BPO Leaders Battle From Start
Heading into the final two events of the series, Sam Soverel has a stranglehold on the British Poker Open leaderboard. The double winner is over 350 points clear of Stephen Chidwick. Both are at Table 3 to start and they could have an interesting dynamic through the early levels.
Chidwick needs a result in Event #9 to keep the points race alive. Conversely, another BPO cash for Soverel would secure the title. There are still some outcomes where Steve O’Dwyer, Sam Greenwood, and Robert Flink can take the points lead, but the Swede has been MIA over the last few BPO events.
An updated look at the series top-ten is provided below:
| RANK | PLAYER | POINTS | CASH |
| 1 | Sam Soverel (5) | 780 | £788,700 |
| 2 | Stephen Chidwick (4) | 420 | £343,500 |
| 3 | George Wolff (2) | 340 | £232,500 |
| 4 | Steve O’Dwyer (2) | 280 | £170,300 |
| 5 | Sam Greenwood (2) | 260 | £147,200 |
| 6 | Robert Flink (2) | 240 | £108,800 |
| 7 | Sergi Reixach | 200 | £253,000 |
| 8 | Elio Fox (2) | 200 | £157,000 |
| 9 | Paul Newey | 200 | £156,400 |
| 10 | Luc Greenwood | 200 | £119,600 |
