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O’Riordan Bids Farewell
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 15/418 Prizes: £52,710 UTG, Daniel Keiller opened to 90,000. Action folded to Dennis O’Riordan, who went all in from the Small Blind for 355,000. After receiving the count, Keiller made the call.
Dennis O’Riordan: 4♥4♠
Daniel Keiller: A♥10♦On this flip encounter, Keiller was on the better side of things as the board spelled out A♦8♠2♣Q♠J♠. O’Riordan was eliminated in position 16 for £515.
Daniel Keiller: 2,850,000
Dannis O’Riordan: 0 -
Quick Exit for Connon
Ricky Connon. Photo: PartyPoker Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 17/418 Prizes: £52,710 During the very first hand of the day, short-stacked Ricky Connon went all in for 300,000 from the Hi-jack. Seated in the Big Blind, Goonjan Mall called him off.
Ricky Connon: A♥9♠
Goonjan Mall: 8♥8♣It was a flip, but Connon wasn’t able to improve as the board ran out 3♥4♠K♠3♦Q♦. He was the first one to go out on Day 3, and Mall added to his stack.
Goonjan Mall: 1,845,000
Ricky Connon: 0 -
Cards in the Air
Photo: PartyPoker Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 18/418 Prizes: £52,710 The 18 remaining players have taken their seats, and the first hand of the final has been dealt.
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Day 2 Photos
Below are all the pictures taken during Day 2 of the £150 Mini Main Event.
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£150 Mini Main Event Coverage to Commence at 18:00
Glenn Brown announcing the players were in the money during Day 2 of the £150 Mini Main Event. Photo: PartyPoker Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 18/418 Prizes: £56,430 It’s time for the conclusion of the £150 Mini Main Event. Only 18 players remain after three days of play, and today, a winner will be crowned. The poker.pro live reporting team will cover the finale from its start (18:00) until there’s only one player remaining to lift the coveted trophy.
Seat Draw and Chip Counts
Table-Seat Player Chips Big Blinds 11-1 Ryan Cox 1,525,000 51 11-2 Chun Wong 880,000 29 11-3 Goonjan Mall 1,500,000 50 11-4 Armandas Aurila 1,270,000 42 11-5 David Kingsley 805,000 27 11-6 Gary Barton 340,000 11 11-7 Andrew Wright 625,000 21 11-8 Ricky Connon 300,000 10 11-9 Ryan Wyvill 770,000 26 12-1 Hady Sirbu 625,000 21 12-2 Matthew Archer 2,800,000 93 12-3 Marta Porter 1,190,000 40 12-4 William Folwell 865,000 29 12-5 Dennis O’ Riordan 415,000 14 12-6 Georgious Livanos 1,200,000 40 12-7 Daniel Keiller 2,245,000 75 12-8 Ion Oprea 995,000 33 12-9 Frederic Jones-Morton 2,100,000 70 Remaining Payouts
Position Payout 1 £9,605 2 £6,655 3 £4,625 4 £3,075 5 £2,160 6 £1,720 7 £1,390 8 £1,130 9 £930 10-11 £740 12-15 £615 16-23 £515 -
2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester Day 3: Rossookh Wins poker.pro PLO, Main Event Action and More
Daryosh Rossookh, winner of the £100 PLO456 PokerPRO Turbo 7-max. Photo: PartyPoker Time flies when you have fun, they say. This has proven to be true; the halfway point of the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester has already been reached. It’s a bittersweet feeling. The event has been absolutely stellar so far, but the fact that there are only three days left leaves all poker players wanting more. Nevertheless, there are still a couple of days to enjoy live poker at the highest possible level.
Yesterday was arguably the most action-packed day of the event so far. No fewer than three major tournaments took place at the Manchester235 Casino: the £100 PLO456 poker.proTurbo 7-Max, Day 1a of the £500 Main Event, and Day 2 of the £150 Mini Main Event. Let’s deep dive into the archive and recap Thursday’s action.
Rivered Flush Sterred Rossookh to PLO456 Title
Thursday, June 19, was the first day of the poker.pro live coverage from Manchester, and the eyes were on their own branded tournament. This was the third installment of a poker.pro PLO456 tournament, and their collaboration with PartyPoker has once again proved to be a fruitful one. In fact, the two entities (together with Manchester235 Casino) can all pat themselves on the back; the tournament quickly became the biggest poker.pro one-day tournament through all time, registering an impressive 112 entries.
Six cards – again. Of course. Photo: PartyPoker It was a dealer’s choice tournament; the player seated on the Button was free to choose whether the hand would be played with four, five, or six hole cards. It became evident from the get-go that the Brits love action; the giant wooden dice placed on the table in order to keep track of how many cards would be used, would often have the six face up.
