Sunday, August 17, was the last day of the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Glasgow. It was a bittersweet day; it had been a stellar event that everyone wanted to last forever, but all good things must come to an end. It was a worthy conclusion, though, as the final table of the £500 Main Event was the one tournament that would cap the crown on the third PartyPoker Tour stop of 2025. There were some prominent names on the final table, and all the preseumptions for an absolute epic clash were there. The expectations would not disappoint, as the finale went down in dramatic fashion, that included a comeback of epic proportions.
- Relive all the key moments from the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Glasgow in our live reporting blog.
It’s not ever ’til it’s over
The £500 Main Event was a three-day affair, where players could choose to fire as many bullets as they pleased in any of the four starting-day flights. Day 1a/b/c/d would all conclude when 25% of the field remained, and the survivors would bag their chips for Day 2. Overall, the tournament scored 256 entries, resulting in a £111,820 prize pool.
66 players were left in the field when Day 2 started, and 39 were getting paid. After roughly eight hours of play, the nine remaining contestants bagged their chips, went for a good night’s sleep, and then returned for the final table on Sunday at 14:00.
The first major showdown of the finale came just after a couple of hands. The most prominent live poker tournament player of the bunch, Dean Lyall, managed to double up his small stack against the sole lady of the table, Zhen Zhen. With roughly $2,000,000 in live earnings according to The Hendon Mob, it’s an educated guess that the rest of the players would have preferred to keep Lyall’s stack on the smaller side.
Shortly thereafter, Alan Chrzaszcz would become the first casualty of the final table, as he was dominated by the Big Slick of Kyle Scott. Chrzaszcz was one of the biggest stacks during the longer part of Day 2, but he lost some chips towards the end and entered the final table on the shorter side. For his ninth-place finish, Chrzaszcz got £2,600.
PartyPoker Team Pro Jaime Staples had entered the final table with the second most in chips, and perhaps, he was the crowd favorite. Unlucky for him, he lost around 90% of his stack in a brutal setup against John Woods; most of the Canadian’s chips went the way of Woods, and in the same hand, Kevin Frame lost all of his chips to claim an eighth-place finish for £3,200. Staples was eliminated by Woods a few hands later; the PartyPoker Ambassador went to collect his £4,000 paycheck.
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Next one to hit the rail would prove to be Killie Rab. He got it in good in a blind vs. blind-battle against Zhen, but as the saying goes, “there’s always an ace on the flop”. Rab bid farewell in sixth place for £5,100.
The five remaining players then went on their first break of the day. Lappin was still the chip leader at that point, playing almost twice as much as Scott who was second on the rankings. At the bottom was Lyall; he’d experienced somewhat of a rollercoaster ride, winning one pot and losing the next one. Eventually, his journey came to an end as he lost a deciding flip against Woods. Lyall got £6,300 for his fifth-place finish.
Four-handed play lasted more than one hour, with all players losing and winning an all-in at least one time each. Eventually, though, Scott got the better of Woods as he hit a king on the turn. Gracious in defeat, Woods wished the remaining three players the best of luck before he went to collect his £7,650 paycheck.
With three players remaining, the blinds were very high and the average stack was around 16 Big Blinds. Chips traded owners back and forth, and at this point, it was anyone’s game. The element of luck was somewhat high at this point, and Lappin would be the next one to pull the shortest straw. He went out against Scott in third place for £10,100, and the stage was not set for a heads-up clash between Scott and Zhen.
Scott went into the one vs. one duel with a four-to-one chip lead. A few hands into the heads-up, Zhen managed to double up with a superior ace and evened out the stacks somewhat. Some pots here and there, and suddenly, she was now the chip leader. The blinds were increasing at a rapid speed, and Zhen eventually had a 2-to-1 chip lead with 20 big blinds.
Soon enough, she got it all in with ace-high against Scott’s queen-six, and the board ran out in her favor. With that, she was crowned the winner of the £500 Main Event during the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Glasgow.
£500 Main Event – Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Zhen Zhen | China | £22,500 |
| 2 |  Kyle Scott | Scotland | £14,270 |
| 3 |  David Lappin | Ireland | £10,100 |
| 4 | John Woods | Scotland | £7,650 |
| 5 | Dean Lyall | Scotland | £6,300 |
| 6 | Killie Rab | Scotland | £5,100 |
| 7 |  Jaime Staples | Canada | £4,000 |
| 8 | Kevin Frame | Scotland | £3,200 |
| 9 | Alan Chrzaszcz | Scotland | £2,600 |
That concludes the 2025 PaartyPoker Tour Glasgow. It’s been a thrilling six-day live poker festival in the Scottish capital, and the tour just keeps on getting better with every event. Next up is the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham, which will be played October 11-19 at the Resorts World Genting.
