FCP Bob 1,321 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Day 2 Ends Two Players Away from the Money Despite fielding several objections from the surviving players, Day 2 of Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em ended two players away from the money. At the end of the 10th and final level of the day, the tournament staff called Jack Effel, the Vice President of the World Series of Poker, who ruled that the players would bag-and-tag rather than burst the bubble. There were then complaints when the players learned that there would be a total redraw, but this is a standard WSOP rule. At the completion of each day at the WSOP, there is a total redraw, unless the players have already redrawn to three tables. The redraw hasn't happened yet in Event 47, thus the remaining 26 players were randomly dispersed. You can find the table draw below. Leading the surviving players is Swede Martin Jacobson. Jacobson bagged 3,255,000, just 5,000 more than Connor Drinan, and two other players will enter Day 3 with over three million chips: Day 1 chip leader Brandon Steven (3,140,00) and East Coast legend Matt Glantz (3,005,000). Drinan surged at the end of the night when he was moved to the feature table, immediately four-betting and then taking a key pot off of Haralabos Voulgaris. Jacobson and Drinan are both seated at the same table tomorrow, and we'll keep our eyes pealed for potential fireworks. Also joining the chip leaders on Day 3 is the winner of the Big One for One Drop Antonio Esfandiari (2,970,000), 2013 WSOP bracelet winner Martin Finger (2,910,000), Bill "Leroy Jenkins" Perkins (2,750,000), Phil Laak (1,760,000), Anthony "End Boss" Gregg (1,750,000), Shaun Deeb (1,215,000), and 2012 Octo-Niner Jeremy Ausmus (995,000). While these players prospered, others were unable to survive the day. Eugene Katchalov, Owais Ahmed, Dan Kelly, Jason Mo, Tobias Reinkemeir, Jason Senti, Jason Somerville, Joe Kuether, Jason Mercier, Kyle Julius, and Daniel Negreanu all fell short of the $173,723 minimum cash. Play will resume on Friday at 1 p.m. PDT in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room. The plan is to play until a winner is crowned, but with a six-figure final bubble looming and then a final table bubble to come right after that, there is a possibility that this event expands to four days. We hope that you join us tomorrow, but for now, good night from Sin City! Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,321 Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 Antonio with a chance for the back to back One Drop Big One Perkins Leads Final Four; Esfandiari Eyes Second One Drop Title The 2013 World Series of Poker Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em was scheduled to come to an end today, but thanks to the record 166-player turnout—the highest ever for a six-figure buy-in event—an impromptu Day 4 has been added to the schedule to see who among the final four will emerge victorious to capture the gold bracelet and $4,830,619 first-place prize. Businessman Bill Perkins leads the final four with 14.7 million, but he must overcome some stiff competition in Anthony Gregg (13.9 million), Chris Klodnicki (12 million) and Antonio Esfandiari (9.2 million). Incredibly, Esfandiari is looking to capture a One Drop title for the second year in a row. The day began two off the money with 26 players returning to action. The first elimination came within an hour and happened in Level 21 (30,000/60,000/10,000) when well-known sports bettor Haralabos Voulgaris was eliminated by Connor Drinan in 26th place. The money bubble lasted quite awhile, and despite a double for Yevgeniy Timoshenko, he still ended up the High Roller bubble boy. Over the next few levels the in-the-money eliminations began to mount and included Steve Gross (24th - $173,723), Dan Shak (23rd - $173,723), Farshad Fardad (22nd - $173,723), Jason Koon (21st - $173,723), Shaun Deeb (20th - $173,723) and Phil Laak (19th - $173,723). It was at that point that Esfandiari was nearly eliminated. Instead, he used his proverbial "one time" to spike an ace on the river to stay alive. After Andrew Lichtenberger (18th - $173,723) and Daniel Alaei (17th - $173,723) were sent to the rail, the final two tables were set. Within minutes Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton, who cashed in last year's Big One for One Drop, fell in 16th place for $208,968. From there, Blake Bohn (15th - $208,968), Martin Finger (14th - $251,549), Matt Glantz (13th - $251,549), Jeremy Ausmus (12th - $308,622), Connor Drinan (11th - $308,622) and Lawrence Greenberg (10th - $384,122) all hit the rail before the unofficial final table of ten was set. It took just three hands for Olivier Busquet to fall to Nick Schulman and to establish the official final table for Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em. On Hand #16 of the official final table, which happened in Level 27 (120,000/240,000/40,000), Schulman attempted an unsuccessful stop-and-go against Richard Fullerton to bust in eighth place for $485,029. In the very next hand, Brandon Steven, who finished tenth in the 201 WSOP Main Event for $635,011, lost a race to fall in seventh place. In the last level of the night (Level 28: 150,000/300,000/50,000), Martin Jacobson hit the rail in sixth place after running ace-jack into the pocket queens of Anthony Gregg. He was soon joined on the rail by Richard Fullerton, who exited in one of the day's more dramatic hands. The final four players will return at 1:00 p.m. local time to play down to a winner. Join us then as we look to close this thing out and crown a new One Drop champion. Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJon 175 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Pretty strong. Anyone but Perkins tho plz Link to post Share on other sites
gadjet 11 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 A repeat from Esfandiari would be very impressive Link to post Share on other sites
Jam-Fly 8 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 would be so sick if Esfandiari goes back to back. I know winning a 166 player tournament and a 48 player tournament isn't massively unlikely or impressive or whatever, but it would be pretty epic to do. Does anyone else see the similarities between the one drop and the 'old main events'. Back when $10k was a lot of money and it was only the cream of the crop poker pro and rich amatuers that would play. Obviously that's a very romantic point of view but I think the similarities of the 'old days championship event' can't be ignored. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,321 Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 Anthony Gregg Wins $111,111 WSOP One Drop High Roller Event; Esfandiari Takes Fourth Link to post Share on other sites
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