Smith the king of Glasgow 25/25

Leg three of the Scottish element of the Grosvenor 25/25 Series at the Merchant City Casino in Glasgow from 20-22 July attracted 190 entries and a prize pool of £38,000, with Craig Smith taking the title and £11,010 first-place loot.

At the start of heads-up play Smith enjoyed a 3.1m to 1.65m chip advantage over Charlie Cheung and, after a duel that lasted more than an hour, he was proclaimed champion when his K-J had the beating of Cheung's J-7 after they got all their chips in on a JD-6H-5D flop. The turn and river brought no reprieve for Cheung and he took home the runner-up's cheque for £7,220.

At the start of three-handed play Paul Fallon was the short stack - with about a quarter of Cheung's stack and less than a tenth's of Smith's - so it was no real surprise when he exited in third, shoving with Q-6 from the small blind into Cheung with pocket kings. The kings held and Fallon left £4,520 richer.

Steven Gray busted out in fourth place with A-7 on a king-high board with Smith holding K-7. And Smith also accounted for fifth-place finisher Todd Cairns, who ran his pocket nines into Smith's jacks. The jacks held and Cairns pocketed £2,050.

Jamie Geraghty went in sixth for £1,490 after shoving his short stack with 10-4 against Cairns' A-8, the board offering no help.

Steven Turner exited in seventh with his A-3 dominated by Fallon's A-10 and Boaby Jardine was the man out in eighth place, his J-2 a poor second after Cheung's K-Q improved on a KD-9H-3C flop.

Billy Mundh was the first to leave the final table, shipping his stack with Q-J against Geraghty's aces. The A-Q-J flop offered hope for Mundh and a ten on the turn kept him alive but there was no miracle on the river and Mundh went to the rail.

25/25 Series Glasgow
1 Craig Smith £11,010
2 Charlie Cheung £7,220
3 Paul Fallon £4,520
4 Steven Gray £2,960
5 Todd Cairns £2,050
6 Jamie Geraghty £1,490
7 Steven Turner £1,210
8 Boaby Jardine £1,030
9 Billy Mundh £870