GUKPT Walsall, £1,000 Main Event

After the travelling of a bleak mid-winter to remote parts of Holland and France, tomorrow’s poker brings a welcome relief. The Grosvenor Poker Tour hits our local cardroom, and the first place that I ever played a poker tournament nearly four years ago. I’m really excited about the Walsall GUKPT, as it brings together two successes from the past.

Despite having played at every poker stop in the country and many in Europe, the two ranking tournaments that I have won have been at this stop just down the road from me. The only tour I have run well in has been the GUKPT, making two of the last five final tables, and it would be really sweet to have a chance at adding to this record. Read more