The Big Day for the Big One Has Come, €11,111,111 On the Line
In a little under 2 hours time, the final day of the 2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza €1,000,000 buy-in Big One For One Drop kicks off.
The prize pool of a whopping €24,888,892 is still to be divided, but just 6 players will take part in that. That means 2 unfortunate souls will go home empty-handed and a big bubble awaits when the players return at noon.
Leading the pack of recreational poker players is former poker pro and Matchbook CEO Andrew Pantling with almost 32 million in chips. The shortest stack still in it is Haralabos Voulgaris who'll bring 13 big blinds when play resumes.
Here's how the players rack up with a single minute left in level 150,000/300,000 before play moves to limits 200,000/400,000 with a 50,000-ante.
| Seat | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Steven | 8,000,000 | 20 |
| 2 | Rick Salomon | 26,900,000 | 67 |
| 3 | Andrew Pantling | 31,775,000 | 79 |
| 4 | James Bord | 18,125,000 | 45 |
| 5 | Haralabos Voulgaris | 5,375,000 | 13 |
| 6 | Anatoly Gurtovoy | 16,775,000 | 42 |
| 7 | Elton Tsang | 23,550,000 | 59 |
| 8 | Cary Katz | 9,550,000 | 24 |
The first place prize is €11,111,111 ($12,189,918), the third biggest first-place prize in the history of poker after the 2012 Big One for One Drop (Antonio Esfandiari won $18,346,673) and 2014 Big One for One Drop (Dan Colman won $15,306,668). Min cashing this event is worth €1.5 million. Noteworthy is that chip leader Andrew Pantling needs to place 4th or better to make a profit, he's the sole player left in that reentered the event and thus is in for €2,000,000.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | €11,111,111 |
| 2nd | €5,427,781 |
| 3rd | €3,000,000 |
| 4th | €2,100,000 |
| 5th | €1,750,000 |
| 6th | €1,500,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31,775,000 | |
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26,900,000 | |
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23,550,000 | |
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18,125,000 | |
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16,775,000 | |
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9,550,000 | |
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8,000,000 | |
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5,375,000 | |