| Level 24: | 25,000/50,000/50,000 |
| Entries: | 16/399 |
| Prizes: | £177,555 |
Andre Leal has had quite the week already, besting a 726-entry field to take home the Mini Main Event trophy and a £14,530 score at the 2025 PartyPoker Tour London.
As a 10-hour Day 2 came to a close, Leal is still in the hunt for a historic double, with the Portuguese maestro sitting 7th out of 16 combatants who will return to Genting Casino, Stratford at 2 p.m. local time on 21 December for the final day of the Main Event.
A total of 399 entrants in the £500 buy-in competition created a £177,555 prize pool, smashing the £100,000 guarantee, and £32,500 awaits the winner, with all players having locked up a £1,560 payday.
Purev Surenjav will begin Day 3 with the chip lead, sitting on 2,295,000, just ahead of Antonis Poulangeris (2,000,000) and Kartik Kartik (1,960,000).
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purev Surenjav | 2,295,000 | 45 |
| 2 | Antonis Poulengeris | 2,000,000 | 40 |
| 3 | Kartik Kartik | 1,960,000 | 39 |
| 4 | Thomas Sanderson | 1,630,000 | 32 |
| 5 | Danny Tran | 1,600,000 | 32 |
| 6 | Siwash Zahmat | 1,565,000 | 31 |
| 7 | Andre Leal | 1,500,000 | 30 |
| 8 | Lewis Javens | 1,100,000 | 22 |
| 9 | H.W. | 1,070,000 | 21 |
| 10 | Max Burney | 1,065,000 | 21 |
| 11 | Stefan Stroffek | 850,000 | 17 |
| 12 | James Marshall | 805,000 | 16 |
| 13 | Johnson Kitete-Kikumba | 720,000 | 14 |
| 14 | Sarah Cope | 660,000 | 13 |
| 15 | Vincenzo Fortunato | 585,000 | 11 |
| 16 | Dillan Patel | 495,000 | 9 |
Day 2 Action
A total of 104 players returned for Day 2, and 62 places were to be paid, with a minimum cash good for £1,000. Johnson Kitete-Kikumba started the day as the leader, followed by Kartik.
PartyPoker Ambassador Natalie Bromley was among the early exits, and she was joined by Triple Crown winner Niall Farrell.
The bubble approached shortly after the first break, with Kitete-Kikumba still leading, and Poulangeris started to move up the standings shortly before that when he overcame an opponent’s flopped set with a one-card flush on the turn, but also ended up rivering a better set in any event.
The bubble proved to be a lengthy affair, taking around 90 minutes. Poulangeris and Kartik, the clear big stacks at their table, went to war, and it was Poulangeris who came off best, forcing a river fold in a three-bet pot after check-raising the turn.
Thomas Bingham proved to be the unlucky player to leave empty-handed, when he was essentially forced all-in from the big blind and couldn’t come from behind against Michael Rosaman.
From there players busted relatively rapidly, and Rosaman was among those to leave with a minimum cash. Will Kassouf negotiated a payjump but his run ended there, and long time chip-leader Kitete-Kikumba took a hit when his aces got cracked by Richard Brown’s jacks.
Player of the Year contenders Alexander Georgiev and Deniz Orhan then hit the rail, with Orhan missing a flush draw against Surenjav. The field was further reduced when Siwash Zahmat secured a double-knockout of two short-stacks.
Dara O’Kearney’s tilt at the title came to an end in 19th, and Alex Aubrey was the last player to exit when he bust to the trips of Surenjav.
The remaining payouts the players are competing for are as follows:-
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | £32,500 |
| 2 | £20,800 |
| 3 | £15,450 |
| 4 | £12,250 |
| 5 | £9,500 |
| 6 | £7,350 |
| 7 | £5,650 |
| 8 | £4,450 |
| 9 | £3,405 |
| 10-11 | £2,550 |
| 12-13 | £1,960 |
| 14-16 | £1,560 |
The Day 3 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.
Stay tuned to poker.pro for all your coverage of what is sure to be a thrilling final day of the 2025 PartyPoker Tour London.
