Big One for One Drop

The Big One for One Drop is a $1,000,000 buy-in No Limit Texas hold 'em tournament hosted at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Added in 2012, it became the highest buy-in poker tournament in history as well as the largest single payout offered. The event is known for its charitable contributions, as $111,111 or €111,111 of each player's buy in is donated to the One Drop Foundation, an international non-profit organization created by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté, which focuses on water initiatives.

Big One for One Drop
SportPoker, Texas hold 'em
FoundedLas Vegas, Nevada, United States (2012)
Owner(s)One Drop Foundation (2012–present)
Caesars Entertainment Corporation (2012–present)
Most recent
champion(s)		United States Justin Bonomo
Official websiteOfficial website

History

Canadian entrepreneur Guy Laliberté started the Big One for One Drop in 2012[1] as a No-Limit hold 'em event hosted at the World Series of Poker. He founded the nonprofit One Drop Foundation, which seeks unconditional access to safe drinking water in crisis areas. Buy-ins range from $111,111 for the high roller event to $1,000,000 for the Big One or €1,000,000 for the spin off Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza event hosted in Europe. 3.5% of the prize pool benefits the One Drop Foundation. The event was hosted at the WSOP in 2014. A smaller event known as the "High Roller for One Drop" hosted in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 has a buy in of $111,111 with $11,111 going toward charity.[2]

Antonio Esfandiari won the first event defeating Sam Trickett heads-up and earned $18,346,673.[3][4] In 2013, the following year, the WSOP hosted the lower buy-in $111,111 High Roller event, won by Anthony Gregg. Gregg defeated Chris Klodnicki heads up and earned $4,830,619.[5]

In 2014, the $1,000,000 Big One returned. The final table consisted of professional players such as Dan Colman, Daniel Negreanu, Christoph Vogelsang, Tobias Reinkemeier and Scott Seiver as well as recreational players Paul Newey, Cary Katz and Rick Salomon. Colman won the tournament defeating Negreanu heads up and earned $15,306,668.[6]

From 2015 to 2017, One Drop only offered the lower $111,111 High Roller event at the WSOP with Jonathan Duhamel, Fedor Holz and Doug Polk winning each event respectively.[7][8][9]

In October 2016, the Big One for One Drop Extravaganza returned at a new venue held in Monte Carlo. The buy-in was €1,000,000 and opened only to recreational players. Canadian Chinese poker player Elton Tsang won the event for €11,111,111 after defeating Anatoly Gurtovoy of Russia heads up.[10][11]

In November 2017, it was announced that the $1,000,000 buy-in event would return to the 2018 World Series of Poker.[12] 27 players entered for a total prizepool of $24,840,000, and $80,000 from each buy-in donated to the One Drop foundation for a total of $2,160,000.

Results
Year Event name Entrants Winner Prize (US$) Runner-up
2012 $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop 48 United States Antonio Esfandiari $18,346,673 United Kingdom Sam Trickett
2013 $100,000 High Roller for One Drop 166 United States Anthony Gregg $4,830,619 United States Chris Klodnicki
2014 $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop 42 United States Dan Colman $15,306,668 Canada Daniel Negreanu
2015 $100,000 High Roller for One Drop 135 Canada Jonathan Duhamel $3,989,985 United States Bill Klein
2016 $100,000 High Roller for One Drop 183 Germany Fedor Holz $4,981,775 United States Dan Smith
2016 * €1,000,000 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza * 28 Canada Elton Tsang $12,248,912 Russia Anatoly Gurtovy
2017 $100,000 High Roller for One Drop 130 United States Doug Polk $3,686,865 France Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
2018 $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop 27 United States Justin Bonomo $10,000,000 Germany Fedor Holz
2019 not held

* Note that this event did not award a bracelet to the winner.

2012 Big One for One Drop
  • 3-Day Event: July 1–3[13]
  • Buy-in: $1,000,000
  • Number of Entries: 48
  • Total Prize Pool: $42,666,672
  • Number of Payouts: 9
  • Winning Hand: 7♦ 5♠
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1stUnited States Antonio Esfandiari$18,346,673
2ndUnited Kingdom Sam Trickett$10,112,001
3rdUnited States David Einhorn$4,352,000
4thUnited States Phil Hellmuth$2,645,333
5thCanada Guy Laliberté$1,834,666
6thUnited States Brian Rast$1,621,333
7thUnited States Bobby Baldwin$1,408,000
8thMalaysia Richard Yong$1,237,333

