The 2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham festival just wrapped up, having taking place from October 11-19 at the Resorts World Genting Casino and delivered exactly what it promised: low buy-ins, multi-player tournaments, live streaming, the presence of PartyPoker ambassadors, and plenty of fun both on and off the poker tables.
A total of 19 events were held, with affordable buy-ins ranging from £60 to £1,000. Altogether, 1,673 entries were compiled across all tournaments, and £336,020 in prizes were awarded, far exceeding the £170,000 guaranteed by the organizers. In addition to the poker events, there were several activities, including a slot tournament 🎰, a pub quiz 🍺, and a sports betting ⚽️ tournament with prizes awarded to the winners. And to close out the festival, there was a fun party 🎶 with a DJ.
THE PARTYPOKER TOUR STOP #4 – BIRMINGHAM IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY! 🔥
The 2025 PartyPoker Tour has landed at Resorts World Birmingham, marking the venue’s first major poker festival in five years – and the room is absolutely buzzing!
We’ve already spotted fan favourites Matt… pic.twitter.com/dvoSHJgZec
— PartyPoker (@partypoker) October 14, 2025
The Mini Main Event
The festival kicked off with a bang with the Mini Main Event, which attracted 660 entrants and was the second-largest edition of this tournament on the new PartyPoker Tour after the London leg. Among the participants was Alan Foster, who is 99 years old, proving that there are no age limits for playing poker. The tournament awarded £82K ($109K) in prizes to the top 98 players, including PartyPoker ambassador brothers Matt Staples (95th) and James Staples (93rd), PartyPoker Tour team member Natalie Bromley (84th), PartyPoker Tour ambassador Aleksandar Georgiev (75th), Hendon Mob co-founder Joe Beevers (64th) and PartyPoker Tour ambassador Asif Warris (35th).
Robert with his trophy / Photo: Nunzia Esposito
Victory went to experienced Robert Douras, who earned his eighth career title and a prize of £14K ($19K). Tai Hoang finished second, earning £9K ($12K). Incredibly, the two would face each other again to decide the festival’s most important tournament a few days later.
You can watch the final table of the Mini Main Event here:
The Invitational Sit & Go
In parallel to the tournaments, a friendly and fun Sit & Go was played between several members of the PartyPoker team: Sam “Hoooooooooold” Acheampong, Barry Carter, Asif “The Poker Tourist” Warris, Alexander “wishiper96” Georgiev, Natalie “Hearts of Queens” Bromley, Joe Beevers, Glenn Brown, Jaime Staples and Matt Staples. The winner was veteran Joe Beevers, who has been playing live tournaments since 1996 and was one of the founders of The Hendon Mob website. This added another milestone to his career, which has already earned $2,6M live. He said: “I haven’t run this good in 20 years.”
For a look back at the action (and a barrel of laughs), you can watch the Sit & Go here:
The 2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham Main Event
The festival’s biggest tournament had 343 entries for £500 and awarded £152K in prizes, surpassing the £100K guarantee. The top 55 players earned cashes, including Peggy Crawford of the Global Grinders, who placed 40th, and PartyPoker ambassador Matt Staples, who finished 12th for £1,8K ($2,5K).
Among the nine finalists were the two players who had played heads-up in the Mini Main Event: Robert Douras and Tai Hoang. Robert finished fourth and took home a prize of £10K ($14K). Tai got his revenge and this time he was crowned champion, winning the gold trophy and a prize of £27K ($36K). Hoang was born in Vietnam, moved to the United Kingdom, and has been playing tournaments in Birmingham since 2011. He has earned $342K in his live career with 9 titles 🏆.
