As an official media partner, our team at poker.pro will be on-site at the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London at Genting Casino Stratford, covering key hands and biggest moments. Don’t miss a moment of the action as we bring you exclusive live updates from the tour’s third UK stop of the year.
Action folded to Liviu-Dan Madalina, who opened to 800 on the Button. David McConachie (Small Blind) and Marian Dragomir (Big Blind) both made the call.
Action was checked to Madalina, and he continued for 1,500 on the 7♥5♣3♥ flop. McConachie wasted little time before raising to 4,000. Dragomir got out of the way before Madalina made the call. McConachie maintained his aggression with a 7,700 bet on the 2♥ turn, and Madalina then moved all in for 20,600. McConachie considered his options for a minute or two before letting his hand go, exposing the 5♥. Being a good sport, Madalina revealed K♥Q♥ for a flush.
David McConachie: 66,700 Liviu-Dan Madalina: 39,000
Another familiar face in the mix is Deniz Orhan. Orhan won the £500 Main Event during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester and has a total of three PartyPoker Tour trophies. Time will tell if he’ll add another one to his trophy cabinet after this week.
If any players wonder why it suddenly became much louder at Genting Casino Stratford, it’s because PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Sam Acheampong recently entered the tournament room. He’s currently just chatting with various people, but perhaps he will take his seat in Day 1a of the £150 Mini Main Event soon.
Other Ambassadors, such as Natalie Bromley and Glenn Brown, will arrive later this week. Rebecca Hardisty and PartyPoker Team Pro Jaime Staples are already in London; rumors have it that they will play the £60 poker.pro PL Sviten and the £60 PLO Masters Saturday Party Madness Courchevel Bounty side events tonight.
In terms of entries, the Mini Main Event is always the most popular tournament on all PartyPoker Tour stops. That should be the case this time as well, and the winner (who will be crowned on Thursday, July 9) will become the tenth winner of the tournament. Below is a breakdown of all Mini Main Events of the PartyPoker Tour prior to the ongoing London stop.
Date
Festival
Venue
Event
Winner
Country
First-Place Payout
Entries
Prize Pool
April 19-27, 2025
2025 PartyPoker Tour London (Spring Edition)
Genting Casino Stratford (Formerly known as Aspers)
£150 Mini Main Event
Dost Ghrabie
Afghanistan
£17,170
866
£109,200
June 17-22, 2025
2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester
Manchester235 Casino
£150 Mini Main Event
Ion Oprea
Romania
£8,885
418
£52,710
August 12-17, 2025
2025 PartyPoker Tour Glasgow
Alea Casino
£150 Mini Main Event
Christian Watt
Scotland
£10,260
468
£57,966
October 11-19, 2025
2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham
Genting Resorts World Birmingham
£150 Mini Main Event
Robert Douras
England
£14,370
660
£82,500
December 14-21, 2025
2025 PartyPoker Tour London (Winter Edition)
Genting Casino Stratford (Formerly known as Aspers)
poker.pro live reporter Christoffer Karlén is covering the £150 Mini Main Event during the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition). Photo: Nunzia Esposio
Level 1:
100/200
Entries:
68/69
Prizes:
£50,000 GTD
Joseph Lockett limped from the Lo-jack. Raoul Zaghlul (Button) and Zygintas Gerulis (Small Blind) both made the call, before Sandra Reid (Big Blind) checked.
Action was checked to Zaghul on the 5♥7♠A♠ flop, who bet 600. Lockett was the sole caller, and the two players then checked down the 8♠5♠ runout.
Joseph Lockett: A♣4♣ Raoul Zaghlul: A♥3♥
With one pair of aces each, the two players chopped the small pot.
Henry Owen, winner of the £60 poker.pro PL H.O.R.S.E. during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham. Photo: Nunzia Esposito
Level 1:
100/200
Entries:
54/54
Prizes:
£50,000 GTD
Two of the most recognizable faces in the field from the get-go are two-time £60 poker.pro PL H.O.R.S.E winner Henry Owen and PartyPoker Tour regular Jacob George.
PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Glenn Brown. Photo: Nunzia Esposito
Level 1:
100/200
Entries:
44/44
Prizes:
£50,000 GTD
It’s a few minutes past five, and the £150 Mini Main Event Day 1a players have all taken their seats. The dealers have prepared the decks, and the first cards are currently being distributed.
PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Rebecca Hardisty and others during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour London (Winter Edition). Photo: Nunzia Esposito
Welcome, fellow poker enthusiasts, to the first day of the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition).
