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From Wednesday August 24^th through Friday August 26^th, the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) will attempt to break the UK poker record for the largest live poker tournament –which was at the 2009 Boyle Poker IPO when a total of 1,440 players showed up over the course of the four starting days.

The organizers of the event are expecting in the neighborhood of 1,600 entrants for the GUKPT tournament dubbed “Goliath” featuring a £100 buy-in, 25,000 chip starting stacks, and 40 minute levels. For the monumental undertaking the GUKPT is holding the tournament at the Rich Arena in Coventry, England.

What will likely push the GUKPT Goliath past the Boyle Poker IPO is the multi-entry format the tournament is using. Basically players who have been eliminated on Day 1a can choose to try again on Day 1b and/or Day 1c, and players who fail to survive on Day 1b can throw down another £100 and enter again on Day 1c! Players can enter the tournament as many times as they like but are allowed only one entry per starting day.

In addition to shooting for the UK poker attendance record the GUKPT Goliath also has a charitable angled to it, as £5 from each entry will be donated to the Marie Curie Cancer Care foundation. Should the tournament reach its goal of 1,600 entries the MCCC will stand to receive £8,000.