Stephen Chidwick Takes Slight Lead Over Thomas Boivin Into U.S. Poker Open Event #7 Final Table

Brandon Bloom - March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Stephen Chidwick accumulated a large stack early, and at various points in the day, held over double the amount of chips as the second stack. He lost some chips near the bubble when Dan Smith doubled through him multiple times, but still ran up his stack to become the chip

Stephen Chidwick Leads Final Table of 2022 U.S. Poker Open Event #7

Stephen Chidwick accumulated a large stack early in the day and continued his run to take the chip lead into the final day. Belgian Thomas Boivin is not far behind, and will only have one less big blind as the six remaining players battle it out on the felt at

Alex Foxen Doubles Through Thomas Boivin

Alex Foxen ended up getting his 680,000 chips in from the button against Thomas Boivin in the hijack. Foxen: [KcKd] Boivin: [As6s] The board ran out [9d7c2d3s5c] and Foxen secured the double with his cowboys.

Ren Lin Eliminated on Event #7 Money Bubble

Ren Lin said his trademark "No Gamble, No Future," and moved all-in for 165,000 from the hijack. Alex Foxen called the button. Lin: [JhJc] Foxen: [AdTs] The [Ah6c2s] flop vaulted Foxen ahead, and the [7d] and [5h] completed the board to eliminate Lin on the Event #7 money bubble.

Andrew Lichtenberger Eliminated by Alex Foxen

Andrew Lichtenberger moved all-in for 125,000 from middle position and Alex Foxen called the button. Lichtenberger: [Qd8d] Foxen: [Ac9c] The [8s6h4h] flop put Lichtenberger ahead to the [Jd] turn, but the [Ad] spiked the river to give Foxen the better pair and eliminate Lichtenberger in 12th place.

Steve Zolotow Eliminated by Dan Smith

Steve Zolotow got his remaining stack of approximately 10,000 in from the hijack, Alex Foxen raised the small blind to 48,000, and Dan Smith called the big blind. The flop fell [asqd2h] and Foxen bet 25,000. Smith called. On the [Ac] turn, Foxen check-called a 45,000 bet, and both players checked the

Alex Foxen Doubles Through Steve Zolotow

With roughly 80,000 in the pot on a [qdts3d] flop, Alex Foxen checked the small blind and Steve Zolotow bet 36,000 from the cutoff. Foxen check-raised to 90,000 and Zolotow called. On the [Jd] turn, Foxen jammed for 151,000 and Zolotow called. Foxen: [QsTd] Zolotow: [kcjh] Foxen was ahead but had to fade several

Stephen Chidwick Shoves the Turn on Alex Foxen

Alex Foxen raised to 22,000 from under the gun and Stephen Chidwick called in the big blind. The flop landed [7d5dAs] and Chidwick checked to Foxen who bet 36,000. Chidwick called as the turn landed the [3s]. Chidwick checked and Foxen bet out 120,000. Chidwick announced he was all-in for 862,000

Shannon Shorr Bets River

With roughly 90,000 in the pot on a [Qd8h2d2h8c] board, Shannon Shorr bet 70,000 in early position. Alex Foxen was in middle position and thought about it, but laid down his hand to concede the pot without a showdown.

Alex Foxen Adds to Stack

With roughly 100,000 in the pot on a [KsQd4c4h] board, Alex Foxen bet 65,000 from the cutoff and Masashi Oya called the button. The [6c] completed the board and Foxen bet 200,000. Oya called. Foxen tabled [AsAh] and added the chips to his stack as Oya mucked.