Stephen Chidwick added yet another line to his legendary résumé, taking down Super High Roller Series #1: $15,100 Pot Limit Omaha at the PokerGO Studio (ARIA Resort & Casino) for $136,500, his 11th career PGT title and first of 2025. The 13‑entry, single‑day high roller paid two places, with fellow Brit Talal Shakerchi finishing runner‑up for $58,500. Chidwick also banked 109 PGT points, moving to 25th on the season leaderboard and pushing his lifetime PGT total to 9,905 points, closing in on five figures.
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Quick facts
- Field: 13 entries
- Buy‑in: $15,100
- Prize pool: $195,000 (2 paid)
- Venue: PokerGO Studio, ARIA, Las Vegas
- Date: October 29, 2025
How the tournament went down
The first of two single‑day $15,100 PLO events drew a compact, elite lineup. Early on, Ben Tollerene and Brian Batt fell at the final table before one of the day’s pivotal pots: Chidwick vs. Alex Foxen. All the chips went in on the flop with Chidwick holding top two pair against Foxen’s flush draw; Foxen turned a flush, but Chidwick rivered a full house to seize a commanding lead as Foxen departed in fifth.
Chidwick then leaned on the table three‑handed—Shakerchi and Gruffudd Pugh‑Jones joined him in a UK‑heavy battle—raising relentlessly to pressure the short stacks. He did ship doubles to both opponents but reclaimed chips with persistent preflop aggression. Ultimately, Pugh‑Jones busted third on the money bubble, and heads‑up lasted exactly one hand: Shakerchi got in kings versus Chidwick’s multi‑way draws; the turn made a straight for Chidwick, ending it in rapid fashion.
Payouts — Super High Roller Series #1: $15,100 Pot‑Limit Omaha
Why this matters (and what PLO fans can learn)
Chidwick’s line today was textbook short‑handed Pot Limit Omaha pressure: attack high‑leverage spots preflop, then use position and redraws to apply maximum stress on capped ranges.
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- Brush up on fundamentals in our explainer: Pot Limit Omaha.
- Translate high‑roller heuristics into your series grind with our 2025 guide: PLO Tournament strategy.
About Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick (UK) is widely regarded as one of the most complete tournament players of the modern era, with elite results across multiple formats and variants—including a long list of PLO titles.
- WSOP pedigree: Chidwick won his first WSOP bracelet in 2019 in the $25,000 PLO High Roller for $1,618,417, a breakthrough that ended a string of deep WSOP runs without gold. He captured bracelet #2 at WSOP Paradise 2024 in the $50,000 PLO Championship.
- All‑time earnings: He sits near the top of poker’s money list with $70M+ in live cashes (and counting), according to The Hendon Mob.
- Online roots: Originally known online as “Stevie444”, Chidwick built a reputation for solver‑informed discipline and elite final‑table poise before transitioning to a predominantly live schedule.
- PGT impact: Today’s victory is his 11th PGT title, pushing him to 25th in the 2025 PGT standings (now at 1,168 season points) and to 9,905 lifetime PGT points, approaching a five‑figure career milestone on tour.
- SHRB/High‑roller ecosystem: Chidwick is a fixture in the PokerGO Studio’s biggest events, including multiple deep runs at Super High Roller Bowl events, such as prior podium finishes in SHRB: PLO and SHRB VIII.
What’s next?
The Super High Roller Series serves as an appetizer to the $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl: Pot‑Limit Omaha, also playing this week in Las Vegas. Expect many of today’s faces—including Chidwick and Shakerchi—to jump into the $100k and battle for seven figures and SHRB glory.
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