Sam Trickett Leads WSOP Big One for One Drop After Day 1

Dan · June 30, 2014

Forty-two players showed up for this year’s $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop at the World Series of Poker. After officials thought the tournament might sell out, there were more than a dozen openings in the 56-max tournament. Nevertheless, a cavalcade of brand name players turned out, including Sam Trickett (pictured), who has a pace-setting stack of 13.4 million entering Day 2 on Monday.

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Trickett recorded the first elimination of the tournament to set the tone for the first day. Coverage on WSOP.com explained, “Trickett clashed with David Einhorn in a hand where the former turned the nut straight against the latter’s flopped set of jacks. Einhorn was eliminated from play and Trickett suddenly held double the starting stack.”

Then, Trickett cracked the pocket queens of Igor Kurganov after hitting a straight on the river. From there, WSOP.com added, “Trickett and Vanessa Selbst played an 8 million chip pot where the three-time WSOP bracelet winner six-bet shoved with A-K. Trickett called with pocket kings and the two endured a roller coaster of a run-out. Trickett finished on top and the first-ever woman to participate in the Big One for One Drop was eliminated from play.”

Although this author swore up and down that 13-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (pictured) would participate in this year’s One Drop, “The Poker Brat” was a no show. He spent the weekend trying to raise $600,000 of his $1 million buy-in, at one point posting on Twitter, “This would make a great reality show: me raising $600,000 in the last couple hours for a poker tournament!”

However, Hellmuth’s meal ticket never came to fruition, as he Tweeted, “Thought I had $1 million, went over to buy into One Drop, but $130,000 that was supposed to be at cage wasn’t there!” Thus, Hellmuth, who finished fourth in the 2012 One Drop, will watch this year’s version from the sidelines.

Trickett finished second in the One Drop in 2012 and the man he lost out to, Antonio Esfandiari (pictured), has the fifth largest stack after Day 1 this year. Esfandiari doubled up early on during Sunday’s play courtesy of Dan KingDan Smith, who checked on a board of A-K-4-10-8. Esfandiari shoved and Smith, after asking for a count, called and turned over A-K for aces-up. Esfandiari had him beat with 4-4 and moved up to over 3 million in chips.

Here’s how the One Drop field looks as play begins on Day 2 at 1:00pm PT:

1. Sam Trickett – 13,400,000
2. Tom Hall – 9,125,000
3. Phil Ivey – 7,675,000
4. Daniel Colman – 6,875,000
5. Antonio Esfandiari – 6,725,000
6. Noah Schwartz – 6,275,000
7. Rick Salomon – 5,890,000
8. David Doc Sands Sands – 4,615,000
9. Phil Galfond – 4,390,000
10. Daniel Negreanu – 4,270,000
11. Erik Seidel – 4,250,000
12. Brandon Steven – 4,205,000
13. Tobias Reinkemeier – 4,125,000
14. Doug Polk – 3,885,000
15. Connor blanconegro Drinan – 3,685,000
16. Gabe Kaplan – 3,475,000
17. Tony Gregg – 3,415,000
18. Isaac Haxton – 3,370,000
19. John Juanda – 3,215,000
20. Cary Katz – 2,945,000
21. Paul Newey – 2,845,000
22. Bill Klein – 2,840,000
23. Erick Lindgren – 2,175,000
24. Christoph Vogelsang – 2,060,000
25. John Morgan – 1,800,000
26. Talal Shakerchi – 1,685,000
27. Daniel Cates – 1,670,000
28. Greg gregy20723 Merson – 1,625,000
29. Scott Seiver – 1,165,000
30. Guy Laliberte – 1,030,000
31. Jean-Robert Bellande – 1,005,000