GUKPT
Complete guide to the GUK Poker Tour with key dates, tournament schedule how to enter and buy into the GUKPT poker events.
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) 2024
- GUKPT 2025 Schedule
- Grovenor National Poker League
- Grosvenor 25/50 events
- 25/50 Events Format
- The Goliath 2025
- All-Time Goliath Winners
- Live Streaming
- GUKPT FAQs
The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour is the group wide annual series of poker festivals that is run across several of the poker rooms in the Grosvenor Casinos estate. The largest casino chain in the United Kingdom is also the major provider of live poker in the country with over 30 poker rooms. The GUKPT, which started in 2007, features week-long festivals several times a year, most with main events of £1,000 buy-in or more.
GUKPT 2025 Schedule
The 2025 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) calendar at time of writing is as follows:
| Leg | Dates | Venue | Main Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 9-19 | Coventry | £1,100+£150 |
| 2 | January 30-February 9 | Manchester | £1,100+£150 |
| UK Open | February 20-March 2 | Coventry | £1,350+£150 |
| 3 | April 24-May 4 | Luton | £1,100+£150 |
| 4 | May 15-25 | Leeds | £900+£100 |
| 5 | July 10-20 | The Vic, London | £1,100+£150 |
| Goliath | July 24- August 3 | Coventry | £160+£40 |
| 6 | August 14-24 | Luton | £1,100+£150 |
| 7 | October 9-19 | Edinburgh | £900+£100 |
| 8 | October 30-November 9 | Blackpool | £1,100+£150 |
| Grand Final | November 20-30 | The Vic, London | £1,100+£150 |
Qualifying Online at Grosvenor Poker
In addition to running several live satellites for each stop on the tour, online customers have a very flexible qualifying system at Grosvenor Poker. Taking place several times per day at various different buy-in levels are live credit satellites. Winners receive a set amount of live credit that can be used to buy-in to any of the live poker events run in Grosvenor Casinos.
Grovenor National Poker League
Many of the poker tournament events run at Grosvenor Casinos are a part of an overarching leaderboard, which Grosvenor Casinos has run for several years. This includes not only the GUKPT main event and side events, but also 25/50 events, the UK Open, the UKPL and the Goliath.
Points are awarded for finishing in the money (the higher you finish, the more points awarded) and at the end of the year, a minimum of £250,000 in prizes is paid out. Some online events also count towards the leaderboard as well, incentivising everyone who is playing poker with Grosvenor to take part, whether live or online from home.
Grosvenor 25/50 events
These are one-off events that form a part of the National League and take place throughout the year across the Grosvenor estate. They are named as such because players start with a 25k starting stack and the prize pool is guaranteed at £50,000.
These events used to be called 25/25, however they have become so popular that this year, Grosvenor Casinos decided to double the guarantee, hence the name change for the events. In 2023 there were 32 of these 2-day events and not only did all of them at least double their £25,000 guarantees but 20 of them made prize pools of over £100,000.
25/50 Events Format
The format and of 25/50 games is the same in every location, each starting with an online day 1, followed by four live starting day flights before the tournament concludes on the second day.
| Buy-In | Guarantee | Re-entries | Late Registration? | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £220+£30 | £50,000 | Max 2 re-entries per start day | Yes - Until start of Day 2 | 25,000 |
| Day | Time | Event name | Levels played | Clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | 20:00 | Day 1 Online | 15 | 15 mins |
| Thursday | 19:00 | Day 1A | 15 | 30 mins |
| Friday | 19:00 | Day 1B | 15 | 30 mins |
| Saturday | 16:00 | Day 1C | 15 | 30 mins |
| Sunday | 12:00 | Day 1D TURBO | 15 | 15 mins |
| Sunday | 16:30 | Day 2 | Until it Ends | 40 mins |
The Goliath 2025
The Goliath is the jewel in Grosvenor Poker’s crown. This annual event had been running since 2011 and every live edition has broken the previous attendance record.
The event takes place at Grosvenor Coventry from July 24 - August 3, 2025.
All-Time Goliath Winners
Apart from in 2020 and 2021, when the Goliath did not run, the event has seen growth in participation every year it has been held. These are all the previous winners of the Grosvenor Goliath.
| Year | Winner | Entries | Prize Pool | 1st Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Lee Rawson | 1,765 | £176,500 | £32,705 |
| 2012 | Leslie Fenton | 1,954 | £200,000 | £35,800 |
| 2013 | Jake Skidmore | 2,568 | £257,000 | £29,690 |
| 2014 | Ryan Foster | 3,394 | £339,400 | £62,320 |
| 2015 | Miikka Toikka | 4,210 | £421,000 | £70,800 |
| 2016 | Vamshi Vandanapu | 5,232 | £523,200 | £62,750 |
| 2017 | Elliott Marais | 6,385 | £638,500 | £85,760 |
| 2018 | Florian Duta | 7,584 | £758,400 | £101,450 |
| 2019 | Lee Reynolds | 9,300 | £911,410 | £64,601 |
| 2022 | Kyle Jeffrey | 10,584 | £1,219,310 | £200,000 |
| 2023 | Alex Todd | 11,493 | £1,324,000 | £176,860 |
| 2024 | Will Watkins | 11,749 | £1,804,600 | £166,070 |
Live Streaming
Grosvenor have a live stream for all the GUKPT the UK Open and the Goliath, hosted by Phil “The Tower” Heald and Jay Harwood. In addition to calling the action on feature and final tables, the stream features competitions and online ticket giveaways and is a perfect companion for anyone playing online poker on Sunday evenings, when most of the live final tables take place.
GUKPT All-Time Grand Final Winners
There has been a Grand Final every year, except in 2020, when the GUKPT moved online, due to Covid lockdown. Benjamin Winsor is the only player with two GUKPT grand final titles under his belt.
| Year | Winner | Entries | Total Prize Pool | 1st Place Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mike Ellis | 198 | £594,000 | £197,600 |
| 2008 | Paul Foltyn | 184 | £552,000 | £167,050 |
| 2009 | Tony Cascarino | 183 | £549,000 | £168,800 |
| 2010 | Luong-Huu Bui | 207 | £517,500 | £144,905 |
| 2011 | Fabian Quoss | 195 | £487,500 | £119,996 |
| 2012 | Sam Grafton | 137 | £342,500 | £102,700 |
| 2013 | Kevin Allen | 294 | £587,300 | £158,700 |
| 2014 | Charlie Carrel | 212 | £424,000 | £108,625 |
| 2015 | Benjamin Winsor | 321 | £400,000 | £178,600 |
| 2016 | Marc Wright | 276 | £552,000 | £132,380 |
| 2017 | Ahmed Abdella | 304 | £607,400 | £89,000 |
| 2018 | Jerome L'Hostis | 325 | £650,000 | £140,445 |
| 2019 | Benjamin Winsor | 273 | £668,850 | £188,610 |
| 2021 | Trung Moc | 607 | £1,092,600 | £265,350 |
| 2022 | Daniel Bedson | 328 | £576,480 | £105,000 |
| 2023 | Paul Nunes | 325 | £555,600 | £140,000 |
| 2024 | ??? | ??? | £???,??? | £???,??? |
GUKPT FAQs
What is the GUKPT?
The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) is the live poker tour operated by Grosvenor Casinos
When did the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour start?
The GUKPT began in 2007, when all 11 stops in the first season were televised on Channel 4, with coverage presented by Dougie Anderson.
What is the main event buy-in for the GUKPT?
Most GUKPT festivals in 2025 feature a main event with a £1,250 buy-in
