Stephen Chidwick’s latest 25,000-entry tournament win has put him right back into the race for the Global Poker Index’s Player of the Year award.
Having won his first-ever WSOP bracelet this summer in a $25,000-entry Pot Limit Omaha Event #7 of the series, the British player from Deal in Kent who moved to Las Vegas recently took down the £25,000 PLO event back in his home country.
Event #7 of the 2019 British Poker Open:
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1st | Stephen Chidwick | £202,500 |
| 2nd | George Wolff | £112,500 |
| 3rd | Sam Soverel | £60,000 |
Triumphing over the overall British Poker Open Championship winner Sam Soverel, who finished third, and George Wolff, whose expertise in Pot Limit Omaha saw him reach the heads-up battle in both the series’ events in the format, Chidwick moves into third place in the race to become GPI Player of the Year:
Final table results:
| Rank | Player | POY Score |
| 1 | Sean Winter | 3425.57 |
| 2 | Rainer Kempe | 3402.8 |
| 3 | Stephen Chidwick | 3367.04 |
| 4 | Sam Greenwood | 3294.67 |
| 5 | Bryn Kenney | 3254.17 |
| 6 | Shannon Shorr | 3117.65 |
| 7 | Manig Loeser | 3078.52 |
| 8 | Ali Imsirovic | 3040.6 |
| 9 | Danny Tang | 2993.56 |
| 10 | James Romero | 2993.02 |
Chidwick’s performance at Aspers Casino in East London during the British Poker Open should come as no surprise, with Britain’s top tournament player of all-time (he recently overtook fellow crusher Sam Trickett) really in form recently. Chidwick is having the best year of his life, not just in poker, but quite possibly in life, having recently become a father and won his first WSOP bracelet.
There’s no stopping a main with no stress and all the ingredients for success, and Chidwick is currently top of the Current Global Poker Index Top 10:
Final table results:
| Rank | Player | GPI Score |
| 1 | Stephen Chidwick | 3803.02 |
| 2 | Alex Foxen | 3747.37 |
| 3 | Rainer Kempe | 3486.2 |
| 4 | Bryn Kenney | 3462.27 |
| 5 | Sean Winter | 3342.41 |
| 6 | Sam Greenwood | 3320.44 |
| 7 | Manig Loeser | 3301.69 |
| 8 | Jeremy Ausmus | 3278.65 |
| 9 | Ali Imsirovic | 3274.84 |
| 10 | Steve O’Dwyer | 3269.14 |
Chidwick’s rise to a poker superpower over the last few years have coincided with the era of GTO poker – something the Kent man actively keeps highly up to date with – dominating just like him. With top spot in the trending list of global poker superstars, and just 57 points between him and Sean Winter’s top spot in the Player of the Year race, expect to see Stephen Chidwick chipping away at the challenge of becoming recognised as the best player in the world via every means by the end of the year.
