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UK.PokerNews.com's Mathew Pitt contributed the following on Stephen Chidwick:
It has been quite a year at the felt for Stephen “stevie444” Chidwick and one that he is unlikely to forget in a hurry.
Chidwick was in scintillating form at the 2013 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas where he cashed no fewer than nine times, two of those cashes being final table appearances. His largest cash of the WSOP topped the scales at $353,780, which was his reward for finishing fourth in the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event.
Earlier this week, Chidwick almost won the €1,100 Eureka Poker Tour Main Event, but fell short and had to console himself with the €92,500 third place prize money. Now Chidwick has a realistic chance of walking away with the massive €889,000 winner’s prize in the European Poker Tour Prague Main Event.
Regardless of where Chidwick finishes at the EPT Prague final table, he will take down the Global Poker Index Player of the Year title for the United Kingdom. Chidwick’s exact points total will not be known until the conclusion of the EPT Prague Main Event final table, but he is guaranteed to have kept the likes of Matthew Ashton, Toby Lewis and David Vamplew to the Player of the Year award.
UK & Ireland PokerNews will be going into the UK & Ireland’s POY standings in the near future so be sure to head over there to check out the final standings and a recap of what has been a great year for Chidwick and his fellow countrymen.
Nível: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
On the first hand back from the break Ka Kwan Lau made it 160,000 to go from the cut-off with 
, it passed to Max Silver in the small blind and he three-bet with 
. Back on Lau he four-bet to 825,000 and Silver folded.
From the cut-off Ka Kwan Lau raised to 160,000 with 
, right behind him Zdravko Duvnjak moved all-in for 1,335,000 with 
. They had the same hand! Back on Lau he thought about it for a while before folding.
Still seven left.
Stephen Chidwick opened to 160,000 with 
on the button. Ole Schemion quickly folded his small blind but Georgios Sotiropoulos in the big blind went for it with . He shoved his stack into the middle and Chidwick made the instant call.
Chidwick his ace was again dominated. The 
flop helped both make a pair but the situation was unchanged. The on the turn was everything but a blank but the 
effectively was. Both made trips but the kicker still played.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
4,410,000
-1,300,000
|
-1,300,000 |
|
2,450,000
1,250,000
|
1,250,000 |
Two double ups in quick succession for Georgios Sotiropoulos as he just doubled up against Max Silver.
Zdravko Duvnjak raised to 160,000 with 
from under-the-gun+1, Max Silver then three-bet to 350,000 from the hijack with 
. It passed to Sotiropoulos, he peaked down at and moved all-in for 2,440,000. After Duvnjak folded Silver made the call to put Sotiropoulos at risk .
The board was a rollercoaster 
as Silver took the lead on the flop and Sotiropoulos re-sucked on the turn.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,190,000
2,740,000
|
2,740,000 |
|
2,715,000
-3,245,000
|
-3,245,000 |
Stephen Chidwick in the hijack opened to 180,000 and got looked up by Georgios Sotiropoulos on the button. Chidwick had and flopped better than Sotiropoulos' 
: 
. Chidwick bet 200,000 and got a call. The same procedure we saw on the 
-turn; Chidwick bet (525,000) and Sotiropoulos called. The river made Chidwick bet 875,000. Sotiropoulos took his time but eventually folded.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,485,000
1,075,000
|
1,075,000 |
|
|
4,275,000
-915,000
|
-915,000 |
It folded to Max Silver in the small blind, he raised to 200,000, Stephen Chidwick made it 425,000 with 
from the big blind and Silver made the call.
The flop fell 
meaning Chidiwck flopped two-pair, Silver checked it over to Chidwick, he bet 375,000 and Silver folded
