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After six starting flights, hundreds of eliminations, and a plethora of bad beat stories, the inaugural 888poker Live Glasgow Main Event is nearing its conclusion as the final table was reached on Day 2.
Daniel Johnson is the man to catch tomorrow as the Scottish local bagged up 3,455,000 and the chip lead, more than 1,000,000 ahead of his closest challenger. Johnson went on a flurry of eliminations at the close of the day to seize control of the tournament. He climbed above 1,000,000 when he picked up kings to bust Andrew Mackenzie in 20th. He then eliminated Glen Gaines and Gavan Ryan before shoving all in against Shan Jiang. Jiang called for 800,000 with two tens, but Johnson showed down two jacks to win the massive pot as he eclipsed the 3,000,000-chip mark.
Eight competitors will try to catch him and get their hands on the trophy tomorrow. Harry Cattanach ended up in second place with 2,320,000 after a late charge up the leaderboard. Cattanach doubled up with a rivered flush off Martin Byrne, then picked up pocket nines to bust Kevin Steward. Cattanach brought the night to a close when he woke up with ace-king in the big blind and sent Bryan Taylor out in 10th on the final table bubble.
Final Table chip counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Daniel Johnson | United Kingdom | 3,455,000 | 86 |
| 2 | Harry Cattanach | United Kingdom | 2,320,000 | 58 |
| 3 | Martin Byrne | United Kingdom | 1,615,000 | 40 |
| 4 | Dean Lyall | United Kingdom | 1,195,000 | 30 |
| 5 | Michael Broadhurst | United Kingdom | 950,000 | 24 |
| 6 | Zbigniew Wieczorek | Poland | 785,000 | 20 |
| 7 | GK | United Kingdom | 735,000 | 18 |
| 8 | William Haughey | United Kingdom | 710,000 | 18 |
| 9 | Jack Moore | United Kingdom | 485,000 | 12 |
Byrne (1,615,000) rounds out the top three, helped along by waking up with aces against Maogen Fu’s queens to earn a double up in what was at that point the biggest pot of the tournament. Dean Lyall (1,195,000) is the most accomplished pro remaining. The Glasgow native has more than $1.6 million in live earnings, including a third-place finish in the $25,000 High Roller at the 2024 WSOP. He also was runner-up in a WSOP event in 2018.
Michael Broadhurst (950,000), Zbigniew Wieczorek (785,000), "GK" (735,000), William Haughey (710,000), and Jack Moore (485,000) complete the nine players who return tomorrow at 1 p.m. on the main feature stage trying to make history as the first-ever 888poker Glasgow champion. They’ve all locked up £5,780 by making it this far, while the champion walks away with £58,130. The action resumes with 30 minutes left in Level 26 with blinds of 20,000-40,000 and a 40,000 big blind ante.
The day began with 84 survivors from the six starting flights being joined by nine new arrivals to create a total field of 407. Only the top 50 would finish in the money, and among those who left with nothing were Thomas Hall, David Algarra, Jack Hardcastle, Lucia Navarro, Manuel Ledesma, and David Docherty. 888poker Ambassador and Madrid champion Ian Simpson began the day in second place on the leaderboard but busted short of the money when he ran sevens into Jamie Whyte’s jacks, while Josh Manley busted two spots off the money.
The money bubble burst on the first hand of hand-for-hand play when Iason Filippidis shoved with two queens, but Fu woke up with aces to score the knockout. Robbie Bull (49th), start-of-day chip leader Francisco Salvador (41st), and Matthew Davenport (33rd) were among those to head for the payout desk, while Vivian Saliba had her run end in 25th place.
888poker Live Manchester champion Stephen Barnes had his kings cracked to finish in 22nd, while UFC veteran Terence Etim was eliminated in 18th place.
Just nine remain from what was once a packed field inside the Grosvenor Casino Merchant City. The history-making title is within sight, and PokerNews will be following all the action from the final table tomorrow until a winner is crowned.
