With Top-Two Finish In One Drop, Daniel Negreanu Takes Lead On All-Time Tournament Money ListPoker Pro Passes Antonio Esfandiri's $26-Million Mark |
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At around 7 p.m. local time in Las Vegas, play was heads-up in the $1 million Big One for One Drop tournament at the 2014 World Series of Poker. One of the players players was Daniel Negreanu, who by lasting until the final two, has secured the top spot on the all-time tournament money list — one of the most prestigious accolades in the poker world.
Negreanu entered heads-up play with a slight chip deficit to Daniel Colman.
Prior to this year’s One Drop, Negreanu had around $21.6 million in earnings, which was trailing Antonio Esfandiari’s approximately $26 million in lifetime tournament scores. Negreanu was guaranteed another $8.29 million in prize money, which will put him ahead of Esfandiari, who won the 2012 One Drop for $18.3 million. If Negreanu were to pull out a victory here on Tuesday night, he would vault to $36.9 million in earnings.
Third on the all-time money list is Phil Ivey with $21.1 million, followed by Erik Seidel with $20.4 million. Sam Trickett rounds out the top five with $20 million in earnings.
Esfandiari’s mark is a huge sum, but because of the proliferation of high roller events in recent years, the record was able to fall just two years later.
The $1 million One Drop this year saw 42 players, down from 48 in 2012. This year’s event had a 56-player cap, so the showing of 42 was far less than anticipated. It’s unclear if the WSOP will ever again have a $1 million buy-in. If it never runs again, and Negreanu ends up in the winner’s circle with $15.3 million in additional earnings, his $36.9 million might take a long, long time to fall.
For years, Jamie Gold’s $12 million in earnings was the top mark, after he won a record-sized 2006 main event. These days, players are climbing to money levels hardly imaginable a decade ago.
Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com for a full recap of the end of the 2014 One Drop.
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