | £26,000 |
| 2015 | 234 | £550 | £117,000 | James Mitchell | £33,930 |
| 2016 | 184 | £550 | £100,000 | Tommy Le | £25,000 |
| 2017 | 227 | £550 | £113,500 | Paul Green | £17,500 |
| 2018 | 258 | £560 | £129,000 | Gary Stevens-Smith | £36,350 |
| 2019 | 309 | £560 | £151,400 | Nathan Slater | £42,110 |
| 2021 | 351 | £750 | £235,170 | Majid Iqbal | £61,220 |
| 2022 | 390 | £750 | £261,300 | Gary Armstrong | £57,770 |
| 2023 | 366 | £1,000 | £310,220 | Ludovic Geilich | £79,590 |
| 2024 | 184 | £1,250 | £153,980 | Paul Mcauley | £34,810 |
GUKPT Blackpool Tournament Schedule
Blackpool schedule highlights include:
- £250,000 Guaranteed Main Event
- £100,000 Mini Main Event
- £50,000 GUKPT Cup
GUKPT Blackpool has a slightly shorter schedule than the Edinburgh version, omitting the Opener and kicking off with the £220+£30 Mini Main Event on Sunday 2nd November. This has five starting flights, carries a £100,000 guarantee and concludes on Wednesday 5th.
The £1500+£150 High Roller runs on Tuesday and Wednesday and includes a free-to-enter Last Player Standing competition for everyone who registers before the start of play. The winner receives a free Main Event seat. This same promotion also applies for the Edinburgh High Roller.
The Main Event has a £1,100+£150 Buy-in and has three starting days, the first of which is on Thursday 6th November. The second and third flights (the latter of which has a turbo structure) are on Friday 7th and the tournament concludes on Sunday 9th, with Phil Heald, himself a Blackpool resident, calling the action alongside Jay Harwood on the Grosvenor Poker Live stream. This event has a £250,000 guarantee.
| Date | Start Time | Event Name | Clock |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 6 Nov | 1pm | Main Event Day 1A | 60 mins |
| Fri 7 Nov | 12pm | Main Event Day 1B | 60 mins |
| Fri 7 Nov | 9pm | Main Event Day 1C – Turbo | 20 mins |
| Sat 8 Nov | 12pm | Main Event Day 2 | 60 mins |
| Sun 9 Nov | 12pm | Main Event Day 3 | 60 mins |
The £500+£50 GUKPT Cup takes place over the final weekend of the festival, with a £50,000 guaranteed prize pool. The other side events are similar to those on the Edinburgh schedule, with the two PLO events, a turbo NLH and several satellites (to the Main Event and the High Roller).
| Date | Start Time | Event Name | Buy-In | Clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 2 Nov | 12pm | Mini Main Day 1A | £220+£30 | 40 mins |
| Sun 2 Nov | 6pm | Mini Main Day 1B | £220+£30 | 40 mins |
| Mon 3 Nov | 12pm | Mini Main Day 1C | £220+£30 | 40 mins |
| Mon 3 Nov | 6pm | Mini Main Day 1D | £220+£30 | 40 mins |
| Tue 4 Nov | 12pm | Mini Main Day 1E – Turbo | £220+£30 | 15 mins |
| Tue 4 Nov | 4pm | Mini Main Day 2 | £220+£30 | 40 mins |
| Tue 4 Nov | 6pm | PLO 4 Card | £220+£30 | 6×30/20 mins |
| Wed 5 Nov | 3pm | High Roller Day 1 – FREE TO ENTER 1 SEAT GTD LPS* | £1,500+£150 | 40 mins |
| Wed 5 Nov | 5pm | NLH Turbo | £180+£20 | 20 mins |
| Wed 5 Nov | 5pm | Mini Main Day 3 | N/A | 40 mins |
| Thu 6 Nov | 12pm | High Roller Day 2 | £1,500+£150 | 40 mins |
| Sat 8 Nov | 1pm | GUKPT Cup Day 1 | £500+£50 | 30 mins |
| Sun 9 Nov | 12:30pm | GUKPT Cup Day 2 | £500+£50 | 40 mins |
| Sun 9 Nov | 1pm | Seniors | £130+£20 | 4×30/20 mins |
| Sun 9 Nov | 4pm | PLO 4 Card Bounty | £150+£150+£30 | 4×30/20 mins |
Previous GUKPT Blackpool Winners
Blackpool has been a regular stop on the GUKPT ever since the tour began in 2007. Traditionally it is the last regular leg each year, before the tour rolls into London for the season ending Grand Final. The very first Blackpool GUKPT Main Event was won by Paul Bracken and was televised on Channel 4, as were all the events in the first season of the tour. He defeated Paul Gardener heads-up to claim the first prize of £109,700, in an event with 353 entries, at a time when only one bullet was allowed per player.
Local hero Brian Clarke became the second Blackpool champion in 2008, defeating a field of 341 players to take home £96,500. Priyan de Mel won the first of his two Main Event titles in Blackpool in 2009, his second coming two months later in Bolton at the start of the 2010 season.
