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LAS VEGAS -- Daniel Colman let his poker play speak for itself.
While the $1 million buy-in tournament is set to return at the 2014 WSOP, this year, the ONE DROP High Rollers event will carry an $111,111 entry fee. The event is structured as a three-day event that begins on Wednesday, June 26 at 12 noon. Officially Event #47 on the schedule, the prize pool is expected to exceed $10 million.
Colman, a 23-year-old professional online poker player from Holden, Mass. (though he has lived in Montreal and Rio de Janeiro to maximize his online opportunities), won the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop event at the World Series of Poker on Tuesday night. First prize was worth $15,306,688 and Colman's first WSOP bracelet as he topped six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu in the final heads-up battle.
Colman ran off after doing the wrap-up interview for the ESPN broadcast of the event (July 29, Aug. 5 and Aug. 12), but Olivier Busquet, another online pro who has served as Colman's mentor and backer, said Colman doesn't like to do interviews and that he said in one interview that the focus should be on the charity. That's a good place to start.
- Polk won the WSOP’s $111,111 buy-in High Roller for One Drop event at the Rio Convention Center, outlasting many of the biggest names in poker to claim the $3.69 million first prize.
- A complete history of the Big One For One Drop, the biggest buy-in MTT in the history of tournament poker.
- The World Series of Poker's Big One for One Drop is underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Thirty professional poker players and 12 businessmen and entertainers ponied up the $1 million buy-in for the second Big One for One Drop on Sunday afternoon.
- The Big One for One Drop™ is a philanthropic poker event that debuted in 2012 with a sold out 48-seat tournament that raised US$5.6 million for One Drop. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) and One Drop decided to make The Big One a recurring event, and it's been held every 2 years ever since; The Big One for One Drop 2018 was the 4th edition of this tournament.
One Drop was created by Guy Laliberte, the founder of Cirque du Soleil, in 2007 to raise money (and awareness) of the charity that brings much-needed water to parts of the world that don't have adequate sanitation systems. The Big One for One Drop tournament debuted in 2012 when 48 poker pros and businessmen entered and out of each million-dollar entry fee, $111,111 goes to One Drop. This year, 42 players entered to raise $4,666,662. One Drop is based in Montreal, so another nice tie-in with part-time resident Colman and the Canadian-born Negreanu.
'The focus should be on the charity, otherwise it's just a bunch of rich guys playing for obscene amounts of money,' Negreanu said. 'Poker is his (Colman's) job and he's here to work. If he doesn't want to do interviews, I respect it completely.'
Colman has earned his reputations as a heads-up sit-and-go specialist and finished third ($111,942) in the $10,000 buy-in heads-up no-limit hold 'em event that concluded a week ago Saturday. So, even though Negreanu was seen as the more experienced player ('KidPoker' turns 40 on July 26) and held a slight 68.5 million in chips to 57.5 million, he knew he was in for a battle.
'In heads-up, he's one of the best in the world,' Negreanu said. 'I'm happy with how I played and luck plays a role in this format, but he played great, too. He's going to win a lot more of these.'
The end of the battle came on the 46th hand of heads-up play as Colman held about a 5-1 chip advantage. Blinds were at 800K/1.6M and after Negreanu limped in on the button, Colman raised to 4 million. Negreanu went all-in and Colman called. Negreanu led with A-4 against Colman's K-Q and hit two pair on a flop of A-J-4. To the shock of the crowd at the Rio, Colman hit his straight on the turn and eliminated Negreanu who wasn't able to fill up on the river (7s).
Colman earned the lead only 15 hands earlier in a 60-million chip pot that featured Negreanu paying off his opponent on the river after a five-minute tank. When asked if that was the turning point, Negreanu actually pointed two hands earlier.
'I would say it was the A-8 versus A-Q hand,' he said. 'I was really cruising at that point and had a chance to take a bigger lead.'
Entering that hand, Negreanu lead 74 million to 51 million. He bet 2.5 million preflop and offered a 2.5 million continuation bet after a flop of J-J-9. Another J hit the board on the turn and Negreanu bet 4 million. Colman called and after an 8 on the river, both players checked. Colman's key catch there cut into Negreanu's lead and changed the feeling of the match. and Colman called.
