July 18, 2018 10:43 am Put down whatever you're doing and watch this insanity from a hand in the World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop, which was eventually won by Justin Bonomo. JULY 15, 2018 The World Series of Poker and One Drop announce the return of The BIG ONE for One Drop, a $1 million buy-in tournament capped at a maximum of 48 players and the most significant charity initiative in poker history. The final event of the 2018 World Series of Poker kicked off on Sunday and it was one of the most anticipated events of the summer. The $1 million Big One for One Drop kicked off at Noon and drew a superstar field of poker players and high rolling amateurs. David Einhorn Bubbles the Big One for One Drop. The Big One for One Drop Winner Will Take Home $10,000,000 To Finish 2018 World Series of Poker. Year of Bonomo Continues as he Bags Big Lead on One Drop Bubble. Nick Petrangelo Eliminated in 7th Place. Phil Ivey Eliminated in 8th Place. Smith Eliminates Katz. Seidel Eliminates Vogelsang. The final event of the 2018 World Series of Poker has attracted some of the biggest names in poker, which comes as no surprise with a price tag of $1,000,000 for The Big One for One Drop.
The 2018 World Series of Poker was one of the most exciting ever witnessed, with the 78 event series ending in dramatic fashion after Justin Bonomo joined Sean Deeb and Joe Cada in picking up two bracelets this year in Las Vegas. Furthermore, Bonomo also collected the festival's biggest prize worth a massive $10 million after defeating the world's best players at the $1 Million Big One for One Drop, in the process moving ahead of Daniel Negreanu to top the ‘All Time Money List' on a staggering $42,979,591 in live earnings.
'This year has been absolutely incredible,' explained Bonomo following his winning performance. 'It's more money than I've ever played for in my life. I buckled down during all my breaks. I studied. Took the day off the day before and studied all day. I took this as seriously as I possibly could and tried to stay as focused as possible. It paid off.'
All Time Money Leader
Canada's Daniel Negreanu finished second to Antonio Esfandiari at the 2014 Big One for One Drop, and subsequently collected a $8.2 million prize, propelling him to the top of the ‘All Time Money List' with $29.7 million in career winnings. Negreanu was back in action again at the 2018 Big One for One Drop, by which time he had increased his lifetime winnings to $39,656,196, further consolidating his prestigious position as the world's number.
This year, however, just five players would receive a cash payout for their $1 million buy-ins, with Daniel Negreanu going home home empty-handed after only managing a 16th place finish. Justin Bonomo, on the other hand, was the player in form going into the competition, and had already earned $14,945,435 this year before picking up his latest $10 million paycheck.
Not only does Bonomo now become the world's top money earner after his Big One for One Drop success, but the $24,945,435 he has won over the first seven months of 2018 is also the highest amount ever won by a poker tournament player in a single year. Interestingly, Bonomo secured the record after defeating Fedor Holz, who in 2016 amazed the poker world after winning $16,093,402 throughout the year, although that sum was still less than the $22,389,481 won in 2014 by Dan Colman, which included taking down that year's Big One for One Drop for $15,306,668.
2018 Big One for One Drop
The $1 million tournament was held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, and saw 27 players stump up its huge buy-in to crate a prize pool of $24,840,000, with the remaining money going to the One Drop charitable foundation. Needless to say, only the world's best players took part in the ultra nosebleed high-stakes poker game, and amongst those bowing out with nothing to show for their efforts was Adrian Mateos (22nd), Brian Rast (17th), Dominik Nitsche (12th), Erik Seidel (9th), and Phil Ivey (8th).
The competition paid just 5 money places, and the unfortunate player busting on the bubble was David Einhorn, a billionaire hedge fund manager and avid poker fan who in 2012 finished The Big One for One Drop in 3rd place for $4,352,000. The philanthropist traditionally gives his poker winnings to charity, and after eliminating him from the tournament, eventual champion Bonomo stated:
'To be totally honest, I almost feel guilty for knocking David Einhorn. I will give a lot to charity but I'm not as well off as him to give it all to charity. It's an honor to be part of the money that's donated to One Drop.'
Final Table
Bonomo took a sizeable chip lead into the final table against fellow competitors Fedor Holz, Dan Smith, Rick Salomon and Byron Kaverman. Nevertheless, Holz (10-10) scored a double elimination against Byron Kaverman (A-5) and Rick Salomon (A-K), who exited in 5th and 4th places respectively following an A-K-2-Q-10 board.
Soon after, Bonomo (K-10) and Dan Smith (Q-10) were all-in preflop. The latter was then sent to the rail in 3rd after the dealer laid out an A-9-6-J-Q board, in the process leaving Bonomo and Holz to battle it out for the title, with a $4 million gap separating first and second places.
