€1,000,000 Big One For One Drop
Day 2 Started
€1,000,000 Big One For One Drop
Day 2 Started
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alfred De Carolis
|
13,825,000 | |
Dan Shak | 10,735,000 | |
Brandon Steven | 8,850,000 | |
Haralabos Voulgaris | 8,765,000 | |
David Einhorn | 8,375,000 | |
Elton Tsang | 7,920,000 | |
Andrew Pantling | 7,600,000 | |
James Bord
|
7,375,000 | |
Paul Phua
|
6,455,000 | |
Sean Dempsey
|
6,380,000 | |
Talal Shakerchi | 6,280,000 | |
Cary Katz | 6,220,000 | |
Jason Strasser | 5,585,000 | |
Bob Safai
|
4,600,000 | |
Anatoly Gurtovoy | 4,475,000 | |
Patrick Madden | 4,275,000 | |
Guy Laliberté | 4,000,000 | |
Mark Teltscher
|
3,750,000 | |
Pierre Garand
|
3,585,000 | |
Paul Newey | 2,805,000 | |
Yaqi Sun
|
2,645,000 | |
Rick Salomon | 2,255,000 | |
Zuo Wang | 1,840,000 | |
Tony Bloom | 1,200,000 |
After 10 levels of 45 minutes each on Day 1, still 24 players of 28 entries remain. In two hours time, Day 2 commences of the 2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza €1,000,000 Big One For One Drop. The goal is to play down to a final table of 8.
Players still have the option to buy in, which would grant them a crisp 5,000,000-stack. With blinds starting at 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000-ante, that means a 41 big blind stack awaits players that enter now.
Leading the way is entrepreneur and investor Alfred De Carolis. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, De Carolis earned a business degree from the College of Santa Fe in the early 1980’s; and has, since then, become a respected serial entrepreneur. His latest investment includes the acclaimed 9021PHO. This restaurant, featuring an exquisite fusion of French and Vietnamese cuisines, includes five successful locations in California. His ventures also include the Hollywood movie industry, where Decarolis collaborated as an executive producer with 4-time Oscar-nominated star, Leonardo DiCaprio. Their documentary, "The 11th hour", was released in 2007 and designated a Critics’ Pick by the New York Times’ film reviewers. At the 2014 WSOP, Decarolis finished an impressive third place in Event #2, No Limit Texas Hold'em - Mixed Max, earning him $290,622.
The shortest stack in the room is Tony Bloom, who's Business Insider profile reads like an exciting adventure novel. Bloom is a successful property investor, sports bettor and the creator of Starlizard, a sports betting consulting firm. Known as "The Lizard", his first major win was in the 2004 Aussie Millions for A$426,500. Over the last few years, he’s focused on being the chairman of his beloved Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club.
There's a French-Canadian singer, known for his work in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris playing Quasimodo in both the original French and English casts (Pierre Garand, better known as Garou), a player that gained widespread notoriety after a sex tape with Paris Hilton leaked (Rick Salomon) and a bunch of other larger than life characters. This event is truly unique, so much is clear.
PokerNews will again be on the floor the entire day with live updates from the first flop till the last river. Besides coverage of the €1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop, we'll also sporadically peek at the €25,000-No-Limit Hold'em and €10,000-Mixed Games NLHE/PLO 6-max events that'll run today.
Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
9 | 1 | Pau Phua | 6,455,000 | 54 |
9 | 2 | Tony Bloom | 1,200,000 | 10 |
9 | 3 | Elton Tsang | 7,920,000 | 66 |
9 | 4 | Brandon Steven | 8,850,000 | 74 |
9 | 5 | Guy Laliberte | 4,000,000 | 33 |
9 | 6 | Mark Teltscher | 3,750,000 | 31 |
9 | 7 | James Bord | 7,375,000 | 61 |
9 | 8 | Patrick Madden | 4,275,000 | 36 |
10 | 1 | Rick Salomon | 2,255,000 | 19 |
10 | 2 | Cary Katz | 6,220,000 | 52 |
10 | 3 | Alfred De Carolis | 13,825,000 | 115 |
10 | 4 | Zuo Wang | 1,840,000 | 15 |
10 | 5 | Andrew Pantling | 7,600,000 | 63 |
10 | 6 | Paul Newey | 2,805,000 | 23 |
10 | 7 | Jason Strasser | 5,585,000 | 47 |
10 | 8 | David Einhorn | 8,375,000 | 70 |
11 | 1 | Bob Safai | 4,600,000 | 38 |
11 | 2 | Haralabos Voulgaris | 8,765,000 | 73 |
11 | 3 | Anatoly Gurtovoy | 4,475,000 | 38 |
11 | 4 | Sean Dempsey | 6,380,000 | 53 |
11 | 5 | Pierre Garand | 3,585,000 | 30 |
11 | 6 | Talal Shakerchi | 6,280,000 | 52 |
11 | 7 | Yaqi Sun | 2,645,000 | 22 |
11 | 8 | Dan Shak | 10,735,000 | 89 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
Tournament director Jack Effel just asked the dealers to shuffle up and deal. No new players have signed up, so it's 24 players divided over 3 even tables of 8. A 90-minute dinner break will commence after the 8th level of play today, which should be around 7pm. A prize pool calculation is currently in the works, but it looks like 5 places will get paid. We'll update you as soon as details are released by the organization.
On the first hand of Day 2 on the feature table, Zuo Wang moved all in from under the gun for 1,820,000. Andrew Pantling called from his direct left, and everyone else folded.
Wang:
Pantling:
It looked like a probable split pot, but the flop fell to give Pantling a flush draw. The turn was the , and the river the . Wang escapes the flush and survives with a chopped pot.
Under the gun, Andrew Pantling raised to 250,000 and Cary Katz on the button made the call. Small blind Alfred De Carolis squeezed to 760,000 and the big blind folded. Pantling four-bet to 1.6 million and Katz quickly threw away his cards. De Carolis asked how much it was, counted out the chips, and called.
The flop came a dangerous and De Carolis checked. Pantling checked behind after about 10 seconds. The on the turn appeared to be a blank and De Carolis bet 1.2 million. Pantling folded almost instantly.
The rich get richer as Al De Carolis just extended his chip lead by eliminating Zuo Wang.
In the hand in question, it folded to De Carolis on the button and he made it 400,000 to go, Wang moved in for around 1,750,000 from the small blind and De Carolis quickly called.
Wang:
De Carolis:
The gave Wang a pair but De Carolis now had gutshot straight outs too. The was a blank but the was the killer card for Wang. Be it a €20 freezeout of a €1,000,000 buy-in, it seems it's always the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alfred De Carolis
|
17,200,000 | 3,375,000 |
Zuo Wang | Busted |
Andrew Pantling raised to 250,000 from the button and Jason Strasser called from the big blind. Both players checked the .
The turn was the and Strasser bet 325,000. Pantling called. The fell on the river, and Strasser bet another 800,000. Pantling called again. Strasser turned over for a flush, and Pantling mucked his cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Strasser | 7,325,000 | 1,740,000 |
Andrew Pantling | 4,525,000 | -3,075,000 |
Action folded to Dan Shak and he made it 400,000 to go, a 2.5x raise, and he picked up a caller in the shape of Anatoly Gurtovoy. On the flop Shak bet 500,000 and took the pot.
"I thought it was 80,000/160,000," said Shak, explaining what for him was a larger than usual open raise. "I looked up (at the tournament clock) and saw 80/160 and thought that's what the blinds were."
"I thought you'd gone to the Phill Helmuth school of thought," joked Haralabos Voulgaris as Shak was stacking the chips.