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Big One for One Drop

Texas hold 'em poker tournament in the US

Texas hold 'em poker tournament in the US

FieldValue
titleBig One for One Drop
gamePokerTexas hold 'em
founded2011, Las Vegas USA
founderGuy Laliberté
first2012
most_recent2023
championBLR Mikita Badziakouski
website
ownerOne Drop Foundation

The Big One for One Drop is a $1,000,000 buy-in No Limit Texas hold 'em poker tournament hosted first in 2012, and for its first four editions, with 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 returned in December 2023 and was hosted by the World Poker Tour (WPT) during the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

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.

History

Canadian entrepreneur Guy Laliberté started the Big One for One Drop in 2012 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 was 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.

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.

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.

In 2018, the Big One returned to the World Series of Poker. 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, including the Big One for One Drop. In December 2023, the fifth edition of the Big One for One Drop was held at the WPT® World Championship at the Wynn Las Vegas. Mikita Badziakouski defeated 16 opponents to win $7,114,500 and become champion of the first-ever WPT® Big One for One Drop. Runner-up, Mario Mosböck, took home $4,663,950. Mikita Badziakouski commented after his win: “The tournament itself is the biggest title I’ve ever had. I just got lucky in a couple big coolers.”

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.

In 2013, Anthony Gregg won the $111,111 buy-in High Roller event, defeating Chris Klodnicki heads up and earning $4,830,619. Jonathan Duhamel (2015), Fedor Holz (2016) and Doug Polk (2017) were the subsequent winners of the High Roller for One Drop tournaments.

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. Steve O’Dwyer won the Alpha8 18-player tournament in Jeju, South Korea, taking home $1,009,520.

Results

Non-bracelet event.
YearEvent nameEntrantsWinnerTop Prize (US$)Runner-up
[2012](2012-world-series-of-poker)$1,000,000 Big One for One Drop48USA Antonio Esfandiari$18,346,673GBR Sam Trickett
[2013](2013-world-series-of-poker)$100,000 High Roller for One Drop166USA Anthony Gregg$4,830,619USA Chris Klodnicki
[2014](2014-world-series-of-poker)$1,000,000 Big One for One Drop42USA Dan Colman$15,306,668CAN Daniel Negreanu
[2015](2015-world-series-of-poker)$100,000 High Roller for One Drop135CAN Jonathan Duhamel$3,989,985USA Bill Klein
[2016](2016-world-series-of-poker)$100,000 High Roller for One Drop183DEU Fedor Holz$4,981,775USA Dan Smith
2016€1,000,000 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza28CAN Elton Tsang$12,248,912RUS Anatoly Gurtovy
[2017](2017-world-series-of-poker)$100,000 High Roller for One Drop130USA Doug Polk$3,686,865FRA Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
[2018](2018-world-series-of-poker)$1,000,000 Big One for One Drop27USA Justin Bonomo$10,000,000DEU Fedor Holz
2019-2022*not held*
2023$111,000 Alpha8 for One Drop, Las Vegas45USA Jonathan Jaffe$1,537,600USA Taylor von Kriegenbergh
2023$111,000 Alpha8 for One Drop, South Korea18USA Steve O'Dwyer$1,009,520CHN Quan Zhou
2023$1,000,000 Big One for One Drop17BLR Mikita Badziakouski$7,114,500AUT Mario Mösbock

2012 Big One for One Drop

  • 3-Day Event: July 1–3
  • Buy-in: $1,000,000
  • Number of Entries: 48
  • Total Prize Pool: $42,666,672
  • Number of Payouts: 9
  • Winning Hand:
PlaceNamePrize
1stUSA Antonio Esfandiari$18,346,673
2ndGBR Sam Trickett$10,112,001
3rdUSA David Einhorn$4,352,000
4thUSA Phil Hellmuth$2,645,333
5thCAN Guy Laliberté$1,834,666
6thUSA Brian Rast$1,621,333
7thUSA Bobby Baldwin$1,408,000
8thMAS Richard Yong$1,237,333

