Poker Big One For One Drop 2018
Justin Bonomo owned the chip lead at the end of Day 2 of the $1 million Big One for One Drop. The poker pro, originally from Colorado, finished the second day of play with 48,950,000. Justin Bonomo’s record-breaking 2018 hit a new high to close out the World Series of Poker. The multiple bracelet winner won his third career WSOP event by defeating a field of 27 to climb the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop mountain. The $10 million score puts Bonomo first all-time on poker’s all-time money list, passing Daniel.
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.
Poker Big One For One Drop 2018 Calendar
19 players remaining. Day 2 resumes at noon, at which point registration will close.
Wsop Big One For One Drop 2018
Recap: https://t.co/4jpWUiBjp4pic.twitter.com/KBp0BqveUk
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— 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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The red-hot Bonomo continued his torrid run in 2018 to take home the lion’s share of the $24,840,000 prize pool and cemented his name in the history books as just the seventh person to win more than $10 million in a single poker tournament.
Bonomo has taken the poker world by storm, now surpassing $43 million in lifetime poker tournament winnings, becoming the highest earner all-time, passing Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu. The $10 million score, is the largest prize he’s won. This marks his second victory at the 2018 World Series of Poker. He now has three career WSOP gold bracelets, and remarkably has won just shy of $25 million in just the last seven months ($24,940,435). It’s Bonomo’s third high roller victory this year – with scores of $4.8 million, $5 million and now $10 million. Bonomo has 10 victories in 2018, all worth six or seven figures each. The one-time online poker prodigy has reinforced his reputation as one of the most talented and dangerous card sharps in the game today.
“Not even close, this year has been absolutely incredible,” said Bonomo after his latest victory. “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.”
The Big One for One Drop has been an even year event, first taking place in 2012 and running again in 2014 and 2016. The first two events took place at the Rio in Las Vegas, while the 2016 edition was held at the famed Casino de Monte Carlo in Monaco.
There were 15 new faces in the 2018 edition. They were: Mikita Badziakouski, Justin Bonomo, Stephen Chidwick, Fedor Holz, Byron Kaverman, Rainer Kempe, Bryn Kenney, Jason Koon, Adrian Mateos, Dominik Nitsche, David Peters, Nick Petrangelo, Jake Schindler, Matthew Siegal and Steffen Sontheimer.
That means through four Big One for One Drop events, 101 different individuals have participated, of which 25 have played two or more editions. In all, more than $125 million in prize pools have been created in these four events.
Previous participants in this event who played again this year were: David Einhorn, Antonio Esfandiari (2012 winner), Isaac Haxton, Phil Ivey, Cary Katz, Daniel Negreanu, Brian Rast, Rick Salomon, Erik Seidel, Talal Shakerchi, Dan Smith and Christoph Vogelsang.
Einhorn, Katz and Shakerchi are the only three to have played all four events. Esfandiari, Ivey, Negreanu, Rast and Seidel have each played the three versions open to poker professionals.
A portion of the buy-in — $80,000 — was donated to One Drop, an organization dedicated to sustainable access to safe water.
As a result, the other winners in this event are the people who will be impacted by the work One Drop is doing. A total of $2,160,000 was raised for the cause from this event alone.
Add in the Little One for One Drop, a $1,111 buy-in poker tournament that was also part of the 2018 World Series of Poker, where another $525,252 was raised, plus the $29,756 additional donations to date that players have made this summer. This brings the total raised thus far to $2,715,008 for One Drop during the 2018 WSOP.
Since the WSOP and One Drop began their collaboration in 2012, $23,091,974 has been raised through WSOP run poker tournaments.