The Big One for One Drop 2014 – Day 1 has come to an end with some interesting results at the 2014 World Series of Poker where 48 players started out on Day 1.

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.

Big One for One Drop 2014 – Day 1 Results

23 players have confirmed their seats for the million dollar buy-in 2014 WSOP Big One for One Drop tournament.

Amongst the registered players there are twelve poker pros which includes: Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Trickett, Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel, Phil Galfond, Jason Mercier, Brian Rast, Noah Schwartz, Bobby Baldwin and Andrew Robl.

Half of the seats are already confirmed as the event is limited to the first 56 players cap limit. This will be the second time the event has featured on the World Series of Poker schedule with the first taking place in 2012.

Antonio Esfandiari won the 2012 WSOP Big One for One Drop winning more than $18 million which instantly positioned him in first place on the Poker All Time Money List.

The 2014 WSOP Main Event features $10 Million for first place prize adding great value to the most popular live poker tournament in history.

More about the 2014 WSOP Big One for One Drop

There have been some changes to the Poker All Time Money List in 2014, some poker pros have had a successful start to the year cashing at the 2014 Aussie Millions.

Phil Ivey has moved up from 6th place to 2nd place after his biggest tournament win in the 2014 Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge.

Still topping the Poker All Time Money List is Antonio Esfandiari who’s biggest win was the million dollar buy-in 2012 WSOP The Big One for One Drop.

Daniel Negreanu is also hot on the heels of Phil Ivey with only a few dollars behind in tournament earnings in 2014, both players having success at this years Aussie Millions.
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Get the latest WSOP 2013 Main Event updates and highlights of the 44th Annual World Series of Poker.

The Main Event attracted a playing field of 6,352 players, the total prize pool amounted to more than $59 million dollars with a first place prize of $8,3 million.

The tournament will run until 15 July 2013, and continue playing until only 9 players remain. The November Nine will return for the WSOP 2013 Main Event final table on 4-5 November.

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The 2013 WSOP One Drop tournament is a new high roller event with more than $17 million dollar prize pool generated by the 166 registered WSOP one drop players.

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.

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