Guy Laliberté and Tobias Reinkemeier each put 200,000 in preflop, and Laliberté checked after the dealer fanned . Reinkemeier fired out 220,000, Laliberté check-raised to 500,000, and the German called.
Both players checked on the turn, and the completed the board. Laliberté checked Reinkemeier bet 600,000, and Laliberté quickly folded.
Phil Galfond raised to 70,000 and Phil Ivey called from the button, Rick Salomon called from the small blind and Cary Katz called from the big. The flop came down and it was checked to Ivey who bet 175,000.
Salomon made the call and Galfond tossed in the chips as well.
The turn was the and Salomon lead out for 300,000. Galfond tanked for a bit and called, Ivey folded.
On the river the hit and quickly Salomon bet 500,000. Galfond shook his head, tanked for a while and folded.
The board read and David "Docs" Sands checked over to Talal Shakerchi. Shakerchi moved out 205,000 and Sands called to see a river.
The dealer produced the on fifth street and Sands checked once more. Shakerchi cut out a bet of 325,000 and Sands let go of his cards. Shakerchi pulled in this pot and has brought his stack up to about 2.295 million.
Tony Gregg raised to 70,000 in middle position, Daniel Colman three-bet to 175,000 on the button, and Gregg four-bet to 495,000. Colman quickly called.
The dealer fanned , Gregg tapped the felt, and Colman tossed out 280,000. Gregg called.
The turn was the , Gregg checked again, and Colman bet another 625,000. Gregg flicked his cards into the muck.
On the board, Sam Trickett checked over to Max Altergott. Altergott bet 155,000, and Trickett check-raised to 540,000. After a brief tank, Altergott folded, and Trickett won the pot.
"The dominator!" yelled out Gabe Kaplan from across the table from Trickett. With 14.36 million in chips stack, Trickett is truly dominating at the moment.
With 42 entrants, the 2014 $1,000,000 BIG ONE for ONE DROP generated a total prize pool of $37,333,338. Additionally, $4,666,662 was raised for for the One Drop foundation.
Each member of the eight-handed official final table is guaranteed a minimum of $1,306,607, and the winner will pocket $15,306,668.
Upon hearing that the top prize will not surpass the over $18 million Antonio Esfandiari earned in 2012, he gave a loud whoop.
Vanessa Selbst and Sam Trickett just clashed in an enormous pot that moved the latter up to the final-table average while the field has only lost three players.
The action started with Selbst, who raised from the cutoff seat to 65,000. Then, Trickett three-bet from the button to 205,000. The action folded back to Selbst, and she four-bet to 520,000 and the pressure was back on Trickett.
The runner-up of the first-ever Big One for One Drop eventually five-bet to 820,000 and Selbst did not waste much time before going all in. Selbst's shove was for around 3.9 million and Trickett started talking to himself almost immediately.
"I do not see how I can ever fold this. Why did you go all in so fast?" Trickett questioned. "I've got a very big hand."
After 10 seconds, Trickett slammed a handful of lavender T250,000 chips into the pot signalling a call.
Selbst showed the and Trickett tabled the , and he was ahead in a big way.
The flop brought the and Trickett cried, "No!"
But on the turn, the hit and Trickett jumped around out of joy. The river was the and Selbst was knocked out. Selbst looked devastated while Trickett was overcome with joy.
"This is the first time I've ever celebrated a hand," Trickett said, as Selbst wished everyone a good night before exiting the tournament area.
"It's over!" Scott Seiver yelled as he approached the table, "Congratulations on your second-place finish!"
David "Doc" Sands checked on a flop of , Philipp Gruissem fired out 150,000, and Jean-Robert Bellande called. Sands check-raised to 425,000, and only Bellande called.
The turn was the , and Sands led out for 740,000. Bellande tanked for a considerable amount of time - well over five minutes - then folded.
Erik Seidel made it 70,000 to go from late position and Scott Seiver flatted from the next seat over. Bill Klein was on the button and cut out a three-bet to 230,000. Seidel called and Seiver came along for the ride as well.
The flop came down and action checked back to Klein. He bet 375,000 and Seidel got out of the way. Seiver called to see the fell on fourth street. Seiver checked for a second time and Klein followed suit.
The finished off the community cards, putting a straight on the board. After about 30 seconds, Seiver announced that he was all in. Suddenly, Klein was put to the test for his tournament life of about 1.95 million. He took a deep breath and slid forward a call.
Seiver rolled over and Klein showed , meaning that the pot would be chopped.
"Good call, Bill," said Antonio Esfandiari. "Everybody knew he was moving in on the river 100% of the time."
"It was your classic race!" said Seiver. "Ace-king against queens. We deserve to chop!"
Seiver now has about 2.6 million and Klein has 2.62 million.
Philipp Gruissem raised to 60,000 and Talal Shakerchi called from his immediate left. Tom Hall was next to act and he three-bet to 250,000 from the button. The action folded back to Shakerchi and he made the call.
The flop came down and Shakerchi checked to Hall who quickly threw out a hefty bet of 600,000. Shakerchi folded and Hall raked in this pot.
"I really didn't like this flop," Hall said as he stacked his newly won chips.