Right from the start, it was controlled chaos. Players were busting left and right, and there were even some multi-way all-ins. This can, of course, be expected when each player has six hole cards; it’s hard not to connect on the flops. The tournament director was running back and forth between the tables, busting players left and right.
There were a few familiar faces partaking in what was a rollercoaster of a poker tournament. PartyPoker Team Pro Jaime Staples late-registered for the tournament together with his partner in crime, Rebecca Hardisty. Staples was actually seated on the same table as the poker.pro CEO, Jason Glatzer. Sadly, neither of the three icons made it into the money.
poker.pro CEO Jason Glatzer during the £100 PLO456 poker.pro Turbo 7-Max. Photo: PartyPoker After Matthew Cox became the bubble boy, the tempo amped up and the action increased rapidly. Within a few hands, four players had already been eliminated. Not too long thereafter, the final table was set, and the remaining eight competitors continued the fight for the first-place payout of £2,629.
Even though the pay jumps were increasing, it still didn’t take long between the bust-outs. In fact, it was too fast for the sole poker.pro reporter to be able to catch it all, but not everything went by the reporter’s eye. The arguably most important hand of the tournament was captured when Daryosh Rossookh eliminated Heelis Connor in fourth place. At this point, the two of them were massive chip leaders, and had not a spade fallen on the river, the result may have been different.
Heelis Connor during the £100 PLO456 poker.pro Turbo 7-Max. Photo: PartyPoker The 6♠ did come, though, and that gave Rossookh one of the most commanding chip leads ever seen. He had no issues eliminating Jamie O’ Brien and Stefan Stroffek, and when the dust had settled, he could be crowned the winner. Not only did he get the £2,629 and the trophy, but he (as well as O ‘Brien and Stroffek) got a top-of-the-art water bottle, branded with poker.pro and Poker Against Plastic Pollution.
£100 PLO456 PokerPRO Turbo 7-Max – Full Results
Place Player Prize 1 Daryosh Rossookh £2,629 2 Stefan Stroffek £1,595 3 Jamie O’ Brien £1,015 4 Heelis Connor £840 5 Ronnie Marland £700 6 Jian Rong £590 7 Li Ning £500 8 Joel Toward £395 9 Yuk Yue £305 10 Naser Nasseri £215 11 Osman Mustanoglu £150 12 David Lu £150 13 James Cossick £150 Mini Main Event Concludes Today; 11 Bagged in First Main Event Flight
That’s the poker.pro PLO456 done and dusted. Today, another tournament will see a winner being crowned. 18 players are remaining in the £150 Mini Main Event. 418 entries were made in total, which created a £56,430 prize pool. 83 players moved on to Day 2 from the various Day 1 flights, and 63 players made the money. Today, they’ll continue battling it out over the tables for the £9,605 first-place payout. Matthew Archer is the current chip leader; the seat draw and chip counts for today can be seen here.
In terms of the £500 Main Event, 11 players bagged in yesterday’s Day 1a flight. One of them was PartyPoker Tour Team ambassador Sam Acheampong, who bagged the third most in chips. The full results from Day 1a can be seen here. At this current moment, Day 1b is in full swing.
There’s no doubt about it: The PartyPoker Tour Manchester event lives up to the standard set in London a few weeks ago, and it’ll be a thrill to see the action unfolding over the next three days. New poker history is about to be written in Manchester.
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£150 Mini Main Event Day 3 – Seat Draw and Chip Counts
Photo: PartyPoker Today, it’s the conclusion of the £150 Mini Main Event. After two days of play, only 18 brave competitors remain. The seat draw and chip counts for today can be seen below. The players will resume play at Level 22: 15,000/30,000, with a 30,000 Ante.
Table-Seat Player Chips Big Blinds 11-1 Ryan Cox 1,525,000 51 11-2 Chun Wong 880,000 29 11-3 Goonjan Mall 1,500,000 50 11-4 Armandas Aurila 1,270,000 42 11-5 David Kingsley 805,000 27 11-6 Gary Barton 340,000 11 11-7 Andrew Wright 625,000 21 11-8 Ricky Connon 300,000 10 11-9 Ryan Wyvill 770,000 26 12-1 Hady Sirbu 625,000 21 12-2 Matthew Archer 2,800,000 93 12-3 Marta Porter 1,190,000 40 12-4 William Folwell 865,000 29 12-5 Dennis O’ Riordan 415,000 14 12-6 Georgious Livanos 1,200,000 40 12-7 Daniel Keiller 2,245,000 75 12-8 Ion Oprea 995,000 33 12-9 Frederic Jones-Morton 2,100,000 70 -
£500 Main Event Day 1a – Chip Counts
Photo: PartyPoker Day 1a of the £500 Main Event attracted 44 entries, and 11 bagged their chips for Day 2. Below are the full chip counts from Day 1a.
