The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour has been long awaited and even though the first couple of days of the opening leg have already seen some great poker action take place, Thursday the 28th of February is the day that poker players have been waiting for. The Victoria Grosvenor Casino found in the heartbeat of London is host to the first of a dozen stop-offs during this tour and there is no doubt that the Main Event, beginning on Thursday, is where the main focus lies.
The satellite events have been busy, frantic and filled with poker excitement in the lead-up to the Main Event which promises to be one of the most exciting poker events of the first half of the year. The organisers will be hoping to match and exceed the success of last year’s event where 315 players took part in the Main Event. Instantly recognisable poker names and players like Victoria Coren (a player called Victoria playing in the Victoria, no doubt that fact gets pointed out to her quite a lot), James Akenhead and Praz Bansi were in the running but all missed out on the top prize.
Local poker player pulls through
This is because it was a local London lad that managed to scoop £84,310 as the first prize with Robin Keston coming out on top.
With the final day of the Main Event scheduled to start at noon on Sunday, there is an awful lot of poker to be played before we find out who the 2013 winner of the GUKPT opening leg is but there is sure to be an awful lot of excitement and twists and turns before that happens. There may be seven different poker events taking place this week during the GUKPT at the Victoria but when it comes down to it, all eyes are on the Main Event.