Vamplew Lines Up in GUKPT Main, Rettenmaier on Shot Clocks

Bracelet Winner Joins GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event

The GUKPT’s third leg of the season kicked off today in Scottish capital of Edinburgh and it took less than an hour to lose the first player.

With players still taking their seat for Day 1A of the GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event, an unnamed player (he asked reporters not to mention his name) hit the rail after just 50-minutes of action.

However, undeterred he jumped straight back into the fray and now sits alongside the likes of Paul McTaggart, Karl Mahrenholz and local boy, David Vamplew.

Indeed, while Vamplew is more used to playing high buy-in events across Europe and the US, he seems to be finding his feet well enough in the latest £1,000 GUKPT event.

So far the cash desk has counted more than 70 players in the room but with registration open until later tonight and a guaranteed prizepool of £100,000 on offer that number will certainly increase in the coming hours.

At the time of writing the players are currently on a dinner break and some of the largest stacks in the room belong to Marc Barr, Colin McConnaghy and Nicol Macpherson.

For live updates from the felt, check out the GUKPT’s live blog.

Marvin Says No to Shot Clocks

Marvin Rettenmaier believes “there is no change needed” when it comes to shot clocks and poker tournaments.

Following on from the WPT‘s recent poll which saw an overwhelming 80% of players vote in favour of the time restriction measures, Marvin has posted a blog explaining why he feels they are unnecessary.

One of his main gripes with the system is that he feels that if the goal of shot clocks is to make the game more appealing to amateurs then he feels it will actually decrease their enjoyment and deter them.

He also thinks that implementing a shot clock could actually increase people’s decision-making time if they decide to take the full 30 seconds rather than ten seconds they may have taken before.

Instead of imposing limits on the amount of time people have to make decisions at the felt, Marvin believes the answer is courtesy and basic manners.