Negreanu collected $8,288,001 and his consolation prize moved him atop the all-time poker tournament earnings list at $29.8 million, just $3 million ahead of 2012 One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari. Colman's biggest previous tournament win was $2.2 million at EPT Monte Carlo a few months ago. Now he's sixth on the all-time list.
Tuesday's action started at 3 p.m. local time after the action lasted past 4 a.m. the night before with intentions of breaking the money bubble. After 30 hands of bubble play, organizers halted the action, but once the players returned, the biggest bubble of the year burst quickly. On Tuesday's first hand, businessman and Macau cash gamer Tom Hall lost a race to Negreanu (10-10 < A-Q) and left empty-handed. The remaining players were guaranteed at least $1.3 million and eliminations came quickly as four players remained with over 20 million in chips while the other four were under 10 million. By the next two levels, Cary Katz (eighth), Paul Newey (seventh), Scott Seiver (the only other previous bracelet winner at the final tables beside Negreanu, sixth) and Tobias Reinkemeier (fifth) had all fallen. Rick Salomon, the chip leader at the end of Monday's action, held on for fourth to collect $2.8 million. German Christoph Vogelsang took third for $4,480,000.
'I didn't win it, but it was cool to watch,' said Negreanu. Or it will be once the show goes through post-production.
Below are the complete results of Event 37 at the 2014 World Series of Poker:
Event 57: Big One for One Drop
Buy-in: $1 million
Entries: 42
Prize pool: $37,333,338
Players in the money: 8
1. Daniel Colman ($15,306,668)
2. Daniel Negreanu ($8,288,001)
3. Christoph Vogelsang ($4,480,001)
4. Rick Salomon ($2,800,000)
5. Tobias Reinkemeir ($2,053,334)
6. Scott Seiver ($1,680,000)
7. Paul Newey ($1,418,667)
8. Cary Katz ($1,306,667)
After daily coverage of the World Series of Poker Main Event streamed on ESPN and PokerGO, the summer concludes with back-to-back days of the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop. Day 2 of the event will stream on PokerGO and ESPN 2, with PokerGO action beginning at 3 PM ET. The journey to the final table will then shift to ESPN 2, before returning to PokerGO.
A streaming schedule is provided below:
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Tuesday’s final table session will stream live on both platforms, but where you can watch will depend on your location.PokerGO will be blacked out in ESPN affiliate locations around the world and a complete viewing guide can be found below.
Where to watch the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop:
United States: ESPN’s family of networks is your home for the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. The live broadcast will begin on Tuesday, July 16 at 3 PM ET on the PokerGO. ESPN+ will broadcast the final table via TV network simulcasts. Check your local listings.
Canada: The Sports Network, TSN, will provide live coverage of the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop throughout Canada. TSN GO will broadcast the final table via TV network simulcasts. Check your local listings.
Brazil: ESPN Latin Brazil will provide live coverage of the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop to Brazil. Check your local listings.
Caribbean:ESPN and ESPN2 Caribbean will provide live coverage of the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop to Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, St Kitts/Nevis, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Vincent/Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Cruise Ships. Check your local listings.
Australia and Oceania: ESPN and ESPN2 PacRim will provide live coverage of the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop to Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Tahiti, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Western Samoa. Check your local listings.
Israel: One Sport and Ananey will broadcast the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop table for Israeli viewers and the live coverage will also stream on One Sport’s internet and mobile services. Check your local listings.
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein: Sport 1 will broadcast the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop for viewers in these regions. Check your local listings.
Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania: Viasat will broadcast the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop for viewers in these regions. Check your local listings.
United Kingdom: BT will provide live coverage of the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. The live coverage will also stream on BT Sports’ internet and mobile service. Check your local listings.
Rest of World: PokerGO will provide live coverage of the WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop throughout the rest of the world. Countries with access to PokerGO’s live stream include France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, Czech Republic, Japan and more. Subscribe now.
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