Adam Wilkinson Leads therummy boss Grosvenor National Poker League After 2025 Q1

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• Adam Wilkinson's 2025 NPL Cashes
• Current Grosvenor National Poker League Top 10
• Plenty of Points to Play for at 888poker UKPL Newcastle

The best-performing player in the Grosvenor National Poker League (NPL) during 2025 receives a £40,000 sponsorship package, entry to a £100,000 Champions Invitational, and a shiny trophy to show all and sundry. The NPL is already one quarter of the way through the year, and it is Adam Wilkinson who finds himself in pole position, although Yucel "Mad Turk" Eminoglu is hot on his heels.

Players earn NPL points when the finish in the money place of the following tournaments:

• GUKPT festival events
• Grosvenor 25/50 tournaments
• The Grosvenor UK Open
• 888poker UK Poker League (UKPL) events
• 888poker LIVE events
• Grosvenor Mini-Series events
• GUKPT Online Closer tournaments

The current NPL started during the Grosvenor Behemoth in Coventry in December 2024; it concludes at the 2025 edition of the same series. Only a player's best 20 results count toward the leaderboard, and Adam Wilkinson has already racked up 16 qualifying cashes!

Wilkinson has 75 cashes between February 2007 and July 2024 but has enjoyed 24 since then. Perhaps the catalyst for his uptick in volume was finishing second for $159,715 in the $1,600 BetMGM Poker Championship in Las Vegas in July 2024.

Adam Wilkinson's 2025 NPL Cashes

Date	Event	Rank	Prize
Dec. 11	£300 Behemoth	119th	£700
Dec. 11	£1,000 Behemoth High Roller	7th	£3,750
Jan. 9	£200 GUKPT Coventry Opener	29th	£700
Jan. 14	£250 GUKPT Coventry PLO 4/5/6	7th	£1,030
Jan. 15	£1,650 GUKPT Coventry High Roller	11th	£3,800
Jan. 19	£150 GUKPT Coventry Seniors	9th	£450
Feb. 21	£440 UK Poker Open Mystery Bounty	38th	£530
Feb. 25	£250 UK Poker Open PLO 4/5/6	11th	£750
Feb. 26	£1,500 UK Poker Open Main Event	94th	£3,290
Mar. 1	£550 UK Poker Open UK Cup	3rd	£15,340
Mar. 6	£250 Grosvenor 25/50 Walsall	18th	£640
Mar. 16	£250 888poker LIVE Glasgow Mini Main	46th	£560
Mar. 19	£1,650 888poker LIVE Glasgow High Roller	3rd	£17,190
Mar. 19	£200 888poker LIVE Glasgow Turbo Dash	2nd	£3,000
Mar. 22	£330 888poker LIVE Dragon	1st	£8,630

_{Wilkinson also cashed in an Online Closer. However, those results do not appear on The Hendon Mob Database}

Although Wilkinson has his nose in front in the 2025 NPL's relevant infancy, a talented group of players is chasing him down.

Yucel Emingolu, the seasoned grinder affectionately known as "Mad Turk", is only 11.42 points behind Wilkinson in the race for the £40,000 sponsorship package. Eminogu's style means he often goes deep or goes home early. Among his qualifying results, Eminoglu can boast a fifth-place finish in the £300 Behemoth worth £10,090, a runner-up finish worth £22,180 in the £560 GUKPT Manchester Mini Main, and a second-place finish for £10,000 in the £250 Grosvenor 25/50 Walsall event.

Unlike Wilkinson, Eminoglu swerved the 888poker LIVE Glasgow festival, instead heading to Cyprus for the Merit Poker Carmen Series. Although he missed out on NPL points, Eminoglu added to his trophy cabinet by taking down the $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Mix-Max event for £70,100.

GUKPT Coventry Main Event runner-up Keith Littlewood occupies third place, with Alexander Rizvi and reigning champion Matthew Davenport rounding out the top five.

Dale Wilson, Mindaugas Kurlenskas, Stephen Barnes, Robert Douras, and Stefan Lazer complete an impressive top ten.

Current Grosvenor National Poker League Top 10

Rank	Player	Points
1	Adam Wilkinson	206.57
2	Yucel Eminoglu	195.15
3	Keith Littlewood	182.20
4	Alexander Rizvi	176.16
5	Matthew Davenport	167.43
6	Dale Wilson	159.94
7	Mindaugas Kurlenskas	150.19
8	Stephen Barnes	150.08
9	Robert Douras	143.11
10	Stefan Lazar	142.81

Plenty of Points to Play for at 888poker UKPL Newcastle

NPL-chasing players are out in force in the North East of England for the 888poker UK Poker League (UKPL) Newcastle festival. The city is buzzing after Newcastle United won the League Cup a couple of weeks ago. It is now full of a different kind of player hoping to lift a poker trophy.

While it is too late to enter the £250 Opening Voyage, which has reached its Day 2, and the £150 PLO 4/5/6 Card (won by Alexander Rizvi), there are still plenty of NPL points-awarding tournament for you to get involved with if you head to the Grosvenor G Casino on St. James Boulevard in Newcastle.

Date	Time	Event	Guarantee
Thu 3 Apr	12:00 p.m.	£250 NLHE 888poker Opening Voyage Day 2	£50,000
	12:00 p.m.	£120 High Roller Turbo Cashout Satellite
	2:00 p.m.	£1,100 NLHE 888poker High Roller Day 1	£50,000
	3:00 p.m.	£560 NLHE 888poker Main Event Day 1A	£100,000
	6:00 p.m.	£200 NLHE 888poker Turbo Dash	£10,000
Fri 4 Apr	12:00 p.m.	£1,100 NLHE 888poker High Roller Day 2	£50,000
	1:00 p.m.	£560 NLHE 888poker Main Event Day 1B	£100,000
	6:00 p.m.	£560 NLHE 888poker Main Event Day 1C	£100,000
	8:00 p.m.	£125 Main Event Cashout Satellite	5x seats
Sat 5 Apr	12:00 p.m.	£560 NLHE 888poker Main Event Day 1D	£100,000
	6:00 p.m.	£220 NLHE 888poker The KO Rumble	£5,000
Sun 6 Apr	12:00 p.m.	£560 NLHE 888poker Main Event Day 2	£100,000
	2:00 p.m.	£150 NLHE 888poker Seniors	£5,000
	3:00 p.m.	£250 NLHE 888poker Big Shot	£20,000