The Worlds Largest poker site PokerStars was sold to Amaya Gaming in the hopes of entering the US regulated markets.
Poker Villain of the Year Award goes to Las Vegas Sands CEO, Sheldon Adelson for his efforts to get online gambling banned in the USA.
2014 Player of the Year is Daniel Colman despite having such a controversial year he managed to earn more than $22 million in 2014.
Negreanu lost to Colman but his huge runner-up prize of more than $8 million has put the pro on top of the poker all time money list in 2014 passing Antonio Esfandiari.
WSOP Big One for One Drop 2014 winner Daniel Colman now has $18.2 million in total live career earnings and features in 6th place on the poker all time money list.
23 year old, Daniel Colman’s victory in the 2014 WSOP One Drop event which paid out more than $15,3 million for first place.
Four USA players, two Germans, two UK and a Canadian will be battling it out for the 2014 WSOP Big One for One Drop title and more than $15 million for first place.
Notable Poker Pro Eliminations on Day 2 include: Antonio Esfandiari (10th), Phil Ivey (14th) and Sam Trickett (15th).
The WSOP Big One for One Drop Final Table consists of Tobias Reinkemeier, Rick Salomon, Daniel Colman, Daniel Negreanu, Cary Katz, Tom Hall, Christoph Vogelsang, Scott Seiver and Paul Newey.
Poker pros have realized that this life-changing million dollar buy-in event could boost their career earnings as it did for Antonio Esfandiari in the 2012 Big One for One Drop.
Day 1 saw the eliminations of 11 players who will not get any returns on their million dollar investment into the poker tournament most notably: Vanessa Selbst, Brian Rast and Jason Mercier.
The great thing about this event is that it is a charity tournament with 11% of the buy-ins being donated to Guy Laliberté’s One Drop Organization.
The current top 5 positions include: chip leader Sam Trickett, Tom Hall, Phil Ivey, Daniel Colman and title defender Antonio Esfandiari.
The line-up has been announced with twelve of the top poker pros participating in the televised high stakes poker tournament.
Confirmed players for the event include: Antonio Esfandiari, Dan Shak, Phil Laak, Vanessa Selbst, Scott Seiver, Daniel Cates, Jason Koon, Jeff Gross, Sorel Mizzi, Daniel Colman, Jonathan Duhamel and Brian Rast.
The tournament features a buy-in of $125,000 and attracts the best high stake players in poker, the event has six heats where players must earn points to qualify for the final table.
The PartyPoker Premier League 7 is the perfect event to create some hype leading up to the 2013 WPT Montreal which starts from 29 November at the same venue.