2013 High Roller for One Drop
  • 4-Day Event: June 26–29[14]
  • Buy-in: $111,111
  • Number of Entries: 166
  • Total Prize Pool: $17,891,148
  • Number of Payouts: 24
  • Winning Hand: 9♦ 2♥
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1stUnited States Anthony Gregg$4,830,619
2ndUnited States Chris Klodnicki$2,985,495
3rdUnited States Bill Perkins$1,965,163
4thUnited States Antonio Esfandiari$1,433,438
5thUnited States Richard Fullerton$1,066,491
6thSweden Martin Jacobson$807,427
7thUnited States Brandon Steven$621,180
8thUnited States Nick Schulman$485,029

2014 Big One for One Drop
  • 3-Day Event: June 29–July 1
  • Buy-in: $1,000,000
  • Number of Entries: 42
  • Total Prize Pool: $37,333,338
  • Number of Payouts: 8
  • Winning Hand: K♦ Q♥
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1stUnited States Dan Colman$15,306,668
2ndCanada Daniel Negreanu$8,288,001
3rdGermany Christoph Vogelsang$4,480,001
4thUnited States Rick Salomon$2,800,000
5thGermany Tobias Reinkemeier$2,053,334
6thUnited States Scott Seiver$1,680,000
7thUnited Kingdom Paul Newey$1,418,667
8thUnited States Cary Katz$1,306,667

2015 High Roller for One Drop
  • 2-Day Event: June 28–29
  • Buy-in: $111,111
  • Number of Entries: 135
  • Total Prize Pool: $14,249,925
  • Number of Payouts: 16
  • Winning Hand: K♣ K♠
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1stCanada Jonathan Duhamel$3,989,985
2ndUnited States Bill Klein$2,465,522
3rdUnited States Dan Colman$1,544,121
4thUnited States Ben Sulsky$1,118,049
5thUnited States Dan Perper$873,805
6thUnited States Phil Hellmuth$696,821
7thUnited States Anthony Zinno$565,864
8thRussia Sergey Lebedev$466,970

2016 High Roller for One Drop
  • 3-Day Event: July 8–10
  • Buy-in: $111,111
  • Number of Entries: 183
  • Total Prize Pool: $19,316,565
  • Number of Payouts: 28
  • Winning Hand: 8♣ 7♣
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1stGermany Fedor Holz$4,981,775
2ndUnited States Dan Smith$3,078,974
3rdGermany Koray Aldemir$2,154,265
4thUnited Kingdom Jack Salter$1,536,666
5thUnited States Brian Green$1,117,923
6thUnited States Joe McKeehen$829,792
7thUnited States Nick Petrangelo$628,679
8thUnited Kingdom Niall Farrell$486,383

2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza
  • 3-Day Event: October 14–16
  • Buy-in: €1,000,000
  • Number of Entries: 28 (2 rebuys)
  • Total Prize Pool: $27,437,564
  • Number of Payouts: 6
  • Winning Hand: 6♣ 5♥
Final Table
Place Name Prize Prize in EUR (€)
1stCanada Elton Tsang$12,248,912€11,111,111
2ndRussia Anatoly Gurtovy$5,983,597€5,427,781
3rdUnited States Rick Salomon$3,307,206€3,000,000
4thUnited Kingdom James Bord$2,315,044€2,100,000
5thUnited States Cary Katz$1,929,203€1,750,000
6thCanada Andrew Pantling$1,653,603€1,500,000

2017 High Roller for One Drop
  • 4-Day Event: June 2–5
  • Buy-in: $111,111
  • Number of Entries: 130
  • Total Prize Pool: $13,722,150
  • Number of Payouts: 20
  • Winning Hand: Q♠ 5♣
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1stUnited States Doug Polk$3,686,865
2ndFrance Bertrand Grospellier$2,278,657
3rdItaly Dario Sammartino$1,608,295
4thCanada Haralabos Voulgaris$1,158,883
5thUnited States Chris Moore$852,885
6thSweden Martin Jacobson$641,382
7thGermany Rainer Kempe$493,089
8thUnited States Andrew Robl$387,732

2018 Big One for One Drop
  • 3-Day Event: July 15–17
  • Buy-in: $1,000,000
  • Number of Entries: 27
  • Total Prize Pool: $24,840,000
  • Number of Payouts: 5
  • Winning Hand: A♠ J♦
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1stUnited States Justin Bonomo$10,000,000
2ndGermany Fedor Holz$6,000,000
3rdUnited States Dan Smith$4,000,000
4thUnited States Rick Salomon$2,840,000
5thUnited States Byron Kaverman$2,000,000

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