The title 10 for 10 derives from the $10K buy-in being turned into a guaranteed $10 million first place prize in the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event.
The 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion was Swedish poker pro Martin Jacobson and the poker documentary features a behind the scenes look at how he prepared for the Final Table.
In 2008 Jacobson had an opportunity to try make it as a poker pro after winning an online satellite tournament to the 2008 WSOP Main Event which he busted out on the third hand. This was his first big live tournament that he played and it didn’t end well for him.
Martin continued to play online satellites to live poker tournament and qualified for several other events including: EPT London and EPT Budapest where he made his first cash in a live event finishing in 3rd place.
His success in live events eventually amounted to more than $5 million in just six years of playing poker with 55 cashes and 27 final tables appearances.
Jacobson was dominating the field of players as a chip leader from the first day of the World Series of Poker Main Event. He was the 2nd shortest stack when players returned for the final table on November 10th.
Although Jorryt Van Hoof was the chip leader for most of the 2014 WSOP Main Event final table, he was the first of the final three players to get sent to the rail.
Martin Jacobson was up against Felix Stephensen in an hour long heads-up battle in which he managed to beat his Norwegian opponent.
The High Roller tournament replaces last years WSOP Big One for One Drop, where Antonio Esfandiari won more than $18 million.
The buy-in for the high roller event has been reduced to $111,111 instead of a million, the 2013 High Roller event raised more than half a million for One Drop.
Watch the entire WSOP One Drop High Roller event – WSOP Live Streaming online sponsored by 888 Poker.
Another new charity poker tournament is the Little One for One Drop which will feature a low buy-in to attract a large playing field.
*Update final four players return for Day 4 – Bill Perkins, Anthony Gregg, Chris Klodnicki & Antonio Esfandiari.
