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The GUKPT Leeds event will be held from September 23 to October 4, with a guaranteed prize pool of at least £550,000. The £1,000 Main Event is guaranteed at £200,000, and there are also warm-up events, mini Main Events, high roller events, and more.
The GUKPT Leeds event will be held from September 23 to October 4, with a guaranteed prize pool of at least £550,000. The £1,000 Main Event is guaranteed at £200,000, and there are also warm-up events, mini Main Events, high roller events, and more.
The 2026 Grosvenor British Poker Tour (GUKPT) season has only two stops remaining before the grand finale kicks off in mid-November. One of these stops is about to take place – the GUKPT Leeds, which will be held from September 23 to October 4.
This marks the 10th time Leeds has hosted the GUKPT in its 20 seasons. Aside from periods of suspension due to COVID-19, Leeds has been a regular stop on the GUKPT tour schedule since 2017.
The 2026 GUKPT Leeds will kick off on September 23rd at 7 PM with a £60 buy-in satellite tournament, awarding at least 10 slots to the £150 warm-up event and the £250 mini Main Event. The first official event will begin on September 24th at 6 PM with the £150 GUKPT warm-up event, guaranteeing a prize pool of £75,000.
When the GUKPT warm-up tournament crowns its champion on September 27, the first preliminary rounds of the four £250 mini-main events will also commence. Each mini-main event guarantees a minimum prize pool of £100,000.
Other events include the £200 Pot-Limit Omaha, the £1,500 High Roller, the £340 GUKPT Cup, the £200 Turbo, the £250 Last Chance, and the £200 Finale. The prize pool is guaranteed for each event.
The GUKPT Leeds Main Event guarantees £200,000 in prize money and is the largest tournament on the schedule. It features three preliminary rounds, with late entry open into the early part of the second day. Each preliminary round has a buy-in of £1,000 unless a player earns entry through a limited number of live satellite tournaments or online satellite tournaments on Grosvenor Poker and GGPoker.
2026 GUKPT Leeds Schedule
| Date | Date | Tournament | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 23 (Wednesday) | 7:00 PM | £60 Warm-up and Mini Main Event Satellite | 10 seats |
| September 24 (Thursday) | 6:00 PM | £150 GUKPT Warm-up Day 1 a | £75,000 |
| 8:00 PM | £110 Main Event Satellite | 5 seats | |
| September 25 (Friday) | 6:00 PM | £150 GUKPT Warm-up Day 1 b | £75,000 |
| 8:00 PM | £110 Main Event Satellite | 5 seats | |
| September 26 (Saturday) | 12:00 noon | £150 GUKPT warm-up tournament, Day 1 c | £75,000 |
| 6:00 PM | £150 GUKPT Warm-up Day 1 d | £75,000 | |
| 9/27 (Sunday) | 11:00 AM | £150 GUKPT warm-up day 1 e Turbo | £75,000 |
| 4:00 PM | GUKPT Warm-up Tournament Day 2 | £75,000 | |
| 6:00 PM | £250 Mini Main Event Day 1 | £100,000 | |
| 8:00 PM | £110 Main Event Satellite | 10 seats | |
| September 28 (Monday) | 12:00 noon | £250 Mini Main Event Day 1 b | £100,000 |
| 6:00 PM | £250 Mini Main Event Day 1 c | £100,000 | |
| 8:00 PM | £110 Main Event Satellite | 10 seats | |
| September 29 (Tuesday) | 12:00 noon | £250 Mini Main Event Day 1 D Turbo | £100,000 |
| 4:00 PM | £250 Mini Main Event Day 2 | £100,000 | |
| 5:00 PM | £200 PLO Four Cards | £10,000 | |
| 9:00 PM | £170 High Roller Satellite | 2 seats | |
| September 30 (Wednesday) | 12:00 noon | £170 High Roller Satellite | 2 seats |
| 3:00 PM | £1,500 High Roller Day 1 | £100,000 | |
| 5:00 PM | £200 Turbo Race | £10,000 | |
| 8:00 PM | £110 Main Event Satellite | 10 seats | |
| October 1 (Thursday) | 12:00 noon | £1,500 High Roller Day 2 | £100,000 |
| 1:00 PM | £1,000 Main Event Day 1 | £200,000 | |
| 7:00 PM | £110 Main Event Satellite | 5 seats | |
| October 2 (Friday) | 12:00 noon | £110 Main Event Satellite | — |
| 12:00 noon | £1,000 Main Event Day 1 b | £200,000 | |
| 9:00 PM | £1,000 Main Event Day 1 C Turbo | £200,000 | |
| October 3 (Saturday) | 12:00 noon | £1,000 Main Event Day 2 | £200,000 |
| 1:00 PM | £340 GUKPT Cup Day 1 | £30,000 | |
| 10/4 (Sunday) | 12:00 noon | Main Event Day 3 | £200,000 |
| 12:30 noon | £340 GUKPT Cup Day 2 | £30,000 | |
| 1:00 PM | £250 Last Chance Match | £15,000 | |
| 4:00 PM | £200 Final Match | £10,000 | |
| October 5th (Monday) | 7:00 PM | £110 Online Final Day 1 | £20,000 |
| October 6 (Tuesday) | 7:00 PM | Day 2 of the online final competition | £20,000 |
Unless otherwise noted, all tournaments are No-Limit Texas Hold'em.
