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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, as well as the best tournament structure a £100 buy in event has ever been set with 25,000 starting stack and 40 minute blinds for days 1 and 2 moving to 60 minute blinds for the final table.

Taking place from the 24th-28th August 2011 at the home of Coventry City Football Club, the Goliath has a £100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool and aims to break the European record tournament field with over 1600 runners.

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 on the next day!

Play will recommence at 12pm on the second and third days of the tournament.

Registration closes 15 minutes before the start of each tournament, however late entries/alternates are accepted during the first six levels of play.

The clock will switch to 1 hour for the final table on Day 3 of the Goliath tournament.

Terms of Re-entry:  A player may re-enter the Goliath Main Event up to a maximum of twice (the start days run Wednesday 24th - Friday 26th August).  Re-entry on the same day is not permitted.

Team members eliminated from a start day may no longer accrue points for their team once eliminated.  Re-entry into the same team is not allowed.

Re-entry discount: A re-entry buy-in has a registration fee of just £10, all of which goes directly to Marie Curie Cancer Care!

A maximum of £10,000 is payable in cash when claiming tournament prizes.

Play will recommence at 2pm on the second day of two-day tournaments.

Registration closes 15 minutes before the start of each tournament, however late entries/alternates are accepted during the first three levels of play.

Maximum capacities for side events TBC

*This event is a LIVE event for players with existing online accounts.  Buy-ins, however, may only be made at the venue in cash, not online, and prizes will be paid out into players' accounts. 

New players can create accounts on site and will then be eligible to buy in to this event.

Congratulations to Satnam Sandhu who won a £1000 GUKPT seat in the first Goliath Early bird prize draw!

Click here to watch the prize draw as it happened.

Be one of the first 800 players to register for Goliath to be entered into the next draw for a chance to win a £1,000 GUKPT Main Event seat at an upcoming leg of the tour!

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.

Online qualification at gcasino.com for the Goliath event starts at less than £1 with a 5 seat guaranteed (worth £240 including expenses) £10 rebuy tournament every Sunday at 7pm. Reserve a seat at this monumental event by qualifying for next to nothing now through the structure below:

In case you want to make sure of your seat now, you can also register direct to the GUKPT Goliath tournament online gcasino.com

Simply download the poker client, create an account and find the 'GUKPT Goliath' tab in the 'tournaments' section (see image reference below).

In addition to the European record breaking field that the Goliath event aims to achieve, Grosvenor Casinos will also smash the largest ever satellite tournament field with the Goliath Link Satellites.

At 8pm on Monday 6th June, Monday 4th July and Monday 1st August you can drop in to any Grosvenor or G Casino up and down the country and participate in one enormous combined Goliath satellite where over 50 packages could be won!

The link games will be £40 + £2 buy in with £300 packages to be won made up of £100 + £20 buy in and £180 in expenses.

G and Grosvenor Casino card rooms up and down the country are offering qualification routes into the Goliath from as little as £1 as well as accepting buy ins directly at the cashier desk. To find out more about how you can enter through your local casino and their contact information, use our Casino Finder

All customers visiting G Casino Coventry have free use of the parking facilities at the Ricoh Arena. Map and directions below:

From the North

• Take the M1 southbound.
• Leave the M1 at junction 21, then at the roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the M69 (signposted Coventry, Birmingham)
• Leave the M69 branching left (signposted Birmingham M6, Coventry North and Central A4600).
• Keep in right-hand lane then continue forward (signposted Birmingham) joining the M6 at junction 2.
• Leave the M6 at junction 3, then take 2nd exit onto Phoenix Way - A444 (signposted Coventry)
• At the next roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Rowleys Green Lane.
• At roundabout take 2nd exit onto Judds Lane.
• Arrive at G Casino Coventry.

From the North-West

• Take the M6 southbound.
• Leave the M6 at junction 3 (signposted Coventry North) then at the roundabout take the 4th exit onto Phoenix Way - A444 (signposted Coventry).
• At the next roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Rowleys Green Lane.
• At roundabout take 2nd exit onto Judds Lane.
• Arrive at G Casino Coventry.

