Big One for One Drop

The Big One for One Drop is a $1,000,000 buy-in No Limit Texas Hold 'em poker tournament hosted at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). It became the highest buy-in poker tournament in history as well as the largest single payout offered. The event was hosted again in 2014, 2016 and 2018. The Big One will return in 2023 and will be hosted by the World Poker Tour (WPT) during the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December 2023.

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

The event is well known for its charitable contributions, with a percentage of each player's buy-in donated to the One Drop Foundation. The One Drop Foundation is an international non-profit organization, created by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté, that works to ensure unconditional access to safe water and sanitation in regions facing the most extreme barriers worldwide[[1]].

History

Canadian entrepreneur Guy Laliberté started the Big One for One Drop in 2012[2] as a No-Limit Hold 'em event hosted at the World Series of Poker. The event was hosted again by WSOP in 2014, 2016, and 2018, and will by hosted by the WPT at Wynn Las Vegas in 2023.  Big One for One Drop buy-ins are $1,000,000 or €1,000,000.

In 2012, Antonio Esfandiari won the first Big One for One Drop defeating Sam Trickett heads-up and earned $18,346,673.[3][4]

In 2014, 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.[5]

In 2016, the Big One for One Drop Extravaganza was held in Monte Carlo. The €1,000,000 buy-in tournament was open only to recreational players. Chinese Canadian businessman Elton Tsang won the event for €11,111,111, defeating Anatoliy Gurtovoy of Russia heads up.[6][7]

In 2018, the Big One returned to the World Series of Poker.[8] in Las Vegas. 27 players entered for a total prizepool of $24,840,000. $80,000 from each buy-in was donated to the One Drop Foundation for a total donation of $2,160,000.

In 2023 One Drop entered an agreement with the World Poker Tour to host a series of events. In December 2023, the upcoming WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas will see the Big One for One Drop return with the $1,000,000 buy-in.[9]

A smaller event, known during the WSOP partnership as the "High Roller for One Drop," (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), and known during the WPT partnership as "Alpha8 for One Drop" (2023), had a buy in of $111,111, of which $11,111 per player was donated to One Drop Foundation charity.[10]

In 2013, Anthony Gregg won the $111,111 buy-in High Roller event, defeating Chris Klodnicki heads up and earning $4,830,619.[11] Jonathan Duhamel (2015), Fedor Holz (2016) and Doug Polk (2107) we the subsequent winners of the High Roller for One Drop tournaments.[12][13][14]

In 2023, two Alpha8 for One Drop tournaments were held. Jonathan Jaffe won the first Alpha8 Las Vegas 45-player event winning $1,537,600.[15] The second tournament will be held in July 2023 in Jeju, South Korea.

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 - 2022 not held
WPT Dec 2023 $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop ? ? ? ?

2012 Big One for One Drop
  • 3-Day Event: July 1–3[16]
  • 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[17]
  • 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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