Ravi Sheth Wins GUKPT Main Event, Dane Miller Scores Big With RGPS Main Event Win

This week saw the conclusion of two prestigious events: GUKPT Blackpool, and RunGood Poker Series Cleveland, which ended by crowning new main event champions. Indo British poker pro Ravi Sheth triumphed in the GUKPT Blackpool Main Event with his dominating and disciplined play, while Dane Miller overcame his 13 BBs to take home his career-best payday and his first-ever live poker title. Here is a quick recap of the two prestigious tournaments!

Ravi Sheth Triumphs In GUKPT Blackpool Main Event

Indo-British poker pro Ravi Sheth outlasted a field of 299 entrants, in the GUKPT Blackpool Main Event, adding his name to the Main Event champions list. For his victory, Sheth added £68,580 (INR 74.20 Lakhs) to his young poker resume. The GUKPT regular also scooped his third Grosvenor Poker Title, after his two back-to-back title wins in 2023 GUKPT London. 

The 299 -entry field generated a prize pool of £314,250 with a buy-in of £1,100. The Main Event kicked off on November 7 with three starting flights and 38 advanced to Day 2 collecting a payout.

Sheth led the final 9 and held the momentum on his way toward victory. The final table saw several well-known poker players, including Sinead Davenport who was vying to become the first female GUKPT ME Champion, she ended up taking the 6th place. GUKPT Regular Trevor Reardon finished in 5th place, while Daniel Myers finished 4th.

Fresh off his runner-up finish in the 2024 EPT Barcelona Main Event, Andrew Hulme made it to the podium, finishing in 3rd place. In the heads-up, Sheth completely dominated with a massive 109 BBs against Zhicheng Mao’s 11 BBs. After a back and forth battle, Sheth jammed holding ace-jack, and Mao called for his tournament life with ace-seven. Sheth’s hand held up to crown him as the GUKPT Main Event Champion. Mao picked up £50,970 for his runner-up finish.

GUKPT Blackpool Main Event Final Table Payouts

Dane Miller is the RGPS Cleveland Main Event Champion

RunGood Poker Series Cleveland has officially wrapped up with the conclusion of a $1,100 buy-in Main Event. Pittsburgh’s Dane Miller took down the main event, earning his career-best prize money $98,607 and his first-ever RunGood Ring. This victory has now pushed his career earnings over $100k.

The $1.1k buy-in Main Event drew 510 entrants across three flights, crushing the $400k guarantee and collecting $474,962 in the final prize pool. Day 2 began with 67 players being in the money, and it took another 13 hours to find a winner.

Miller’s victory was nothing short of a miracle, he entered the final table with a short stack. Miller soon doubled up in a three-way battle, eliminating another short stack Shane Swank in 9th, and doubling up through Andrew Manche. Miller held the momentum and doubled up through the chip leaders. He eventually went to the heads-up battle, with playable chip stacks. Miller scooped several big pots on the battle, narrowing down the chip gap. 

The final hand saw Miller holding Ac-Qd put Gray in an all-in position. Gray turned over his pocket eights and the board ran out 9h-Qc-9s-Qs-5h giving Miller a full house. Gray earned $60,495 for his runner-up finish.

RGPS Cleveland Main Event Final Table Payouts

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