2012 WSOP: BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP - A FINAL LOOK BACK

EVENT #55 |
1M BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP |
48 ENTRIES | 42.66M PRIZEPOOL

It was magic, and so very fitting that the Magician himself, Antonio Esfandiari, won the Big One for One Drop, in what will go down as the biggest and most prestigious tournament in poker history.

Esfandiari (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 11th) defeated young UK mega cash game/high buy-in master Sam Trickett (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-217th) heads-up. You may shocked to hear that this is the first time that Trickett has posted a PTPR-qualifying result in 2012 ... that's because Trickett has been busy taking on all comers in the biggest cash games in the world in Macau.

With his fourth place finish, Phil Hellmuth does exactly what he did last year at this time, that is enter the Top 10 for the season. Phil now stands in 8th position on the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard - powered by PTPRpoker.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) Antonio Esfandiari $18,346,673 Sam Trickett $10,112,001 David Einhorn $4,352,000 Phil Hellmuth $2,645,333 Guy Laliberté $1,834,666 Brian Rast $1,621,333 Bobby Baldwin $1,408,000 Richard Yong $1,237,333 Mike Sexton $1,109,333 RELATED POSTS NOT THAT FAST! JAFFE WINS > SELBST SKYROCKETS TO #2 > DANG WINS LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP > HOBSON EARNS THE BRACELET > GRINDHOUSE, PART 2 > KOVALCHUK WINS AGAIN > DAVID BAKERS RULE! > GOOD GUY TRYBA WINS BIG > SHAKE AND BAKES! > CASSIDY-NGUYEN GO TO EXTRAS > HELLMUTH LEGEND GROWS, EARNS #12 > MAKE IT TWO FOR MONNETTE > CAZALS, MAD MARVIN MOVE UP > BLOCH WINS BRACELET

PTPR PRELIM EVENT 2012 World Series of Poker Event #55 : 1M Big One for One Drop July 1-3, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $1,000,000 | Prizepool: $42,666,672 Entries: 48 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ANTONIO ESFANDIARI 125 SAM TRICKETT 75 DAVID EINHORN 45 PHIL HELLMUTH 35 GUY LALIBERTE 30 BRIAN RAST 25 BOBBY BALDWIN 25 RICHARD YONG 10 MIKE SEXTON 10

2012 WSOP: DAY 38 RECAP - NOT THAT FAST! JAFFE HAS TO WORK FOR BRACELET

EVENT #54 |
1K NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM |
3,221 ENTRIES | 2.89M PRIZEPOOL

William Jaffe (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-42nd) had hoped that his meaningful chip lead heading into extra day play in the latest 1K NLH event would help make today a walk in the park.

Well, things didn't go as planned as on one of the first hands of heads-up play, Jaffe's opponent, Luis Campelo (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-142nd), spiked a miracle deuce on the river to make him trips, besting Jaffe's two pair ... the rail, filled with Brazilians - all here to support their countryman - erupted in celebration with cheers and chants. The players were now almost even in chips.

Jaffe, however, managed to get things back under control and eventually was able to eliminate Campelo and collect the bracelet!

WSOP Circuit Rincon Champion Joseph Kuether (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 104th) continued his strong 2012 campaign earning his fourth PTPR score of the season with his third place finish.

Brett Schwertley, Benjamin Volpe, David "Bakes" Baker and John Eames all earned Top 18 finishes in the event.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) Will Jaffe $500,075 Luis Campelo $309,429 Joseph Kuether $218,983 Nghi Van Tran $158,512 Ken Fishman $116,072 Jason Tompkins $85,981 Perati Muhamet $64,414 Benjamin Grise $48,788 Jeffrey Fielder $37,367 RELATED POSTS > SELBST SKYROCKETS TO #2 > DANG WINS LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP > VILANDOS SHOWS THE BOYS! > HOBSON EARNS THE BRACELET > GRINDHOUSE, PART 2 > WEISSMAN WINS > KOVALCHUK WINS AGAIN > HEARTBREAK FOR GLAZIER > DAVID BAKERS RULE! > GOOD GUY TRYBA WINS BIG > SHAKE AND BAKES! > NO ONE CAN GET CARTER! > SHULMAN SHOWS THE BOYS > CASSIDY-NGUYEN GO TO EXTRAS > HELLMUTH LEGEND GROWS, EARNS #12 > MAKE IT TWO FOR MONNETTE > CAZALS, MAD MARVIN MOVE UP > BLOCH WINS BRACELET

