The Big One for One Drop 2016
The Big One for One Drop 2016 , also Big One for One Drop Extravaganza 2016 , was the third edition of this poker tournament . It was played from October 14 to 16, 2016 as part of the Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza in the Monte-Carlo Casino and, with a buy-in of one million euros up to the Triton Million for Charity in August 2019, was the most expensive poker tournament worldwide .
structure
The tournament in the variant No-Limit Hold'em was held from 14 to 16 October 2016th It was organized by Guy Laliberté and was only open to recreational players invited by him. The buy-in was one million euros, of which 111,111 euros went to Laliberté's One Drop Foundation , which advocates unconditional access to clean drinking water in crisis areas. A total of 26 players took part, of which Laliberté and Pantling used the option of a rebuy. The prize pool was therefore almost 25 million euros.
Attendees
The following 26 players took part:
Results
There were six paid places for the participants.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in € ) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Elton Tsang | 11.111.111 | |
2 | Anatoly Gurtovoi | 5,427,781 | |
3 | Rick Salomon | 3,000,000 | |
4th | James board | 2,100,000 | |
5 | Cary Katz | 1,750,000 | |
6th | Andrew Pantling | 1,500,000 |
Web links
- The Big One for One Drop 2016 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
- The Big One for One Drop 2016 on the World Series of Poker website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza (€ 888,889 + 111,111 No Limit Hold'em Big One For One Drop) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 31, 2017 (English).
- ↑ € 1 Million One Drop Extravaganza - 24 players left in the world's most expensive tournament on pokerolymp.com on October 15, 2016, accessed on March 31, 2017.