The Big One for One Drop

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The Big One for One Drop is a poker tournament that has been played four times so far. With a buy-in of one million US dollars or euros , the poker tournament was the most expensive of the year and up to the Triton Million for Charity in August 2019 it was the most expensive poker tournament ever.

history

Initiator Guy Laliberté (2009)

The Canadian entrepreneur Guy Laliberté initiated the Big One for One Drop , in which the No Limit Hold'em variant is played. He founded the non-profit One Drop Foundation , which advocates unconditional access to clean drinking water in crisis areas. A portion of every buy-in of one million dollars (or euros) goes directly to his organization. In the first three issues, this portion was $ 111,111 (or euros) each, in July 2018 $ 80,000. In total, Laliberté has so far been able to collect more than $ 15 million for his foundation. In 2013 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 , the World Series of Poker (WSOP) held the High Roller for One Drop instead of the Big One , which requires a buy-in of $ 111,111 and 3.5% of the prize pool benefit the foundation. In October 2016 , the Big One for One Drop Extravaganza was played outside of the WSOP in Monte-Carlo , which was the most expensive poker tournament in the world with a buy-in of one million euros up to the Triton Million for Charity in August 2019. It was only accessible to recreational players invited by Laliberté. At the beginning of November 2017, the tournament was announced at the World Series of Poker 2018 .

Previous events

year city Buy-in Attendees winner origin Prize money
2012 United StatesUnited States Las Vegas $ 1,000,000 48 Antonio Esfandiari United StatesUnited States $ 18,346,673
2014 United StatesUnited States Las Vegas $ 1,000,000 42 Daniel Colman United StatesUnited States $ 15,306,668
2016 MonacoMonaco Monte Carlo € 1,000,000 26th Elton Tsang China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China € 11,111,111
2018 United StatesUnited States Las Vegas $ 1,000,000 27 Justin Bonomo United StatesUnited States $ 10,000,000
  • Previous winners

  • Antonio Esfandiari (2008)

  • Daniel Colman (2014)

  • Elton Tsang (2016)

  • Justin Bonomo (2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tournaments on wsop.com, accessed on March 23, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ Guy Laliberté Announces € 1 Million Big One for One Drop as Invitational for Rec Players Only on pokernews.com on July 10, 2016, accessed on October 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ WSOP 2018 - the $ 1M One Drop is back on pokerfirma.com on November 6, 2017, accessed November 6, 2017.