Bonomo began heads-up behind in chips, but managed to move ahead to a 4-1 chip lead when the deciding hand was played. Holz (A-4) moved all his remaining chips to the center of the table preflop, only for Bonomo to look him up holding a dominating A-J hand. The K-8-3-2-Q board which ensued subsequently ran out smoothly for Bonomo, who later heaping praise on his final opponent, stated:
'Almost everyone out there respects the game of both myself and Fedor. I certainly respect his game a great deal. It definitely felt like a storybook ending playing against Fedor with him starting with the chip lead and having to grind my way back.'
Meanwhile, Justin Bonomo dedicated his win to his father, and said that he was looking forward to celebrating his famous victory with all those friends who supported him from the rail.
Final Table Results
1st: Justin Bonomo $10m
2nd: Fedor Holz $6m
3rd: Dan Smith $4m
4th: Rick Salomon $2.84m
5th: Byron Kaverman $2m
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The final event of the 2018 World Series of Poker kicked off on Sunday and it was one of the most anticipated events of the summer. The $1 million Big One for One Drop kicked off at Noon and drew a superstar field of poker players and high rolling amateurs
Numbers for the event were less than originally anticipated, but the event should still produce the largest first-place prize of the summer. At the end Day 1 action, Rick Salomon, and Phil Ivey lead all players.
Field Smaller Than Promised
Back on June 15, the WSOP confirmed that 30 players had committed to play in the Big One for One Drop. The fielded a list that included players such as Rainer Kempe and Phil Hellmuth. Only about half of those 'confirmed' were listed, but the field that showed up on Sunday was a bit short.
Only 24 players showed up for the Big One for One Drop with both Hellmuth and Kempe noticeably absent. Also, William Barth, the winner of the MGM International Invitation-only satellite to this event has also yet to show up to take his seat. Also, the first person to confirm for this event, King's Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik, has also yet to arrive to play the event.
The $1,000,000 buy-in #bigone starts tomorrow @WSOP and William Barth just won his entry in the MGM International Invitation-Only satellite ? pic.twitter.com/R406YJbzQC
— All In For ONE DROP (@OneDrop_All_In) July 15, 2018
Granted, there is always a chance that more people could register late seeing that late registration continues until the start of Day 2. However, it seems odd that someone would late register a $1 million tournament unless they are having trouble getting the funds together for the buy-in.
With that said, plenty of superstars showed up to play. Among those in the field include Daniel Negreanu, Justin Bonomo, Nick Petrangelo, Erik Seidel, Poker Central boss Cary Katz, Jason Koon, Stephen Chidwick, Fedor Holz, Dan Smith, and Phil Ivey.
David Peters First Out
David Peters had the dubious honor of the first man out in the event, busting in about 2 levels. Peters' final hand was a bit of a cooler against Adrian Mateos. Peters flopped two pair with 10d-9h while Mateos picked up a flush draw with Ks-9s.
Mateos made a flush on the turn and all of Peters' chips went in on the river. Mateos made the call and Peters was out in under two levels. According to the live blog on PokerNews, that quick exit was equivalent to Peters losing $8,500 per minute. That's Gus Hansen online poker style losses.
Adrian Mateos Eliminates David Peters in the $1 Million One Drop Poker Tournament https://t.co/PRY13qKWphpic.twitter.com/flEdAYtrlK
— Lucky Loco (@LuckyLoco2) July 16, 2018
Antonio Esfandiari Will Not Become a Two-Time Champion
Bonomo began heads-up behind in chips, but managed to move ahead to a 4-1 chip lead when the deciding hand was played. Holz (A-4) moved all his remaining chips to the center of the table preflop, only for Bonomo to look him up holding a dominating A-J hand. The K-8-3-2-Q board which ensued subsequently ran out smoothly for Bonomo, who later heaping praise on his final opponent, stated:
'Almost everyone out there respects the game of both myself and Fedor. I certainly respect his game a great deal. It definitely felt like a storybook ending playing against Fedor with him starting with the chip lead and having to grind my way back.'
Meanwhile, Justin Bonomo dedicated his win to his father, and said that he was looking forward to celebrating his famous victory with all those friends who supported him from the rail.
Final Table Results
1st: Justin Bonomo $10m
2nd: Fedor Holz $6m
3rd: Dan Smith $4m
4th: Rick Salomon $2.84m
5th: Byron Kaverman $2m
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The final event of the 2018 World Series of Poker kicked off on Sunday and it was one of the most anticipated events of the summer. The $1 million Big One for One Drop kicked off at Noon and drew a superstar field of poker players and high rolling amateurs
Numbers for the event were less than originally anticipated, but the event should still produce the largest first-place prize of the summer. At the end Day 1 action, Rick Salomon, and Phil Ivey lead all players.
