A complete $11,065,000 in prize cash was paid out through the ten occasions of the 2023 Poker Masters. British poker professional Stephen Chidwick was the one participant to build up seven figures in cashes through the high-stakes match sequence held on the PokerGO Studio inside ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas. The 34-year-old poker professional from Deal, England recorded 4 final-table finishes, together with one title, accruing a complete of $1,109,000 and 688 PokerGO Tour factors throughout these scores.
As a end result, Chidwick completed on prime of the pageant’s factors race leaderboard to safe the Poker Master Purple Jacket and the $50,000 championship bonus to convey his whole haul to over $1.15 million for the sequence.
Chidwick now has almost $53.1 million in recorded match earnings to his title, inserting him third on poker’s all-time cash listing behind solely Bryn Kenney ($65.3 million) and Justin Bonomo ($64.4 million). He is by far the main match earner from his house nation of England, with almost a $31.3 million lead over second-ranked Sam Trickett ($21.8 million) on that leaderboard.
There have been 60 gamers that recorded a rating throughout this 12 months’s Poker Masters, with 30 managing a number of cashes. Chidwick was one in every of simply seven contenders that made the cash 4 or extra occasions through the pageant.
Chidwick didn’t report a money through the first 5 occasions of the sequence. His first in-the-money end got here in occasion no. 6, the ultimate $10,000 buy-in match of the pageant. He positioned sixth from a subject of 95 entries to earn $57,000 and 57 PGT factors.
The ultimate three occasions of the pageant noticed Chidwick shift into excessive gear, recording three consecutive podium finishes. He kicked off his large push down the stretch with a dominating efficiency in occasion no. 7, a $25,000 buy-in match. Chidwick topped a subject of fifty entries in that occasion, taking the lead wire-to-wire on the ultimate desk to earn $400,000 and one other 240 factors. The very subsequent day, Chidwick positioned third within the penultimate occasion of the sequence, including one other $148,000 and 89 PGT factors to his tally. That $25,000 buy-in drew 37 entries.
Heading into the $50,000 buy-in finale of the sequence, Chidwick sat in a tie for second place on the Poker Masters factors leaderboard with Chino Rheem. The two have been trailing solely Vladas Tamasauskas, who gained two titles through the early levels of the sequence to leap out in entrance. Both Rheem and Chidwick ended up navigating their approach by the 42-entry subject and right down to the ultimate desk. Rheem went on to complete sixth in that occasion, ending with one win, 5 cashes, and $602,650 in earnings for the pageant. He landed in third place within the ultimate participant of the sequence standings.
Chidwick formally locked up the Purple Jacket by making it right down to heads-up within the ultimate occasion. He finally completed because the runner-up, incomes $504,000 and 302 PGT factors for his efforts. Jonathan Jaffe was the champion of that occasion, securing $756,000 for the win. Jaffe completed fifth within the total factors race, simply six factors behind Alex Foxen, who completed third within the ultimate occasion for his fifth money of the sequence.
This was Chidwick’s second PokerGO Tour participant of the sequence victory, having beforehand gained the inaugural U.S. Poker Open. Chidwick additionally secured the glory of being the 2022 PGT Player of the Year, recording six certified wins and 32 cashes that 12 months.
Chidwick is a two-time Card Player Player of the Year award winner. His success through the Poker Masters has additionally propelled him into second place within the 2023 standings, inside placing distance of a 3rd POY win in that factors race.
Here is a take a look at the highest ten within the ultimate Poker Masters factors race standings:
Rank | Player | Points | Wins | Cashes | Winnings |
1 | Stephen Chidwick | 688 | 1 | 4 | $1,109,000 |
2 | Vladas Tamasauskas | 506 | 2 | 3 | $506,400 |
3 | Chino Rheem | 487 | 1 | 5 | $602,650 |
4 | Alex Foxen | 460 | 0 | 5 | $663,500 |
5 | Jonathan Jaffe | 454 | 1 | 1 | $756,000 |
6 | Andrew Lichtenberger | 327 | 1 | 4 | $367,450 |
7 | Ren Lin | 325 | 0 | 4 | $342,800 |
8 | Darren Elias | 319 | 1 | 3 | $359,500 |
9 | Justin Bonomo | 314 | 1 | 2 | $447,000 |
10 | Brian Kim | 284 | 0 | 2 | $375,500 |
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