More than £500,000 is guaranteed to be won during the penultimate leg of the 2026 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) in November. The eighth leg of the 2026 GUKPT sees the long-running tour return to the seaside town of Blackpool for the 21st time in its storied history, bringing with it a £1,250 buy-in Main Event carrying a £250,000 guarantee.
GUKPT Blackpool runs from October 30 until November 8 at the Grosvenor Casino on the South Promenade. A £125 No-Limit Hold’em GUKPT Warm-Up kicks off the action in the evening of October 31.
The following day sees the final iteration of the ever-popular Kav Cup, a tournament that Rick Gilby created in memory of the late British poker player Derek Kavanagh. The buy-in is £40+£20, with the full £20 going to charity.
To date, the Kav Cup has raised more than £84,000; it would be amazing to see that total pushed north of £100,000 in what will be the final Kav Cup.
Following the Kav Cup, the 2026 GUKPT Blackpool schedule follows a familiar pattern, with tournaments such as the £250 No-Limit Hold’em Mini Main, a £1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller, a £1,650 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller, the £550 GUKPT Cup, and the eagerly anticipated £1,250 GUKPT Main Event, the latter coming with a £250,000 guarantee on its prize pool.
2026 GUKPT Blackpool Schedule
2025 GUKPT Blackpool Results
Konstantinos “Kostas” Patsourakis is the reigning GUKPT Blackpool champion, having triumphed in 2025. That Main Event drew 270 entrants who created a £289,560 prize pool. Patsourakis defeated Scotland’s Liam McMurray heads-up and received £67,990 and his second GUKPT Main Event trophy, having won GUKPT Leeds in 2023 for £78,419.
Other big winners in 2025 included £1,650 High Roller champion Harry Sandford, who netted £36,810, and Gilbert Black, who turned £250 into £30,100 and the title of Mini Main champion.
| Event | Entrants | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,250 NLHE Main Event | 279 | £289,560 | Konstantinos Patsourakis | £67,990 |
| £1,650 NLHE High Roller | 82 | £116,850 | Harry Sandford | £36,810 |
| £250 Mini Main | 699 | £144,840 | Gilbert Black | £30,100 |
| £550 NHE GUKPT Cup | 150 | £71,250 | Keith Littlewood | £14,170 |
| £250 PLO | 133 | £27,800 | Alexander Rizvi | £5,080 |
| £200 NLHE Turbo | 100 | £17,100 | Chaofan Lei | £4,160 |
| £60 Kav Cup | 225 | £16,640 | Adam Clark | £3,940 |
| £150 NLHE Seniors | 112 | £14,120 | Darren Baine | £3,340 |
| £330 PLO Bounty | 34 | £4,845 | Tarique Imam | £1,940 |
All Roads Lead to London for £1.2M GTD GUKPT Grand Final
Former GUKPT Blackpool Main Event Champions
The GUKPT Blackpool Main Event has seen many well-known champions over the years. Players such as Priyan de Mel, Simon Deadman, Richard Trigg, Tom Middleton, Yiannis Liperis, Ian Gascoigne, Ludovic Geilich, and Ravi Sheth have all returned home from the seaside with the title and a significant return on their investments.
Satellites Available at GGPoker and Grosvenor Poker
In addition to the live satellites running throughout the 2026 GUKPT Blackpool festival, online satellites are available at both GGPoker and Grosvenor Poker. Those online satellites start at only £1, making them accessible to almost everyone.
Thanks to the special partnership between GGPoker and Grosvenor Poker, anyone winning their GUKPT Blackpool Main Event seat online at GGPoker or who uses their GGPoker account to buy into the £1,250 live event will automatically receive a 10% cash boost on their Main Event winnings.
Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor