| Level 1: | 100/200 |
| Entries: | 23/95 |
| Prizes: | £100,000 Guaranteed |
The flagship event of the 2025 PartyPoker Tour London, the £500 buy-in £100,000 guaranteed Main Event, kicked off yesterday at Genting Casino, Stratford, with players hoping to add their name to an illustrious list of debut season champions.
Getnet Kassa became the inaugural PartyPoker Tour Main Event champion, triumphing in London back in April for a £38,408 payday, while Deniz Orhan succeeded him in Manchester for a £19,843 score.
Zhen Zhen then overcame a stacked final table in Glasgow, including David Lappin and PartyPoker ambassador Jaime Staples, to become the first female winner, boosting her bankroll by £22,500, while Tai Hoang locked-up £27,420 after victory at the penultimate stop in Birmingham. The win capped a remarkable week for Hoang, who also finished runner-up in the Mini Main for £9,080.
Day 1a attracted a total of 95 entrants, and 23 players bagged and tagged for Day 2, representing 25% of the field. Kartik Kartik rose to the summit of the standings after accumulating a 618,000 stack, giving him a substantial lead over Andreas Orthodoxou (410,000) and T.S. (368,000).
Triple Crown winner Niall Farrell (111,000) also found a bag, while Player of the Year contenders Alexander Georgiev (188,000) and Orhan (217,000) are both in the mix.
Day 1a Qualifiers
| Position | Player | Chips |
| 1 | Kartik Kartik | 618,000 |
| 2 | Andreas Orthodoxou | 410,000 |
| 3 | T.S. | 368,000 |
| 4 | B.S. | 359,000 |
| 5 | Stefan Stroffek | 307,000 |
| 6 | Ben Skinner | 248,000 |
| 7 | Deniz Orhan | 217,000 |
| 8 | Stephen Bean | 203,000 |
| 9 | Alexandar Georgiev | 188,000 |
| 10 | Angel Popov | 184,000 |
| 11 | H.K. | 179,000 |
| 12 | James Parker | 161,000 |
| 13 | Aleksandrs Golubevs | 160,000 |
| 14 | Michael Ritter | 159,000 |
| 15 | Dean Clay | 149,000 |
| 16 | L.J. | 143,000 |
| 17 | Tim Eastwood | 130,000 |
| 18 | Christopher Newton | 112,000 |
| 19 | Niall Farrell | 111,000 |
| 20 | Keith Hoang | 109,000 |
| 21 | Paul Hempseed | 102,000 |
| 22 | E.W. | 90,000 |
| 23 | J.R. | 45,000 |
Day 1b kicks of at noon local time today, and players will sit down to a 50,000 starting stack, with the clock set to 40-minute levels. Late registration remains open until the start of Level 10, and play will continue in each starting flight until 25% of the field remains.
The action will be live streamed on a 30-minute delay on the Official PartyPoker YouTube Channel and the Official PartyPoker Facebook Page, with commentary provided by Guy Taylor and Ben Shannon.
Day 1c, a turbo flight featuring 25-minute levels, will get underway at 8 p.m. this evening, while the final hyper flight, Day 1d, featuring 15-minute levels, kicks off at 11 a.m. on 20 December.
All qualifiers will return at 4 p.m. for Day 2, with the final day scheduled for 2 p.m. on 21 December.
