2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza

€1,000,000 Big One For One Drop
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
65
Prize
€11,111,111
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,000,000
Prize Pool
€24,888,892
Entries
28
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Everyone's Getting Tired

Level 10 : 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante

Play has slowed down considerably, no big action was seen this level so far. Einhorn and Voulgaris just said they were getting tired and were looking forward to end of play in 20 or so minutes.

Level: 10

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 15,000

"Every Move You Make"

Level 9 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Alfred Decarolis and Guy Laliberté
Alfred Decarolis and Guy Laliberté

From early position, David Einhorn raised to 200,000 and Alfred Decarolis in the cutoff was the only caller.

Einhorn checked on {Q-Spades}{10-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} and called the 300,000 bet by Decarolis that followed. Both of them checked the {9-Spades} on the turn and the {J-Hearts} completed the board. Einhorn checked again and called the 400,000 bet that followed.

Decarolis showed {J-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Einhorn mucked after doubled checking his cards.

"Look at Al value bluffing the river!" Haralabos Voulgaris said with a big smile.

"Every breath you take every move you make..." Bob Safai started singing.

"You just merged your range there on the river, just throw in some bluffs there" Voulgaris continued.

"Every flush you make every bluff you fake..." Safai sang while Decarolis just continued stacking.

Player Chips Progress
Alfred De Carolis us
Alfred De Carolis
13,700,000 2,700,000
David Einhorn us
David Einhorn
8,600,000 1,000,000

Tags: Alfred DecarolisBob SafaiDavid EinhornHaralabos Voulgaris

One For Shakerchi, One For Wang

Level 9 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

I arrived at the table to see a big pot between Talal Shakerchi and Kamer Alyanakyan in progress. The former had bet 505,000 on the river of a {2-Clubs}{3-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades}{A-Spades} board and Kamer Alyanakyan was in the tank. He was eying up the board more than his opponent and thought for a while before committing the necessary chips to the pot.

Shakerchi rolled over {8-Spades}{5-Spades} for a flush, Alyanakyan nodded and mucked.

On the very next hand Zuo Wang made it 180,000 from under-the-gun+1 and picked up calls from Talal Shakerchi (hijack), Jason Strasser (button) and Andrew Pantling (big blind). On the {10-Spades}{8-Spades}{J-Hearts} flop Pantling led for 260,000, Wang moved in for about 1,500,000 and one by one everyone folded.

Player Chips Progress
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
3,600,000 -500,000
Kamer Alyanakyan tr
Kamer Alyanakyan
2,850,000 -850,000
Zuo Wang cn
Zuo Wang
2,250,000 -2,750,000

Tags: Andrew PantlingKamer AlyanakyanTalal ShakerchiZuo Wang

Bloom Takes From Safai

Level 9 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

A tale of pairs this one, three pairs though. Tony Bloom was the aggressor, he made it 200,000 to go from the hijack, Al Decarolis folded but accidentally exposed pocket twos as he did so. It folded to Bob Safai in the big blind and he said. "I hope I don't have a two," he looked at his hand and evidently had enough to continue in the hand as he made the call.

On the {Q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} flop Bloom bet 260,000 and Safai smooth called. That was the end of the betting as the {A-Hearts} and {7-Clubs} turn and river checked through. Bloom showed pocket tens which bested Safai's pocket fours.

Tags: Alfred DecarolisBob SafaiTony Bloom

Pantling Re-enters

Level 9 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Andrew Pantling busted early in level seven, but after taking a break he's just bought back in for another €1,000,000.

That left tournament director Jack Effel with a decision; either start a new table resulting in every table playing shorthanded, or make one table 9-handed with the rest staying 8-handed. Effel consulted all the players and they agreed with the option to make one (randomly selected) table 9-handed while the rest remained 8-handed.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
5,000,000 5,000,000

Tags: Andrew Pantling

Dempsey Dents Steven

Level 9 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

We're starting to see the orange T500,000 chips get used fairly frequently now whereas it was a rarity a couple of levels ago. In a recent pot Brandon Steven opened to 175,000 on the button and Sean Dempsey smooth called from the big blind. On the {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop Steven bet 200,000, Dempsey check-raised to 625,000 total and Steven stuck around.

On the {5-Diamonds} turn Dempsey bet 1,000,000 straight and Steven folded.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
7,300,000 -800,000
Sean Dempsey us
Sean Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
6,375,000 800,000

Tags: Brandon StevenSean Dempsey

Level: 9

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Visual Chip Count in the Break (full)

Level 8 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Alfred De Carolis us
Alfred De Carolis
13,700,000 4,010,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy ru
Anatoly Gurtovoy
9,300,000 300,000
Bob Safai us
Bob Safai
9,050,000 4,010,000
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
WSOP 1X Winner
8,900,000 -50,000
Elton Tsang hk
Elton Tsang
8,200,000 -950,000
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
8,100,000 -100,000
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
7,700,000 1,100,000
David Einhorn us
David Einhorn
7,600,000 445,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
7,140,000 1,140,000
Yaqi Sun cn
Yaqi Sun
6,050,000 350,000
Patrick Madden us
Patrick Madden
5,950,000 -710,000
Sean Dempsey us
Sean Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
5,575,000 -1,250,000
Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
5,200,000
Zuo Wang cn
Zuo Wang
5,000,000 1,835,000
Jason Strasser us
Jason Strasser
5,000,000 450,000
Pierre Garand ca
Pierre Garand
4,965,000 85,000
Tony Bloom gb
Tony Bloom
4,200,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
4,100,000 -65,000
Guy Laliberté ca
Guy Laliberté
4,000,000 -5,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
4,000,000 -1,480,000
Kamer Alyanakyan tr
Kamer Alyanakyan
3,700,000 -630,000
James Bord gb
James Bord
WSOP 1X Winner
3,700,000 -100,000
Rick Salomon us
Rick Salomon
2,325,000 5,000
Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
EPT 1X Winner
1,435,000 -545,000