The Main Event winner / Photo: Nunzia Esposito
This is how the final table results played out:
- Tai Hoang (England) – £27,420
- Jiten Chauhan (England) – £18,320
- James Fowler (England) – £12,970
- Robert Douras (England) – £10,435
- Joshua Curry (England) – £8,390
- Michael Thomas Casson (England) – £6,770
- Nicholas James Gott (England) – £5,340
- Timothy Alfred Slater (England) – £4,120
- Tony Pearce (England) – £3,110
You can also check out the final table live stream below:
The High Roller
The festival’s most expensive event had 42 £1K entries and awarded £37K in prize money to the top six players. Among them was poker pro, writer and coach Dara O’Kearney, who placed fifth for £2.8K. The tournament winner was mixed-game enthusiast Siddharth Sudunagunta, who collected the trophy and the biggest cash of his career: £11K ($15K). A few days earlier, he had finished second in Event #14 Friday Party Madness for £830, and in that tournament, he won the High Roller entry through a prize draw. He took full advantage of his opportunity and was crowned champion without investing a cent.
High Roller results:
- Siddharth Sudunagunta (India) – £11,530
- Max Lindeman (England) – £9,450
- Daniele Antoniazzi (England) – £8,150
- Nathan Henry (England) – £3,780
- Dara O’Kearney (Ireland) – £2,840
- Paul Haycock (England) – £2,080
Congrats to my pal the supervet @SidrisElba – won a high roller ticket in one of our many added value @partypoker raffles and he goes home the champ.
This is deserved run good for sending me dog pictures pic.twitter.com/2Zuuweavno
— Barry Carter (@Barry_Carter) October 20, 2025
Complete results of the 2025 PartyPoker Tour Birmingham festival
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prizepool | Champion | Prize |
| #1 Mini Main Event | £150 | 660 | £82,500 | Robert Douras (England) | £14,370 |
| #2 NLH Bounty | £200 | 19 | £2,280 | Eva Hola-Smith (England) | £1,465 |
| #3 Mystery Prize Draw | £60 | 41 | £2,050 | Rong Haoran (England) | £780 |
| #4 Win The Button | £100 | 35 | £2,975 | Christopher Strang (England) | £880 |
| #5 Poker.Pro Sviten Special | £60 | 24 | £1,200 | Aleksandar Georgiev (Bulgaria) | £510 |
| #7 Poker.Pro HORSE | £60 | 25 | £1,250 | Henry Owen (England) | £550 |
| #8 Poker.Pro ROSET | £100 | 22 | £1,870 | Lewis Henderson (England) | £705 |
| #9 Mystery Bounty | £150 | 63 | £4,275 | Calogero Morreale (Italy) | £1,550 |
| #10 Main Event | £500 | 343 | £152,635 | Tai Hoang (England) | £27,420 |
| #11 PLO Masters Big O | £150 | 43 | £5,375 | Lewis Henderson (England) | £1,980 |
| #13 PLO Masters ME | £250 | 105 | £22,575 | Benjamin Sweetman (England) | £5,695 |
| #14 Friday Party Madness | £60 | 62 | £3,100 | Grzegorz Staniszewski (England) | £850 |
| #15 Tennesse Hold’em Champ. | £60 | 17 | £850 | Ryan Johnstone (England) | £420 |
| #16 Faded Spade NLH | £150 | 36 | £4,500 | Henrik Horwing (England) | £1,710 |
| #17 PLO Bounty | £85 | 51 | £1,275 | Rebecca Hardisty (Canada) | £445 |
| #18 Mystery Bounty | £250 | 23 | £2,645 | Matt Staples (Canada) | £1,325 |
| #19 High Roller 7-Max | £1,000 | 42 | £37,800 | Siddharth Sudunagunta (India) | £11,530 |
| #20 PLO Masters 4/5/6 | £150 | 26 | £3,250 | Florin Alexandru Duda (Romania) | £1,410 |
| #21 Last Chance Turbo | £100 | 39 | £3,315 | Lakis Xydhias (England) | £1,100 |
PartyPoker Tour Birmingham winners / Photo: Nunzia Esposito
Perhaps best encompassing how swimmingly things went at the Birmingham stop was Antonio Sapio, who shared his thoughts in a Facebook post.
Cover Photo courtesy of Nunzia Esposito