Position Player Chips 1 Vicki Jagger 355,000 2 Tom Horn 353,000 3 Sam Acheampong 345,000 4 Stephen Blow 263,000 5 Sam Manaul 207,000 6 Mekal Haley 162,000 7 Kel Tat Cha 156,000 8 Julian Mosourra 122,000 9 Colin Wilkes 86,000 10 Bradley Marwood 83,000 11 Eliot Catteson 56,000 -
Daryosh Rossookh Wins the £100 PLO456 PokerPRO Turbo 7-Max for £2,629
Daryosh Rossookh, winner of the £100 PLO456 PokerPRO Turbo 7-max. Photo: PartyPoker Level 19: 8,000/16,000 Entries: 1/112 Prizes: £9,234 After eliminating Stefan Stroffek in second place, Daryosh Rossookh is now crowned the winner of the £100 PLO456 PokerPRO Turbo 7-Max. For this feat, he takes home £2,629.
That concludes the poker.prio live coverage for today, however, a recap of today’s action will be up tomorrow before noon.
£100 PLO456 PokerPRO Turbo 7-Max – Full Results
Place Player Prize 1 Daryosh Rossookh £2,629 2 Stefan Stroffek £1,595 3 Jamie O’ Brien £1,015 4 Heelis Connor £840 5 Ronnie Marland £700 6 Jian Rong £590 7 Li Ning £500 8 Joel Toward £395 9 Yuk Yue £305 10 Naser Nasseri £215 11 Osman Mustanoglu £150 12 David Lu £150 13 James Cossick £150 -
Stefan Stroffek Eliminated in 2nd Place (£1,595)
Level 19: 8,000/16,000 Entries: 1/112 Prizes: £9,234 Trailing in the heads up-battle, Stefan Stroffek got his stack all in against Daryosh Rossookh on the 8♠3♣K♠ flop.
Stefan Stroffek: A♠2♥9♥9♦
Daryosh Rossookh: 3♠6♣7♠8♦The board completed with 7♦Q♥, and that settled it. Two-pair for Rossookh was good enough to eliminate Stroffek in second place for £1,595.
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Connor Heelis Eliminated in 4th Place (£840)
Level 19: 8,000/16,000 Entries: 3/112 Prizes: £9,234 The flop read J♠5♠10♣. It was a battle between the two chip leaders, Connor Heelis and Daryosh Rossookh. Heelis bet, Rossookh immediately raised, Heelis went all in, and Rossookh made the call.
Connor Heelis: J♦J♣K♥Q♠10♦8♦
Daryosh Rossookh: K♠7♠5♦5♣A♣4♠“No spade,” Heelis urged as he would then have the commanding chip lead during three-handed play. Unfortunate for him, though, the board completed with 8♥6♠. Such, he was eliminated in third place.
Daryosh Rossookh:
Connor Heelis: 2,200,000 -
Jamie O’Brien Eliminated in 5th Place (£700)
Level 18: 6,000/12,000 Entries: 4/112 Prizes: £9,234 Jamie O’Brien clashed all in pre-flop against big-stacked Daryosh Rossookh.
Jamie O’Brien: K♥K♣Q♥6♦5♥4♣
Daryosh Rossookh: A♦A♣6♣2♦10♥5♣Rossookh hit a full house on the 8♣A♠7♣9♠7♥ board, and eliminated O’Brien. O’Brien went to collect £700 for his achievement.
Daryosh Rossookh: 900,000
Jamie O’Brien: 0 -
Jian Rong Eliminated in 6th Place (£590)
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 Entries: 5/112 Prizes: £9,234 On the 7♠Q♠4♠3♥ board, Rian Jong clashed all in against Heelis Connor. Jong was the player at risk.
Rian Jong: K♠J♠9♠J♣5♣A♥
Heelis Connor: A♠2♠A♦J♦5♠3♣Flush over flush, and Jong was eliminated in position six for £590.
Heelis Connor: 720,000
Rian Jong: 0 -
Final Table is Set
The Final Table of the £100 PLO456 PokerPRO Turbo 7-Max during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester. Photo: Jason Glatzer Level 17: 5,000/10,000 Entries: 7/112 Prizes: £9,234 After Joel Toward went out in position eight for £395, the final table is now set.
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Full Chip Counts at the Break
Break N/A Entries: 8/112 Prizes: £9,234 The remaining eight players are on a 15-minute break. The are set to return to Level 17: 5,000/10,000. Below are the full chip counts.
Table-Seat Player 19-2 Jian Rong 82,000 8 19-3 Stefan Stroffek 69,000 7 19-4 Ronnie Marland 185,000 19 19-6 Heelis Connor 650,000 65 20-1 Jamie O’Brien 400,000 40 20-3 Daryosh Rossookh 680,000 69 20-4 Li Ning 67,000 7 20-5 Joel Toward 103,000 10 -
ITM-Eliminations so far
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 Entries: 9/112 Prizes: £9,234 The “Post Bubble Bustout Bonanza” has once again proved to be a real thing; after the bubble burst, four players went out in a heartbeat. These are all the eliminations since the ITM-stage was reached.