It’s only a few weeks ago that the 2026 PartyPoker Tour Manchester wrapped up; it’s safe to say there hasn’t been a lot of rest for the PartyPoker crew. In fact, most of them arrived to Genting Casino Stratford, London, a few days ago, and immediately began the preperations for the fifth stop of the year.
Before Manchester, the PartyPoker Tour had its first two events abroad, as the circus touched Spanish soil. Seville and Madrid were both successes, and the number of entries were astonishingly high. That being said, London has always been the place where the biggest events have been in the UK, and there is no reason to suspect something different this time around. With 21 events on the schedule, it’s destined to be a busy nine days at Genting Casino Stratford (formerly known as Aspers).
The poker.pro live reporter Christoffer Karlén is on-site, ready to provide the live coverage of the £150 Mini Main Event for the first five days. Then, fellow colleague Richard Hayes will take over. Today, the live blog will kick off at 16:00, when cards are in the air for Day 1a of the aforementioned Mini Main Event. That will be the first starting-day flight out of a total of six. The tournament will play down to 15% of the field, and the survivors will all be in the money and bag their chips for Day 2 (July 8, 18:00).
Today’s schedule also features two exciting side events. The £60 poker.pro PL Sviten will surely bring alot of action; in fact, there probobly aren’t any other poker disciplines that are as intense as this Five-card Draw/PLO Frankenstein of a game. Then, it’s also the £60 PLO Masters Saturday Party Madness Courchevel Bounty. Perhaps the founder of the PLO Masters, JJ Hazan, will be on-site as well.
All and all, it’s going to be a busy first day of the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition). As previously mentioned, the live blog will focus on the Mini Main Event and the Main Event. That being said, keep a close eye on the “Results” tab, where all the side events results will be published. See you all at 16:00.
2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition) – Saturday, July 7, Schedule
While PartyPoker Team Pro Jaime Staples advanced from Day 1b of the £150 Mini Main Event yesterday, his equally good half, PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Rebecca Hardisty, became the unfortunate bubble girl. Hardisty isn’t known for lying down and cry, though; she’s back in the saddle, currently in Day 1c, looking for redemption.
PartyPoker Team Pro Jaime Staples. Photo: Nunzia Esposito
Level 4:
200/400 (400)
Entries:
45/58
Prizes:
£50,000 GTD
PartyPoker Team Pro Jaime Staples just arrived at Genting Casino Stratford. Staples bagged 227,000 in Day 1b of the £150 Mini Main Event yesterday, and he recently revealed on his social media that he will spend his evening partaking in the £60 poker.pro PL H.O.R.S.E. The tournament just kicked off with 21 players in from the start, including 2025 PartyPoker Tour London (Winter Edition) £60 poker.pro PL H.O.R.S.E. champion Vadims Veksins, two-fold poker.pro-branded tournament winners Lewis Henderson and Henry Owen, and PLO Masters founder/poker legend JJ Hazan.
Dost Ghrabie, winner of the £150 Mini Main Event during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition). Photo: Nunzia Esposito
Level 4:
200/400 (400)
Entries:
49/57
Prizes:
£50,000 GTD
The 2025 PartyPoker Tour consisted of five stops, and this year, there are nine in total. Four of them are already done and dusted, meaning that this is the tenth in the tour’s one-and-a-half-year-long history. In other words, the one who emerges victorious in the £150 Mini Main Event, will be the tenth winner of the ever-so-popular tournament.
Below is a list of all previous winners.
Dates
Festival
Venue
Event
Winner
Country
First-Place Payout
Entries
Prize Pool
April 19-27, 2025
2025 PartyPoker Tour London (Spring Edition)
Genting Casino Stratford (Formerly known as Aspers)
£150 Mini Main Event
Dost Ghrabie
Afghanistan
£17,170
866
£109,200
June 17-22, 2025
2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester
Manchester235 Casino
£150 Mini Main Event
Ion Oprea
Romania
£8,885
418
£52,710
August 12-17, 2025
2025 PartyPoker Tour Glasgow
Alea Casino
£150 Mini Main Event
Christian Watt
Scotland
£10,260
468
£57,966
October 11-19, 2025
2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham
Genting Resorts World Birmingham
£150 Mini Main Event
Robert Douras
England
£14,370
660
£82,500
December 14-21, 2025
2025 PartyPoker Tour London (Winter Edition)
Genting Casino Stratford (Formerly known as Aspers)
Lewis Henderson, winner of the £100 poker.pro R.O.S.E.T. during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham. Photo: Nunzia Esposito
Level 2:
100/200 (200)
Entries:
36/37
Prizes:
£50,000 GTD
When Day 1c of the £150 Mini Main Event will be the main focus of today’s blog, it’s worth mentioning that the £100 poker.pro PL H.O.R.S.E. side event is kicking off in one hour.
