The Big One for One Drop 2018
The Big One for One Drop 2018 was the fourth edition of this poker tournament . It was played from July 15 to 17, 2018 as part of the World Series of Poker 2018 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and, with a buy-in of one million US dollars, was the most expensive poker tournament of 2018.
structure
The No Limit Hold'em variant was the 78th and last event on the 2018 WSOP tournament schedule . It took place from July 15th to 17th, 2018. The buy-in was $ 1 million, of which $ 80,000 went to Guy Laliberté's One Drop Foundation , which advocates unconditional access to safe drinking water in crisis areas. The maximum number of players was 48 participants. In mid-June 2018, 30 players had already reserved a place, including 22 professional poker players and 8 businessmen. In the end, however, only 27 players registered, generating a prize pool of just under $ 25 million.
transmission
The US TV broadcaster ESPN and the paid streaming website PokerGO broadcast the event live from the second day of the tournament in cooperation with Poker Central .
Attendees
The following 27 players took part:
Results
Each player received a starting stack of five million chips. On the first day of the tournament, 24 players registered for the event, with David Peters , Antonio Esfandiari , Isaac Haxton , Bryn Kenney and Jake Schindler, five players being eliminated on the same day. Rick Salomon led the field of the remaining 19 players with almost 11.5 million chips at the end of the day. In the first level of the second day the registration was still open; With Byron Kaverman , Rainer Kempe and Brian Rast three players took advantage of this opportunity. The day ended with six remaining players, with Justin Bonomo being the clear chip leader with a stack of almost 50 million chips.
David Einhorn was eliminated at the final table when he called the all- in with A ♠ Q ♥ on a flop of 7 ♣ 5 ♣ 5 ♥ against Bonomo's 7 ♦ 4 ♥ . With that the prize ranks were reached and the remaining players had a prize money of two million dollars. Only about 15 minutes later there was a big pot: Short Stack Kaverman presented A ♣ 5 ♣ all-in and got a call from Fedor wood ' 10 ♠ 10 ♣ , who was sitting right behind him. In the big blind was Salomon, who at this point had almost as many chips as Holz and also pushed all-in with A ♥ K ♥ . After some reflection made wood the call, both players picked up a board of A ♦ K ♠ 2 ♣ Q ♣ 10 ♦ with a set on the river out of the tournament and took the lead in chips. Another two hours later Bonomo eliminated Dan Smith from the tournament with K ♠ 10 ♥ , who had brought all his chips into the middle of the table with Q ♦ 10 ♦ . Holz went into the decisive heads-up with a small tour. Bonomo took over this again when he called the all-in from Holz with 8 ♦ 4 ♦ on Q ♣ 4 ♣ 3 ♠ 8 ♥ 6 ♦ and he could only show a bluff with K ♠ J ♦ . In the final hand all the chips went into the middle before the flop and Bonomo dominated with A ♠ J ♦ Holz ' A ♣ 4 ♠ , who couldn't improve on the board. Bonomo, who had won both Super High Roller Bowls in Macau and Las Vegas , the WSOP Heads-Up Championship and prize money of almost $ 15 million in the same year before , secured the highest prize money of his poker career to date and overtook him with the grand prize of ten million dollars Erik Seidel and Daniel Negreanu in the All Time Money List , which he then topped until August 2019.
| space | origin | player | Prize money (in $ ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Justin Bonomo | 10,000,000 |
| 2 |
|
Fedor wood | 6,000,000 |
| 3 |
|
Dan Smith | 4,000,000 |
| 4th |
|
Rick Salomon | 2,800,000 |
| 5 |
|
Byron Kaverman | 2,000,000 |
Web links
- The Big One for One Drop 2018 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
- The Big One for One Drop 2018 on the World Series of Poker website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tournament Schedule on the World Series of Poker website, accessed December 14, 2017.
- ↑ a b Only 18 Spots Open Month Away from $ 1 Million Big One for One Drop on pokernews.com on June 15, 2018, accessed June 19, 2018.
- ^ Prize Pool Announced; $ 10,000,000 for first on pokernews.com on July 16, 2018, accessed July 16, 2018.
- ↑ The $ 1,000,000 Big One for One Drop Starts Today! on pokernews.com on July 15, 2018, accessed on July 16, 2018.
- ↑ Big One for One Drop: Salomon Leads; Superstars Ivey and Negreanu Among Big Stacks After Day 1 on pokernews.com on July 16, 2018, accessed on July 16, 2018.
- ↑ Three New Entries for Day 2 on pokernews.com from July 16, 2018, accessed on July 16, 2018.
- ↑ Year of Bonomo Continues as he Bags Big Lead on One Drop Bubble on pokernews.com on July 17, 2018, accessed on July 17, 2018.
- ↑ David Einhorn Bubbles the Big One for One Drop on pokernews.com from July 18, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Rick Salomon Eliminated in 4th Place ($ 2,840,000); Byron Kaverman Eliminated in 5th Place ($ 2,000,000) on pokernews.com on July 18, 2018, accessed July 18, 2018.
- ↑ Dan Smith Eliminated in 3rd Place ($ 4,000,000) on pokernews.com, July 18, 2018, accessed July 18, 2018.
- ↑ Hands # 131-135: Bonomo Picks Off a Huge Bluff to Double on pokernews.com on July 18, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2018.
- ↑ Fedor Holz Eliminated in 2nd Place ($ 6,000,000) on pokernews.com July 18, 2018, accessed July 18, 2018.
- ↑ Justin Bonomo Wins $ 1 Million Big One for One Drop ($ 10,000,000) on pokernews.com on July 18, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2018.