One of the most curious stories of the poker year, for a poker geek like me a minimum of, was the return of The Big One for One Drop as a World Poker Tour, instead of
a World Series of Poker, occasion. Off the top of my head, I can just think about another circumstances where a flagship occasion as part of among the Big Three Triple Crown trips moved to another trip. That is when the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure started as a WPT occasion however then ended up being an EPT/NAPT occasion.
Among the other things that is really fascinating about this, which no one appears to have actually detected, is that the gamer cap has actually been gotten rid of. I have had it validated that there is no cap this year on the variety of entrants, whereas formerly the $1 million occasion had a cap of 48.
The only time the cap was reached was the extremely first occasion in 2012, however could it be that we will see a record presence this year without any cap?
Nosebleeds are growing
Possibly the closest occasion we have for a current contrast is the 2019 ₤ 1 million buy-in Triton Event in London. That drew in 54 gamers. It might have been 4 years earlier and pre-COVID, however a number of the very same gamers still regular the High Rollers today. One would presume the majority of those gamers might manage, or get staked, into the Big One.
We have actually likewise had lots of action in nosebleed money video games, most especially the $1 million Hustler Game. This consisted of the most significant pot in telecasted poker history.
Much better placing
What I actually believe will ensure a record-breaking field is the positioning of the occasion itself.
It is the ending of a really hectic month in poker, the WSOP Paradise and WPT World Championship will both be over and this will be the ‘better’ to the poker year. The WPT World Championship has a great deal of goodwill towards it from the poker world and the reality that it will remain in Vegas, where everybody in poker will be, will make it simple for anybody who can manage to play it to validate doing so.
The truth that it no longer happens throughout the WSOP may likewise eliminate a few of the tiredness that typically features the World Series. The truth that it is completion of the year may likewise permit some gamers to reason their method into it (“I had an excellent year, let’s end with a bang” or “That was a bad year, this may get me out of it”).
It likewise appears like there will be more buzz around the occasion this year in the accumulation, as the WPT has actually been drip-releasing the entries list. Something that would have been lost a little when it was a WSOP occasion.
I believe the initial cap of 48 gamers will be beaten quickly, I ‘d set the line at 70 and most likely take the under.
| Year | Occasion name | Entrants | Winner | Reward (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop | 48 | Antonio Esfandiari | $18,346,673 |
| 2013 | $100,000 High Roller for One Drop | 166 | Anthony Gregg | $4,830,619 |
| 2014 | $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop | 42 | Dan Colman | $15,306,668 |
| 2015 | $100,000 High Roller for One Drop | 135 | Jonathan Duhamel | $3,989,985 |
| 2016 | $100,000 High Roller for One Drop | 183 | Fedor Holz | $4,981,775 |
| 2016 * | EUR1,000,000 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza * | 28 | Elton Tsang | $12,248,912 |
| 2017 | $100,000 High Roller for One Drop | 130 | Doug Polk | $3,686,865 |
| 2018 | $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop | 27 | Justin Bonomo | $10,000,000 |
* Invite-only occasion for leisure gamers
