2018 World Series of Poker

Event #78: The Big One for One Drop - $1,000,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠j♦
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000,000
Prize Pool
$24,840,000
Entries
27
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
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End-of-Day Chip Counts; Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

Mickey Doft
Mickey Doft
Level 10 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
RoomTableSeatPlayer NameCountryChip CountBig Blinds
Amazon4311Daniel NegreanuCanada8,100,00081
Amazon4312Steffen SontheimerGermany5,150,00052
Amazon4314Christoph VogelsangGermany5,680,00057
Amazon4315David EinhornUnited States6,110,00061
Amazon4316Dominik NitscheGermany6,550,00066
Amazon4318Cary KatzUnited States5,230,00052
       
Amazon4391Matthew SiegalCanada7,900,00079
Amazon4392Adrian MateosSpain3,100,00031
Amazon4393Erik SeidelUnited States6,835,00068
Amazon4394Jason KoonUnited States6,540,00065
Amazon4395Fedor HolzGermany3,220,00032
Amazon4396Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom4,550,00045
Amazon4397Talal ShakerchiUnited Kingdom6,745,00067
       
Amazon4471Rick SalomonUnited States11,445,000114
Amazon4473Nick PetrangeloUnited States5,300,00053
Amazon4474Dan SmithUnited States7,735,00077
Amazon4475Justin BonomoUnited States4,715,00047
Amazon4476Phil IveyUnited States10,365,000104
Amazon4477Mikita BadziakouskiBelarus4,725,00047
Player Chips Progress
Rick Salomon us
Rick Salomon 		11,445,000
1,020,000
 1,020,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey 		10,365,000
565,000
 565,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu 		8,100,000
-100,000
 -100,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Matthew Siegal ca
Matthew Siegal
7,900,000
400,000
 400,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith 		7,735,000
135,000
 135,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel 		6,835,000
-1,115,000
 -1,115,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi 		6,745,000
-255,000
 -255,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche 		6,550,000
-20,000
 -20,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon 		6,540,000
60,000
 60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Einhorn us
David Einhorn 		6,110,000
-940,000
 -940,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang 		5,680,000
1,290,000
 1,290,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo 		5,300,000
600,000
 600,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz 		5,230,000
-370,000
 -370,000
$25K Fantasy
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer 		5,150,000
-350,000
 -350,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski 		4,725,000
275,000
 275,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo 		4,715,000
-115,000
 -115,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick 		4,550,000
-345,000
 -345,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz 		3,220,000
-230,000
 -230,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos 		3,100,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner

Big One for One Drop: Salomon Leads; Superstars Ivey and Negreanu Among Big Stacks After Day 1

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 10 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Phil Ivey second in chips after Day 1
Phil Ivey second in chips after Day 1

The final event of the 2018 World Series of Poker has attracted some of the biggest names in poker, which comes as no surprise with a price tag of $1,000,000 for The Big One for One Drop. A total of 24 players ponied up the seven-figure buy-in and 19 of them bagged up chips after 10 levels of one hour each.

Rick Salomon ended up at the top of the counts with a stack of 11,445,000, and the American already has two final table appearances in this very event to his name. In 2014, Salomon finished fourth for $2,800,000 right here in Las Vegas, and followed that up with a third-place finish for €3,000,000 in The Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza in 2016.

Poker superstar and 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey follows in second place with 10,365,000 and all-time money leader Daniel Negreanu bagged up the third-most chips with 8,100,000.

In a field filled with the who's who of poker, other notables such as Dan Smith (7,735,000), Erik Seidel (6,835,000), Talal Shakerchi (6,745,000), Dominik Nitsche (6,550,000), Jason Koon (6,540,000), Christoph Vogelsang (5,680,000), Nick Petrangelo (5,300,000), Justin Bonomo (4,715,000), Stephen Chidwick (4,550,000), Fedor Holz (3,220,000), and Adrian Mateos (3,100,000) all advanced to Day 2.

The registration remains open until the cards get back in the air on Monday, July 16, 2018, at noon local time, and the action recommences with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and a big blind ante of 100,000. All new additions to the field will receive 50 big blinds and the penultimate day is scheduled to play 10 levels or down to the final six, whichever comes first.

Big One for One Drop Winners

YearPlaceWinnerCountryPrizeEntriesPrize Pool
2012Las VegasAntonio EsfandiariUnited States$18,346,67348$42,666,672
2014Las VegasDan ColmanUnited States$15,306,66842$37,333,338
2016Monte CarloElton TsangHong Kong€11,111,11128€24,888,892

Action of Day 1

The cards were barely underway when a four-million-chip pot emerged and the early action continued to provide plenty of entertainment for the nearby rail in the Rio All Suite & Casino. Daniel Negreanu won a big pot off 2014 Big One for One Drop champion Antonio Esfandiari and David Peters became the first elimination of the day after his flopped top two pair ended up second-best to the turned flush of Adrian Mateos.

Antonio Esfandiari
2012 champion Antonio Esfandiari was eliminated on Day 1

In the fifth level of the day, Esfandiari got his stack in with ace-king and Jason Koon had him dominated with pocket kings. The six-high board provided no help for Esfandiari and he joined the rail without anything to show for the day.

After the dinner break, Isaac Haxton clashed twice with Cary Katz and ended up second-best with king-queen against the ace-queen of Katz to become the third casualty of the tournament. Phil Ivey then switched gears and sent Bryn Kenney and Jake Schindler to the rail in quick succession to jump over 11 million in chips.

One table over, Justin Bonomo was involved in plenty of big pots and his stack took a roller coaster ride after doubling Erik Seidel. In the final level of the night, Bonomo ended up all in and at risk with queen-ten suited against the ace-king of Nick Petrangelo and a ten in the window kept Bonomo in the running.

Adrian Mateos also avoided an upset just before bagging and tagging. The Spaniard was the first to double up his stack, but the early rungood soon turned into a nightmare and the youngest-ever three-time WSOP bracelet winner was suddenly among the shortest stacks. Mateos ended up all in with king-queen against the ace-jack of Talal Shakerchi and spiked a straight on the river.

The remaining 19 players will return at noon local time and some other big names are expected to join the action before the cards get back in the air. Make sure to tune back in as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all you need to know in the most-expensive poker tournament of the year.

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu third in chips after Day 1

Tags: Adrian MateosAntonio EsfandiariBig One For One DropBryn KenneyCary KatzChristoph VogelsangDan SmithDaniel NegreanuDavid PetersDominik NitscheErik SeidelFedor HolzIsaac HaxtonJake SchindlerJason KoonJustin BonomoNick PetrangeloPhil IveyRick SalomonStephen ChidwickTalal Shakerchi

Event #78: The Big One for One Drop - $1,000,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

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