Place Player Prize 10 Naser Nasseri £215 11 Osman Mustanoglu £150 12 David Lu £150 13 James Cossick £150 -
The Bubble has Burst
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 Entries: 13/112 Prizes: £9,234 On a 7♥3♣8♦ flop, Connor Heelis announced “pot”, forcing Matthew Cox all in for roughly 140,000. “I can’t fold”, Cox said after staring at his hand for two minutes, and eventually made the call.
Conner Heelis: A♠A♣Q♠5♣4♣6♦
Matthew Cox: A♦10♦9♠8♥6♠4♠The board completed with 5♠Q♣, and that settled it. Cox was eliminated in position 14, which meant that the remaining 13 players were all in the money, guaranteed a £150 min-cash.
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Rossookh Eliminates Song; Steers the Chip Ship
Level 12: 1,500/3,000 Entries: 20/112 Prizes: £9,234 Big-stacked Daryosh Rossookh opened to 10,000 from the Cut-off. Yan Song called from the Big Blind, which also meant that he was all in.
Daryosh Rossookh: 4♣Q♣J♦9♣8♠6♠
Yan Song: A♥3♦6♣7♥7♣K♥Rossookh was on the better side of things on the K♠5♦10♥A♠9♠ flop. He busted Song and now plays a massive stack.
Daryosh Rossookh: 233,000
Yan Song: 0 -
Staples and Hardisty in the Mix
Jaime Staples during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour London. Photo: PartyPoker Level 11: 1,000/2,500 Entries: 24/112 Prizes: £9,234 Jaime Staples and Rebecca Hardisty joined the tournament during the last stages of late registration. Hardisty is currently playing just shy of 100,000, while Staples sits on a 27,000 stack.
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Payouts
Photo: PartyPoker Level 11: 1,000/2,500 Entries: 25/112 Prizes: £9,234 The payouts have just been announced.
Place Payout 1 £2,629 2 £1,595 3 £1,015 4 £840 5 £700 6 £590 7 £500 8 £395 9 £305 10 £215 11-13 £150 -
Mini- and Main Event Updates
Photo: PartyPoker Let’s throw in some quick updates from the other two big tournaments in the room.
Day 1a of the £500 Main Event got 44 entries. 15 players are currently remaining, and 11 will bag for Day 2.
In Day 2 of the £150 Mini Main Event, 32 players remain from the 86 who took their seats earlier today 18:00. All in all, the Mini Main Event got 418 entries.
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Toward Eliminates Veksins
Level 10: 1,000/2,000 Entries: 34/112 Prizes: TBA From the Cut-off, Joel Toward opened to 5,000. Mr. X called from the Small Blind, and Vadims Veksins defended his Big Blind.
The flop came 4♦5♥A♥. Action checked to Toward, who continued for 10,000. Mr. X folded before Veksins made the call.
Veksins took the aggressive path and went all in for 26,000 on the 8♦ turn. Toward made the call rather quickly.
Vadims Veksins: 10♥9♠8♥7♦4♠4♥
Joel Toward: A♠K♠Q♣8♣6♦7♥Toward was ahead with the straight, and the J♥ didn’t help Veksins. He was eliminated and Toward may be the current chip leader.
Joel Toward: 153,000
Vadims Veksins: 0 -
Chip Counts at the Break
Photo: PartyPoker Break N/A Entries: 45/112 Prizes: TBA The remaining 45 players are returning from a 15-minute break. The poker.pro live coverage team managed to identify the three biggest stacks in the room. The players are set to return to Level 9: 800/1,600.
Player Chips Big Blind Naser Nasseri 125,000 78 James Cossick 121,500 76 Joel Toward 98,000 61 -
Breaking Records
Photo: PartyPoker Level 8: 600/1,200 Entries: 44/107 Prizes: TBA Even though the history of poker.pro-labeled live poker events may be short so far, a record is always worth celebrating. With 107 entries, this is now the biggest poker.pro one-day event ever. poker.pro would like to thank PartyPoker for a sublime collaboration that’s growing bigger and stronger each day. Also, big shoutout to the Manchester235 Casino; the dealers and the rest of the staff are doing amazing work.
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Lots and Lots of Cards
Photo: PartyPoker Level 7: 500/1,000 Entries: 49/98 Prizes: TBA After some limping, some potting, some calling, and some more shenanigans, five players were all in pre-flop. The game was PLO6. Alright, let’s type out the whole deck, I guess:
Joel Toward: A♥K♥K♦9♠9♥6♠
Henrik Nowroozi: A♣Q♣Q♥10♠5♦4♥
Kyle Browitt: Q♠4♠10♣10♥Q♦7♦
Liam Johnston: A♠2♠9♣8♣6♣2♦
Ranveer Arora: K♣J♣2♣7♥6♥3♥Let’s not go over the percentage for each player on every street. But, the full board spelled out 7♣3♠J♥5♠6♦. This meant that eight-nine was the nuts, and Johnston was the only player with this holding. Thus, he won a huge pot, eliminating Noqroozi and Browitt in the process. All signs points to Johnston being the chip leader.
