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Champion of Champions Tournament

List of Qualifiers

The Champion of Champions tournament is an exclusive £75,000 no limit Hold’em event that will take place on the 4th and 5th of December in the G-Casino in Luton. Seats in the free to enter tournament will be restricted to winners of GUKPT events in 2008, including main events, side events and even online events. The number of starting chips each player receives will vary, depending on the size of the event won, with the most chips being awarded to the winner of the Grand Final.

Below is a list of players who have already qualified for this event.

Player Event Won Location Date Starting Chips
John Eames £100 NL Hold'em D/C Freezeout Brighton - Leg 1 14/01/2008 5,000
Peter Wood £300 NL Hold'em Freezeout Brighton - Leg 1 15/01/2008 5,000
Paul Gardener £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Brighton - Leg 1 16/01/2008 5,000
Steve Holden £100 NL Hold'em Rebuy Brighton - Leg 1 19/01/2008 5,000
Marcus Bebb-Jones £150 NL Hold'em Freezeot Brighton - Leg 1 20/01/2008 5,000
Julian Thew £1000 NL Hold'em Main Event Brighton - Leg 1 20/01/2008 10,000
George Annan GUKPT Online League Blue Square Poker January 5,000
Steven Reeves £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Walsall - Leg 2  11/02/2008 5,000
Essy Jahanpour £300 NL Hold'em D/C Freezeout Walsall - Leg 2  12/02/2008 5,000
Dave Penly £250 Pl Omaha Freezeout Walsall - Leg 2  13/02/2008 5,000
Rob Ellis £100 NL Hold'em Freezeout Walsall - Leg 2  14/02/2008 5,000
Steve Warburton £100 NL Hold'em Freezeout Walsall - Leg 2  15/02/2008 5,000
Theo Tsouvallaris £300 NL Hold'em Freezeout Walsall - Leg 2  16/02/2008 5,000
Adam Wilkinson £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Walsall - Leg 2  17/02/2008 5,000
Jeff Kimber £1000 NL Hold'em Main Event Walsall - Leg 2  17/02/2008 10,000
Martyn Reeve GUKPT Online League Blue Square Poker February 5,000
Richard Grace £500 NL Hold'em D/C Freezeout The Vic - Leg 3 01/03/2008 7,000
Karl Mahrenholz £500 PL Omaha Freezeout The Vic - Leg 3 02/03/2008 7,000
Faton Prokupla £300 NL Hold'em Freezeout The Vic - Leg 3 03/03/2008 5,000
Dave Penly* £500 NL Hold'em Freezeout The Vic - Leg 3 04/03/2008 7,000
Jerome Bradpiece £200 PL Omaha Reebuy The Vic - Leg 3 05/03/2008 5,000
Arkady Kielman £500 Omaha Hi/Lo The Vic - Leg 3 09/03/2008 7,000
Ketul Nathwani £1000 NL Hold'em Main Event The Vic - Leg 3 09/03/2008 10,000
Derek Miller GUKPT Online League Blue Square Poker March 5,000
Robert Bostock £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Manchester - Leg 4 21/04/2008 5,000
Alan Mclean £300 NL Hold'em D/C Freezeout Manchester - Leg 4 22/04/2008 5,000
James Akenhead £250 PL Omaha Freezeout Manchester - Leg 4 23/04/2008 5,000
James Bagley £100 NL Hold'em Freezeout Manchester - Leg 4 24/04/2008 5,000
Javid Aktar £100 NL Hold'em Freezeout Manchester - Leg 4 25/04/2008 5,000
David Price £300 NL Hold'em Freezeout Manchester - Leg 4 26/04/2008 5,000
Donal Norton £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Manchester - Leg 4 27/04/2008 5,000
Marc Goodwin £1000 NL Hold'em Main Event Manchester - Leg 4 27/04/2008 10,000
Steven Bayliff GUKPT Online League Blue Square Poker April 5,000
Glen Ashworth £200 NL Hold'em Freezeout Newcastle - Leg 5 14/05/2008 5,000
Kyle Smith £100 NL Hold'em Freezeout Newcastle - Leg 5 15/05/2008 5,000
Michael Richardson £100 NL Hold'em Freezeout Newcastle - Leg 5 16/05/2008 5,000
Mark Tomblin £300 NL Hold'em Freezeout Newcastle - Leg 5 17/05/2008 5,000
Ken Wong £100 NL Hold'em Rebuy Newcastle - Leg 5 18/05/2008 5,000
Ganesh Rao £1000 NL Hold'em Main Event Newcastle - Leg 5 18/05/2008 10,000
Alan Mower GUKPT Online League Blue Square Poker May 5,000
*Having won 2 events, Dave Penly will start the C of C event with 12,000 chips.


how to qualify



Players can qualify for the Champion of Champions event in one of the following ways:

GUKPT PressBy winning any scheduled live GUKPT festival event with a buy in of £100 or greater (satellites not included).

GUKPT PressBy winning any scheduled event in July’s online GUKPT festival with a buy in of $100 or greater.

GUKPT PressBy winning the GUKPT Link event (details of this event are yet to be announced)

GUKPT PressBy winning the GUKPT Grand Prix (details of this event are yet to be announced)

GUKPT PressBy winning one of the monthly online GUKPT leagues taking place from January –November 2008 on Blue Square Poker (and skins of Blue Square Poker).

Starting Chips



The number of starting chips each player receives will vary, depending on the qualifying event won. Players who win more than one event will receive the aggregate number of chips from the events won, to a maximum of 25,000 chips per player.

The number of chips awarded per event won is as follows:

Qualifying Event won Starting Chips Allocated
Grand Final 15,000
Main Event of Legs 1-9 10,000
Grand Prix 10,000
Link Event 10,000
Side Event Buy In £500+ 7,000
Side Event Buy in £100 - £499 5,000
Online Festival Main Event 7,000
Online Festival Side Event Buy In $100+ 5,000
Monthly Online GUKPT League Winners 5,000
Max Per Player 25,000

Terms and Conditions



GUKPT PressPlayers who qualify for this event will be offered a seat on a non-transferable basis.

GUKPT PressThe winners of seats will be the official winners of each qualifying event (i.e. not the player who receives the most prize money in a deal).

GUKPT PressNo cash alternative is available.

GUKPT PressAny player who has qualified but subsequently has their membership suspended or withdrawn by the hosting casino or the entire group, will not be permitted to play in the event.

GUKPT PressThe GUKPT reserved the right to add additional methods of qualifying for the event.

GUKPT PressThe GUKPT reserves the right to withhold a seat from the winner of any qualifying event if the method of qualifying is deemed to be uncompetitive (e.g. deals that result in no further competitive play in the qualifying event).

Travel Info

Travel Info GUKPT

By Car - From the South: M1 (J10) to J10A roundabout.

Turn left into London Road (sign posted Mossman Collection) and follow road to next roundabout. Turn right (3rd exit) and then first left into Park Street West.

By Train - 10 minute walk or 2 minute taxi ride from Luton station.

Nearest Airport - Luton

Accomodation

Travel Info GUKPT

Days Hotel - Regent Street, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 5FA

Thistle Hotel Luton - Arndale Centre, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 2TR

Address

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G Casino Luton
35 Park Street West
Luton
LU1 3BE
T: 0800 064 6000
T: 01582 813 780

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Sat 2pm-4am

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