PartyPoker Ambassadors Sam Acheampong and Jaime Staples Eye £150 Mini Main Event Trophy as £500 Main Event Kicks Off

With London gripped by a heatwave, along with World Cup and Wimbledon fever, the temperature is sure to rise further at Genting Casino Stratford today, June 9, as 14 players return at 4 p.m. local time for the final day of the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition) Mini Main Event.

The last players left standing are led by PartyPoker Tour Team member Sam Acheampong (4,980,000), with PartyPoker Ambassador Jaime Staples (2,600,000) at the front of the chasing pack, along with Thomas Scott (3,170,000) and Ayush Gandhi (2,785,000), after two days of play whittled down the field of 697 entries.

Acheampong is looking to add to an impressive 18 recorded live victories, while Staples has recorded three wins, including lifting the trophy in the £150 NLH event in Sheffield at the PartyPoker Tour stop in February.

Gandhi is also in good form, with all but one of his 35 recorded cashes taking place in the last two years. He will be hoping to run better than his fourth place finish in the £200 NLH event in Sheffield, while players such as Ben Skinner (830,000) and Baptiste Auger (1,220,000) will be hoping to spin up relative short-stacks early. (All figures courtesy of The Hendon Mob.)

The players will have their eyes firmly set on the chunky £16,000 top prize, representing the lion’s share of the £87,125 prize pool, comfortably in excess of the £50,000 guarantee.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Sam Acheampong	England	4,980,000	42
2	Thomas Scott	N/A	3,170,000	26
3	Ayush Gandhi	England	2,785,000	23
4	Jaime Staples	Canada	2,600,000	22
5	Anonymous	N/A	2,570,000	21
6	Dimitar Dimitrov	Bulgaria	2,315,000	19
7	Florin Sturzu	N/A	1,975,000	16
8	N/A		1,770,000	15
9	Anonymous	N/A	1,720,000	14
10	James Korek	England	1,490,000	12
11	Baptiste Auger	France	1,220,000	10
12	Anonymous	N/A	1,110,000	9
13	Ben Skinner	England	830,000	7
14	Anonymous	N/A	350,000	3

The players will return to blinds of 60,000/120,000 (120,000), with the clock set to 40-minute levels, and play will continue until a champion is crowned. Once play reaches the final table 18 hands per level will be played.

All remaining players have secured a £650 payday, with the payouts still available as follows:-

The Mini Main Event final table action will be streamed on a 30-minute delay on the PartyPokerTV YouTube channel, with commentary provided by the fantastic Guy Taylor and Ben Shannon, with our coverage in sync with the stream.

The action is set to continue to be fast and furious, as Day 1a of the £500 Main Event kicks off at 2 p.m, featuring a £100,000 guarantee.

Players sit down to a 50,000 starting stack and the clock set to 40-minute levels, while late registration remains open until the start of Level 10. A total of 25% of the field from each of four starting flights will qualify for Day 2, with the full schedule here.

There are also two side-events, with the £150 PLO Masters 4/5/6 getting underway at 5 p.m., and the £100 NLH Turbo, including a £2,000 added value prize draw, commencing at 8 p.m.

poker.pro‘s reporting today will focus on the Mini Main Event, and we will be on the floor from cards in the air until the trophy is hoisted, so stay tuned for all your coverage of the 2026 PartyPoker Tour London (Summer Edition).