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For One of the Few Times All Summer, This Won't be the Only Thing the Field is Playing For
Today marks the second flight of Day 1 for the Little One for One Drop, and if yesterday's stunning turnout is any indication, today will see thousands of players take their seats for a chance to take down one of the last bracelets of the summer.
The Little One for One Drop was envisioned as a platform for recreational players to contribute to One Drop, Guy Laliberté's non-profit organization One Drop, which works to provide clean water that is accessible for those living in developing nations. Every entrant to the tournament will be donating $111 of their buy-in to the charity, which has become an integral part of the poker community during the last year.
During the first four levels of play on Day 1A and 1B, players will be permitted to reenter the tournament in the event they go bust, and yesterday's Day 1A saw plenty of pros utilize multiple bullets while trying to build their stack. There will also be no dinner break this evening, and the structure sheet will run as follows:
Level
Small blind
Big blind
Ante
Duration
Re-entry possible?
1
25
25
-
60 minutes
yes
2
25
50
-
60 minutes
yes
20 minute break
3
50
100
-
60 minutes
yes
4
75
150
-
60 minutes
yes
20 minute break
5
100
200
-
60 minutes
no
6
100
200
25
60 minutes
no
20 minute break
7
150
300
25
60 minutes
no
8
200
400
50
60 minutes
no
The excitement begins at 12 noon local time, and judging from the turnout yesterday we expect to see a diverse collection of seasoned pros, hopeful amateurs, and bankrolled players using their money for a good cause. This World Series of Poker tournament is unlike any other, and we are proud to being you the latest updates, photos, hand recaps, and chip counts. Take a look at the PokerNews Daily Update video to get ready for the action, and then keep it here throughout the day for continuous coverage live from the floor of the Rio.
Barry Greenstein just chipped up with one of the simplest plays in poker: the three-bet blind defense.
A player raised to 200 from the cutoff, and with the action back on him in the big blind, Greenstein popped it to 450. The push back worked to perfection, and the raiser mucked his hand.
With Tolagson's table located directly in front of the PokerNews Live Reporting desk, we had a firsthand seat as she just sent two players to the showers.
Her connected with the board to make a runner-runner flush, which was more than enough to best the tabled by her opponent.
Shortly after claiming her first pelt, Tolagson had her stack pushed forward once more, while another player stood to depart the table. We missed the hands, but Tolagson's was superior, and she has now tripled her starting stack early in the day.
PokerNews Blogger Jesse Capps (Seen Here Playing an Earlier WSOP Event) is Trying His Luck Here at the Little One for One Drop
With Tim Duckworth in the house trying to add to PokerNews' bracelet haul for the summer, we'd be remiss not to mention another member of the team trying his hand here today.
Field reporter and blogger Jesse Capps is playing the Little One for One Drop here today, and after a chance meeting in the notorious Poker Kitchen, we've learned that Capps has already doubled his starting stack.
Apparently, Capps found a good spot with against , and with a head start over the rest of the field the aspiring poker pro is off and running.
2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about the controversial tweet he released on Tuesday regarding private public cash games at Aria, and respond to criticism regarding the language of the tweet. Merson also discusses Macau, the potential return of online poker to New Jersey, and his friend Tony "End Boss" Gregg's win in the $111,111 One Drop High Roller.
With the tables in the Amazon Room breaking slowly but surely, Phil Ivey has finally made his way to the Brasilia Room, and the most skilled player in the game is already doing what he does best.
We watched Ivey take down two small pots by three-betting the initial raise. Both times, the opponent appeared to have no problems at all folding to the pressure of the infamous Ivey Stare.
Minutes after publishing the praises of one Phil Ivey, we watched him ship the rest of a still healthy stack into the middle without even bothering to check his hole cards.
Mohammed Barkatul told Ivey he was calling no matter what, and the man lauded as the game's best player decided to call his bluff, shoving all in blind.
Barkatul found the to be more than enough to take on two random cards, and he stayed true to his word by calling Ivey down.
Ivey slowly turned over the before revealing the with a look of disappointment flashing across his face.
When the board ran out by the turn, Ivey mysteriously called for a queen, which would have put a straight on board but not the saving chop he seemed to be alluding to.
Nonetheless, the arrived on fifth street, and Ivey made his traditional hasty exit from the tournament floor.
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arrived on fifth street, and Ivey made his traditional hasty exit from the tournament floor.
