Event #57: The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-30-2014 02:09 UTC-7

Sam Trickett Dominates Day 1

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

On Sunday, Day 1 of the second-ever $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop came to a close. A grand total of 42 players put up the $1,000,000 entry fee to compete in what will be the largest buy-in poker tournament of the year. At the end of nine levels it was 2012 Big One for One Drop runner-up Sam Trickett who bagged up the biggest stack with 13.4 million in chips.

Trickett's day began with an exciting start as he scored the first elimination of the tournament just one level into the day. Trickett clashed with David Einhorn in a hand where the former turned the nut straight against the latter's flopped set of jacks. Einhorn was eliminated from play and Trickett suddenly held double starting stack. From there, it seemed that Trickett could not be stopped as he continued to score eliminations. Trickett rivered a straight to crack Igor Kurganov's pocket queens in a four-bet pot to eliminate Kurganov roughly halfway through the day. Shortley thereafter, Trickett and Selbst played an eight-million chip pot where the three-time WSOP bracelet winner six-bet shoved with ace-king. Trickett called with pocket kings and the two endured a roller coaster of a run out. Trickett finished on top and the first-ever woman to participate in the Big One for One Drop was eliminated from play.

While Trickett finished with the largest stack in the room, others thrived throughout the day as well. Tom Hall's stack seemingly consistently trended upward and he bagged up the second largest stack with 9.125 million. Rounding out the top three is recent 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey with 7.675 million in chips.

Also returning for Day 2 is reigning Big One for One Drop champion Antonio Esfandiari. Roughly halfway through the day, Esfandiari found a key double up through Dan Smith. From there on, Esfandiari continued to build his stack and earned a good chunk of chips in a more than two-million chip pot with Erik Seidel. Esfandiari bagged up 6.725 million in chips which is good for fifth in chips overall. Interestingly enough, Esfandiari bagged up fourth in chips in this event two years ago. Day 1 chip leader and last year's runner-up Trickett, on the other hand bagged up sixth in chips two years ago. These two are seated next to one another to start Day 2.

The starting field of 42 players was reduced to just 31 by the end of the night. Those to fall throughout the day include Stanley Choi, Max Altergott, Brian Rast, Philipp Gruissem, Jason Mercier, Niklas Heinecker, Smith, and Rono Lo who fell on the last hand of the night.

Play resumes on Monday at 1 p.m. when the final 31 players will return to play a full 10 levels. As always, PokerNews will be on hand to provide the latest updates from this exciting event!

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Sam Trickett

06-30-2014 01:43 UTC-7

Rono Lo Eliminated on the Last Hand of the Day

Happy_Freaked

Level 9 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Phil Galfond raised from the button to 105,000 and Rono Lo called from the button. Phil Ivey was seated in the small blind and he three-bet to 320,000. Galfond tanked for a bit before calling and Lo called immediately with just 80,000 chips left behind.

The flop brought out and Ivey bet 500,000. Galfond folded after about 20 seconds. Lo threw his final chips into the pot and the showdown went as following.

Ivey:
Lo:

The board ran out , and Lo was knocked out on the last hand of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	7,675,000	1,025,000
Rono Lo	Busted

Tags: Phil Galfond Phil Ivey Rono Lo

06-30-2014 01:24 UTC-7

Heinecker Eliminated by Ivey

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Action folded around to Phil Ivey in the small blind who raised enough to put Niklas Heinecker all in. Heinecker called for his tournament life of what looked to be around 750,000.

Ivey:
Heinecker:

The board ran out , keeping Ivey's ace-king in the lead and sending Heinecker packing. Heinecker is the fourth German to be eliminated from play today, leaving Tobias Reinkemeier as the last German standing in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	6,650,000	850,000
Niklas Heinecker	Busted

Tags: Phil Ivey Niklas Heinecker

06-30-2014 01:08 UTC-7

Mercier Done In By Colman

donpeters

Level 9 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

From the hijack seat, Tony Gregg raised to 90,000. Jason Mercier reraised all in for 755,000 from the cutoff seat, and play folded over to Daniel Colman in the small blind. He took his time, then called. Everyone else, including Gregg, folded, and that left Colman to do battle with the at-risk Mercier.

Mercier had the , and Colman had the .

The flop came out to keep Colman in the lead. The on the turn changed everything, though, as it gave Mercier a pair of aces to put him in front. Needing to dodge a nine or a seven on the river, Mercier couldn't do it when the completed the board to give Colman a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Colman	6,460,000	1,440,000
Jason Mercier	Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier Daniel Colman Tony Gregg

06-30-2014 01:07 UTC-7

Klein and Smith Take Turns Shoving on Table 349

[user101598]

Level 9 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Scott Seiver raised to 90,000 in the cutoff, Bill Klein called on the button, and Connor Drinan three-bet to 325,000 out of the small blind. Both Seiver and Klein called, putting over a million chips in the middle.

The trio all checked on a flop of , and the turn was a repeat seven - the . Drinan checked, Seiver tossed out 380,000, and Klein moved all in for 1.685 million. Drinan quickly folded, and Seiver mulled the decision over a bit before releasing as well.

On the next hand, Seiver raised to 90,000 out of the hijack seat. Klein called in the cutoff, Drinan called on the button, and Dan Smith moved all in out of the small blind. The action folded to Klein, who looked at Smith for a count.

"Seven-hundred and five 'K,'" Smith told him.

"Thank you," Klein responded.

