NOW UNDER WAY! Huge guarantees, activities and giveaways: Five reasons to head to UKIPT Nottingham
The United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) has arrived in Nottingham and tournaments are already under way at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club. Still plenty of time to arrange a trip and play the £1,000 buy-in Main Event, among others, as well as to join the fun of the British Isles’ leading poker tour.
If you’re on the fence whether to head to Nottingham, allow us to persuade you.
News update:
UKIPT Nottingham is under way, with two opening flights of the UKIPT Mini completed over the weekend.
But there’s still time to get along and play every single event on the schedule, and join in with all the activities and giveaways. We are looking forward to seeing you.
To make things even easier to play, the PokerStars account buy-in option is already available for you in the client for all tournaments starting from July 27. Register on .COM .EU and .UK or visit our friendly staff at the PokerStars account buy-in desk to register onsite*.
And remember, all of this awaits you in Nottingham:
FIVE REASONS TO HEAD TO UKIPT NOTTINGHAM
More than £1 million in guarantees
Ample giveaways and activities
One of Europe’s best poker rooms
Packed schedule of side events
Prepare for the Road to PSPC
1. MORE THAN £1 MILLION IN GUARANTEES
Ever since its inception in 2010, players have flocked in great number to the UKIPT and vast prize pools are guaranteed. In case of unexpected surprises, PokerStars is literally guaranteeing that will be the case in Nottingham this time, whacking hefty guarantees on all of the flagship events.
How hefty? Well, the £340 buy-in UKIPT Cup has a £100K guarantee, but the two High Roller events (with £2,200 and £5,300 buy-ins) have £200K in the pools already, and the £1K Main Event has a £500K guarantee. So, pretty hefty.
To confirm:
UKIPT Super High Roller: July 27-28 – £5,300 – £200,000 GTD
UKIPT Main Event: July 28-31 – £1,100 – £500,000 GTD
UKIPT High Roller: July 30-31 – £2,200 – £200,000 GTD
UKIPT Cup: July 30-31 – £340 – £100,000 GTD
With all that money guaranteed, final table players will be certain of a significant payday. Past history suggests the winner won’t need to be slogging it out at the office for a good few months at least.
Gareth Walker: A previous UKIPT Nottingham champ
2010: Andrew Couldridge – £80,000
Entries: 650 | Prize pool: £325,000
2011: Gareth Walker – £97,700
Entries: 1,058 | Prize pool: £529,000
2012: Robert Baguley – £210,400
Entries: 1,625 | Prize pool: £1,137,500
2013: Ben Mayhew – £72,840
Entries: 458 | Prize pool: £500,000
2014: Duncan Mclellan – £202,372
Entries: 1,223 | Prize pool: £1,223,000
2015: Sam Mitten-Laurence – £182,000
Entries: 914 | Prize pool: £1,000,000
2. GIVEAWAYS AND ACTIVITIES: ALL THE FUN OF THE UKIPT
The UKIPT has always been about more than just the poker, with players, friends and family pointing to one of the most friendly atmospheres on any poker tour. While poker players will always find one another in the bars and restaurants to talk through hands and discuss strategy, there are also plenty of opportunities to unwind and enjoy time away from the tables.
In Nottingham, these include:
GoKarting – Grand Prix Competition
July 29 – transfers from DTD at 5.30pm
Team Sport Karting
Become champion of the track
The track has been booked specifically for use by racers registered through the UKIPT, and the driver recording the fastest lap time will win a Mini Spade trophy.
The top three finishers also qualify to play an exclusive sit n go, with more exceptional prizes. See below.
Space Pirate Trainer VR competition
July 27-30 at the Players’ Lounge
Previous VR fun
The VR games will be running throughout the festival, and for a couple of hours from July 27-30, PokerStars staff will be on hand to register scores on the Space Pirate Trainer game.
The person recording the top score will get a Mini Spade trophy, while the top three will also qualify for the exclusive sit n go for Sunday, described above.
