The $1,000,000 buy-in Large One for One Drop will debut from Dec. 18-20 on the WPT World Championship competition at Wynn Las Vegas. It marks the fifth version of the seven-figure buy-in occasion, and the primary one since 2018.
“After a five-year hiatus it appears the grounds have by no means been extra fertile for the Large One, it’s clear it has been missed,” mentioned Alexandre Meunier, One Drop Basis’s Chief Advertising and Occasions Officer. “Previous gamers from the worlds of enterprise and excessive stakes poker are displaying robust curiosity in addition to gamers who’ve by no means performed a Large One earlier than which could be very encouraging. We’d go as far to say that we haven’t seen such robust curiosity at this stage for the reason that early editions of the history-making occasion.”
In response to WPT, the event options the bottom rake it has ever provided and 6% of every buy-in will immediately profit the One Drop Basis “to proceed their mission of making certain sustainable entry to secure water, sanitation and hygiene for communities going through excessive challenges, and one p.c will likely be held as the home payment.”
Learn About The One Drop’s Return!
Beneath is a take a look at the gamers beforehand confirmed by WPT to be enjoying. The sphere is bound to develop because the event grows nearer given anybody with the seven-figure buy-in is welcome to hitch, and rumors on the bottom recommend there are different gamers prone to bounce into motion.
With so many massive identify poker gamers and leisure businessmen in Vegas for the WPT World Championship, the world will simply have to attend and see who may be inclined to leap into motion.
Confirmed Large One Gamers:
| Phil Ivey | Chris Brewer | Dan Cates | Nick Petrangelo |
| David Einhorn | Talal Shakerchi | Rick Salomon | Mikita Badziakouski |
| Jason Koon | Artur Martirosian | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Santhosh Suvarna |
| Aleksejs Ponakovs |
Phil Ivey First to Signal Up
Again in September, Phil Ivey turned the primary participant to formally register for the Large One for One Drop. Ivey, who’s widely known as the best poker participant of all time, will look so as to add to his $4.Four million in lifetime WPT earnings and $40.7 million in lifetime earnings 5 years after arising quick in latest One Drop choices. Ivey completed three spots exterior of the cash within the final Large One for One Drop in 2018 and bubbled the EveryOne for One Drop earlier this summer time.
“The Large One is what excessive stakes is all about,” Ivey mentioned in a press launch. “Everybody’s sport elevates once they play within the greatest buy-in occasion in WPT historical past.
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Six Extra Gamers Verify in October
In October, six extra gamers confirmed that they might be a part of Ivey at Wynn Las Vegas later this yr for the most important buy-in occasion of the yr.
These gamers included high-stakes regulars Rick Salomon and Talal Shakerchi, investor David Einhorn, high professionals Chris Brewer and Nick Petrangelo and two-time Poker Gamers Championship winner Dan “Jungleman” Cates.
“Our partnership with the One Drop Basis has already seen some massive names flip up within the Alpha8 fields,” WPT CEO Adam Pliska mentioned in a press launch on the time. “Because the Large One attracts close to, we’re elated with each new entry, constructing pleasure and securing additional help for the One Drop Basis’s international trigger.”
Just a few of the six new gamers confirmed for the Large One for One Drop have had success within the occasion previously. Salomon performed all 4 editions of the Large One, ending fourth within the 2014 and 2018 choices and third within the 2016 WSOP Monte Carlo occasion for $3.Three million, whereas Einhorn completed third within the 2012 event for $4.Three million.
Cates, Shakerchi and Petrangelo have additionally performed earlier One Drop editions, whereas Brewer, who has had a incredible yr of high-stakes event poker that has introduced him his 4 greatest event cashes, will likely be making his One Drop debut.
“It’s wonderful to witness the primary wave of entrants into the Large One, which incorporates a few of our previous members in addition to new faces,” One Drop Basis’s Chief Advertising and Occasions Officer Alexandre Meunier mentioned in a press launch. “Rick, David and Talal have been part of each Large One since its inception. We welcome all of the gamers and can’t wait so as to add extra unimaginable names to the lineup.”
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5 Extra Gamers Announce in Mid-November
In the course of November, 5 extra gamers confirmed their participation within the seven-figure occasion.
Excessive-stakes veteran Jason Koon will as soon as once more be participating within the Large One For One Drop, whereas newer high-stakes grinders Aleksejs Ponakovs, Artur Martirosian, Orpen Kisacikoglu and Santhosh Suvarna will all make their Large One debuts.
Koon, who sits fourth on the all-time cash record with $52.6 million in reside earnings, performed the 2018 One Drop however did not money.
Earlier Large One for One Drop Winners
| YEAR | ENTRANTS | WINNER | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 48 | Antonio Esfandiari | $18,346,673 | |
| 2014 | 42 | Dan Colman | $15,306,668 | |
| 2016 | 28 | Elton Tsang | $12,248,912 | |
| 2018 | 27 | Justin Bonomo | $10,000,000 |
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