Day 4 of the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Glasgow was by far the busiest day of the festival so far. With no fewer than eight tournaments on the schedule, non-stop live poker action was guaranteed all day at the Alea Casino. Even though there were two £500 Main Event flights on the schedule, one could argue that the final day of the £150 Mini Main Event was the star this beautiful Friday in Scotland. The anticipations for an epic showdown were high, and it did not disappoint as the finale went down in dramatic fashion, with a comeback that will be remembered for years to come.
It’s not Over Until it’s Over
After four starting flights and almost a seven-hour-long Day 2, only nine players remained out of the total 468 entries. These brave contestants took their seats at the final table at 15:00 today (August 15), and they were all ready to battle it out for the £10,260 first-place payout. The Mini Main Event is one of the most prestigious tournaments during the PartyPoker Tour stops, and Glasgow didn’t disappoint; the prize pool was an impressive £58,406, more or less copying the numbers from the Manchester event just a few weeks earlier.
Gajanthan Kamalanathan entered the final table as the chip leader, and if The Hendon Mob is to be trusted, he was also the most experienced player in the field. He was off to a great start, as he eliminated short-stacked Marc Moody in the very first hand. Moody had been the chip leader of the tournament at one point during Day 2, but hadn’t managed to bring a big stack into the final table. He got £1,021 for his ninth-place finish.
Shortly thereafter, David Anderson was eliminated in eighth place for £1,285. Again, it was Kamalanathan on the better side of things, as he picked up pocket aces against the kings of Anderson. It’s safe to say that Kamalanathan had a decent start to the final table. With Moody and Anderson out, Christian Watt was now the player who had position on Kamalanathan, and the two of them frequently locked horns, trading the chip lead back and forth.
Watt eventually knocked out Callum Reid in seventh place (£1,665) in somewhat brutal fashion, as he hit a two-outer on the river. Not too long after Reid’s exit, Daniel Hawkes clashed all-in against Watt. Hawkes had been somewhat anonymous on the final table, and eventually, he had to commit his last six Big Blinds with A♠5♦. He was up against Watt’s pocket sevens, and didn’t manage to hit a case ace. Hawkes hit the rail in sixth place for £2,190.
The jolly fellow Robert McKeown would soon become the next one to go. Perhaps he has mixed feelings about king-six suited after this final table; first, he managed to double up with K♦6♦ against Kamalanathan, but then, he missed his flush draw with K♠6♠ against the very same opponent. For his fifth-place finish, McKeown was awarded £2,920.
Laurynas Jakutis had managed to keep his somewhat short stack consistent for some time. All good things must come to an end, though, and all of the Lithuanian’s chips soon enough went to Kamalanathan, who now held 80 % of the chips in play. Jakutis earned £3,970 for his fourth-place finish.
Derek Curran was one of the more senior players on the final table, and it was evident that he knew the value of chips. He managed to hold on tight for quite some time and managed to claim several payjumps. Eventually, he lost his stack to – you guessed it – Kamalanathan, after the latter had spiked an ace on the river.
As Curran was out in third for £5,110, the stage was now set for a heads-up clash between Kamalanathan and Watt. Being the more experience player and holding 76 % of the chips in play, Kamalanathan was surely many’s favorite to take home the title. Just a few hands into the one-vs-one duel, both players got all the chips in the middle in a classic coinflip situation. The board ran out in Curran’s favor, and his pair of deuces was good. Watt now had momentum and he kept snagging some Big Blinds from his prominent opponent. When he hit a full house and got paid the maximum, he overtook the chip lead by the tiniest or margins.
Spectators were surrounding the table and followed what was a very entertaining and intriguing heads-up affair. Kamalanathan eventually took the chip lead back and soon enough, both players were all in on a 8♥Q♠6♠ flop. Kamalanathan had flopped two-pair with 8♣6♦, and he once again had an opportunity to eliminate Watt, who held A♠A♦. For perhaps the fifth time of the day, though, a case ace fell on the river, and Watt won the enormous pot with top set.
The very next hand, everything went in the middle again, this time with Kamalanathan being the player at risk. He wasn’t able to beat the big slick of Watt, and that settled it. Kamalanathan was eliminated in second place, and with that, Watt emerged victorious in the £150 Mini Main Event, claiming his biggest live poker tournament win.
£150 Mini Main Event – Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Christian Watt | Scotland | £10,260 |
| 2 | Gajanthan Kamalanathan | Scotland | £7,060 |
| 3 |  Derek Curran | England | £5,110 |
| 4 |  Laurynas Jakutis | Lithuania | £3,970 |
| 5 | Robert McKeown | Scotland | £2,920 |
| 6 | Daniel Hawkes | England | £2,190 |
| 7 | Callum Reid | Scotland | £1,665 |
| 8 | David Anderson | Scotland | £1,285 |
| 9 | Marc Moody | Scotland | £1,021 |
That concludes the live coverage from poker.pro for today. However, the chip counts from Day 1b and 1c of the £500 Main Event will be published as soon as 1c is finished.
