| Level 32: | 200,000/400,000 (400,000) |
| Entries: | 1/697 |
| Prizes: | £87,125 |
Ben Skinner of England has emerged as the last player standing from a 617-runner field in the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition) £150 Mini Main Event, taking the trophy and securing a career-best score of £14,300 after a heads-up deal with Carlos Estivill of Argentina (£11,950).
The deal left only the destination of the trophy, and the final £2,500 of the £87,125 prize pool, to be determined, and Skinner fought back from a significant deficit to wrestle the trophy from his foe.
It was the second comeback from Skinner on the final day, after he started the final table as the short-stack on five big blinds. A double-up with kings, and a triple-up with ace-jack, got the champion moving in the right direction, and he rode that momentum all the way to the title, overcoming PartyPoker Tour Ambassadors Sam Acheampong and Jaime Staples in the process.
2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition) £150 Mini Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 |  Ben Skinner | England | *£14,300 |
| 2 |  Carlos Estivill | Argentina | *£11,950 |
| 3 | Michael Stanley | England | £7,250 |
| 4 | Sam Acheampong | England | £5,250 |
| 5 | Ayush Gandhi | England | £3,615 |
| 6 | Mohamed Kader | England | £2,600 |
| 7 |  Jaime Staples | Canada | £2,000 |
| 8 | Timothy Scott | England | £1,450 |
| 9 |  Dimitar Dimitrov | Bulgaria | £1,100 |
(*Denotes Heads-Up Deal)
Winner’s Reaction
Skinner, a Genting Casino Stratford regular, was delighted to be standing with the trophy, and said “It feels very surprising. At the start of the final table I was short, got the triple-up, and then won pretty much every all-in I needed to.”
“I turned down the deal three-handed as I just didn’t think it made sense. At heads-up, the numbers looked better and we agreed things very quickly. The redemption point heads-up was the queen-ten hand, and that was good timing, as I had started to think this is maybe looking difficult. That gave me a good boost, and from there I just stuck to my strategy, and thankfully it worked.”
Skinner, who describes himself as a serious amateur, welcomed the bankroll boost, saying “It will help with maybe playing a few more tournaments around the UK, and maybe more online. I love the PartyPoker Tour, the structures are great, especially on Day 1. It never turns into too much of a turbo, and its pretty unique with so many different variants in the side-events.”
Final Day Recap
Only 14 players returned for the final day, with PartyPoker Tour Ambassadors Sam Acheampong leading the way, and Jaime Staples in hot pursuit, while Skinner was second last in the standings.
Acheampong claimed the first knockout of the day when Baptiste Auger jammed with an inferior pair, before Ayush Gandhi and Dimitar Dimitrov disposed of two anonymous players. Florin Stirzu was next to go, and the final table was set when James Korek ran into aces.
Acheampong still led the way at the outset of the final table, and Skinner was in dead last. The eventual champion picked up kings quickly to double through Acheampong, whose aces were then derailed by Estivill’s deuces.
Staples held in a flip to make Dimitrov the first casualty of the final table, and rockets were kinder to Acheampong the second time around to bust Timothy Scott in eighth.
In the key hand of the tournament for the champion, a huge three-way all-in erupted between Skinner, Staples and Acheampong, with Skinner securing the triple-up with ace-jack, while Acheampong sent Staples to the rail in the side pot.
Skinner took the lead for the first time when he took a three-bet pot from Acheampong, but Acheampong quickly held in a flip against Mohamed Kader to regain momentum and send Kader out in sixth.
Gandhi was left with crumbs after losing the classic race against Michael Stanley and would exit soon after in fifth, while Skinner would again get the better of Acheampong in a chunky pot to continue his upward momentum.
Acheampong crashed out in fourth after losing successive hands against Estivill, who then proceeded to take the overall lead with some aggressive play, after brief deal discussions failed to bear fruit.
Stanley had battled hard to make the podium places, but he would have to settle for bronze after being eliminated by Skinner. Skinner would start heads-up play at a slight disadvantage, and the deal with Estivill was quickly agreed, leaving £2,500 and the trophy to play for.
A lengthy heads-up battle of almost two hours ensued, with neither party being prepared to go down without a fight. Estivill extended his lead after hitting trips, and left Skinner on the ropes after successive brutal hands.
Skinner however refused to be beaten, and started another fightback after doubling with queen-ten against jack-ten. The champion took the lead after bluff-catching, and suddenly had a stranglehold on the match after hero-calling correctly.
A fascinating heads-up battle was brought to its conclusion when Estivill committed his stack with a pocket pair, but was counterfeited on the river by the victor, leaving Skinner to celebrate a career-best score and famous win on home soil.