For two years now, poker.pro have been running self-branded tournaments in conjunction with mainly the PartyPoker Tour. It has all been Mixed Games, and it’s evident that players enjoy trying something other than Texas once in a while. Players such like Lewis Henderson, Ryan Wivill, and Henry Owen have frequently played the various tournaments.
Below is a breakdown of all the poker.pro branded tournaments, ever.
Ever since the PartyPoker Tour launched back in April 2025, Hady Sirbu has been one of the most recurring faces. His best result on the tour is an eighth-place finish in the £150 Mini Main Event during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester, and he’s looking do to even better this time in London.
Sirbu played Day 1b yesterday but didn’t make it through. Now, he’s in Day 1c, competing for glory.
Lewis Osbourne limped UTG before James Langford made it 800 from the Hi-jack. Thanh Hoang (cut-off), Alexander Beveridge (Small Blind), and Osbourne all made the call.
After all four players checked the 2♣K♣9♥ flop, Beveridge bet 800 on the 7♥ turn. Osbourne and Langford both made the call before Hoang mucked. Beveridge kicked off the 3♥ river action with a check. Osbourne bet 2,500, which was enough to scare away both of his opponents.
Day 1c of the £150 Mini Main Event is underway, with 18 players in from the get-go. One familiar face in the field is PartyPoker Tour regular Jacob George.
It’s an educated guess, it’s all good vibes in England today, after an historic win in yesterday’s World Cup. Of course, the fact that it’s day three of the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition) doesn’t make things much worse.
In roughly one and a half hours, the third starting-day flight of the £150 Mini Main Event will kick off. The £100 poker.pro PL H.O.R.S.E is the sole side event of the day; this special twist on the classic Mixed Games discipline has proven to be a success, and it’s perhaps the sixth or seventh time this tournament is part of a PartyPoker Tour schedule.
2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition) – Monday, July 6, Schedule
£30 Target Stack Satellite to £150 Mini Main Event (Three Seats Guaranteed)
Today’s poker.pro live coverage will kick off at 17:00 and follow Day 1c of the Mini Main Event. poker.pro live reporter Christoffer Karlén should receive the Day 1b chip counts soon, and will upload them as soon as possible.
PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Rebecca Hardisty open-shoved 65,000 from the Lo-jack. After receiving the count, Matthew Murphy made the call from the Big Blind.
Rebecca Hardisty: K♠J♠ Matthew Murphy: 5♥5♣
Hardisty was still trailing on the 4♦10♥3♠. The Q♣ turn gave her additional outs, but the 6♦ river ultimately ended her tournament life.
That’s a wrap for today’s live coverage; thanks to everyone who’s been following along with the action. The 16 players who survived are now bagging their chips. Tomorrow, the blog will go live at 17:00 when Day 1c kicks off. Before that, though, the Day 1b chip counts will be uploaded.
While Day 1b of the £150 Mini Main Event is still going on, only two players are left in the £150 PLO Masters 4/5/6 Bounty. Considering the two heads-up contestants want to stay anonymous, the final results can already be revealed.
Seated UTG, Mohammed Afzal decided to limp. Somewhat surprising, action folded all the way to PartyPoker Team Pro, who checked his Big Blind.
After both players checked the 2♠Q♦A♦ flop, Staples bet 10,000 on the 8♠ turn. Afzal made the call, but then folded to another 25,000 from Staples on the 4♥ river. Afzal tabled K♣10♣.
The remaining 29 players are now enjoying what is destined to be the final 20-minute break of the day. Below are the biggest stacks this poker.pro live reporter was able to identify.
Anil Belpu open-shoved 6,000 from the Lo-jack. Seated right next to him, James O’Rourke three-bet to 20,000 before Mohammed Afzal re-shoved for roughly 150,000. O’Rourke folded, and the two contestants tabled their holdings.
Anil Belpu: J♣10♠ Mohammed Afzal: A♠Q♥
The 9♦8♣3♥ brought some hope to Belpu, but the 9♣2♣ runout ultimately ended his tournament life.
“Mr. X” opened to 6,000 UTG+1. “Mr. Y” (Button), “Mr. Z” (Small Blind), and PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Rebecca Hardisty (Big Blind) all made the call.
Action was checked to “Mr. Y”, who bet 10,000 on the 2♦2♣7♦ flop. “Mr. Z” snap-raised to 25,000, and “Mr. Y” was the sole caller. “Mr. Z” bet another 20,000 on the 10♦ turn to secure the pot.