Merchandise giveaways
If you’re heading to Nottingham, leave room in your suitcase, because you’ll likely be coming back with more clothing than you arrived with. As ever at a PokerStars live event, we have heaps of merchandise to give away — some just for turning up, and even more for answering a survey and spinning the wheel, where everybody wins a prize.
All UKIPT players will get exclusive UKIPT patches, pins and card protectors.
All UKIPT Main Event players will also get exclusive T-shirts celebrating the event.
All online qualifiers to the Main Event will get all of the above, plus a UKIPT hoodie, lanyard and a drawstring bag.
There are also baseball caps on offer via various giveaways at the activities.
Spin the Wheel for bonus giveaways
Complete a short on-site survey and you’ll be invited to Spin the Wheel to receive additional merchandise and prizes.
Top prizes include hoodies, a free 20-minute massage, or a €33 online satellite ticket. There are also drawstring bags, T-shirts and baseball caps, as well as card protectors, decks of cards, and satellite tickets worth €5.
There’s a prize every time.
Exclusive Winners Sit n Go
Top ranked players from the various activities hosted at the UKIPT will book their place in an exclusive hyper turbo Sit n Go, played out at 11am on Sunday, July 31 (i.e., the final day of the UKIPT festival).
The prizes for winners here are sensational, with the outright champion getting a buy-in to a Main Event at a regional tour of the player’s choosing. That means a €1,000 (or equivalent currency) buy-in to anywhere on the UKIPT, ESPT, FPS or Eureka Poker Tour. The runner-up will get a Road to PSPC ticket, again at a stop of the player’s choosing.
Full prizes:
1st – Regional main event players choice
2nd – Road to PSPC players choice main event
All other final table players – €33 tickets online live sats
3. SAMPLE ONE OF EUROPE’S BEST POKER ROOMS
Victoria Coren Mitchell is a fan of Dusk Till Dawn
If anything, things have only got better at Dusk Till Dawn, which is now well accustomed to hosting huge field poker tournaments. The club was created by poker enthusiast Rob Yong, who consulted with countless poker players about their wishes and expectations for a poker club, and then laid it on.
Additionally, the tournament staff — dealers and floor personnel — will bring with them years of experience working at events such as the EPT. It’s a smooth running, efficient machine, offering the best player experience in world poker.
The four tournaments detailed above — the Main Event, High Roller, Super High Roller and UKIPT Cup — will understandably be the main focus of most players at the UKIPT. But that’s certainly not the end of it.
The full schedule for UKIPT Nottingham 15 events, including qualification, with buy-ins starting at £230.
There’s the UKIPT Mini, for example, with a £230 buy-in, three starting flights and £100,000 guaranteed. There’s a PLO event on Friday July 29 and there’s also a bounty knockout tournament, on Sunday July 31.
Look at the full schedule and you’re sure to find something that takes your fancy. And with so many tournament players in town, the cash tables will also be busy.
5. TO PREPARE FOR THE ROAD TO PSPC
The Road to PSPC will bring PokerStars players back to Nottingham
In case you’re in the dark, Road to PSPC tournaments have one unique, spectacular element: there’s a Platinum Pass added to the winner’s prize. The buy-in is around $400 or equivalent (in Nottingham, it’s £340), but the Platinum Pass alone is worth $30,000.
That’s right: a £340 buy-in tournament has a $30,000 ticket added as a bonus prize — and that’s just the start of it. The Platinum Pass offers buy-in and expenses to the PokerStars Players NL Hold’em Championship (PSPC) in the Bahamas next January, where the first prize might easily be more than $5 million.
So why not treat the UKIPT Nottingham as a tester run for a return a month later for the Road to PSPC event?
More about the Road to PSPC Nottingham
More about the PSPC
*Please note that by registering for the tournament with your PokerStars account you agree that your winnings payout option will be restricted to your PokerStars account only.
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