The UK-born pro, Stephen Chidwick, takes a substantial lead in the US Poker Open after winning back-to-back $25k events in a 48-hour span including the Mixed Game Championship.

Daniel Negreanu believes Steffen Sontheimer is the best poker player in the world.  The subsequent eyebrow twitching prompted Kid Poker to release a post edit clarifying his claim is limited to No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE) tournaments.

Because if we’re talking about the best player in the world, then many of his peers would hurl the name of Stephen Chidwick into the ring. I have seen them do it in the past.

For a long time, Chidwick had the words ‘The Best Player in the World to Never Win Anything’ sewn into his psyche. In the next five days, that may change.