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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:

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

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

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

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

By 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

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

The 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).

No cash alternative is available.

Any 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.

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

The 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

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

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