Liam Johnston: 113,000
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First Batch of Photos
Level 6: 400/800 Entries: 39/74 Prizes: TBA 
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The Beauty of the Game
Level 4: 200/400 Entries: 36/56 Prizes: TBA UTG, Mathias Anthony made it 1,200. Ed Beaufoy announced “pot” from the Button, which translated to a 4,200 raise. Ranveer Arora called from the Small Blind, and Anthony also joined the party.
First to act on the Q♣10♠9♦ flop, Arora poted to 13,000. Anthony went all in for just a couple more thousands; Beaufoy folded quickly, before Arora made the call.
Ranveer Arora: K♥J♣A♣5♦7♠
Mathias Anthony: A♦J♦Q♥8♣6♣“You got a straight,” Arora asked his opponent before they turned over their cards. “At the moment, yes,” was the cheeky answer from Anthony, who was ahead. The 6♠ turn didn’t change much, but the K♠ on the river meant the players would chop the pot with a broadway straight each. Oh, how we love PLO5!
Mathias Anthony: 27,000
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Glatzer is Out; Second Bullet Incoming
Picture of Jason Glatzer from the 2025 PartyPoker Tour London. Photo: PartyPoker Level 4: 200/400 Entries: 40/54 Prizes: TBA The poker.pro CEO, Jason Glatzer, is one of the players in the tournament. Or, he was; he just busted his first bullet after getting it all in on the flop against Jamie O’ Brien. Glatzer took the lead on the turn, hitting a set of sevens, but his fate was sealed when O’ Brien hit a flush on the river.
Glatzer headed straight to the cashier; rebuy!
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Bennet Gets There
Level 4: 200/400 Entries: 39/52 Prizes: TBA Val Bennet and Ranveer Arora clashed against each other. On the 9♥K♠7♠ flop, they pot back and forth, until a relatively short-stacked Bennet was all in.
Val Bennet: 6♥A♦K♣4♥
Ranveer Arora: 9♦7♥4♣2♥The 9♥K♠7♠8♣5♣ board saw Bennet hit a straight on the river, and she doubled up. A fun little anecdote is that when the 8♣ turn fell on the turn, Arora asked the table, “So what’s that?”, and no one could answer right away whether he improved or not. I said it before, and I’ll say it again: PLO can be confusing!
Ranveer Arora: 28,500
Val Bennet: 14,000 -
Good Start for Cossick
Level 3: 100/300 Entries: 32/39 Prizes: TBA Eoin Walsh opened to 700 UTG. Conner Heells (Cut-off) and Osman Mustanoglu (Small Blind) both called before James Cossick raised to 3,500. Everyone decided to pay the extra fee and stick around.
The flop was 6♦9♥6♥. Action was checked to Heells who bet 4,000. Cossick was the sole caller.
The two contestants checked the 6♣ turn, and the 7♥ river.
Cossick showed two of his six cards; he made a full house with A♠A♣ and added to his already impressive stack.
James Cossick: 67,000
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Cards in the Air
Photo: PartyPoker Level 1: 100/200 Entries: 25/25 Prizes: TBA Cards are in the Air for the £100 PLO456 PokerPRO Turbo 7-max. From the get-go, 25 players are in the tournament. It’s Dealer’s Choice, meaning the player seated on the Button decides whether the game should be four-, five- or six card PLO.
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£150 Mini Main Event Payouts
Photo: PartyPoker Level 14: 2,500/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 83/418 Prizes: £56,430 The payouts for the £150 Mini Main Event has been announced.63 players will be in the money.
Position Payout 1 £9,605 2 £6,655 3 £4,625 4 £3,075 5 £2,160 6 £1,720 7 £1,390 8 £1,130 9 £930 10-11 £740 12-15 £615 16-23 £515 24-31 £425 32-39 £360 40-55 £300 56-63 £285 -
Packed Thursday Schedule Features Mini Main Day 2, poker.pro PLO456, and First Main Event Flight
Photo: PartyPoker It’s the third day of the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester, which means another day in paradise. During the first two days of the event, the Manchester235 Casino has proven to be a fitting venue for what is one of the hottest live poker circuits out there right now.
Today will most surely live up to the set standard and more, as the schedule is filled to the brim with mouth-watering tournaments. Needless to say, all poker enthusiasts in Manchester are in for a treat this sunny Thursday.
