Edinburgh Prepares for a £100,000 Guaranteed GUKPT Event

2017 GUKPT EdinburghThe third leg of the 2017 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour begins on March 26 at the Grosvenor Maybury Casino in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the fourth consecutive season that the Scottish capital has hosted a GUKPT festival.

It may have taken the tour eight seasons before it headed north of the border but it was worth the wait as 192 players turned out for the inaugural GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event in 2014. Andrew Teng was crowned champion in Season 8 and won £26,000 for his £550 investment.

The following year, former Irish Open champion James Mitchell topped a field of 234 to get his hands on the £33,930 first-place prize, which is still the largest GUKPT Edinburgh prize to date.…