Stephen Chidwick Eliminated in 7th Place (€187,200)

Action folded to Stephen Chidwick in the hijack and he opted to move all in. John Juanda, who only had 375,000, called off from the small blind and the cards were turned up.

Juanda:
Chidwick:

JJ had woken up with , and Chidwick was looking for either an ace or some hearts. The flop opened up a whole new set of possibilities as Chidwick flopped an open-ended straight draw, but fortunately for Juanda, the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.

Two hands later, Chidwick raised to 100,000 under the gun (leaving himself about 125,000 behind), and then moved all in when Scott Seiver min-raised from the hijack. Seiver called and Chidwick discovered the bad news.

Chidwick:
Seiver:

Chidwick was in desperate need of a four, but one did not come as the board ran out . Chidwick was felled in seventh place and will take home €187,200 for his performance.