A more intimate gathering of the industry’s finest poker players was seen at the Wynn Las Vegas for the first series collaboration between the World Poker Tour and the One Drop Foundation. Running from July 9 to July 16, the festivities opened with the WPT EveryOne for One Drop $10M guaranteed event.
At each starting day, the numbers escalated for a total of 1,676 entries. With buy in at $10,000, it generated a rich $16,257,240 prize pool with the top three places guaranteed a juicy seven figures.
Entering Day 2, 537 players returned with the money starting at 210th place. Nearly everyone was a decorated champion. To mention some names: WPT brand ambassador Phil Ivey, WPT triple crown winner Darren Elias, WPT Prime Championship winner Stephen Song who topped the Day 1A counts. WPT champions Bin Weng, Fedor Holz, David Peters, Justin Bonomo, Kristen Foxen, Alex Foxen, and Ryan Riess.
Also rubbing elbows were Asian pros Jinho Hong, Punnat Punsri, Pete Yen Han Chen, Chin Wei Lim, Thai Ha, Sung Joo Hyun, Jun Obara. Hon Cheong Lee, Florencio Campomanes, Danny Tang, Ling Tien Loon, Sriharsha Doddapaneni,and newly minted Weiran Pu.
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Top 9 payouts
1st | 2,561,480 |
2n | 1,740,000 |
3rd | 1,302,000 |
4th | 956,000 |
5th | 700,100 |
6th | 524,500 |
7th | 412,900 |
8th | 326,300 |
9th | 257,600 |
WPT Alpha8 for One Drop
At the heels of the opener is the WPT Alpha8 for One Drop tournament which opens on July 14 and runs through July 16. Buy in is a larger $111,000 with $7,000 per entry going to the One Drop Foundation. Expect a tight field of world class pros for this event.
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