Charidimos Demetriou is a Greek Cypriot-British poker player.
Education
He finished in 18th place in the 2004 WSOP Main Event, where he became annoyed with the belligerent attitude of Josh Arieh. At the 2005 WSOP, he finished as the runner-up in the $2,500 short-handed no limit hold"em event, receiving $163,850 when his Q♣ 9♠ failed to improve in the final hand against Isaac Galazan"s K♥ J♠ on a board of 8♦ 5♦ 4♦ 5♠ 2♥.
Career
Demetriou took home $80,200 for his finish. Demetriou received $147,500 for his finish in the tournament. He also made the final table of the same event at the 2006 WSOP, finishing 6th.
Despite his successes at the WSOP, he has made criticisms of disorganisation of events at the 2005 WSOP, the HORSE event at the 2006 WSOP, a change to the format of the 2006 WSOP"s shootout event and a rules decision in the 2006 WSOP main event.
Demetriou made the final table of the (WPT) season 2 Invitational event, finishing in fifth place. Demetriou made a second WPT final table in season 5, finishing runner-up when his K♥ 6♣ was outdrawn by Stanley Weiss" K♠ 5♦.
In 2003, Demetriou also appeared in the World Heads-Up Poker Championship and Poker Million. As of 2013, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,100,000.
His 10 cashes at the WSOP account for $593,544 of those winnings.