Alistar Martin Gets Off the Mark With an 888poker LIVE Glasgow Victory
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The 888poker LIVE tour is at the Grosvenor Casino Merchant City in Glasgow for the second leg of the 2026 schedule. Three events have crowned their champions, including the £230 Crazy 8 Opening Event, which Alistar Martin took down for £10,000.
The £230 Crazy 8 Opening Event attracted a 253-strong field, who fought tooth and nail for a slice of the £50,000 prize pool. Thirty-three places were paid, with Bryan Taylor and Mariusz Czech being the highest profile in-the-money finishers. Both busted with three tables remaining.
Gaoyang Yang was the player who popped the final table bubble. His elimination set the nine-handed final table, and guaranteed those finalists a payday of at least £960.
£230 Crazy 8 Opening Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alistar Martin | £10,000 |
| 2 | Paul Clements | £8,000 |
| 3 | Craig McCairns | £6,000 |
| 4 | Derek Malone | £3,410 |
| 5 | Chris Hyde | £2,350 |
| 6 | Ben McCann | £1,730 |
| 7 | Wayne Peach | £1,360 |
| 8 | Fraser Armstrong | £1,130 |
| 9 | Kyle Scott | £960 |
Thirteen months ago, Kyle Scott triumphed in a £250 buy-in Grosvenor 25/50 event at this very casino and walked away with £14,284. Six months later, he finished second in the PartyPoker Tour Glasgow Main Event for another £14,270. Unfortunately for Scott, he was the first player eliminated from the 888poker LIVE Crazy 8 Opening Event, and had to console himself with a £960 prize.
Fraser Armstrong won the £330 PKO Rumble when the 888poker LIVE tour stopped in Glasgow last year. In this event, he had to make do with an eighth-place finish worth £1,130.
Seventh place went to Wayne Peach, who is starting to show he has a knack for going deep in 888poker events. Peach finished third in the £560 UKPL Coventry Main Event for £20,109 in November 2025, and followed that up with a victory in the £250 Opening Voyage at the UKPL in Luton in February, a result worth £15,650. There was no five-figure score for Peach this time around, but the £1,360 he collected edged him ever-closer to $100,000 in live scores.
The final six became five when Ben McCann crashed by the wayside. McCann has enjoyed some impressive results in Glasgow, not least his runner-up finish in the March 2025 Irish Poker Tour Glasgow Poker Festival Main Event. The Scot banked £43,000 on that occasion, but this latest Glasgow-based final table appearance earned him £1,730.
Until this tournament, Chris Hyde did not have an entry on The Hendon Mob Database. Once the database updates, Hyde's name will be there alongside a fifth-place finish worth £2,350.
Derek Malone bowed out in fourth for £3,410, the second-largest live cash of his career, before Craig McCairns busted in third for £6,000. Last year, Cairns finished third in the £250 888poker LIVE Glasgow Mini Main Event for a bankroll-boosting £11,510.
Heads-up pitted Paul Clements against Alistar Martin. Martin, like the aforementioned Hyde, doesn't have a Hendon Mob profile, but Clements has over $60,000 in earnings. Despite a lack of recorded results, Martin came out on top in the one-on-one battle and turned his £230 into an impressive £10,000, leaving Clements to add an £8,000 consolation prize to his resume.
888poker LIVE Glasgow Results
Martin wasn't the only player to find himself heading to the cashier's desk to collect a first-place prize. Kevin Frame, a Grosvenor regular, booked a win in the £220 Mid Shot and scooped £2,660. Bryan Taylor won the £330 PKO Rumble for £2,225 plus bounties. Taylor's transition from cash games to tournaments continues to go well.
| Event | Entrants | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £230 Crazy 8 Opening Event | 253 | £50,000 | Alistar Martin | £10,000 |
| £220 Mid Shot | 35 | £6,650 | Kevin Frame | £2,660 |
| £330 PKO Rumble | 38 | £7,210 | Bryan Taylor | £2,225* |
*does not include bounty payments
888poker LIVE Glasgow Remaining Schedule
The 888poker LIVE Glasgow festival continues until March 22, and there is a lot of poker to be played between now and then. Expand the table below to see the remaining events. Which will you win?
