2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€725,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,883,950
Entries
1,007
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Stephen Chidwick is the Global Poker Index United Kingdom Player of the Year

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

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.

Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

More for Lau

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

On the first hand back from the break Ka Kwan Lau made it 160,000 to go from the cut-off with {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}, it passed to Max Silver in the small blind and he three-bet with {K-Spades}{8-Spades}. Back on Lau he four-bet to 825,000 and Silver folded.

Sotiropoulos Doubles Through Chidwick

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Stephen Chidwick opened to 160,000 with {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} on the button. Ole Schemion quickly folded his small blind but Georgios Sotiropoulos in the big blind went for it with {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}. He shoved his stack into the middle and Chidwick made the instant call.

Chidwick his ace was again dominated. The {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{A-Spades} flop helped both make a pair but the situation was unchanged. The {J-Clubs} on the turn was everything but a blank but the {A-Diamonds} effectively was. Both made trips but the kicker still played.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
4,410,000
-1,300,000
-1,300,000
$25K Fantasy
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
2,450,000
1,250,000
1,250,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Georgios SotiropoulosStephen Chidwick

Georgios Sotiropoulos Doubles Through Max Silver

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Georgios Sotiropoulos
Georgios Sotiropoulos

Two double ups in quick succession for Georgios Sotiropoulos as he just doubled up against Max Silver.

Zdravko Duvnjak raised to 160,000 with {10-Spades}{9-Spades} from under-the-gun+1, Max Silver then three-bet to 350,000 from the hijack with {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}. It passed to Sotiropoulos, he peaked down at {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} 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 {J-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{5-Spades}{A-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} as Silver took the lead on the flop and Sotiropoulos re-sucked on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
5,190,000
2,740,000
2,740,000
$25K Fantasy
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
2,715,000
-3,245,000
-3,245,000

Tags: Zdravko DuvnjakGeorgios SotiropoulosMax Silver

Bet, Bet, Bet - Chidwick and Sotiropoulos Change Position

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Stephen Chidwick in the hijack opened to 180,000 and got looked up by Georgios Sotiropoulos on the button. Chidwick had {A-Spades}{J-Hearts} and flopped better than Sotiropoulos' {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}: {A-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}. Chidwick bet 200,000 and got a call. The same procedure we saw on the {3-Spades}-turn; Chidwick bet (525,000) and Sotiropoulos called. The river {K-Spades} made Chidwick bet 875,000. Sotiropoulos took his time but eventually folded.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
5,485,000
1,075,000
1,075,000
$25K Fantasy
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
4,275,000
-915,000
-915,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Georgios SotiropoulosStephen Chidwick

Chidwick Wins Skirmish of Britain

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

It folded to Max Silver in the small blind, he raised to 200,000, Stephen Chidwick made it 425,000 with {10-Spades}{6-Diamonds} from the big blind and Silver made the call.

The flop fell {Q-Clubs}{6-Spades}{10-Diamonds} meaning Chidiwck flopped two-pair, Silver checked it over to Chidwick, he bet 375,000 and Silver folded

Tags: Max SilverStephen Chidwick