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

Level: 7

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Chip Counts in the Break (full)

Level 6 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Anatoly Gurtovoy ru
Anatoly Gurtovoy
14,900,000 1,271,000
Alfred De Carolis us
Alfred De Carolis
9,690,000 1,390,000
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
8,065,000 1,665,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
7,980,000 480,000
David Einhorn us
David Einhorn
7,155,000 155,000
Sean Dempsey us
Sean Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
6,825,000 25,000
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
6,600,000 1,600,000
Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
6,000,000 200,000
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
WSOP 1X Winner
5,555,000 455,000
Yaqi Sun cn
Yaqi Sun
5,550,000 675,000
Elton Tsang hk
Elton Tsang
5,500,000 -50,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
5,480,000 -520,000
Tony Bloom gb
Tony Bloom
5,000,000
James Bord gb
James Bord
WSOP 1X Winner
4,750,000 350,000
Kamer Alyanakyan tr
Kamer Alyanakyan
4,330,000 520,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
4,240,000 -460,000
Jason Strasser us
Jason Strasser
4,095,000 -305,000
Guy Laliberté ca
Guy Laliberté
4,005,000 -865,000
Bob Safai us
Bob Safai
3,750,000 -2,750,000
Rick Salomon us
Rick Salomon
3,400,000 -670,000
Zuo Wang cn
Zuo Wang
3,165,000 -385,000
Patrick Madden us
Patrick Madden
2,900,000 -680,000
Pierre Garand ca
Pierre Garand
2,790,000 -1,310,000
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
1,800,000 -100,000
Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
EPT 1X Winner
1,715,000 -320,000

Garand Can't Call

Level 6 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

With the clock running down to zero, Brandon Steven opened under the gun to 100,000. Action folded around to Pierre Garand in the big blind.

"One for the road" he said as he called while the other players started their 60-minute dinner break.

Garand bet out 200,000 on {8-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Steven called.

The {8-Spades} hit the turn and Garand, with a big smile, bet 350,000. Steven raised to 900,000 and Garand called.

With the {K-Spades} completing the board, Garand checked. Steven bet 910,000 and after some time thinking about it, Garand folded.

Tags: Brandon StevenPierre Garand

David Einhorn Takes it on the River

Level 6 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

David Einhorn raised to 100,000 from the button and Zuo Wang three-bet to 315,000 from the small blind. Einhorn called.

The flop came {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades} and Wang continued for 240,000. Einhorn thought for a minute, then called.

The {5-Spades} fell on the turn and Zuo checked. Einhorn bet out 450,000 and Wang called. The river was the {q-Diamonds} and Wang checked again. Einhorn tossed out 1,100,000 and Wang went deep into the tank. After thinking for about three minutes, he folded his hand, and the dealer pushed the pot to Einhorn.

Player Chips Progress
David Einhorn us
David Einhorn
7,000,000 1,025,000
Zuo Wang cn
Zuo Wang
3,550,000 -1,050,000

Tags: David EinhornZuo Wang

Tony Bloom Arrives

Level 6 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

We had Tony Bloom on our list of expected players and the Brighton and Hove Albion chairman has now arrived to play. He's taken up residency in seat one at the feature table. His arrival takes the total number of entries up to 27.

Tags: Tony Bloom

Einhorn Brings the Pain

Level 6 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

We've seen a lot of check-raising in this tournament so far and David Einhorn was the latest to pull off the trick. He opened to 100,000 and called after an in position Zuo Wang had three-bet to 300,000 total.

The two of them saw a {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{A-Clubs} flop, Einhorn checked, Wang bet out for 375,000 and Einhorn decided to check-raise to 900,000 straight. It didn't take Wang too long to release his cards and concede the pot to Einhorn.

Player Chips Progress
David Einhorn us
David Einhorn
5,975,000 945,000
Zuo Wang cn
Zuo Wang
4,600,000 -600,000

Tags: David EinhornZuo Wang

Pantling Down to 1.9 Million

Level 5 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

With already 680,000 in the pot, we saw both big blind Andrew Pantling and Sean Dempsey in the cutoff check the flop of {Q-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}.

Pantling bet 425,000 on the {8-Diamonds} turn and Dempsey called.

The river {8-Spades} had Pantling check. Dempsey bet 600,000 and Pantling called.

Dempsey showed {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and Pantling mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Dempsey us
Sean Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
6,800,000 1,100,000
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
1,900,000 -1,800,000

Tags: Andrew PantlingSean Dempsey

Steven Can't Call

Level 5 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

First to act, Dan Shak open raised to 80,000. Two positions down it was Brandon Steven raising to 200,000. Action folded back to Shak and he called.

Shak check-called a bet of {2-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and the two of them checked the {J-Clubs} on the turn. The {10-Hearts} completed the board and Shak bet 400,000. Steven thought about it for just a bit before releasing his hand into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
7,500,000 750,000
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
6,400,000 -1,600,000

Tags: Dan ShakBrandon Steven

Level: 6

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000