Chips are sure to be flying in all directions today, June 10, at Genting Casino Stratford, as the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition) moves towards its final weekend, with a full schedule of events set to whet the appetite of poker enthusiasts.
After Ben Skinner emerged triumphant in the £150 Mini Main Event yesterday, banking £14,300 after a heads-up deal with Carlos Estivill, attention now turns to the £500 Main Event, which sports a chunky £100,000 guarantee.
Day 1a was completed on July 9, and attracted a total of 63 entrants. When the dust settled, Vikrum Mehta of the United Kingdom (471,000) led a total of 16 qualifiers who booked their spots for Day 2, with the full details below.
£500 Main Event End of Day 1a Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 |  Vikrum Mehta | United Kingdom | 471,000 |
| 2 | Richard Connolly | United Kingdom | 362,000 |
| 3 |  Ian Burr | United States | 260,000 |
| 4 |  Ivan Meister | Kazakhstan | 240,000 |
| 5 | Nicholas Rishover | United Kingdom | 232,000 |
| 6 |  Yuet Wong | Hong Kong | 216,000 |
| 7 | Christopher Yong | United Kingdom | 176,000 |
| 8 | Matthew Horn | United Kingdom | 166,000 |
| 9 |  Yi Gu | China | 165,000 |
| 10 |  Ashkan Ahmedov | Bulgaria | 164,000 |
| 11 | James Smith | United Kingdom | 140,000 |
| 12 |  Sebastian Padure | Romania | 128,000 |
| 13 | Kia Rangpueng | Unknown | 114,000 |
| 14 | Paul Hempseed | United Kingdom | 104,000 |
| 15 | Rajinder Shina | United Kingdom | 89,000 |
| 16 | Ka Pun | Hong Kong | 69,000 |
Two further starting flights are on the menu today, with Day 1b kicking off at noon, featuring 40-minute levels, and turbo flight Day 1c getting underway at 8 p.m., featuring 25-minute levels.
Players will sit down to a 50,000 starting stack at blind level 100/200, and late registration remains open in each flight until the start of Level 10.
The final opportunity for players to attempt to qualify for Day 2 is the hyper flight Day 1d, taking place at 11 a.m. on July 11, and which features 15-minute levels.
2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition) – Friday, July 10, Schedule
The key side events today are the £250 buy-in, £20,000 guaranteed PLO Masters, Day 1a of which gets underway at 5 p.m, with Days 1b & 1c scheduled for July 11.
Aficionado’s of poker variants are also well catered for, with the £60 buy-in poker.pro Crazy Pineapple Bounty tournament scheduled for 10 p.m., and the £60 buy-in Tennessee Hold’em London Championship kicking off at 7 p.m.
| Date | Time | Event |
| July 10 | 12:00 | Event #10: £500 Main Event Day 1b |
| 14:00 | £60 Target Stack Satellite to £250 PLO Masters Main Event (Three Seats Guaranteed) | |
| 17:00 | Event #13: £250 PLO Masters Main Event Day 1a | |
| 18:00 | £115 Target Stack Satellite to £500 Main Event (Five Seats Guaranteed) | |
| 19:00 | Event #14: £60 Tennessee Hold’em London Championship | |
| 20:00 | Event #10: £500 Main Event Day 1c (Hyper Turbo) | |
| 22:00 | Event #15: £60 poker.pro Friday Party Madness Crazy Pineapple Bounty |
Stay tuned to poker.pro for all your coverage of the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition).