Late registration closed in Day 1b of the £150 Mini Main Event with 109 entries. Considering all starting-day flights are playing down to 15% of the field, it should be 16 players who advance to Day 2 from the second starting-day flight. However, that number still needs to be confirmed by the floor.
Action folded to “Mr. X”, who opened to 7,000 from the Hi-jack. PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Rebecca Hardisty made the call from the Cut-off, and “Mr. Y” joined in on the fun from the Small Blind.
“Mr. Y” kicked the action off with a 10,000 bet on the 9♠8♠J♥ flop. “Mr. X” made it 25,000 within a second, and Hardisty mucked as fast before “Mr. Y” made the call.
“Mr. Y” check-called 15,000 from “Mr. X” on the 7♦ turn before both players checked the 7♠ river.
It’s the second 20-minute break of the day, and once Level 10 commences, late registration will be closed. Below are the biggest stacks this poker.pro live reporter was able to identify.
“Mr. X” opened to 3,200 from the Hi-jack. “Mr. Y” (Small Blind) and “Mr. Z” (Big Blind) both made the call.
It was “Mr. Y” who took the aggressive lead on the 4♠4♣3♠ flop with a 5,000 bet. “Mr. Z” snap-called before the original raiser, “Mr. X,” made it 15,000. “Mr. Y” made the call before “Mr. Z” folded.
“Mr. Y” checked the 7♠ turn, then immediately folded to a 10,000 bet from “Mr. X”.
PartyPoker Team Pro Jaime Staples and PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Rebecca Hardisty. Photo: Nunzia Esposito
Level 9:
800/1,600 (1,600)
Entries:
50/102
Prizes:
£50,000
PartyPoker Team Pro Jaime Saples and PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Rebecca Hardisty have both registered for Day 1b of the £150 Mini Main Event on Level 9. In roughly 15 minutes, the players will go on the second 15-minute break of the day, and that break will be the last window for players to register for the tournament.
John Murray opened to an unconventional 3,500 UTG. Nicusor Leonache (Cut-off) and James O’Rourke (Button) both made the call.
Murray wasted little time before going all in for 12,000 on the 9♦7♣6♣ flop. Leonache committed his 6,500 stack to make the call before O’Rourke got out of the way.
John Murray: Q♦Q♠ Nicusor Leonache: 3♥3♣
Leonache didn’t improve on the 8♦A♠ runout, and all his chips went the way of Murray.
The sole side event of the night, the £150 PLO Masters 4/5/6 Bounty, kicked off roughly one hour ago. The tournament is currently on Level 3, and late registration will be open until the commencement of Level 9. Some notable names in the field are four-time PartyPoker Tour champion Lewis Henderson, prominent player Vadims Veksins, and PLO Masters founder JJ Hazan.
It was a delayed start, but poker.pro live reporter Christoffer Karlén is now on-site at Genting Casino Stratford, ready to cover every knook and cranny of the action.
Claudiu Clipei limped UTG, then called a 2,000 three-bet from Jay Sharman (Cut-off).
Clipei checked the 8♣6♦Q♦ flop, and Sharman bet a hefty 7,000. Clipei sighed and folded rather swiftly, revealing his 8♥7♥ holdings.
Cards are in the air for Day 1b of the £150 Mini Main Event. The live coverage will kick off in roughly one hour, though, due to circumstances beyond this poker.pro live reporter’s control.
In the meantime, press the link below to read how Mazzarella won the Mini Main Event title in Manchester just a few weeks ago. He’s the most-recent Mini Main Event champion; let his success inspire you on your endeavors.
It’s Sunday in London, and what a day this is destined to be. This poker.pro live reporter has a hard time deciding what he’s looking forward to the most today: a swarm of intriguing matches at Wimbledon, the upcoming England-Mexico game, or the second day of the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition).
The poker is what we’re here for, though, and it’s going to be another thrilling day at Genting Casino Stratford. The nine-day-long festival kicked off yesterday with the first starting-day flight of the £150 Mini Main Event, as well as two side events. The inaugural flight of the ever-so-popular Mini Main Event attracted 151 entries, and 23 players made it through to Day 2. For the side event results, navigate to the “Results” tab.
Today, poker.pro live reporter Christoffer Karlén will follow the action in Day 1b of the Mini Main Event, which kicks off at 16:00. At 19:00, the only side event of the day will kick off, namely the £150 PLO Masters 4/5/6 Bounty. The last tournament of the day is a £30 Target Stack Satellite to the Mini Main Event, which will commence at 22:00 with three tickets guaranteed.
