The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour has made its second stop of the year at the Grosvenor Casino, Walsall with the 
nine-day festival culminating in the £1,000 main event which started yesterday.
The festival got underway with a £100 no-limit hold’em event and more than 300 players are expected to take to the felt for the main event which last year was won by Jeff Kimber who took down £83,000.
Day 1a saw 111 players in the main event and by the the end of play only 26 had made it through. The top 10 in chips were:
- Jerome Bradpiece — 86,050
- Daniel Carter — 78,500
- Nicholas Gibson — 72,375
- James Akenhead — 72,275
- Joseph Grech — 67,750
- Martyn Cavanagh — 63,475
- Arjanit Kondaj — 57,300
- Michael Greco — 54,475
- Robert Price — 54,150
- Jeff Hemmerman — 47,800
Bernard Litman won the first stop on the tour in Brighton lifting £70,520 for his victory. Check back at CardPlayerEurope.com on Monday for the results of this tournament.
