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The fourth leg of the 2026 PartyPoker Tour is in full swing at the Manchester235 casino. Eight events have crowned their champions, including the £150 Mini Main Event, which saw its £50,000 guaranteed prize pool knocked out of the park.
A field of 668 entrants produced an £84,000 prize pool shared by the top 100 finishers. A min-cash weighed in at £300, with everyone at the nine-handed final table locking in at least £1,100 for their efforts.
David Greenough busted in ninth for the aforementioned £1,100, his first recorded live score since November 2021. Local player Danny Ryder headed to the cashier's desk to collect the £1,400 eighth-place prize soon after.
Seventh place and £1,890 went to Tony Horn before Nim Rattan fell in sixth for a £2,500 prize.
The finalists gained more elbow room when Matthew Archer bowed out in fifth place for £3,500, and even more when Andrew Mathews came unstuck in fourth. The £5,000 that Andrews collected was his second-largest prize, falling just short of the £5,300 he won back in March 2016 in the GUKPT Manchester Main Event.
Scotland's Kyle Hamilton received £7,000 for his third-place finish, the third-largest score of his career. Hamilton's elimination left Anwar Kanj heads-up against Imran Primihamed for the title and the £15,500 top prize.
Both of the heads-up players were now guaranteed five-figure prizes. No deal was struck despite a £5,500 difference in the payouts, or almost 37 buy-ins. The lack of a deal meant Primihamed banked £10,000 after he fell at the final hurdle. Before this tournament, Primihamed had combined earnings of around $7,500. Now he has another £10,000 to add to that sum.
Kanj will forever be known as the 2026 PartyPoker Tour Manchester Mini Main Event champion. The £15,500 that Kanj collected represents a new career high for the Manchester native, besting the £11,500 he was awarded for a third-place finish in the 2019 GUKPT Manchester Mini Main.
Event #1: £150 Mini Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anwar Kanj | £15,500 |
| 2 | Imran Primihamed | £10,000 |
| 3 | Kyle Hamilton | £7,000 |
| 4 | Andrew Mathews | £5,000 |
| 5 | Matthew Archer | £3,500 |
| 6 | Nim Rattan | £2,500 |
| 7 | Tony Horn | £1,890 |
| 8 | Danny Ryder | £1,400 |
| 9 | David Greenough | £1,100 |
PartyPoker Tour Manchester Results
Eight side events are done and dusted, but there are only seven champions. That is because Lewis Henderson continued the impressive start to his live poker career by taking down two tournaments.
Henderson won the £60 Pot-Limit Sviten Special event before coming out on top in the £100 PLO Masters NLHE/PLO Mixed event. According to The Hendon Mob Database, Henderson's first recorded live result came in July 2025 when he won the £140 APAT Championship in Liverpool.
Since then, he has finished top of the pile in a £90 R.O.S.E.T event and in the £150 PLO Master Big O both at the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham festival.
| Event | Entrants | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1: £150 Mini Main Event | 668 | £84,000 | Anwar Kanj | £15,500 |
| #2: £60 PL Sviten Special | 45 | £2,250 | Lewis Henderson | £700 |
| #3: £60 PLO Masters Courcheval Bounty | 36 | £900 | Bevon Baptiste | £300 |
| #4: £150 PLO Master 4/5/6/ Card Bounty | 68 | £5,100 | Thales Salomao | £1,485 |
| #5: £100 Pot-Limit H.O.R.S.E. | 43 | £3,655 | £33,655 | Ryan Wyvill |
| #6: £60 Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw | 24 | £1,200 | Michael Mozdzierz | £510 |
| #7: £100 PLO Masters NLH/PLO | 64 | £5,440 | Lewis Henderson | £1,780 |
| #8: £200 NLHE Bounty | 75 | £9,000 | Annalee Barlow | £2,095 |
£500 PartyPoker Tour Manchester Main Event is in Full Swing
Day 1a of the £500 buy-in, £100,000 guaranteed PartyPoker Tour Manchester Main Event concluded on June 18. It saw 65 players enter, but only 16 progressed to Day 2.
Anthony Owens (404,000) had a fruitful time at the table, ending the first flight with the chip lead. Shay Ahluwalia (365,000), Kevin Brzozowski (339,000), and James Smith (334,000) were the only other players to break through the 300,000 chips barrier.
Poker legend and PartyPoker Tour ambassador, Barny Boatman, also made it through with 143,000 chips, enough for a place in the top 10.
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Owens | 404,000 |
| 2 | Shay Ahluwalia | 365,000 |
| 3 | Kevin Brzozowski | 339,000 |
| 4 | James Smith | 334,000 |
| 5 | Stephen Murphy | 261,000 |
| 6 | Jon Bentley | 256,000 |
| 7 | Anthony Harkness | 227,000 |
| 8 | James Grogan | 218,000 |
| 9 | Barny Boatman | 143,000 |
| 10 | James Dorward | 142,000 |
