Facebook Live: Prepearations for the Final Table
We walked through the tournament room of Casino de Monte-Carlo were the crew was getting ready for the final table ceremony:
2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza
€1,000,000 Big One For One Drop
Dias: 3
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza
Buy-in
€1,000,000
Premiação
€24,888,892
Entries
28
Nível
22
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
Player Entrances
While a couple guitarists play entry music beside the main stage, tournament director Jack Effel is introducing each player one by one – starting with chip leader Andrew Pantling and ending with short stack Haralabos Voulgaris – and the tuxedo-clad players are taking their seats.
One Drop founder Guy Laliberte and jeweler Richard Mille and making additional introductory remarks, and play will begin in a few minutes.
Nível: 15
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 50,000
Hand #1: First Pot Goes to Brandon Steven
Nível 15
: 150,000/300,000, 50,000 ante
Hand #1: From under-the-gun Brandon Steven made it 900,000 to go and everyone else folded.
Nível: 16
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 50,000
Hand #2: Elton Tsang Takes the Chip Lead
Nível 16
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Hand #2: This hand featured the first flop, the first multi-way pot and the first big pot of the final table all rolled into one. Andrew Pantling raised to 850,000 from under-the-gun+1 and picked up calls from Elton Tsang (button), Cary Katz (small blind) and Brandon Steven (big blind).
A 
flop hit the felt, Pantling continued for 1,700,000 and Steven was the only player who folded. Pantling bet a further 3,500,000 on the 
turn but both he and Katz folded when Tsang raised to 9,000,000 total. With that pot Tsang has taken the chip lead.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
32,150,000
8,600,000
|
8,600,000 |
|
25,725,000
-6,050,000
|
-6,050,000 |
Hand #3: Pantling Loses a Four-Bet Pot, Tsang Again the Beneficiary
Nível 16
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Hand #3: Right after Andrew Pantling lost that sizable hand to Elton Tsang, the two of them tangled again.
First to act, Pantling raised to 800,000. Action folded to Elton Tsang and he three-bet to 2.3 million. Action was back on Pantling soon enough and he four-bet to 8 million. Tsang asked how much Pantling was playing behind (about 17 million) and called.
With already over 16 million in the middle, the flop came 
.
Pantling bet 6.5 million and within two seconds, Tsang had moved all in.
Pantling sighed, tanked for about 30 seconds or so, and mucked.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,650,000
15,500,000
|
15,500,000 |
|
|
11,000,000
-14,725,000
|
-14,725,000 |
Hands #4-7: Andrew Pantling Active
Nível 16
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Hand #4: James Bord raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and Andrew Pantling called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and both players checked. Pantling led out for 2,000,000 on the 
turn and the river was the 
. Both players checked again and Bord turned over 
for nines up. Pantling mucks, and Bord takes the pot.
Hand #5: Action folded to Andrew Pantling in the small blind and he pushed all in. James Bord was in the big blind and he asked for an exact count. The dealer broked down Pantling's stack, and his all-in raise was for 7,975,000 total. Bord thought for another minute, but then folded.
Hand #6: Elton Tsang raised to 900,000 from early position and everyone else folds.
Hand #7: Action folded to Andrew Pantling in the cutoff, he opened to 1,000,000 and won the blinds and antes.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000,000
3,875,000
|
3,875,000 |
|
||
|
|
8,775,000
-2,225,000
|
-2,225,000 |
Haralabos Voulgaris Eliminated in 8th Place
Nível 16
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Hand #8: Being one of the best sports bettors in the world, Haralabos Voulgaris would've known that the odds were stacked against him today. He came in as the short stack and would've been looking for a spot to get a double up and climb out of the basement.
Eight hands in, he found that spot. Action folded to him on the button and he moved all-in for around 11 big blinds. Just picking up the blinds and antes would've added almost 25% to his stack, but it would not be a raise and take as Anatoly Gurtovoy called from the small blind. When Elton Tsang folded from the big blind it was time for the showdown.
Voulgaris: 
Gurtovoy:
Voulgaris had a 38.97% chance of surviving but the 
board didn't help him and he departed in eighth place. That all means that we're now on the bubble here in Monte Carlo. A €1,500,000 bubble.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
20,675,000
3,900,000
|
3,900,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Hands #9-13: Pantling and Steven Chop an All In
Nível 16
: 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Hand #9: From the small blind, Elton Tsang raised to 1 million. Cary Katz folded his big blind and the pot went to Tsang.
Hand #10: First to act, Rick Salomon opened for 1.1 million. James Bord made the call in position, all other players opted to fold. The flop came 
and Salomon check-folded to Bord's 1.5 million bet.
Hand #11: Action folded to Brandon Steven in the small blind and he pushed all in. Rick Salomon folded his big blind and the pot was for Steven.
Hand #12: Andrew Pantling received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #13: From middle position, Elton Tsang raised to 900,000. Brandon Steven, seated in the cutoff, shoved all in for 7.5 million. From the small blind, Pantling asked for a count and upon receiving that shoved over the top all in. Bord folded his big blind after having seen just one card and Tsang folded as well.
Brandon Steven: 
Andrew Pantling: 
The flop came 
and Katz said: "You're freerolling Brandon"
"So am I" Pantling said with a smile.
The on the turn indeed gave Pantling a flush draw but the on the river blanked and the two chopped the blinds, antes and Tsang's raise.