The biggest stay No-Restrict Maintain’em poker match exterior of Las Vegas, the Goliath, will return to Coventry’s Grosvenor On line casino this August for its Tenth-anniversary celebration.
The Tenth anniversary Goliath might pay out £1 million this yr when the motion will get underway at Coventry’s Grosvenor On line casino. (Picture: Twitter/GrosvenorPoker)
The long-running occasion was, like so many, a sufferer of COVID-19. Now, with restrictions a distant reminiscence, the £150 ($180) match will emerge from its two-year stint online and reconvene at Grosvenor On line casino on the Coventry Constructing Society Area.
The primary of eight beginning flights begins on Aug. 27 and play will proceed till a winner is topped on Sept. 4. Qualifiers are working on GrosvenorPoker.com and the organizers count on the Goliath to be the largest up to now.
| 2022 Goliath Schedule | ||||
| Date | Flight | Time | Purchase-In | Re-Entry |
| Saturday, Aug. 27 | A | 12pm | £120+£30 | Limitless |
| Sunday, Aug. 28 | B | 12pm | £120+£30 | Limitless |
| Monday, Aug. 29 | C | 12pm | £120+£30 | Limitless |
| Tuesday, Aug. 30 | D | 12pm | £120+£30 | Limitless |
| Wednesday, Aug. 31 | E | 12pm | £120+£30 | Limitless |
| Thursday, Sept. 1 | F | 12pm | £120+£30 | Limitless |
| Friday, Sept. 2 | G (Turbo) | 11am | £120+£30 | Limitless |
| H (Turbo) | 6pm | £120+£30 | Limitless | |
| Saturday, Sept. 3 | Day 2 | 11am | — | — |
| Sunday, Sept. 4 | Day 3 | 11am | — | — |
Goliath stays common after 12 years
Grosvenor’s Goliath has been breaking information because it first ran in 2011. Lee Rawson received the inaugural occasion, beating what was then one of many largest stay tournaments ever held in Europe.
Curiosity within the Goliath continued to develop and, inside a number of years, it turned the largest stay poker match exterior of Las Vegas. Till the WSOP began providing occasions such because the Millionaire Maker, Grosvenor’s Goliath was the largest poker match exterior of the Primary Occasion.
Taking the WSOP out of the equation, the Goliath is a big draw and, with a projected prize pool of £1 million ($1.2 million), organizers count on greater than 10K gamers to ante up later this month.
Again to regular for Grosvenor Goliath
The astute amongst you’ll discover the desk under lists this yr’s Goliath because the 12th installment. Nonetheless, whenever you remove the online events in 2020 and 2021, you possibly can see that is truly the Goliath’s Tenth stay outing.
Grosvenor Goliath Winners
| Yr | Entrants | Prize Pool | Winner | High Prize |
| 2011 | 1,765 | £176,500 | Lee Rawson | £32,705 |
| 2012 | 1,954 | £200,000 | Les Fenton | £35,800 |
| 2013 | 2,570 | £257,000 | Jake Skidmore | £29,690 |
| 2014 | 3,394 | £339,400 | Ryan Foster | £62,320 |
| 2015 | 4,210 | £421,000 | Miikka Toika | £70,800 |
| 2016 | 5,232 | £523,200 | Vamshi Vandanapu | £62,750 |
| 2017 | 6,385 | £638,500 | Elliot Marais | £85,760 |
| 2018 | 7,584 | £758,400 | Florian Duta | £101,450 |
| 2019 | 9,300 | £911,410 | Lee Reynolds | £64,601 |
| 2020 | 2,013 (on-line) | £231,495 | WRDortmund7 | £42,248 |
| 2021 | 2,722 (on-line) | £272,200 | Whityestar | £54,460 |
| 2022 | 1,101 *Registered up to now | £1 million (*estimated) | TBD | TBD |
Flanking the celebratory Goliath can be a collection of aspect occasions. The £1,000 ($1,200) GUKPT Coventry will get the collection underway on Aug. 25. For these with smaller bankrolls, pub poker league RedTooth may have a presence on the collection.
Lastly, there can be turbos, a ladies’s occasion, and one thing for the seniors. Nonetheless, all eyes can be on the Goliath to see if it will probably break the 10K-player mark and pay out greater than £1 million.
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