A Three-Course Meal
One of the most popular tournaments during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour London event a few weeks back was the £150 Mini Main Event. The tournament is back in Manchester, and today, Day 2 is scheduled to commence at 18:00 (before that, though, there’s the 1d Hyper Turbo flight at 13:00). In London, the tournament attracted a whopping 866 entries, a tail that Manchester is chasing. After the first three flights here in Manchester, 323 entries have already been made, which means that there are £41,990 in the prize pool already.
Day 2 of the Mini Main will play 11 levels, or until 18 players remain. The players advancing to Day 2 are not in the money; the cut is at 75 % of the number of players who take their seats in Day 2.
At 14:00, it’s time for Day 1a of the £500 Main Event. With a 50,000 starting stack and 40-minute levels, the Main Event offers unparalleled opportunities for players to put all of their poker skills on display. Getnet Kassa received £38,408 for winning in London; who’ll join him in the winner’s circle by claiming the Manchester crown?
Paresh Doshi won the £200 poker.pro PLO during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour London a few weeks ago Then, at 20:00, there’s the £100 PLO456 poker.pro Turbo 7-Max. The collaboration between PartyPoker and poker.pro is growing, and it’s thrilling that the official media partner gets to host a tournament of their own during the Manchester event.
2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester – Thursday June 19 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 £60 Main Event Satellite Target Stack 13:00 £150 Mini Main Event Day 1d (Hyper-Turbo) 14:00 £500 Main Event Day 1a 18:00 £150 Mini Main Event Day 2 20:00 £PLO456 poker.pro Turbo 7-Max 21:00 £60 Main Event Satellite Target Stack In terms of today’s live coverage, poker.pro will mainly report from the PLO456. The occasional update from Day 2 of the Mini Main will also be posted, and, perhaps some coverage of the first flight of the Main Event.
As soon as possible after each flight of the Mini- and the Main Event, chip counts will be shared on poker.pro.
Bring it on, Manchester!
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£150 Mini Main Event – Day 1c Chip Counts
Photo: PartyPoker 16 players moved on from Day 1c of the £150 Main Event. Below are the chip counts from the third starting flight.
Place Player Chips 1 Daniel Keiler 798,000 2 George Livanos 488,000 3 James Fowler 301,000 4 Alexander Slade 286,000 5 Aleksandar Georgiev 272,000 6 Adrian Burns 262,000 7 Marcus Letzez 240,000 8 Richard Heller 235,000 9 Jaime Staples 197,000 10 Dylan Snyder 188,000 11 Armandas Aurica 188,000 12 Damien Collins 175,000 13 Phillip Roberts 165,000 14 Beniz Orhan 146,000 15 Rebecca Hardisty 145,000 16 Chris Lithage 125,000 -
£150 Mini Main Event – Day 1b Chip Counts
Photo: PartyPoker 26 players moved on from Day 1b of the £150 Main Event. Below are the chip counts from the second starting flight.
Place Name Chips 1 Marta Porter 569,000 2 Ion Oprea 537,000 3 Pavinder Kumar 499,000 4 Mack Lang 443,000 5 Wong Chun 334,000 6 Dat Chev 332,000 7 Connor Butt 299,000 8 Matthew Wong 270,000 9 Bill Harvey Bautista 240,000 10 Gary Dermott 234,000 11 Damian Dzikowski 233,000 12 Naser Naserri 225,000 13 Dennis Oriordan 218,000 14 William Fowell 207,000 15 Ceori Day 201,000 16 R.M. 194,000 17 R. Kosma 187,000 18 Fabio Sparling 186,000 19 Samuel Greaves 180,000 20 Gary Barton 165,000 21 Masmukh Khodiyaru 156,000 22 Chong H 112,000 23 Leianne McAutster 107,000 24 Daniel Davies 95,000 25 Darren Harris 88,000 26 Shenbaz Hussain 87,000 -
Online Qualifiers Key to Success of PartyPoker Return
Make no mistake about it: when PartyPoker announced their highly anticipated return to the live poker scene, their biggest niche was without a doubt their online qualifying campaign. They made a promise to send 1,000 players to the live fields, which is an insanely large number if you consider all the parameters.
What we’ve seen from the 2025 PartyPoker UK Tour so far is unique. In a way, one could make the claim that PartyPoker are starting from scratch; this modern concept wasn’t something they resurrected from their events before their hiatus. Few, if any, other live poker tours manage to create such a feel-good vibe around the tables, while simultaneously keeping the poker serious and vital.
They’ve managed to get numbers of entries that are hard to comprehend. A big part of this is the online qualifiers, which’ve enabled for poker players to secure the poker experience of a lifetime for mere cents. The best part? Qualifiers are still running for the three upcoming events.
From £0,01 to £1,000
To be able to get one’s hands on a £1,000 package for only £0,01, almost sounds too good to be true. Yet, PartyPoker has made it possible. Through a five-step process, players can secure what is sure to be poker memories that they’ll never forget. If one doesn’t have the patience to go through all the steps, it’s also possible to buy in to step 4.
