The Big One for One Drop is a $1,000,000
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tournament hosted at the
World Series of Poker
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(WSOP). Added in
2012
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, it became the highest buy-in poker tournament in history as well as the
largest single payout offered. The event is known for its charitable contributions, as $111,111 or €111,111 of each player's buy in is donated to the
One Drop Foundation One Drop is an international non-profit organization based in Montreal, created in 2007 by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté, which is focused on water initiatives.
Arts and culture
One Drop uses circus arts, folklore, popular theatre, musi ...
, an international non-profit organization created by
Cirque du Soleil
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founder
Guy Laliberté
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, which focuses on water initiatives.
History
Canadian entrepreneur Guy Laliberté started the Big One for One Drop in 2012 as a No-Limit hold 'em event hosted at the
World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker pla ...
. He founded the nonprofit One Drop Foundation, which seeks unconditional access to safe drinking water in crisis areas. Buy-ins range from $111,111 for the high roller event to $1,000,000 for the Big One or €1,000,000 for the spin off Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza event hosted in Europe. 3.5% of the prize pool benefits the One Drop Foundation. The event was hosted at the WSOP in 2014. A smaller event known as the "High Roller for One Drop" hosted in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 has a buy in of $111,111 with $11,111 going toward charity.
Antonio Esfandiari
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won the first event defeating
Sam Trickett
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heads-up and earned $18,346,673.
In 2013, the following year, the WSOP hosted the lower buy-in $111,111 High Roller event, won by
Anthony Gregg. Gregg defeated Chris Klodnicki heads up and earned $4,830,619.
In 2014, the $1,000,000 Big One returned. The final table consisted of professional players such as
Dan Colman
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,
Daniel Negreanu
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,
Christoph Vogelsang,
Tobias Reinkemeier and
Scott Seiver
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as well as recreational players
Paul Newey
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Career
In 1991, Newey co-founded Ocean Finance, a loan and mortgage ...
,
Cary Katz
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Career
Katz graduated from University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. In 1999, he founded the College Loan Corporation, where ...
and
Rick Salomon
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. Colman won the tournament defeating Negreanu heads up and earned $15,306,668.
From 2015 to 2017, One Drop only offered the lower $111,111 High Roller event at the WSOP with
Jonathan Duhamel
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Jo ...
,
Fedor Holz
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and
Doug Polk
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winning each event respectively.
In October 2016, the Big One for One Drop Extravaganza returned at a new venue held in Monte Carlo. The buy-in was €1,000,000 and opened only to recreational players. Canadian Chinese poker player
Elton Tsang
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won the event for €11,111,111 after defeating Anatoly Gurtovoy of
Russia
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heads up.
In November 2017, it was announced that the $1,000,000 buy-in event would return to the
2018 World Series of Poker
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.
27 players entered for a total prizepool of $24,840,000, and $80,000 from each buy-in donated to the One Drop foundation for a total of $2,160,000.
Results
* Note that this event did not award a bracelet to the winner.
2012 Big One for One Drop
* 3-Day Event: July 1–3
* Buy-in: $1,000,000
* Number of Entries: 48
* Total Prize Pool: $42,666,672
* Number of Payouts: 9
* Winning Hand:
2013 High Roller for One Drop
* 4-Day Event: June 26–29
* Buy-in: $111,111
* Number of Entries: 166
* Total Prize Pool: $17,891,148
* Number of Payouts: 24
* Winning Hand:
2014 Big One for One Drop
* 3-Day Event: June 29–July 1
* Buy-in: $1,000,000
* Number of Entries: 42
* Total Prize Pool: $37,333,338
* Number of Payouts: 8
* Winning Hand:
2015 High Roller for One Drop
* 2-Day Event: June 28–29
* Buy-in: $111,111
* Number of Entries: 135
* Total Prize Pool: $14,249,925
* Number of Payouts: 16
* Winning Hand:
2016 High Roller for One Drop
* 3-Day Event: July 8–10
* Buy-in: $111,111
* Number of Entries: 183
* Total Prize Pool: $19,316,565
* Number of Payouts: 28
* Winning Hand:
2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza
* 3-Day Event: October 14–16
* Buy-in: €1,000,000
* Number of Entries: 28 (2 rebuys)
* Total Prize Pool: $27,437,564
* Number of Payouts: 6
* Winning Hand:
2017 High Roller for One Drop
* 4-Day Event: June 2–5
* Buy-in: $111,111
* Number of Entries: 130
* Total Prize Pool: $13,722,150
* Number of Payouts: 20
* Winning Hand:
2018 Big One for One Drop
* 3-Day Event: July 15–17
* Buy-in: $1,000,000
* Number of Entries: 27
* Total Prize Pool: $24,840,000
* Number of Payouts: 5
* Winning Hand:
References
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