Launched in 2007, the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour brings the
excitement of the big game experience to a casino near you. The
tour is a series of poker festivals that take place throughout the
UK and online. Each festival features several warm up events with
buy ins ranging from £100 - £500 and a £1,000 main event. At the
end of the year the stakes are raised to £2,500 for the tour's
Grand Final, which take place at the Grosvenor Victoria casino in
London. The tour is run by Grosvenor/G casinos, whose dedicated
team of professional tournament directors, supervisors and dealers
ensure the smooth running of each and every event. For the first
three years the tour was run in conjunction with Blue Square Poker,
but gcasino.com took over the online partnership in January
2010.
In 2011 the Tour expanded into online territory with the Online
10% series rounding off each of the tour's Main Legs, while the
Champion of Champions format changed to individual freerolls - of
at least £10,000 - for winners of any festival event. Steve
Vigor earned the prestigious Player of the Year title after
finishing the year at the top of the GUKPT Rankings - earning
himself £26,000 for his consistent efforts on the tour throughout
the year.