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Goliath at the Ricoh Arena

GUKPT Goliath, Coventry

 

The inaugural GUKPT Goliath took place in August 2011 at the home of Coventry City Football Club, exceeding its £100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool and breaking the European record tournament field with 1,765 runners.

Introducing GUKPT Goliath at the Ricoh Arena, a unique opportunity to attempt the ultimate live poker challenge; taking on the largest ever tournament field in Europe and for a buy-in of just £100 + £20 registration – the richest prize pool ever seen at this buy-in level. The Goliath features the best tournament structure a £100 buy in event has ever seen with 25,000 starting stack and 40 minute blinds for days 1 and 2 moving to 60 minute blinds for the final table.

With every entrant into the tournament, 25% of the registration fee goes to Marie Curie Cancer Care, who are a charity partner to both the Coventry City Football Club and Grosvenor Casinos.

Also, should you run into a horrific bad beat and bust out earlier than you anticipated, in the Goliath tournament you have the chance to re-enter!

Terms of Re-entry:  A player may re-enter the Goliath Main Event up to a maximum of twice.  Re-entry on the same day is not permitted.

Goliath 2011 Main Event Top 20

1st Lee Rawson £32,705
2nd Mark Broomhall £20,120
3rd Robert Panayi £13,240
4th Simon Deadman £10,590
5th Helen Godfrey £8,120
6th Clive Smith £5,825
7th Andy Nguyen £4,235
8th Anthony Lissner £3,300
9th Mitchell Scarlett £2,540
10th Benjamin Jackson £1,975
11th Adrian Okane £1,975
12th John Burberry £1,975
13th John Vardy £1,445
14th Jonnny Hewston £1,445
15th Christopher Williamson £1,445
16th Peter Graham Whitehouse £1,005
17th Christopher Alexander £1,005
18th Nicholas Porter £1,005
19th Thomas Bernard Myland £760
20th James Tomlin £760


To view the full list of all 261 paid finishing positions, please visit the 'Results and Reports' section under the Events Tab.  This section also includes a final day report and full list of Team Challenge finishing positions.

Goliath in 4 Minutes: Video

The action was fast and furious at the inaugural Goliath event - click here to watch a video rundown of this record-breaking event!

Goliath Team Challenge

Join the Goliath Team Challenge and pit your forum buddies, home-game heroes or work colleagues against the field to win a bonus prize in the landmark event of the year!

Simply register your team below (up to 6 players per team) and you'll automatically be entered into the Team Challenge.  Points will be awarded for all cash finishes from any team members, and the highest combined score will win your team free entry into next year's Goliath event plus a $1,000 online private tournament!

Sign up now to join the Goliath Team Challenge.  Click here to register your team.

Reconfiguring?  Recruiting?  Send changes to your registered team to jen.mason@rankinteractive.com.

The winner of the 2011 Team Challenge was Team Punters Lounge C, given a boost by the final table appearance of star member Helen Godfrey - she finished 5th winning £8,120 for her performance in this giant Main Event. A total of 428 players in 85 teams took part.

These were the members of the victorious team, narrowly beating Team D Four to take the trophies:

Helen Godfrey
Duncan Godfrey
Mark Weddle
Julian Clark
Keith Steffens
Glenn Hopley

Congratulations to them all!

 
Event Buy In Time
$500 Gtd Limit Holdem £20 7:15 PM
$5 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo £5 7:05 PM
$15,000 Guaranteed R/A £15 7:00 PM
$1,500 GP PLO Hi/Lo R/A £10 7:15 PM
$20 PL Omaha R/A £20 7:00 PM
Rank Name Points
1st Martin Holmes 142
2nd Allan Peers 123
3rd Lewis Hunter 107
4th Albert Sapiano 102
5th Daniel Haglund 102
6th Mark Mccluskey 99
7th Steve Holden 91
8th Maurice Nicholson 84
9th Kevin Steele 82
10th Thomas Dunwoodie 81

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