PTPR PRELIM EVENT 2012 World Series of Poker Event #54 : 1K No-Limit Hold'Em July 1-4, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $1,000 | Prizepool: $2,898,900 Entries: 3,221 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION WILL JAFFE 145 LUIS CAMPELO 95 JOSEPH KUETHER 65 NGHI VAN TRAN 55 KEN FISHMAN 50 JASON TOMPKINS 45 PERATI MUHAMET 45 BENJAMIN GRISE 30 JEFFREY FIELDER 30 BRETT SCHWERTLEY 30 CARL LE 30 BENJAMIN VOLPE 28 DAVID BAKER "BAKES" 28 IAN CHAN 28 CLAYTON FLETCHER 28 ROBERT BROWN 25 DAVID SMART 25 JOHN EAMES 25

PTPRpokerLIVE: BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP FINAL FOUR

LIVE COVERAGE OF THE BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP

Congratulations to Antonio Esfandiari, the first-ever winner of The Big One for One Drop, a tremendous win for poker

Hand #14 Antonio raises to 1.7M, call. 5d Jd 5c, Antonio bets, Sam raises, AE re-raise for 10M ... Re-raise ... Antonio all-in!!!

6dQd for Trickett ... 5-7 for Antonio ... trips vs. flush draw ...

3 of hearts on the turn ... river is a 2 of hearts ... MAGIC MAN WINS!

Hand #13 Walk for Antonio

Hand #12 Antonio raise, call. 3-9-Q (two clubs). Antonio bets 2M, call. 5s. Sam bets, call. 9d. AE bets, Trickett calls Trip 9's for AE

Hand #11 A-8-2 two-heart board .. Sam bets, wins

Hand #10 Antonio raises, Sam folds

Hand #9 flop 4-2-K (two hearts) .. Sam bets, fold from the Magician

Hand #8 flop 6-10-9 check/check turn 10 - Trickett bets, Antonio folds

Hand #6 cont ... Trickett goes over the top all-in ... Antonio folds ... Hand #7 Antonio gets a walk

Hand #6 Antonio raises, Trickett with the re-raise ... Antonio RE-raises ...action to follow

Hand #5 Trickett wins

Hand #4 Esfandiari raises preflop for the win

Hand #3 Trickett wins on a 6-4-Q board

Hand #2 - Antonio wins uncontested

Hand #1 ... both players show 10-7 - split pot!

7:15pm PT
On the 6th hand Antonio raises, Trickett re-raises, Antonio RE-raises, Trickett all in, fold

7:08pm PT
CHIP COUNTS:
Esfandiari 102.4M
Trickett 41.5M

7:00pm PT
It's hard for ESPN and the WSOP to ask for a better heads-up matchup. Two young, good looking men with great personalities and fantastic poker results ... and both wearing shorts and flip flops!

6:54pm PT
Einhorn all-in ... Antonio K-10 to Einhorn's K-9 ... flop 9-10-6 (2 hearts) ... turn 3 of hearts (no hearts for either player) ... river Q ... Einhorn is eliminated

6:44pm PT
Play about to resume ...

CHIP COUNTS:
Esfandiari 88.3M
Trickett 42.8M
Einhorn 12.8M

6:38pm PT
Five-minute bathroom break ... or is it?

6:34pm PT
Hellmuth all-in A10 v AQ ... flop A-10-5 flush draw for Trickett ... K on the turn ... Jack on the river to eliminated Phil Hellmuth in fourth position

6:30pm PT
Final four play begins.

