Level: 2
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza
€1,000,000 Big One For One Drop
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza
Buy-in
€1,000,000
Prize Pool
€24,888,892
Entries
28
Level
22
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
More Chat, Less Music
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Level 1
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
One of the accusations thrown at professional poker is that the characters have gone, that it's all about hoodies and headphones and that spending time at a table full of professional poker players is, well, not that much fun.
It's interesting to look around the room and notice that only three of the ~25 players who're currently in their seats are wearing headphones. What's more Rick Salomon has his pair round his neck while Haralabos Voulgaris and Dan Shak are adopting the one on, one off, headphone technique.
Garou Is Playing
Level 1
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
According to Wikipedia, Pierre Garand, known by his stage name Garou, is a French Canadian singer from Sherbrooke, Quebec.
He is known for his work in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris (playing Quasimodo in both the original French and English casts) and the No. 1 hits "Belle", "Seul", "Sous le vent", and "La Rivière de notre enfance". He currently holds the SNEP record for most weeks at No. 1.
Now poker player can be added to his profile, as he just entered the €1,000,000 Big One for One Drop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000,000 |
Patrick Madden Strong Out of the Gate
Level 1
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 35,000 from under the gun, and action folded around to Patrick Madden in the small blind. He three-bet to 80,000 and Gurtovoy called.
The flop came 
and both players checked. Madden checked again when the 
fell on the turn, and Gurtovoy bet 50,000. Madden quickly called, and both players checked the 
on the river.
Madden tabled 
for a Broadway straight, and Gurtovoy mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,020,000 | 1,020,000 |
Some Early Photos
By Neil Stoddart.
Chips!
Level 1
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
There are five different chip denominations in play and they are as follows:
| Yellow chips | 1,000 |
| White chips | 5,000 |
| Pink chips | 25,000 |
| Grey/purple chips | 100,000 |
| Orange chips | 500,000 |
If you needed confirmation that this is a big tournament then a 500,000 chip in play helps ram that message home. Each player starts with 5,000,000 and their starting stack contains six of the big 500,000 denomination chips and a further 15 of the 100,000 denomination chips.
Phua Does Not Fire a Third Bullet
Level 1
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
From early position, Paul Phua raised to 26,000. He picked up no less than 3 callers; Paul Newey on the button, Jason Strasser in the small blind and Haralabos Voulgaris in the big blind.
Both blinds checked to Phua on 
and he bet 52,000. Just Voulgaris called.
Voulgaris check-called another 104,000 on the turn before both of them checked on the 
river.
Voulgaris tabled 
for runner runner full house and Phua mucked.
"A non-six river would've been interesting," Voulgaris said, "not sure what I would've done."
Who's Here?
Level 1
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
We're still awaiting the official player list, but here's who we recognize so far:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
|
5,000,000 | |
|
5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 | |
|
5,000,000 | |
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5,000,000 |
Score One for Pantling
Level 1
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
It was a battle of the sports bettors over on Table 7 where James Bord and Andrew Pantling got involved in a hand. The former raised it up to 30,000 from the hijack and Pantling smooth called on the button "I thought you were a pro," said Cary Katz, who's sandwiched between the two, to Pantling. "He has a day job," confirmed Bord to Katz as a 
flop hit the felt.
A quick rap of the table from Bord was followed by a bet of 27,000 from Pantling and the Brit swiftly folded his hand. Pot to Pantling.
New Table Opened
Level 1
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
The tournament started with a total of 3 tables in play. Just now, a new table opened and several players were reseated. Right now, 4 tables are open with 22 players in the field. As soon as we receive the official seat draw, which should be any minute now, we'll post exactly who's in the field.