The Grosvenor Victoria On line casino, higher recognized within the poker neighborhood as The Vic, lately underwent a £15 million refurbishment, the most important single outlay Grosvenor Casinos has spent on one in all its venues. Gamers heading to The Vic for the 2025 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) London competition will get to see firsthand the unbelievable new-look poker site, gaming areas, roof terrace, and VIP areas.
GUKPT London kicks off at midday on July 10 and wraps up on July 20. Greater than a dozen tournaments and satellites run throughout these 11 days within the British capital, together with a large £250,000 assured GUKPT London Major Occasion.
An £800 buy-in No-Restrict Maintain’em Midi Major match raises the curtain on the competition. It options two flights on July 10, one other two on July 11, with the champion receiving the lion’s share of the £200,000 assured prize pool someday on July 13.
A less expensive Mini Major costing £340 has £100,000 assured. It runs between July 13-16.
The pièce de résistance is the 2025 GUKPT London Major Occasion. Except you win your seat on-line at Grosvenor Poker or in a dwell £140 satellite tv for pc at The Vic, you will want at hand over £1,250 to enter. For that sum, you will get to play for a share of a assured £250,000, though historical past suggests the overal prize pool ought to be a lot bigger regardless of loads of GUKPT regulars nonetheless being Stateside for the World Collection of Poker (WSOP).
Day 1a begins at 1:00 p.m. on July 17, with Day 1b scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on July 18. A turbo-structured Day 1c shuffles up and offers at 9:00 p.m. on July 18. The newest GUKPT London Major Occasion champion might be topped on July 20.
2025 GUKPT London Schedule
Develop the desk beneath and take a look at the complete 2025 GUKPT London schedule, which additionally features a £2,000 Excessive Curler and a £1,100 Pot-Restrict Omaha Excessive Curler.
DateTimeEventGuarantee
Thu 10 Jul12:00 p.m.£800 NLHE Midi Major Day 1a£200,000
6:00 p.m.£800 NLHE Midi Major Day 1b£200,000
Fri 11 Jul12:00 p.m.£800 NLHE Midi Major Day 1c£200,000
6:00 p.m.£800 NLHE Midi Major Day 1d£200,000
Sat 12 Jul12:00 p.m.£800 Midi Major Day 2£200,000
2:00 p.m.£1,100 PLO Excessive Curler£50,000
4:00 p.m.£250 NLHE Turbo
6:00 p.m.£140 Major Occasion Goal Cashout Satellite tv for pc
Solar 13 Jul12:00 p.m.£340 NLHE Mini Major Day 1a£100,000
1:00 p.m.Midi Major Day 3£200,000
6:00 p.m.£340 NLHE Mini Major Day 1b£100,000
8:00 p.m.£140 Major Occasion Goal Cashout Satellite10x seats
Mon 14 Jul12:00 p.m.£340 NLHE Mini Major Day 1c£100,000
6:00 p.m.£340 NLHE Mini Major Day 1d£100,000
9:00 p.m.£140 Major Occasion Goal Turbo Cashout Satellite10x seats
Tue 15 Jul12:00 p.m.£340 NLHE Mini Major Day 1e Turbo£100,000
4:00 p.m.£340 Mini Major Day 2£100,000
6:00 p.m.£250 Pot-Restrict Omaha
9:00 p.m.£220 Excessive Curler Goal Turbo Cashout Satellite10x seats
Wed 16 Jul12:00 p.m.£220 Excessive Curler Goal Turbo Cashout Satellite10x seats
3:00 p.m.£2,000 NLHE Excessive Curler Day 1£100,000
5:00 p.m.Mini Major Day 3£100,000
7:00 p.m.£140 Major Occasion Goal Cashout Satellite10x seats
Thu 17 Jul12:00 p.m.£2,000 Excessive Curler Day 2£100,000
1:00 p.m.£1,250 NLHE Major Occasion Day 1a£250,000
7:00 p.m.£140 Major Occasion Goal Cashout Satellite10x seats
Fri 18 Jul12:00 p.m.£1,250 NLHE Major Occasion Day 1b£250,000
12:00 p.m.£140 Major Occasion Goal Turbo Cashout Satellite10x seats
9:00 p.m.£1,250 NLHE Major Occasion Day 1c Turbo£250,000
Sat 19 Jul12:00 p.m.£1,250 Major Occasion Day 2£250,000
1:00 p.m.£550 NLHE GUKPT Cup Day 1£50,000
Solar 20 Jul12:00 p.m.Major Occasion Day 3£250,000
12:30 p.m.£550 GUKPT Cup Day 2£50,000
1:00 p.m.£150 NLHE Seniors
3:00 p.m.£330 PLO Bounty
Mon 21 Jul7:00 p.m.£110 On-line Nearer Day 1£25,000
Tue 22 Jul7:00 p.m.On-line Nearer Day 2£25,000
Previous GUKPT London Major Occasion Champions
Luke Porter emerged victoriously in January 2024.
Not together with Grand Finals, greater than two dozen gamers have taken down the GUKPT Major Occasion because it first ran in 2007. Leo Kam gained the inaugural GUKPT London Major Occasion in October 2007, leaving 432 opponents in his wake on his approach to banking a cool £119,590.
Since then, such luminaries as Praz Bansi, the late Robin Keston, Oliver Worth, Michael Zhang, Andrew Hulme, Euan McNicholas, and Timothy Chung have emerged victoriously in London.
Luke Porter and Ryan O’Donnell are the newest GUKPT London Major Occasion champions. Porter outlasted 528 opponents in January 2024 and scooped £116,710, whereas O’Donnell topped a 249-strong area in Might 2024 and gained £56,760.
DateBuy-inEntrantsPrize PoolChampionPrize
Jan 2024£1,250529£552,625Luke Porter£116,710
Might 2024£1,250249£257,940Ryan O’Donnell£56,760
Jan 2023£1,250459£475,750Jonathan McCann£89,600
Aug 2023£1,250405£423,372Weixiao Liao£75,501
Feb 2022£1,250702£772,200Timothy Chung£185,560
Jun 2022£1,000390£351,000Jarrod Thatcher£87,530
Jul 2021£1,250804£637,100Euan McNicholas£165,800
Jan 2020£1,500379£511,650Artan Dedusha£137,430
Jan 2019£1,100467£457,600Anonymous£100,000
Jul 2019£560488£239,150Cheuk Lee£40,554
Feb 2018£1,110433£433,000Andrew Hulme£112,400
Jul 2018£560358£179,000Patrik Szabo£49,150
Feb 2017£1,100435£435,000Michael Zhang£113,000
Jun 2017£550449£224,552George Alexander£50,000
Jan 2016£1,100394£394,000Martin Hogarty£66,538
June 2016£550419£209,500Brett Kennedy£45,470
Jan 2015£1,090289£289,000Victor Ilyukhin£82,600
Feb 2014£1,070323£323,000Oliver Worth£86,400
Feb 2013£1,070397£397,000Martin Bader£56,000
Sep 2012£1,070315£315,000Robin Keston£84,310
Mar 2011£1,650245£367,500Praz Bansi£101,020
Mar 2010£1,590318£477,000Cuong Tran£127,800
Mar 2009£1,575398£597,000Martin Silke£172,850
Mar 2008£1,060424£424,000Ketul Nathwani£119,780
Oct 2007£1,050433£433,000Leo Kam£119,590
Matthew Pitt
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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 dwell reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his function of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.
