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One of the hottest venues to be right now if you're looking for live poker action in Europe is the famous @DuskTillDawn casino in Nottingham, UK. It is where the #UKIPTDTD kicked off this week with a £1,000,000 guarantee for the Main Event and the ambition to "generate the largest ever UKIPT prizepool"!
The venue has a great reputation in the UK - Dusk Till Dawn boasts the biggest poker cardroom in Europe and is the only specialist poker club in the UK. It was created by a team of poker players who aimed to offer the best possible setting for the game (and have apparently suceeded). One of the must-see attractions for any poker fan is the high-stakes area - the 'Sam Trickett Room' (featured in his fiancée Natasha Sandhu's first Pokertube video blog).
This is where the £3,000 buy-in High Roller (101 entrants, 13 ITM) ended last night with a chopped pot between @David Shallow and @Richard Kellett who each got $109,246 (or £68,000). PKR Ambassador and online champion @Eleanor Gudger finished third, scoring the biggest cash in her live tournament career - $59,363.
But right now players are flocking to the main cardroom where Day 1B of the Main Event is unfolding as we write. The Main Event is a single re-entry one and the last day for entering is Day 1C (Friday, May 9th), which is also expected to be the busiest.
The notables already playing or on their way to #UKIPTNottingham include: @Victoria Coren Mitchell @Jake Cody @Chris Moneymaker @Tom Middleton @Sam Trickett himself and many more. RankingHero will keep you posted, of course :)
More on RankingHero:
New PKR Ambassador - English Pro Eleanor 'Elz442' Gudger
Sam Trickett's High-School Sweetheart Natasha Joins PokerTube as Video Blog Host
Elena RKH 9 May 2014
Seems great !
Annie RKH 9 May 2014
UKIPT UPDATE: Please share/like/pass the word on: We now have 1035 entries so have exceeded the £1M GTE.
We expect to be able to seat around 200 alternates on Friday Day 1c, which would make this the biggest UKIPT prizepool EVER, previously this record was £1,138,000 at DTD in 2012.
We have reserved 25 seats in Friday Day 1c for tonight sat qualifiers in the 20 seat GTD live sat and 5 seat GTD online sat.
It's going to be a bit hectic tomorrow but every person who buys in during the first 6 levels WILL get in. However - If you are on the alternates list but feel that you have waited too long and do not want to join at that level - of course - we will refund you at any time cheers Rob
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