2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition) – Sunday, July 5, Schedule
Time
Event
16:00
Event #1: £150 Mini Main Event Day 1b
19:00
Event #4: £150 PLO Masters 4/5/6 Bounty
22:00
£30 Target Stack Satellite to £150 Mini Main Event (Three Seats Guaranteed)
Genting Casino Stratford is the place to be tonight, and the action will be overwhelming. See you all at 16:00.
Day 1a of the £150 Mini Main Event has come to an end, and the remaining 23 players are now bagging their chips; they’ll be reunited with them on Day 2 (July 8, 18:00). Before that, though, there are five more starting-day flights to go.
That wraps up today’s live coverage here on poker.pro. Tomorrow’s blog will go live at 17:00 when Day 1b kicks off. The poker.pro editorial office will soon return with the Day 1a chip counts.
Edgar Uribe made it 16,000 UTG+2 before Jodi Hurley moved all in for 79,000 from the Lo-jack. Florin-Vasile Sturzu then made the call from the Hi-jack, and Uribe also added what was required for him to see the flop.
Uribe and Sturzu both checked the 3♦K♥7♣ flop. Uribe bet 60,000 on the 4♥ river; Sturzu got out of the way before Hurley and Uribe tabled their holdings.
Jodi Hurley: A♦J♣ Edgar Uribe: A♥K♦
Hurley was drawing dead, and after a ceremonial 10♦ river, he exited the tournament area.
Edgar Uribe: 900,000 Florin-Vasile Sturzu: 700,000 Jodi Hurley: 0
Seated UTG, the charismatic Richard Stranava min-raised to 10,000. Guy Duggan snap-called from UTG+1 before short-stacked “Mr. X” moved all in for 21,000 from the Lo-jack. Stranava and Duggan both made the call.
Stranava check-called a 25,000 bet from Duggan on the 3♦5♣6♣ flop before both players checked the 4♠ turn. On the 10♠ river, Stranava threw out a 45,000 bet, big enough to get a fold out of Duggan.
“Mr. X”: A♥Q♠ Richard Stranava: 7♣7♦
With a straight, Stranava sent “Mr. X” to the rail.
Guy Duggan: 347,000 Richard Stranava: 250,000 “Mr. X”: 0
For the PartyPoker Tour, there are 10 Ambassadors, spreading love, kindness, and the good word of the tour. One of them is Natalie Bromley; Bromley is scheduled to arrive in London on Wednesday and join the fun in the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition). Below, you can read an interview with Bromley that poker.pro journalist Christoffer Karlén made, where you can get to know the saint a little bit better.
The remaining 31 players are now on what is destined to be the last 20-minute break of the day. Only seven more will go before the survivors can bag for Day 2. Below are the biggest stacks at this point.
Zhen Zhen, winner of the £500 Main Event during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Glasgow. Photo: Nunzia Esposito
Level 14:
2,000/500 (5,000)
Entries:
31/151
Prizes:
£50,000 GTD
The ongoing 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition) is the fifth stop of the tour this year. There won’t be much rest for the PartyPoker crew, as the 2026 PartyPoker Tour Glasgow will be played August 3-9 at Alea Casino. Satellites are continuously running online, where all players can secure their live poker adventure for mere pennies. Check out the full 2026 PartyPoker Tour calendar below.
Seated UTG, Stephen Chen opened to 9,000. Florin-Vasile Sturzu (Cut-off), Masoud Etemadiherisi (Button) and Konagh Greensall (Big Blind) all made the call.
All four players checked the Q♠6♠5♠ flop. On the Q♥ turn, Greensall dipped his toes in the waters with a 15,000 bet, a bet which Etemadiherisi was the only one to call. On the wet 2♠ river, Greensall bet 30,000. Etemadiherisi sighed then folded, flashing the Q♦. Before raking in the pot, Greensall revealed one of his hole cards, the Q♣.
Dost Ghrabie
Ion Oprea
Christian Watt
Robert Douras
André Emerenciano
Juan Fuentes
Federico Mazzarella
Alexander Georgiev
Henry Owen
Andrea Manganelli
Nicu Oleinic
Ljubisa Nedimovic
Xiahoe Tan
Jaime Staples
Timm Engel
Masoud Etemadiherisi
Aleksandr Biriukov
Richard Stranava
Georgios Zaroubi
German Velez Segura
Daniel Smith
Barry Donovan
Ivan Meister
Baptiste Auger
Jake George
Zhizhi Peng
Samuel Elson
Valdir Cordeiro Dos Santos