Round Tournament Buy-in Prize 1 6-Max Sit N’ Go or MTT £0.20 Round two ticket 2 6-Max Sit N’ Go or MTT £1 Round three ticket 3 Phased MTT £5 20 % of players carry on their stack to round four 4 Phased MTT £25 15 % of players carry on their stack to round five 5 MTT N/A £1,000 PartyPoker Tour package The package is also super flexible. It isn’t connected with a specific event; it can be used for any of the remaining three stops.
Barry Carter during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour London. Photo: PartyPoker If you’re interested in snagging a package for the upcoming stops yourself, make sure to check out Barry Carter’s in-depth article. Not only does he list all the benefits with the qualifiers, but he also reveals the optimal strategy to win them.
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Registration Closed for Day 1b
Immense action during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester. Photo: PartyPoker Late registration for Day 1b of the £150 Mini Main Event closed with 128 entries. Since they’ll be playing down to 20 %, 25 players will bag their chips for Day 2.
The turbo flight Day 1c started recently, and currently has 38 entries.
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PartyPoker Influencer Sit N’ Go is Underway
Photo: PartyPoker Want to experience the PartyPoker Tour Manchester pulse? Right now, you can watch the Influencer Sit N’ Go live on the PartyPoker YouTube channel. PartyPoker Ambassadors and other poker icons are battling it out against each other. The following players are in the mix:
Table-Seat Player 1-1 Jaime Staples 1-2 Glenn Brown 1-3 Aleks Georgiev 1-4 Rebecca Hardisty 1-5 Natalie Bromley 1-6 Asif Warris 1-7 Barry Carter 1-8 Michael Rogan 1-9 Sam Acheampong -
Update Regarding poker.pro Live Coverage
The poker.pro live coverage team have arrived to the Manchester235 Casino. The 2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester is in full swing, and even though the event is only on its second day, the “PartyPoker Atmosphere” already has taken over the whole building.
In terms of live reporting, there’s been a small change of plans:
- For the rest of today (June 18), poker.pro will conduct a handful of interviews with key persons on-site. There will be no hand coverage from Day 1b of the £150 Mini Main Event Day 1b, but full chip counts will be published in the live blog when the day has concluded.
- Tomorrow (June 19), poker.pro will cover the £100 PLO456 poker.pro Turbo 7-Max, as well as throwing in some updates from the Mini- and the Main Event.
- Friday (June 20), poker.pro will cover Day 3 of the Mini Main Event, and doing light coverage of the Main Event.
- Saturday-Sunday (June 21-22), poker.pro will cover the Main Event until a winner is crowned.
Each day, a full recap of the day’s action will be posted.
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Pictures From £150 Mini Main Event Day 1a
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£150 Mini Main Event – Day 1a Chip Counts
Action during Day 1a of the £150 Mini Main Event during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Manchester. Photo: PartyPoker 22 players moved on from Day 1a of the £150 Main Event. Below are the chip counts from the first starting flight.
Place Player Chips 1 Antonioz Elliot 763,000 2 Rick Connor 434,000 3 Ryan Cox 431,000 4 Wing Sze Ko 415,000 5 James Payne 379,000 6 Will Croasden 326,000 7 Ronnie Marland 285,000 8 Frederic Sones-Morton 269,000 9 Chris Dernoral 263,000 10 Matt Archer 260,000 11 Richard Mackay 246,000 12 Samuel Philips 217,000 13 Matthew Staples 213,000 14 Robin Yeung 159,000 15 Matthew Chard 138,000 16 Mickey Habunj 132,000 17 Andrew Wright 118,000 18 Nathan Nugar 103,000 19 Will McMurray 102,000 20 Nathan Lowe 99,000 21 David Kingsley 86,000 22 Gary Brian Lowe 48,000 -
PartyPoker Tour Manchester Kicks off with £150 Mini Main Event
After a successful first event in London a couple of weeks back, the 2025 PartyPoker Tour UK is finally back with its second out of a total of five stops this year. The red carpet has been rolled out at the Manchester235 Casino, and if it’s anything like what went down in London, all poker players are in for a treat.
The first tournament of the event is the £150 Mini Main. There are four starting flights for this three-day affair, with Day 1a being the gem of today’s schedule.
£150 Mini Main Event – Full Schedule
Date Time Event June 17 2:00 p.m. £150 Mini Main Event Day 1a June 18 2:00 p.m. £150 Mini Main Event Day 1b 8:00 p.m. £150 Mini Main Event Day 1c (Turbo) June 19 1:00 p.m. £150 Mini Main Event Day 1d (Hyper Turbo) 6:00 p.m. £150 Mini Main Event Day 2 June 20 6:00 p.m. £150 Mini Main Event Day 3 (Final Day) 
Dost Ghrabie PPT London Mini Main Winner The £150 Mini Main Event in London had the exact same structure as the one in Manchester. In London, 866 entries were made, which created a £109,200 prize pool. The £17,170 first-place payout was not a bad paycheck for a £150 buy-in tournament. After an absolute blockbuster of a tournament, Dost Ghrabie captured the title. It’ll be interesting to see if Ghrabie makes the trip to Manchester and attempts to defend his title.
