3-Barrels from the world of tournament poker as the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Goliath breaks its live attendance record; India’s Nipun Java wins another huge event, and Kenny Hallaert wins an online triple crown 

The 2017 Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour (GUKPT) Goliath has beaten its own record for hosting the largest live tournament outside of the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

The Grosvenor Casino Ricoh Arena in Coventry once again acted as host, as 6,385 entrants took a seat in the £120 buy-in event. Grosvenor organisers put on seven starting flights and allowed players to go re-entry crazy, but the winner only needed a single bullet.

Before the Goliath, Elliot Marais’s largest live tournament score was £275 for a 46th place finish in a £60 buy-in event in Nottingham’s Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) back in 2014. Today, he is $111,665 the richer, and unless the lad had a swap or two with mates, I reckon he banked the lot.