Get Ready for the Season-Ending Grosvenor Behemoth


Matthew Pitt

Senior Editor


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2025 Grosvenor Behemoth

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The 2025 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Grand Final is in full swing at the iconic and recently refurbished Grosvenor Victoria casino in the heart of London. The festival’s £2,000 buy-in, £500,000 guaranteed Main Event crowns its worthy champion on November 30. Exactly a week later, the final big Grosvenor event of 2025 commences: the Behemoth.

Grosvenor Poker launched the Behemoth in 2024, and it can be said that it was a resounding success. The £300 buy-in Behemoth attracted 1,347 players, who created a £336,210 prize pool, far larger than the advertised £250,000 guarantee. A similarly sized, if not larger, field is expected this time around.

Players can play two Behemoth Day 1s online at Grosvenor Poker at 7:00 p.m. GMT on December 7 and December 8. Progressing from these online Day 1s sees their stacks put into play on Day 2 on December 13 at the Grosvenor G Casino in Coventry.

Those preferring to play the Behemoth in a live setting from the start should head to the venue from noon on December 10, when Day 1C shuffles up and deals. The final flight, Day 1I Turbo, kicks off at 11:00 a.m. GMT on December 13.

A handful of satellites and side events complement the £250,000 guaranteed Behemoth, including the £1,000 High Roller, £400 Behemoth Cup, and the festival-ending £200 Behemoth Closer.

2025 Grosvenor Poker Behemoth Schedule

DateTimeEventGuarantee
Sun 7 Dec7:00 p.m.£300 Behemoth Day 1A Online£250,000
Mon 8 Dec7:00 p.m.£300 Behemoth Day 1B Online£250,000
Tue 9 Dec7:00 p.m.£65 Super Cashout Satellite30x seats
Wed 10 Dec12:00 p.m.£110 High Roller Turbo Cashout Satellite 
 12:00 p.m.£300 Behemoth Day 1C£250,000
 3:00 p.m.£1,000 High Roller Day 1 
 6:00 p.m.£300 Behemoth Day 1D£250,000
Thu 11 Dec12:00 p.m.£300 Behemoth Day 1E£250,000
 12:00 p.m.£1,000 High Roller Day 2 
 6:00 p.m.£300 Behemoth Day 1F£250,000
 8:00 p.m.£65 Behemoth Cashout Satellite 
Fri 12 Dec12:00 p.m.£300 Behemoth Day 1G£250,000
 6:00 p.m.£300 Behemoth Day 1H£250,000
 8:00 p.m.£65 Behemoth Cashout Satellite 
Sat 13 Dec11:00 a.m.£300 Behemoth Day 1I Turbo£250,000
 4:00 p.m.£300 Behemoth Day 2£250,000
 5:00 p.m.£400 Behemoth Cup Day 1 
Sun 14 Dec12:00 p.m.Behemoth Day 3£250,000
 1:00 p.m.£400 Behemoth Cup 
 2:00 p.m.£165 PLO 4 Card 
 4:00 p.m.£200 Behemoth Closer 
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2024 Grosvenor Poker Behemoth Results

Cristinel Costin is the reigning £250,000 guaranteed Behemoth champion. Costin came out on top of a 1,347-strong field in December 2024 and banked a career-best £43,700. His prize would have been substantially larger had it not been for a three-handed deal.

The trio of deal makers raked in similar prizes: runner-up Gary Nordigian collected £42,260, with third-place finisher Dawid Chmiel scooping £48,450. All three cashes represented career-bests for the talented trio.

EventEntrantsPrize PoolChampionPrize
£300 Behemoth1,347£336,210Cristinel Costin£43,700
£1,000 High Roller72£62,210Mitch Johnson£15,740
£400 Behemoth Cup161£55,640Lin Chen£12,570
£165 Pot Limit Omaha100£14,400Tien Quang Nguyen£3,500
£200 Behemoth Closer73£12,620Alexander Rizvi£3,404

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Matthew Pitt

Senior Editor

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for CelestialPoker since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of CelestialPoker. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the CelestialPoker.