In terms of live coverage, poker.pro will commence live reporting tomorrow, June 18, when Day 1b of the Mini Main kicks off. Before that, however, chip counts from Day 1a will be posted here on the live blog.
Getnet Kassa
Danilo Sato
Fabio Sperling
Matt Staples
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Day 2 of the £500 Main Event is Upon Us
Photo: PartyPoker Three of the total four Day 1 flights of the £500 Main Event have concluded, and so far, 42 players have secured their respective seats for Day 2, which is scheduled to commence at 16:00 today. So far, the prize pool has reached an impressive £107,248. The total number of entries is 243 (44 from Day 1a, 111 from 1b, 50 from 1c, and 38 from 1d).
Needless to say, there’s a lot to play for.
In this very moment, Day 1d is in full swing. It’s already settled that 10 players will bag their chips for Day 2.
Regarding Day 2, play will begin at Level 12 (1,500/3,000, with a 3,000 Ante). Eleven 45-minute levels will be played today, or until nine players remain. As soon as Day 1d finishes, poker.pro will post the seat draw and chip counts for Day 2. The team is ready to deliver live coverage of Day 2 from start to finish.
| Level | SB | BB | BB Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 200 | 0 |
| 2 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 3 | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 4 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 5 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 6 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 7 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 8 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 9 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| 10 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 11 | 1,200 | 2,400 | 2,400 |
| 12 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 13 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| 14 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 15 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 16 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 17 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 18 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 19 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| 20 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 21 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 |
| 22 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 23 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| 24 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 25 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| 26 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
| 27 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| 28 | 60,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| 29 | 80,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 |
| 30 | 100,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| 31 | 120,000 | 240,000 | 240,000 |
| 32 | 150,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 |
| 33 | 200,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 |
| 34 | 250,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| 35 | 300,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 |
| 36 | 400,000 | 800,000 | 800,000 |
| 37 | 500,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
£500 Main Event
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deniz Ohran | £19,843* |
| 2 | Ronnie Marland | £16,235* |
| 3 | Ion Oprea | £10,200 |
| 4 | Alexander Georgiev | £6,860 |
| 5 | Natalie Bromley | £5,045 |
| 6 | Gerard Harraghy | £4,075 |
| 7 | James O’Brien | £3,350 |
| 8 | Jonathan Harley | £2,800 |
| 9 | Julian Mosquera | £2,340 |
| 10 | Lewis Day | £1,920 |
| 11 | Nick Kiat | £1,920 |
| 12 | Guiseppe Cerri | £1,615 |
| 13 | Paul Maguire | £1,615 |
| 14 | Lewis Connor | £1,615 |
| 15 | RIchard Kellett | £1,615 |
| 16 | Tony Horn | £1,300 |
| 17 | Tom Hibbert | £1,300 |
| 18 | Hasmukh Khodiyara | £1,300 |
| 19 | Vicki Jagger | £1,300 |
| 20 | Richard Arnott | £1,300 |
| 21 | Daniel Vargas | £1,300 |
| 22 | Knights Macsen | £1,300 |
| 23 | Elliot Anthonioz | £1,300 |
| 24 | Asif Warris | £1,100 |
| 25 | James Butterworth | £1,100 |
| 26 | Isaak Han | £1,100 |
| 27 | Vadims Veksins | £1,100 |
| 28 | Xiantong Li | £1,100 |
| 29 | Sam Manavi | £1,100 |
| 30 | Yu Wu | £1,100 |
| 31 | Sam Acheampong | £1,100 |
| 32 | Chaofan Lei | £1,000 |
| 33 | Bradley Harwood | £1,000 |
| 34 | Shofiqur Rahman | £1,000 |
| 35 | Lucas Poleszczuk | £1,000 |
| 36 | Savvas Tsochataridis | £1,000 |
| 37 | David Kingsley | £1,000 |
| 38 | Paul Hempseed | £1,000 |
*Denotes a heads-up deal.
£150 Mini Main Event
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ion Oprea | £8,885 |
| 2 | Marta Porter | £5,500 |
| 3 | Daniel Keiller | £6,500 |
| 4 | Ryan Wyvill | £3,075 |
| 5 | Ryan Cox | £2,160 |
| 6 | Matthew Archer | £1,720 |
| 7 | Goonjan Mall | £1,390 |
| 8 | Hady Sirbu | £1,130 |
| 9 | William Folwell | £930 |