From the South

• Take the M40 northbound.
• Leave the M40 at junction 15, then at the roundabout take the 4th exit onto Warwick Bypass - A46 (signposted Coventry).
• Continue forward to join the A444.
• Take left hand lane (signposted City Centre) onto London Road - A4114.
• Continue forward on London Road - until you reach the Ring Road.
• Stay in right-hand lane and take 2nd exit onto the Ring Road.
• Leave the Ring Road at junction 3 - at roundabout take 2nd exit onto Sky Blue Way.
• Proceed forward over traffic lights.
• At next roundabout, take 1st exit onto A444, signposted Nuneaton.
• Continue forward on A444, straight on at roundabouts until you see the Ricoh Arena.
• At the last roundabout adjacent to the Ricoh Arena on you right-hand side, take 3rd exit onto Rowleys Green Lane.
• At roundabout take 2nd exit onto Judds Lane.
• Arrive at G Casino Coventry.

From the South-East

• Take the M1 northbound.
• Taking the left hand lane, join the M6 motorway (signposted M6 The North West, Coventry North, Birmingham)
• Leave the M6 at junction 3, then at the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Phoenix Way - A444 (signposted Coventry)
• At the next roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Rowleys Green Lane.
• At roundabout take 2nd exit onto Judds Lane.
• Arrive at G Casino Coventry.

From the East

• Take the A14 westbound.
• Continue forward, then join the M6 motorway (signposted M6, The North West, Birmingham, Coventry)
• Leave the M6 at junction 3 (signposted Coventry North) then at the roundabout take the 4th exit onto Phoenix Way - A444 (signposted Coventry).
• At the next roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Rowleys Green Lane.
• At roundabout take 2nd exit onto Judds Lane.
• Arrive at G Casino Coventry.

From the train station

The railway station for the Ricoh Arena is the main Coventry railway station, which is in the City Centre and approximately 6 miles away. There are always black cabs immediately outside the station and it is a 10 to 15 minute taxi ride costing around £9

There is a taxi drop off point outside the main Atrium entrance right next to the G Casino Coventry entrance.

Click here for the Ricoh Arena Traffic Tracker

Due to the numbers expected for the Goliath tournament, we have contacted numerous local hotels seeking speacial deals on your behalf.

For Hotel Bookings please call Tracy Jones: 0844 873 6563 Or Matt Roddy: 0844 873 6562 and quote “GOLIATH”.

De Vere Hotel

Ricoh Arena,

Phoenix Way, Coventry,

CV6 6GE

Pre Paid – Non Refundable

Single Occupancy             £60.00 BB

Double Occupancy          £70.00 BB

Distance To Casino – 0 Miles

Novotel

Wilson Lane, Coventry,

Warwickshire,

CV6 6HL 

Distance To Casino – 1.6 Miles

Village Hotel

Dolomite Avenue, Coventry,

Business Park,

Coventry,

CV4 9GZ

Pre Paid – Non Refundable

Single Occupancy             £50.00 BB

Double Occupancy          £60.00 BB

Distance To Casino – 5.3 Miles

Corus Hotel Coventry

Chace Hotel,

London Road,

Toll Bar End, Coventry,

CV3 4EQ

Pre Paid – Non Refundable

Single Occupancy             £50.00 BB

Double Occupancy          £60.00 BB

Fully Flexible

Single Occupancy             £66.00 BB

Double Occupancy          £76.00 BB

Distance To Casino – 5.4 Miles

Hilton Coventry

Paradise Way,

Walsgrave Triangle, Coventry

CV2 2ST

Pre Paid – Non Refundable

Single Occupancy             £65.00 BB

Double Occupancy          £70.00 BB

Fully Flexible

Single Occupancy             £75.00 BB

Double Occupancy          £75.00 BB

Distance To Casino – 4.8 Miles

Express by Holiday inn Nuneaton

St Davids Way,

Nuneaton,

CV10 7SD

Pre Paid – Non Refundable

Single Occupancy             £55.00 BB

Double Occupancy          £55.00 BB

Fully Flexible

Single Occupancy             £60.00 BB

Double Occupancy          £60.00 BB

Distance To Casino – 4.2 Miles