Big One for One Drop Open to Recs Only
This was published 23-12-2016The One Drop, an initiative that was started by founder of Cirque Du Soleill, Guy Laliberte, focuses on supporting access to clean water all over the world.
The Big One for One Drop was introduced to the poker world during the 2011 World Series of Poker, and became the largest buy-in at $1 million and the most notable initiative in the history of poker.
Magic Antonio topped a field of 48 players to win the top prize of $18,348,673, the biggest award in poker tournament history.
Two years later Daniel Colman topped a field of 40 players and took home the top prize of $15,306,668 in the 2014 WSOP Big One for One Drop.
In July of this year, it was announced that the Big One for One Drop was returning as part of a five-day high-stakes cash game and tournament festival to be held for affluent recreational poker players.
The Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza was held between 13th and 17th October 2016 at the Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco which was headlined by The Big One for One Drop Invitational, an invitation-only, €1,000,000 buy in, three-day tournament for business, celebrity and philanthropic recreational players.
Laliberte commented on the reasons why entry to the latest event was invitation-only by saying that when they reflected back on the first $2 million One Drop events and talked to potential players for this event, they realized they had to do something different. He added that the first One Drop was about a 50-50 ratio of pros to recreational players while the second one had even more professionals, with some of the business people and recreational players staking pros because they thought it would give them a better chance. Laliberte also said that they wanted to change that dynamic, and after talking with a number of the more recreational players, they found they were less interested in playing in a more pro heavy and difficult field.
Laliberte went on to say that their priority is to raise as much money as they can for One Drop which is the number one goal. He added that they also want to create a fun and comfortable poker environment for recreational players where they are not under the threat of being bled out by the pros.