You can win a spot in the 2026 GUKPT Leeds Main Event online for as low as £1 through Grosvenor Poker. GGPoker also hosts satellite tournaments starting from £1. Thanks to the special partnership between Grosvenor and GGPoker, any player who wins a satellite tournament or buys in the GUKPT Leeds Main Event using a GGPoker account will receive a cash bonus of 10%.
Past GUKPT Leeds Main Event Champions
Harry Law won the inaugural GUKPT Leeds Main Event in September 2014. With a buy-in of £550 at the time, Law won £32,500.
The first £1,000 buy-in GUKPT Leeds Main Event took place in 2023. Christopher Johnson won the event, taking home £73,070. A year later, Konstantinos Patsourakis beat 360 opponents to win the £78,419 jackpot, which remains the highest prize in the history of the GUKPT Leeds Main Event.
Keith Littlewood is the current GUKPT Leeds champion. Littlewood defeated 246 opponents to win £40,440 in prize money.
| Date | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Champion | bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | £1,000 | 247 | £209,940 | Keith Littlewood | £40,440 |
| June 2024 | £1,000 | 192 | £160,890 | James Jones | £36,150 |
| October 2023 | £1,000 | 361 | £305,844 | Konstantinos Patsourakis | £78,419 |
| September 2022 | £1,000 | 430 | £387,000 | Christopher Johnson | £73,070 |
| September 2021 | £750 | 439 | £294,130 | Jack Hardcastle | £72,200 |
| September 2019 | £560 | 382 | £187,295 | Brett Angell | £20,912 |
| September 2018 | £560 | 302 | £151,000 | Adam Owen | £41,950 |
| September 2017 | £550 | 308 | £154,000 | Leung Cheung | £37,900 |
| September 2014 | £550 | 228 | £114,000 | Harry Law | £32,500 |
2025 GUKPT Leeds Results
When the GUKPT was last held in Leeds, 10 champions were crowned across 11 events. The difference between the number of champions and the number of events is that Keith Littlewood, mentioned above, won both the Main Event and the £330 Mystery Bounty event.
Thomas Clack and Robert Douras both added more than £20,000 to their winnings. Douras won the £250 Mini Main Event for £20,830, while Clack took the £1,650 High Roller for £31,570.
| Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Champion | bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,000 NLHE Main Event | 247 | £209,940 | Keith Littlewood | £40,440 |
| £1,650 NLHE High Roller | 58 | £100,000 | Thomas Clack | £31,570 |
| £250 NLHE Mini Main Event | 550 | £113,940 | Robert Douras | £20,830 |
| £550 NLHE GUKPT Cup | 90 | £50,000 | Richard Arnott | £15,040 |
| £200 NLHE Opening Match | 335 | £55,690 | Xhonantan Hoxha | £9,125 |
| £250 PLO Four Cards | 84 | £17,560 | Rajan Vaish | £4,370 |
| £200 NLHE Closing Event | 88 | £15,050 | anonymous | £3,750 |
| £330 NLHE Mystery Bounty | 154 | £25,000 | Keith Littlewood | £3,719 |
| £150 NLHE Seniors Event | 76 | £9,580 | Howard Wilson | £3,060 |
| £200 NLHE Turbo | 50 | £8,550 | Joseph Booth | £2,860 |
| £180 PLO Bounty Tournament | 17 | £2,420 | Justin Davenport | £1,210 |
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