2014 World Series of Poker

Event #57: The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$15,306,668
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000,000
Prize Pool
$37,333,338
Entries
42
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Shuffle Up And Deal!

Level 1 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Guy Laliberté spoke briefly before handing the microphone off to reigning champion Antonio Esfandiari. Esfandiari announced "Shuffle up and deal," and the cards are officially in the air for The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop!

Level: 1

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Play About to Begin

Players have taken their seats following the seat draw ceremony. A grand total of 37 players are currently seated to start today's event. A full seating chart can be found below.

Table Draw

TableSeatPlayer
3471Brian Rast
3472Jean-Robert Bellande
3473John Juanda
3474--Empty--
3475Philipp Gruissem
3476Talal Shakerchi
3477Tom Hall
3478--Empty--
   
3491Antonio Esfandiari
3492--Empty--
3493Scott Seiver
3494--Empty--
3495Connor Drinan
3496Dan Smith
3497Brandon Steven
3498Greg Merson
   
3511--Empty--
3512--Empty--
3513--Empty--
3514--Empty--
3515--Empty--
3516--Empty--
3517--Empty--
3518--Empty--
   
3531Phil Galfond
3532--Empty--
3533Phil Ivey
3534--Empty--
3535Stanley Choi
3536Cary Katz
3537Daniel Negreanu
3538Erick Lindgren
   
3541Max Altergott
3542--Empty--
3543John Morgan
3544Paul Newey
3545Vanessa Selbst
3546Sam Trickett
3547David Einhorn
3548--Empty--
   
3561Daniel Cates
3562Tony Gregg
3563Jason Mercier
3564Doug Polk
3565Daniel Colman
3566Guy Laliberté
3567Tobias Reinkemeier
3568--Empty--
   
3571Christoph Volgelsang
3572--Empty--
3573Bill Klein
3574Igor Kurganov
3575Niklas Heinecker
3576Noah Schwartz
3577Isaac Haxton
3578--Empty--
   

Seats 2, 4, and 8 are in the well

Update

It is 1:15 p.m., and spoken word artist In-Q just did a rendition in the Mothership. The plan is for all of the players to be introduced for the television production, and then there will be a live seat draw.

We will bring the draw to you as fast as we can, so stay tuned!

Who Wants to be a Multi-Millionaire?

Antonio Esfandiari - Can he repeat?
Antonio Esfandiari - Can he repeat?

Good afternoon and welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for the 45th annual World Series of Poker. Today's a big one - thee BIG ONE, actually - as the $1 Million BIG ONE for ONE DROP is set to kick off at 1 p.m. in the Tan Section of the Amazon Room.

This seven-figure extravaganza debuted in 2012 with 48 hopefuls, and Antonio Esfandiari took it down, earning over $18 million. Joining him at the final table were fellow professionals Sam Trickett, Phil Hellmuth, and Brian Rast, poker legend Mike Sexton, and amateurs Guy Laliberté, David Einhorn, and Richard Yong.

Esfandiari is excited to defend his crown:

Antonio EsfandiariThe day has come...the beginning of history in the making...One Drop take TWO. #Repeat #OneMORETime #Please

Laliberté is the reason we are all here preparing to witness this electric event, and of each $1 million buy-in, $111,111 will be donated to the One Drop Foundation. One Drop strives to provide clean water to those in need, and players at the WSOP can donate in various different ways, not just by ponying up $1 million to play in this event.

Over $5.3 million was donated to One Drop thanks to the inaugural event in 2012, and if this tournament reaches the 56-player cap, another $6,222,216 will be sent to those in need.

It is unknown whether or not we will reach the limit of 56 players. On June 17, the WSOP reported that 41 players will confirmed, and two players, Connor Drinnan and Erick Lindgren, won a seat to the event in Saturday's $25,000 buy-in satellite.

Like all WSOP events, late registration will be open for six levels. By our math that will be around 10 p.m.

The cards will be in the air around 1 p.m. - there may be theatrics and such so don't hold us to that - but we will keep you abreast of any schedule changes.

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Event #57: The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop

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