Many others have claimed GUKPT glory in Blackpool, including Rick Trigg, Tom Middleton and Ludovic Geilich. Geilich was one of two winners in 2024, taking down a one-off second annual Blackpool GUKPT in March. The regular November stop was won by Ravi Sheth, who recently won his second Main Event title, taking down the record breaking GUKPT in Coventry during the Goliath.
| Year | Entries | Buy-In | Prize Pool | Winner | 1st Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 353 | £1,050 | £353,000 | Paul Bracken | £109,700 |
| 2008 | 341 | £1,060 | £341,000 | Brian Clarke | £96,500 |
| 2009 | 287 | £1,060 | £287,000 | Priyan de Mel | £84,900 |
| 2010 | 246 | £1,070 | £246,000 | David Johnson | £67,750 |
| 2011 | 263 | £1,070 | £263,000 | Andrew Peters | £72,020 |
| 2012 | 173 | £1,070 | £173,000 | Simon Deadman | £49,290 |
| 2013 | 226 | £1,070 | £226,000 | Richard Trigg | £53,000 |
| 2014 | 171 | £1,080 | £200,000 | Justin Astley | £59,000 |
| 2015 | 275 | £1,090 | £275,000 | Jonny Gray | £69,050 |
| 2016 | 251 | £1,100 | £251,000 | Tom Middleton | £56,255 |
| 2017 | 314 | £1,100 | £314,000 | Daniel Corbett | £87,280 |
| 2018 | 304 | £1,110 | £304,000 | Yiannis Liperis | £84,250 |
| 2019 | 367 | £1,110 | £365,000 | Matthew Eardley | £84,550 |
| 2021 | 533 | £1,250 | £574,580 | Richard Horton | £94,150 |
| 2022 | 543 | £1,259 | £597,300 | Jamie Clossick | £109,000 |
| 2023 | 347 | £1,250 | £360,430 | Ian Gascoigne | £62,198 |
| 2024 (March) | 207 | £1,250 | £250,000 | Ludovic Geilich | £56,150 |
| 2024 (November) | 299 | £1,250 | £314,250 | Ravi Sheth | £68,580 |
GUKPT Satellites: Live & Online
Live satellites to the Main Event and the High Roller take place at both Edinburgh and Blackpool during the festival weeks. Satellites are run with a target cashout format, meaning that players win their seat when they have accumulated 10 times their original stack. They cost a tenth of the target tournaments’s buy-in to enter, plus a fee.
Edinburgh Live Satellites
| Date | Start Time | Event Name | Buy-In | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 8 Oct | 7pm | Mini Main & Opener Target Cashout Satellite – 10K to 50K | £90+£10 | 10 SEATS GTD |
| Thu 9 Oct | 8pm | Main Event Target Turbo Cashout Satellite | £100+£10 | 5 SEATS GTD |
| Fri 10 Oct | 8pm | Main Event Target Cashout Satellite | £100+£10 | 5 SEATS GTD |
| Sat 11 Oct | 8pm | Main Event Target Cashout Satellite | £100+£10 | 5 SEATS GTD |
| Sun 12 Oct | 8pm | Main Event Target Cashout Satellite | £100+£10 | 5 SEATS GTD |
| Mon 13 Oct | 8pm | Main Event Target Cashout Satellite | £100+£10 | 5 SEATS GTD |
| Tue 14 Oct | 9pm | High Roller Target Turbo Cashout Satellite | £165+£15 | none |
| Wed 15 Oct | 12pm | High Roller Target Turbo Cashout Satellite | £165+£15 | none |
| Wed 15 Oct | 8pm | Main Event Target Cashout Satellite | £100+£10 | 5 SEATS GTD |
| Thu 16 Oct | 7pm | Main Event Target Cashout Satellite | £100+£10 | 10 SEATS GTD |
| Fri 17 Oct | 12pm | Main Event Target Turbo Cashout Satellite | £100+£10 | 10 SEATS GTD |
Blackpool Live Satellites
| Date | Start Time | Event Name | Buy-In | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 Nov | 6pm | Main Event Target Cashout Satellite | £125+£15 | 10 seats GTD |
| Sat 1 Nov | 9pm | Main Event Target Turbo Cashout Satellite | £125+£15 | none |
| Mon 3 Nov | 9pm | Main Event Target Turbo Cashout Satellite | £125+£15 | none |
| Tue 4 Nov | 9pm | High Roller Target Turbo Cashout Satellite | £165+£15 | none |
| Wed 5 Nov | 12pm | High Roller Target Turbo Cashout Satellite | £165+£15 | none |
| Wed 5 Nov | 7pm | Main Event Target Cashout Satellite | £125+£15 | none |
| Thu 6 Nov | 7pm | Main Event Target Cashout Satellite | £125+£15 | none |
| Fri 7 Nov | 12pm | Main Event Target Turbo Cashout Satellite | £125+£15 | none |
Online satellites take place daily at Grosvenor Poker, paying out in Grosvenor Live Credit, which can be used to buy-in to almost any tournament within the Grosvenor Casinos estate. This live credit famously never expires and enables players to skip queues at the venue, allowing buy-in on Grosvenor’s Live Poker app. Live credit satellites have feeders costing as little as £1 to enter, with the amount of live credit being played for varying from £250-£1,250.