Field Smaller Than Promised
Back on June 15, the WSOP confirmed that 30 players had committed to play in the Big One for One Drop. The fielded a list that included players such as Rainer Kempe and Phil Hellmuth. Only about half of those 'confirmed' were listed, but the field that showed up on Sunday was a bit short.
Only 24 players showed up for the Big One for One Drop with both Hellmuth and Kempe noticeably absent. Also, William Barth, the winner of the MGM International Invitation-only satellite to this event has also yet to show up to take his seat. Also, the first person to confirm for this event, King's Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik, has also yet to arrive to play the event.
The $1,000,000 buy-in #bigone starts tomorrow @WSOP and William Barth just won his entry in the MGM International Invitation-Only satellite ? pic.twitter.com/R406YJbzQC
— All In For ONE DROP (@OneDrop_All_In) July 15, 2018
Granted, there is always a chance that more people could register late seeing that late registration continues until the start of Day 2. However, it seems odd that someone would late register a $1 million tournament unless they are having trouble getting the funds together for the buy-in.
With that said, plenty of superstars showed up to play. Among those in the field include Daniel Negreanu, Justin Bonomo, Nick Petrangelo, Erik Seidel, Poker Central boss Cary Katz, Jason Koon, Stephen Chidwick, Fedor Holz, Dan Smith, and Phil Ivey.
David Peters First Out
David Peters had the dubious honor of the first man out in the event, busting in about 2 levels. Peters' final hand was a bit of a cooler against Adrian Mateos. Peters flopped two pair with 10d-9h while Mateos picked up a flush draw with Ks-9s.
Mateos made a flush on the turn and all of Peters' chips went in on the river. Mateos made the call and Peters was out in under two levels. According to the live blog on PokerNews, that quick exit was equivalent to Peters losing $8,500 per minute. That's Gus Hansen online poker style losses.
Adrian Mateos Eliminates David Peters in the $1 Million One Drop Poker Tournament https://t.co/PRY13qKWphpic.twitter.com/flEdAYtrlK
— Lucky Loco (@LuckyLoco2) July 16, 2018
Antonio Esfandiari Will Not Become a Two-Time Champion
If you missed the final house of the 2018 WSOP Main Event, and who could blame you as the event ran until 7 am EST, you probably didn't know that Antonio Esfandiari actually skipped out early so he could rest up to play in this event.
Sadly, Esfandiari's run in this tournament was a quick one as he was the second person eliminated. He put the last of his chips in with A-K and ran into pocket kings of Jason Koon. Since this wasn't the Main Event final table, kings held and Esfandiari will be available to call the final table on Tuesday.
2012 Big One for One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari is the second elimination of the day, falling to Jason Koon.
— WSOP (@WSOP) July 16, 2018
Isaac Haxton Falls Victim to Katz
Cary Katz was the bane of Isaac Haxton's existence in this event. Prior to the last break of the night, Katz doubled through Haxton when Haxton tried to bluff with K-Q on a board where Katz caught trip aces.
Later, Haxton was sent to the rail by Katz when Haxton shoved with Kc-Qd and Katz woke up with Ah-Qc. The board failed to produce a king or diamonds and Haxton was the third person eliminated.
Cary Katz doubled through Isaac Haxton, then collected the rest of his chips a few hands later to bring the Big One for One Drop field to 21 about 75 minutes of play left tonight.
— WSOP (@WSOP) July 16, 2018
Ivey Busts Jake Schindler and Bryn Kenney
In the last level of the day, Phil Ivey ended up busting two players. First, he sent Bryn Kenney to the rail. Ivey turned a straight and Kenney shoved with a flush draw. Kenney missed his flush and was out.
A bit later, Jake Schindler moved all-in with Qd-Jd and Ivey called with As-Kh. Both hit a pair on the flop with Ivey's aces being best. He sent Schindler to the rail and took the chip lead holding 11 million.
Two more eliminations in the Big One for One Drop as Jake Schindler and Bryn Kenney leave 19 players playing the last 30 minutes tonight.
— WSOP (@WSOP) July 16, 2018
Salomon and Ivey Lead – Negreanu Third
Play concluded at the end of Level 10 with 19 players remaining. Rick Salomon finished the day the overall chip leader with 11.44 million. Phil Ivey was right behind with 10.36 million. Daniel Negreanu finished third with 8.1 million.
Rick Salomon bags up the Day 1 chip lead of the Big One for One Drop.
19 players remaining. Day 2 resumes at noon, at which point registration will close.
Poker Big One For One Drop 2018 2019
Recap: https://t.co/4jpWUiBjp4pic.twitter.com/KBp0BqveUk
— WSOP (@WSOP) July 16, 2018
Registration for this event is still open and will close when Day 2 play begins. It is possible we could still get a few more players, especially considering that new players will still start with 50 big blinds. The prize pool along with payouts will be announced after registration concludes tomorrow.
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