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• £2,000 High Roller Final Table Results
• Day 1a of the £1,250 GUKPT Main Event Attracts 123 Entrants
• Harry Sandford Continues Impressive Run of Form

Irish grinder Conor O'Driscoll is £47,190 richer than a few days ago after he came out on top in the £2,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller at the 2025 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) London festival. At least until the GUKPT London Main Event crowns its champion, O'Driscoll can lay claim to winning the largest score at the recently refurbished Grosvenor Casinos The Victoria.

The £2,000 High Roller drew in 98 entrants, who created a £167,580 prize pool that the top 11 finishers shared. Ryan Fronda was the first to cash, followed by Norwegian superstar Preben Stokkan, who popped the final table bubble.

£2,000 High Roller Final Table Results

Rank	Player	Prize
1	Conor O'Driscoll	£47,190*
2	Ali Abdulzahra	£38,410*
3	Igor D'Ursel	£22,100
4	Jack Benson	£15,550
5	Colin Macandrew	£11,550
6	Arthur Conan	£8,380
7	Felix McPeake	£6,200
8	Javier Francort	£5,200
9	Neil Wallace	£4,700

_{*Reflects a heads-up deal}

Neil Wallace, who won a Grosvenor 25/50 event in Reading in April for £10,097, busted in ninth place here for another £4,700. Dutchman Javier Francort, fresh from a sixth-place finish in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), joined Wallace at the cashier's desk, where he collected £5,200 for his eighth-place finish.

Felix McPeake, another player who jumped in this event after flexing his muscles at the WSOP, bowed out n seventh for £6,200 before Frenchman Arthur Conan, a player with more than $3.8 million in live earnings, crashed out in sixth for £8,380.

It was Conan's elimination that turned the tide in this event. Conan committed 40 big blinds with pocket tens and lost a coinflip against O'Driscoll's ace-king despite flopping a set. The luck of the Irish was with O'Driscoll because the board four-flushed and he scooped a gigantic pot.

Colin Macandrew captured a WSOP Circuit ring in March but has to make do with a fifth-place finish in this GUKPT London event. Fifth place came with £11,550, the Scotsman's fifth five-figure haul of his career.

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Fourth place and £15,550 went to Jack Benson, which represents his largest-ever live haul. Benson finished fifth in this event back in 2023 and secured a then-career-best £13,590.

Then came the elimination of Belgian grinder Igor D'Ursel. Down to 18 big blinds, D'Ursel pinned his trophy-winning hopes on ace-jack, a powerful hand three-handed. Unfortunately for him, O'Driscoll looked him up with the dominating ace-king. No three-outer for the Belgian, and he headed into the night having won £22,100.

O'Driscoll and Ali Abdulzahra locked horns and butted heads in a one-on-one clash for the title. The heads-up duo struck a deal that lessened the payout before fighting it out for the trophy and a little extra cash.

The final hand essentially played itself, with Abdulzahra's chips going in from the button with ace-six, and O'Driscoll's red pocket queens making for an easy call. Abdulzahra flopped an ace, but O'Driscoll improved to a set, leaving the at-risk player drawing extremely thin. A king on the turn locked up the hand and the victory for O'Driscoll, rendering the seven on the river inconsequential.

Day 1a of the £1,250 GUKPT Main Event Attracts 123 Entrants

The first of three flights for the £1,250 GUKPT London Main Event concluded on July 17. It saw 123 players enter, but only 19 progress to Day 2.

Robert Nur (341,300) is the overnight chip leader, followed by Gary Fisher (242,600) and an anonymous player calling themselves "W.C." (215,400).

Others who successfully navigated the Day 1a field include Thomas Clack (158,000), Joe Hindry (130,600), Keith Littlewood (100,500), Calogero Morreale (58,700), Sebastien Jung (40,900), and Keith Johnson (37,500).

Day 1b starts at 12:00 p.m. on July 18, with the turbo-structured Day 1c scheduled for 9:00 p.m. later in the day.

Harry Sandford Continues Impressive Run of Form

Harry Sandford has been in scintillating form since the turn of the year, racking up 20 cashes across the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Slovakia. In January, Sandford finished fourth in the 888poker UKPL Portsmouth Main Event for £20,005, the first of six final table appearances in 2025 alone.

In mid-June, Sandford took down the 888poker UKPL Edinburgh Main Event for a career-high £23,960. Now he has the £330 GUKPT London Mini Main Event title under his belt, having left 902 opponents in his wake on his way to scooping a new career-high of £46,060.

Roni Tal helped himself to the £36,650 top prize in the £800 Mini Main, with Akshat Bansal triumphing in the £1,100 PLO High Roller for £16,620. Paul Ashton won the £250 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo for £3,805, too.

Event	Entranrs	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize
£330 Mini Main	903	£257,350	Harry Sandfrd	£46,060
£800 Midi Main	264	£200,000	Roni Tal	£36,650
£1,100 PLO High Roller	50	£47,500	Akshat Bansal	£16,620
£250 NLHE Turbo	81	£17,315	Paul Ashton	£3,805