The fourth installment of the £150 Mini Main Event has concluded at Resorts World Birmingham. As was expected, this was the busiest day of the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham thus far, and it looks like tomorrow’s Day 2 flight will live up to the expectations. Let’s take a gander at how Day 1d played out.
Saddle up and Ride
Day 1a, 1b, and 1c combined scored 283 entries. Considering 1d was the last flight scheduled before Day 2 that featured 30-minute levels (1e being a Turbo and 1f being a Hyper), the fourth starting-day flight was destined to significantly boost the numbers.
Before Level 1 finished, 1d had already surpassed yesterday’s 1c flight in terms of entries. This is yet another proof that the good word of PartyPoker’s return to the live poker scene has spread like the wind. Some of the prominent names throwing their names into the 1d competition were The Hendon Mob co-founder Joe Beevers, PartyPoker Tour Ambassadors Asif Warris and Alexander Georgiev, 2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham £500 Main Event champion Deniz Orhan, and PartyPoker Team Pro Matt Staples.
When late registration closed after the 45-minute dinner break, it was declared that this particular flight had registered 163 entries. As such, 32 players would move on to Day 2 (i.e., 20 %). The seventy-five remaining warriors picked up the fight, and one after one, they waved the white flag. Around 21:00, Daniel Davies went out in thirty-third place against Gareth Boyce. As such, the remaining players all received a Day 2 bag to put their valuable chips in.
£150 Mini Main Event – Day 1d Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayush Gandhi | 372,000 |
| 2 | Calum Williams | 358,000 |
| 3 | Asif Warris | 349,000 |
| 4 | Michael Stanley | 335,000 |
| 5 | Gareth Boyce | 332,000 |
| 6 | Ryan Johnstone | 329,000 |
| 7 | Giovanni Antonino | 326,000 |
| 8 | Karen Balbi | 307,000 |
| 9 | Christopher Nicholas | 306,000 |
| 10 | Peter Carey | 277,000 |
| 11 | James Hearty | 239,000 |
| 12 | Bogdan Neamtu | 236,000 |
| 13 | Vaibhav Aggarwal | 225,000 |
| 14 | Christopher Daffern | 200,000 |
| 15 | Jack Thomas | 195,000 |
| 16 | Jobin Jacob George | 191,000 |
| 17 | Mark Habbershaw | 180,000 |
| 18 | James Ablott | 179,000 |
| 19 | Tak Wong | 172,000 |
| 20 | Christopher England | 161,000 |
| 21 | Steven O’Toole | 156,000 |
| 22 | Denis O’Riordan | 143,000 |
| 23 | Edin Hrnjic | 128,000 |
| 24 | Sam Taylor | 122,000 |
| 25 | Du Chen | 117,000 |
| 26 | Wayne Wilkins | 116,000 |
| 27 | Marc Goodwin | 106,000 |
| 28 | Florin Sucala | 72,000 |
| 29 | Balise Bourgeois | 70,000 |
| 30 | Sean Harper | 70,000 |
| 31 | Matt Staples | 64,000 |
| 32 | Adam Thompson | 63,000 |
As can be seen in the table above, Ayush Gandhi managed to bag the biggest stack from Day 1d. It’s a tight race amongst the top five, though, where the aforementioned PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Warris sits in third place. Georgiev and Beevers didn’t manage to advance, while Matt Staples secured a 64,000 stack for Day 2; if anyone can spin it up, it’ll be Mr. Matt.
Thanks to everyone who’s been following the poker.pro live reporting today. Tomorrow, the coverage will start shortly before 18:00; it’s Day 2 that’ll be the star of the show. That being said, the results from all starting-day flights, Tuesday’s side events, and all photos will be shared earlier during the day.
