The Big One for One Drop 2012
The Big One for One Drop 2012 was the first edition of this poker tournament . It was played from July 1-3, 2012 as part of the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and, with a buy-in of one million dollars, was the most expensive poker tournament of 2012.
structure
The tournament in the variant No-Limit Hold'em was the 55th event on the tournament schedule of the WSOP in 2012 and took place from 1 to 3 July. The buy-in was $ 1 million, of which $ 111,111 went to Guy Laliberté's One Drop Foundation , which advocates unconditional access to clean drinking water in crisis areas. A total of 48 players took part, generating a prize pool of more than $ 42.5 million.
Attendees
The following 48 players took part:
Results
There were nine paid places for the 48 participants. Winner Antonio Esfandiari won the highest prize money to date that was paid out in a live poker tournament and consequently took the lead in the money list , which he had to relinquish to Daniel Negreanu after the tournament in early July 2014 .
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $ ) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Antonio Esfandiari | 18,346,673 | |
2 | Sam Trickett | 10.112.001 | |
3 | David Unicorn | 4,352,000 | |
4th | Phil Hellmuth | 2,645,333 | |
5 | Guy Laliberté | 1,834,666 | |
6th | Brian Rast | 1,621,333 | |
7th | Bobby Baldwin | 1,408,000 | |
8th | Richard Yong | 1,237,333 | |
9 | Mike Sexton | 1,109,333 |
Web links
- The Big One for One Drop 2012 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
- The Big One for One Drop 2012 on the World Series of Poker website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop (Event # 55)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 31, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Complete list of players All in for One Drop on allinforonedrop.com, accessed on March 31, 2017.