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GUKPT Luton Wrap-Up: McCullagh, Moghaddam and More Claim Titles

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The 2026 GUKPT Luton festival produced nine listed champions across NLHE and PLO events. Reza Moghaddam won the Mini Main, Ciaran McCullagh claimed the High Roller, while Mariusz Czech, Keith Littlewood and others also secured tournament victories.

The 2026 GUKPT Luton festival delivered a broad mix of tournament results across No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha, with nine listed events producing champions and several notable performances throughout the schedule.

While Renee Xie's historic £560 Main Event victory was the headline result from Luton, the festival also saw Reza Moghaddam, Ciaran McCullagh, Mariusz Czech, Thomas Baggaley, Simon Chester, Paul Denman, Keith Littlewood and Arun Sood claim titles across the schedule.

The results included two five-figure payouts from the side events, with Ciaran McCullagh winning the £1,000 High Roller for £16,620 and Reza Moghaddam taking down the £250 Mini Main for £19,250.

The Luton schedule featured events across several buy-in levels, from the £150 tournaments through to the £1,000 High Roller.

The £560 NLHE Main Event attracted 396 entrants and generated a £188,100 prize pool, with Renee Xie winning £35,435.

The £250 NLHE Mini Main drew an even larger field of 414 entrants. Reza Moghaddam claimed the title and £19,250 from the £100,000 prize pool.

Ciaran McCullagh won the £1,000 NLHE High Roller, collecting £16,620 after a 54-entry tournament produced a £50,000 prize pool.

The £340 NLHE GUKPT Cup attracted 147 entrants and created a £41,890 prize pool. Mariusz Czech won the tournament for £9,665.

Ciaran McCullagh produced one of the more notable performances across the Luton schedule.

He first won the £1,000 High Roller, banking £16,620 from the 54-entry field.

McCullagh then followed that victory with a fifth-place finish in the £560 Main Event, adding another £8,480 to his Luton results. His festival therefore included both a tournament victory and a deep run in the headline event.

Reza Moghaddam also secured one of the largest payouts among the Luton champions by winning the £250 Mini Main.

The tournament attracted 414 entrants, the largest field among the listed events, and produced a £100,000 prize pool.

Moghaddam's victory was worth £19,250, placing his score among the biggest individual payouts from the festival.

GUKPT Regulars Add Luton Titles

Mariusz Czech and Keith Littlewood, both GUKPT regulars, also recorded victories during the festival.

Czech won the £340 GUKPT Cup for £9,665 after the 147-entry tournament generated £41,890.

Littlewood captured one of the £200 NLHE Closer events, earning £2,600 from a field of 75.

The other £200 Closer also attracted 75 entrants. Paul Denman won that tournament for £3,695 from a £15,000 prize pool.

The Luton results also included a PLO title and several lower buy-in No-Limit Hold'em events.

Simon Chester won the £150 PLO for £2,750. The tournament attracted 114 entrants and produced a £14,080 prize pool.

Thomas Baggaley took down the £150 NLHE Deepstack, earning £4,150 after 129 entrants competed for £15,930.

At the lower end of the listed buy-ins, Arun Sood won the £200 NLHE Turbo for £1,910. The event attracted 31 entrants and generated a £5,300 prize pool.

A Festival With Multiple Stories Beyond the Main Event

The 2026 GUKPT Luton results featured a range of winners across the nine listed tournaments, with fields ranging from 31 entrants in the £200 NLHE Turbo to 414 in the £250 Mini Main.

The festival's largest listed prize pool was the £188,100 generated by the £560 Main Event, while the Mini Main produced the largest field.

Away from the Main Event, McCullagh's High Roller victory and subsequent fifth-place Main Event finish stood out, while Moghaddam collected £19,250 for winning the Mini Main.

Czech and Littlewood also added GUKPT titles to their records, alongside victories for Baggaley, Chester, Denman and Sood.

2026 GUKPT Luton Results at a Glance

Event	Entrants	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize
£150 NLHE Deepstack	129	£15,930	Thomas Baggaley	£4,150
£150 PLO	114	£14,080	Simon Chester	£2,750
£200 NLHE Closer	75	£15,000	Paul Denman	£3,695
£200 NLHE Closer	75	£9,500	Keith Littlewood	£2,600
£200 NLHE Turbo	31	£5,300	Arun Sood	£1,910

Renee Xie's Main Event victory remains the defining historical result from the stop, but the wider 2026 GUKPT Luton festival produced a full slate of champions and several notable individual performances.

McCullagh's double result, Moghaddam's Mini Main victory and the titles claimed by established GUKPT regulars helped round out the tournament action across the Luton schedule.