2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza

€1,000,000 Big One For One Drop
Day: 2
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

€1,000,000 Big One For One Drop

Day 2 Started

Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Alfred De Carolis us
Alfred De Carolis
13,825,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
10,735,000
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
8,850,000
Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
8,765,000
David Einhorn us
David Einhorn
8,375,000
Elton Tsang hk
Elton Tsang
7,920,000
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
7,600,000
James Bord gb
James Bord
WSOP 1X Winner
7,375,000
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
WSOP 1X Winner
6,455,000
Sean Dempsey us
Sean Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
6,380,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
6,280,000
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
6,220,000
Jason Strasser us
Jason Strasser
5,585,000
Bob Safai us
Bob Safai
4,600,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy ru
Anatoly Gurtovoy
4,475,000
Patrick Madden us
Patrick Madden
4,275,000
Guy Laliberté ca
Guy Laliberté
4,000,000
Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
EPT 1X Winner
3,750,000
Pierre Garand ca
Pierre Garand
3,585,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
2,805,000
Yaqi Sun cn
Yaqi Sun
2,645,000
Rick Salomon us
Rick Salomon
2,255,000
Zuo Wang cn
Zuo Wang
1,840,000
Tony Bloom gb
Tony Bloom
1,200,000

Day 2 of the Biggest Ever Buy-In Poker Event: You Play the Game, You Pay the Price

One Drop Extravaganza
One Drop Extravaganza

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.

TableSeatPlayerChip CountBig Blinds
91Pau Phua6,455,00054
92Tony Bloom1,200,00010
93Elton Tsang7,920,00066
94Brandon Steven8,850,00074
95Guy Laliberte4,000,00033
96Mark Teltscher3,750,00031
97James Bord7,375,00061
98Patrick Madden4,275,00036
     
101Rick Salomon2,255,00019
102Cary Katz6,220,00052
103Alfred De Carolis13,825,000115
104Zuo Wang1,840,00015
105Andrew Pantling7,600,00063
106Paul Newey2,805,00023
107Jason Strasser5,585,00047
108David Einhorn8,375,00070
     
111Bob Safai4,600,00038
112Haralabos Voulgaris8,765,00073
113Anatoly Gurtovoy4,475,00038
114Sean Dempsey6,380,00053
115Pierre Garand3,585,00030
116Talal Shakerchi6,280,00052
117Yaqi Sun2,645,00022
118Dan Shak10,735,00089

Level: 11

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 20,000

Play Underway

Level 11 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

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.

Zuo Wang Survives Early Scare

Level 11 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Zuo Wang
Zuo Wang

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: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Pantling: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

It looked like a probable split pot, but the flop fell {a-Spades}{q-Spades}{2-Spades} to give Pantling a flush draw. The turn was the {4-Hearts}, and the river the {a-Hearts}. Wang escapes the flush and survives with a chopped pot.

Tags: Andrew PantlingZuo Wang

Pantling Four-Bets, Does Not Win from De Carolis

Level 11 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

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 {10-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{Q-Spades} and De Carolis checked. Pantling checked behind after about 10 seconds. The {4-Hearts} on the turn appeared to be a blank and De Carolis bet 1.2 million. Pantling folded almost instantly.

Tags: Michael KatzAndrew Pantling

Zuo Wang Eliminated by Al De Carolis

Level 11 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Zuo Wang
Zuo Wang

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: {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
De Carolis: {J-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

The {9-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Clubs} gave Wang a pair but De Carolis now had gutshot straight outs too. The {4-Hearts} was a blank but the {J-Diamonds} 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 us
Alfred De Carolis
17,200,000 3,375,000
Zuo Wang cn
Zuo Wang
Busted

Tags: Zuo Wang

Jason Strasser vs. Andrew Pantling

Level 11 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Andrew Pantling raised to 250,000 from the button and Jason Strasser called from the big blind. Both players checked the {q-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}.

The turn was the {6-Clubs} and Strasser bet 325,000. Pantling called. The {2-Spades} fell on the river, and Strasser bet another 800,000. Pantling called again. Strasser turned over {10-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for a flush, and Pantling mucked his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Strasser us
Jason Strasser
7,325,000 1,740,000
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
4,525,000 -3,075,000

Tags: Andrew PantlingJason Strasser

Dan Shak or Phill Hellmuth?

Level 11 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

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 {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} 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.

Tags: Dan ShakHaralabos VoulgarisAnatoly Gurtovoy