Bryan Taylor Tops the National Poker League and High Roller League Going Into June

Ever since he turned the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Edinburgh Essential Occasion champion in October 2025, Bryan Taylor has been like a person possessed. Try the outcomes from any GUKPT or 888poker UK Poker League (UKPL) competition, and you might be all however assured to search out Taylor’s title on not less than one closing desk.

The Scottish grinder has banked greater than $275,000 in reside event earnings throughout the yr to this point, and his spectacular outcomes to date have earned him sufficient factors to high the Nationwide Poker League leaderboard.

If Taylor continues on this wealthy vein of kind and wins the Nationwide Poker League, he’ll obtain a £40,000 Diamond Package deal, the coveted Grosvenor Casinos Participant of the Yr trophy, and a seat in a £100,000 Playoff Invitational later. It will take a courageous particular person to guess towards Taylor getting the job accomplished.

Nationwide Poker League High 10

Taylor has racked up 30 in-the-money finishes throughout 2026, together with 17 closing tables and a trio of wins. Eight of Taylor’s cashes weigh in at five-figures, with £38,780 being the most important, his reward for taking down the £2,000 GUKPT London Excessive Curler.

The Scotsman has solid a lead of greater than 100 factors between himself and Robert Douras as 2026 heads into June. Yucel “Mad Turk” Eminoglu‘s latest GUKPT Luton Essential Occasion victory helped shut the hole on Taylor, however he’s nonetheless 111.02 factors behind the present runaway chief.

Though Taylor seems unstoppable proper now, there are some extremely proficient gamers at present occupying high 10 spots, and there are nonetheless loads of Nationwide Poker League tournaments to be performed earlier than everybody begins singing Auld Lang Syne.

Calogero Morreale is all the time there and thereabouts, whereas Mariusz Czech retains serving to himself to huge scores. Aqeel Butt and Brandon Sheils are solely a few huge scores away from pulling nearer to Taylor, whereas Tai Hoang, Philip Tate, and Chris Balmforth are nonetheless not out of the working.

Excessive Curler League High 5

What’s exceptional about Taylor’s 2026 to this point is his consistency throughout all stakes. He has not solely been crushing within the “regular” occasions but in addition leads the Excessive Curler League because of his performances in GUKPT Excessive Rollers, 888poker LIVE Excessive Rollers, and UKPL Excessive Rollers.

He at present leads Chris Balmforth, Yucel Eminoglu, Brandon Sheils, and Peter Stewart within the Excessive Curler League.

Low Curler League High 10

Surprisingly, Taylor is not main the Low Curler League, a contest for gamers battling in NPL-qualifying tournaments with a buy-in of £300 or much less. He does, nonetheless, occupy second place behind Robert Douras, who has bulldozed his method to 304.90 factors in these reasonably priced tournaments.

It looks as if Douras is taking part in each NPL-qualifying occasion he can. He has 29 cashes, eight closing desk appearances, and whereas he’s but to register a victory this yr, Douras has 4 top-three finishes.

This leaderboard might dramatically change over the subsequent few months as there are loads of sub-£300 tournaments which can be eligible for leaderboard factors. That mentioned, it already seems like Douras, Taylor, and Morreale are those to catch within the Low Curler League.

What Are the Subsequent Huge NPL Occasions?

Gamers can earn NPL factors throughout an enormous vary of tournaments, however probably the most factors can be found throughout GUKPT and 888poker reside festivals.

There aren’t any such festivals or collection in June, principally as a result of the World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) dominates the reside poker scene, however there’s lots to shout about in July.

The 888poker UKPL heads to Studying between July 13-19. Its schedule contains a £560 buy-in Essential Occasion with a £100,000 assured prize pool, amongst different occasions.

Additionally throughout July is the 2026 version of the GUKPT Goliath. That competition runs from July 23 by August 2. Stars ought to prove in pressure for lots of the occasions, together with a £1,250 buy-in, £1 million assured GUKPT Essential Occasion, and the £200 Goliath, which has an estimated prize pool within the area of £2 million. With the would possibly of GGPoker behind Grosvenor Casinos’ reside occasions, the GUKPT Goliath competition could possibly be a record-breaker.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he turned the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from reside reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his function of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.