| Event 45: $25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha |
| Winner | Stephen Chidwick |
| Runners | 278 |
| Paid | 42 |
| Final Table | 8 |
| Player | Position | Points |
| Stephen Chidwick | 1 | 25 |
| Robert Mizrachi | 4 | 12 |
| Erik Seidel | 6 | 8 |
| Paul Volpe | 15 | 1 |
| Ryan Laplante | 29 | 1 |
| Justin Bonomo | 31 | 1 |
| Dan Smith | 32 | 1 |
| Dario Sammartino | 40 | 1 |
| Selector | Points | Selector | Points | Selector | Points | Selector | Points |
| Stephen 1 | 39 | John 1 | 12 | Chris H 2 | 1 | Vince | 1 |
| Gareth H | 38 | Del 1 | 9 | Craig 1 | 1 | Alan | 0 |
| Aneurin | 33 | Gareth J | 9 | Dave S 1 | 1 | Bradley 1 | 0 |
| Danny O 2 | 27 | Jonathan | 9 | Dave S 2 | 1 | Bradley 2 | 0 |
| Dave B | 27 | Paxo 1 | 8 | Del 2 | 1 | Carl 2 | 0 |
| Ryan 2 | 27 | Ben | 3 | Derek 1 | 1 | Danny O 1 | 0 |
| Ian 1 | 26 | Luca 2 | 3 | Derek 2 | 1 | Danny S 1 | 0 |
| Jordan 2 | 26 | Barrie 1 | 2 | English Tom 1 | 1 | Danny S 2 | 0 |
| Ky | 26 | Chris B | 2 | English Tom 2 | 1 | Drew | 0 |
| Nic | 26 | Dan Ow | 2 | Irish Tom 1 | 1 | Jo 2 | 0 |
| Suzanne 2 | 26 | Debbie | 2 | Irish Tom 2 | 1 | Joe CH | 0 |
| Angie | 25 | George | 2 | Jo 1 | 1 | Joe F 2 | 0 |
| Craig 2 | 25 | Joe F 1 | 2 | Karen 2 | 1 | John 2 | 0 |
| Ian 2 | 25 | Jon | 2 | Paul H | 1 | Karen 1 | 0 |
| Jordan 1 | 25 | Luca 1 | 2 | Paul R | 1 | Matthew | 0 |
| Chris K | 20 | Nathan | 2 | Richard | 1 | Peter | 0 |
| Carl 1 | 13 | Suzanne 1 | 2 | Sean | 1 | Rob | 0 |
| Paxo 2 | 13 | Barrie 2 | 1 | Simon | 1 | Stephen 2 | 0 |
| Ryan 1 | 13 | Chris H 1 | 1 | Stefan | 1 | Stuart | 0 |
Well that's changed things. Chidwick finally turned up - and won the first tournament he played. Lots of people have him, and had been disappointed by his no-show, so this will brighten them up. Despite all his success, this is his first bracelet. This has been a recurring theme this year - players who have come very close numerous times in previous years finally getting home.
It was quite a tough final table. Along with Seidel, Mizrachi and Chid, there was Alex Epstein, who had his first ever WSOP cash when he won Event#8, going for a second bracelet, and Matthew Gonzales, who final-tabled the $10k HORSE last week. And then there was James Chen, heads-up against Chidwick. You may not be familiar with Chen, but he has finalled here before and has a string of top results from Asia, including winning the APPT Macau High Roller three times.
So many selectors have Chidders on their team that the competition opens up now that he is firing, especially now Hennigan is at it too. Many of those currently in mid-table or worse could shoot up the scoreboard in coming tournaments, while those who have shone so far may find that their players no longer have as clear a run. This competition just got a whole lot more interesting.