CHIP COUNTS:
Esfandiari 87.3M
Trickett 34.5M
Einhorn 13.8M
Hellmuth 8.2M


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PTPRpokerLIVE: BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP FINAL TABLE 8TH to 5TH

LIVE COVERAGE OF THE BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP

6:22pm PT
Guy all-in, Antonio calls ... Guy: QQ, Antonio AK suited >> 7-J-2-K-4 on the river. Mr. Guy Laliberte is out of this tournament.

6:18pm PT
Level 22 ... Blinds 400K/800K with a 100K ante

6:09pm PT
With a 2-K-7 (2 hearts) board, Antonio check to Trickett who bets ... turn 8 of spades check - bet - call ... river queen of hearts ACTION card ... Trickett not able to pull the trigger on the river ... Antonio shows AK to win! Trickett had 8-9.

Looks like we have a new chip leader!

5:35pm PT
Three players in the hand on a 4-3-8 all hearts flop. Esfandiari checks, Trickett bets, Rast calls, Esfandiari folds.

Turn 10 of spades - Sam bets, Rast calls.

River 3 of spades, action on Trickett - all in and a call.

WOW! Quad threes for Trickett, Rast flopped a flush ... Rast is out!!

5:27pm PT
What a fold by Trickett! Einhorn raises in early position. Trickett, the last to act, tank-folds 99 ... Einhorn shows KK

5:23pm PT
Friendly game of poker going on ... players involved in a pot showing their cards after every hand

5:04pm PT
Level 21 begins ... Blinds 300K/600K with a 75K ante

4:54pm PT
First hand all-in! Laliberte JJ ... Baldwin A10 ... 7-10-8-Q-7 > Bobby Baldwin out in 7th position

4:52pm PT
We are back! 17 minutes remain in the current level

4:41pm PT
Players about to be re-introduced (with showgirls!) for the ESPN audience, we should be ready to go shortly

3:47pm PT
We are on break until 4:35pm PT so that ESPN can pickup the broadcast ... talk to you in a few!

3:40pm PT
Hellmuth trending: Phil starting to get aggressive and is picking up pots ... tv break

3:33pm PT
Action slow at the moment ... plenty of pre-flop raises without any action

2:55pm PT
On a 4-6-8 rainbow board ... Baldwin all-in with K9, called by Laliberte's 54 ... turn 5, river 7 ... Bobby hits the miracle straight and is still alive in this event!

2:49pm PT
The approx. chip counts following Rask's big win ...

Laliberte 19.7M, Rast 12.9M, Hellmuth 13.3M, Esfandiari 40.7M, Baldwin 5.4M, Trickett 36.8M, Einhorn 15M

2:46pm PT
Richard Yong all in for approx. 3M with A2 ... called by Brian Rast with a KJ ... King on the river and Yong is the first man out

2:35pm PT
Level 20 ... 250K/500K with a 50K Ante

2:35pm PT
Players are on a 15-minute break

2:21pm PT
David Einhorn just got a walk! Action is a little slow at the moment which is understandable given the circumstances

2:16pm PT
The Antonio Show ... using the power of the big stack, Antonio Esfandiari has won the last two pots without much effort

2:05pm PT
Short break in the action ... ESPN has bills to pay, you know!

1:54pm PT
Big decision here ... on a 3-5-9-10-K rainbow board, Einhorm bets out 1.5M, Hellmuth raises, Einhorn tanking for about five minutes ... folds

1:42pm PT
On a 5-6-7 board with two hearts, Antonio bets 2M+, Guy raises all-in ... Antonio tanking ... and folds

1:26pm PT
Einhorn AA, Esfandiari KK AIPF ... no help on the board, Einhorn doubles

1:08pm PT
Level 19 ... 200K/400K with a 50K Ante

1:08pm PT
Hellmuth with the change in eye-wear ... wonder if these sunglasses are luckier?

1:03pm PT
Brian Rast all-in on the second hand. Laliberte tanks and folds AQ face-up

12:58pm PT
Level 18 continues ... 150K/300K with a 50K Ante

12:52pm PT
Amazing player introductions - let's get this show on the road!


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