He eventually folded, and as Drinan was about to muck, Smith raised his arm in the air in victory. Drinan paused for a beat, then finally pushed his cards into the muck. Smith received a hearty high-five from his neighbor Brandon Steven, and was overheard saying something about having "large balls" to jam into three opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	3,205,000	-595,000
Bill Klein	3,020,000	895,000
Scott Seiver	1,810,000	-1,015,000
Dan Smith	1,050,000	300,000

Tags: Bill Klein Brandon Steven Connor Drinan Dan Smith Scott Seiver

06-30-2014 00:58 UTC-7

Schwartz Sends Gruissem Packing

Josh_Cahlik

Level 9 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Noah Schwartz opened with a preflop raise to 110,000 only to have Philipp Gruissem three-bet ship all in over the top for right around 700,000. Action came back to Schwartz and he called.

Schwartz tabled and was racing with Gruissem for his tournament life with . The board ran out , allowing Schwartz to finish the hand with sevens full of fours. Gruissem was sent packing while Schwartz increased his stack to 6.455 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Schwartz	6,455,000	1,010,000
Philipp Gruissem	Busted

Tags: Philipp Gruissem Noah Schwartz

06-30-2014 00:53 UTC-7

Shakerchi's Flopped Flush Sends Rast Packing

Happy_Freaked

Level 9 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

While following a hand on Phil Ivey's table we heard the dealer on the adjacent table announce, "Seat open!"

We rushed over to the table and saw Brian Rast gather his belonging, as he was just knocked out by Talal Shakerchi.

Isaac Haxton was kind enough to reconstruct the hand for us and he explained that Shakerchi raised under the gun and Rast called. The flop came down and Shakerchi checked. Rast bet, Shakerchi put his opponent all in and Rast called.

Shakerchi showed for a flopped flush while Rast was looking for a fourth heart with . The turn and river brought mere blanks and Rast the rail in the final level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	2,650,000	465,000
Brian Rast	Busted

Tags: Brian Rast Isaac Haxton Phil Ivey Talal Shakerchi

06-30-2014 00:49 UTC-7

Altergott Doesn't Get a "Trickett"

[user101598]

Level 9 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Gabe Kaplan raised to 100,000 on the button, Max Altergott reraised to 240,000 out of the big blind, and Noah Schwartz cold four-bet to 1.7 million in the big blind. Kaplan, who had 2.1 million behind, folded, and Altergott, who started the hand with 1.865 million, went deep into the tank.

While he mulled the decision over, the German started to look around the room. He wasn't looking at anything or anyone in particular - and he would turn his attention to Schwartz every so often - and his eyes darted back and forth.

"Sorry guys," he said after three or for minutes.

He eventually grabbed his entire stack with one hand and the cards with the other. One second it looked as if he was going to fold, and the next he was going to commit all of his chips.

Finally he moved all in for a little more than Schwartz's raise, and Schwartz turned his hand over, signifying a call.

Schwartz:
Altergott:

Schwartz took the lead on a flop of , and the on the turn was a brick.

"Come on!" Altergott said. "Give me a Trickett!"

Altergott was not dealt a "Trickett," rather he was eliminated when the completed the board. He was the third player eliminated from Table 354 today.

Schwartz is up to 5.445 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Schwartz	5,445,000	2,000,000
Gabe Kaplan	2,140,000	-105,000
Max Altergott	Busted

Tags: Gabe Kaplan Max Altergott Noah Schwartz

06-29-2014 23:43 UTC-7

Trickett and Selbst Clash in an 8 Million-Chip Pot

Happy_Freaked

Level 8 : 15,000/3,000, 5,000 ante

Vanessa Selbst and Sam Trickett just clashed in an enormous pot that moved the latter up to the final-table average while the field has only lost three players.

The action started with Selbst, who raised from the cutoff seat to 65,000. Then, Trickett three-bet from the button to 205,000. The action folded back to Selbst, and she four-bet to 520,000 and the pressure was back on Trickett.

The runner-up of the first-ever Big One for One Drop eventually five-bet to 820,000 and Selbst did not waste much time before going all in. Selbst's shove was for around 3.9 million and Trickett started talking to himself almost immediately.

"I do not see how I can ever fold this. Why did you go all in so fast?" Trickett questioned. "I've got a very big hand."

After 10 seconds, Trickett slammed a handful of lavender T250,000 chips into the pot signalling a call.

Selbst showed the and Trickett tabled the , and he was ahead in a big way.

The flop brought the and Trickett cried, "No!"

But on the turn, the hit and Trickett jumped around out of joy. The river was the and Selbst was knocked out. Selbst looked devastated while Trickett was overcome with joy.

"This is the first time I've ever celebrated a hand," Trickett said, as Selbst wished everyone a good night before exiting the tournament area.

"It's over!" Scott Seiver yelled as he approached the table, "Congratulations on your second-place finish!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Trickett	14,180,000	3,680,000
Vanessa Selbst	Busted

Tags: Sam Trickett Vanessa Selbst

06-29-2014 23:07 UTC-7

Kurganov Falls to Trickett

Josh_Cahlik

Level 7 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Sam Trickett made it 60,000 to go from early position and Igor Kurganov three-bet the action to 165,000 from the next seat over. Action folded back around to Trickett and he cut out a four-bet to 270,000. Kurganov called.

The flop brought to the felt and Trickett continued out for 360,000. Kurganov spent right around four minutes in the tank before announcing an all in raise for what looked to be about 1.2 million total. Trickett instantly dropped forward calling chips and the hands were turned over.

Trickett:
Kurganov:

Kurganov led at the moment with his pocket queens and continued to hold the lead as the dropped down on the felt. Unfortunately for Kurganov, the completed the board on the river and gave Trickett a winning straight to the jack. Kurganov exited the tournament area and Trickett increased his already massive chip lead to about 10.5 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Trickett	10,500,000	1,700,000
Igor Kurganov	Busted

Tags: Igor Kurganov Sam Trickett