2013 High Roller for One Drop

  • 4-Day Event: June 26–29
  • Buy-in: $111,111
  • Number of Entries: 166
  • Total Prize Pool: $17,891,148
  • Number of Payouts: 24
  • Winning Hand:
PlaceNamePrize
1stUSA Anthony Gregg$4,830,619
2ndUSA Chris Klodnicki$2,985,495
3rdUSA Bill Perkins$1,965,163
4thUSA Antonio Esfandiari$1,433,438
5thUSA Richard Fullerton$1,066,491
6thSWE Martin Jacobson$807,427
7thUSA Brandon Steven$621,180
8thUSA 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:
PlaceNamePrize
1stUSA Dan Colman$15,306,668
2ndCAN Daniel Negreanu$8,288,001
3rdGER Christoph Vogelsang$4,480,001
4thUSA Rick Salomon$2,800,000
5thGER Tobias Reinkemeier$2,053,334
6thUSA Scott Seiver$1,680,000
7thGBR Paul Newey$1,418,667
8thUSA 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:
PlaceNamePrize
1stCAN Jonathan Duhamel$3,989,985
2ndUSA Bill Klein$2,465,522
3rdUSA Dan Colman$1,544,121
4thUSA Ben Sulsky$1,118,049
5thUSA Dan Perper$873,805
6thUSA Phil Hellmuth$696,821
7thUSA Anthony Zinno$565,864
8thRUS 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:
PlaceNamePrize
1stGER Fedor Holz$4,981,775
2ndUSA Dan Smith$3,078,974
3rdGER Koray Aldemir$2,154,265
4thGBR Jack Salter$1,536,666
5thUSA Brian Green$1,117,923
6thUSA Joe McKeehen$829,792
7thUSA Nick Petrangelo$628,679
8thGBR 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:
PlaceNamePrizePrize in EUR (€)
1stCAN Elton Tsang$12,248,912€11,111,111
2ndRUS Anatoly Gurtovy$5,983,597€5,427,781
3rdUSA Rick Salomon$3,307,206€3,000,000
4thGBR James Bord$2,315,044€2,100,000
5thUSA Cary Katz$1,929,203€1,750,000
6thCAN 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:
PlaceNamePrize
1stUSA Doug Polk$3,686,865
2ndFRA Bertrand Grospellier$2,278,657
3rdITA Dario Sammartino$1,608,295
4thCAN Haralabos Voulgaris$1,158,883
5thUSA Chris Moore$852,885
6thSWE Martin Jacobson$641,382
7thGER Rainer Kempe$493,089
8thUSA 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:
PlaceNamePrize
1stUSA Justin Bonomo$10,000,000
2ndDEU Fedor Holz$6,000,000
3rdUSA Dan Smith$4,000,000
4thUSA Rick Salomon$2,840,000
5thUSA Byron Kaverman$2,000,000

2023 WPT Alpha8 for One Drop (Las Vegas)

  • 3-Day Event: July 14-16
  • Buy-in: $111,000
  • Number of Entries: 45
  • Total Prize Pool: $4,612,500
  • Number of Payouts: 7
  • Winning Hand:
PlaceNamePrize
1stUSA Jonathan Jaffe$1,537,600
2ndUSA Taylor von Kriegenbergh$1,042,100
3rdUSA Dan Smith$701,700
4thLVA Aleksejs Ponakovs$485,200
5thUSA Michael Lim$350,100
6thGBR Iaron Lightbourne$273,200
7thUSA Isaac Haxton$222,600

2023 WPT Alpha8 for One Drop (Jeju, South Korea)

  • 2-Day Event: July 21-22
  • Buy-in: $111,000
  • Number of Entries: 18
  • Total Prize Pool: $2,219,89
  • Number of Payouts: 4
PlaceNamePrize
1stUSA Steve O'Dwyer$1,009,520
2ndCHN Quan Zhou$560,009
3rdCHN Chenxu Zhang$390,218
4thAnonymous$260,146

2023 WPT Big One for One Drop

  • 3-Day Event: December 18-20
  • Buy-in: $1,000,000
  • Number of Entries: 17
  • Total Prize Pool: $15,810,000
  • Number of Payouts: 4
  • Winning Hand:
PlaceNamePrize
1stBLR Mikita Badziakouski$7,114,500
2ndAUT Mario Mösbock$4,663,950
3rdUSA Dan Smith$2,806,750
4thUSA Isaac Haxton$1,224,800

References

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  5. Tuley, Dave. (2014-07-02). "Daniel Colman wins One Drop for $15 million". ESPN.com.
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