Majid Iqbal Warms Up for 888poker LIVE Glasgow Main Event With a £10K Win
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The 888poker LIVE tour is in Glasgow, Scotland, for the second leg of the 2025 schedule. While the £888 buy-in, £250,000 guaranteed Main Event is a couple of days away, the festival is in full swing. Three side events have crowned their champions, with Majid Iqbal capturing the largest score, namely £10,130.
Iqbal won the £230 Crazy 8 Opening Event. Some 277 players bought in and built a £52,630 pot, and Iqbal took home £10,130 of that princely sum. The prize money Iqbal banked pushed his live poker tournament earnings toward $300,000.
The £230 Crazy 8 Opening Event paid out the top 33 finishers. Wantao Tang, who went on to win the £330 Mystery Bounty event, was one of the first in-the-money finishers. Others included Andrew Hawksby, Kevin Frame, and final table bubble boy Alexander Rizvi.
£230 Crazy 8 Opening Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Majid Iqbal | £10,130 |
| 2 | Haoran Dai | £7,560 |
| 3 | Martin Byrne | £5,690 |
| 4 | Stephen McCabe | £4,300 |
| 5 | Paul McTaggart | £3,260 |
| 6 | William McClure | £2,470 |
| 7 | Michael Kane | £1,900 |
| 8 | Jamie Geraghty | £1,490 |
| 9 | Ciaran McCullagh | £1,200 |
Ciaran McCullagh's time at the final table was limited because he busted in ninth place for £1,200. McCullagh has some impressive results on his resume, including a victory in the £444 Opening Event of the 888poker LIVE London festival in January 2022 that earned him £40,487. More recently, McCullagh finished 71st in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) for $140,000.
The 2024 888poker UKPL Manchester Main Event champion, Jamie Geraghty, crashed out in eighth for £1,490 before Michael Kane, winner of the UKPL Edinburgh Main Event last February, fell in seventh for £1,900.
William McClure then headed to the cashier's desk to collect the £2,470 sixth-place prize money. Paul McTaggart, a player with more than $2 million in earnings across online and live poker tournaments, came unstuck in fifth for £3,260.
Fourth place and £4,300 went to Stephen McCabe before Martin Byrne busted in third for a career-best £5,690.
Iqbal defeated Haoran Dai heads-up to resign the runner-up to a £7,560 consolation prize and to claim the £10,130 top prize for himself.
The victory is the latest in a long line of impressive results Iqbal has enjoyed, and his sixth cash tipping the scales at more than £10,000. In September 2021, Iqbal came out on top of the £750 GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event and saw his bankroll swell by £61,220. More recently, he finished seventh in the £1,500 Grosvenor UK Open in February 2024 for £20,170.
Look for Iqbal's name in the upcoming 888poker LIVE Glasgow tournaments, including the £888 Main Event, which starts on March 19.
Remaining 888poker LIVE Glasgow Schedule
Expand the table below and see the entire 888poker LIVE Glasgow festival's schedule in all of its glory. Some of the key events include a £250 No-Limit Hold'em Mini Main Event carrying a £100,000 guarantee and a £1,500 High Roller that will award at least £50,000 to the in-the-money finishers.
