Antonio Esfandiari raised from the button and Erik Seidel opted to three-bet from the small blind to 102,000. Scott Seiver was next to act in the big blind and he four-bet to 280,000.
Esfandiari gave up his cards and Seidel tanked for a bit before putting together a five-bet worth 850,000.
Seiver gave it some thought but eventually he decided to let his hand go giving up this pot to Seidel. Shortly after this hand was done Seiver Tweeted the following.
Gabe Kaplan, noted actor, comedian, and poker commentator, has just sat down as the 42nd entrant in The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop.
Prior to this week, Kaplan's last live recorded tournament cash was in 2010 during the NBC National Heads Up Championship where he finished in 9th place. Just two days ago, however, Kaplan was one of the 87 total entries in the 2014 Bellagio $100K Summer Super High Roller. Kaplan ultimately finished eighth in the event and pocketed $258,390 in prize money. Soon after, Kaplan tweeted the following:
Since that moment, it was a very strong possibility that Kaplan would take his seat for this prestigious event. He ultimately opted to come down to the Rio and took his seat at Table #354 where he joined the likes of Sam Trickett, Vanessa Selbst, Paul Newey, John Morgan, Max Altergott, and Igor Kurganov.
David Einhorn had been Tweeting excitedly about playing in this year's Big One for One Drop, but unfortunately for him his tournament lasted just 45 minutes.
Einhorn just Tweeted about his exit and we're sure to see him again in the Main Event.
Good afternoon and welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for the 45th annual World Series of Poker. Today's a big one - thee BIG ONE, actually - as the $1 Million BIG ONE for ONE DROP is set to kick off at 1 p.m. in the Tan Section of the Amazon Room.
This seven-figure extravaganza debuted in 2012 with 48 hopefuls, and Antonio Esfandiari took it down, earning over $18 million. Joining him at the final table were fellow professionals Sam Trickett, Phil Hellmuth, and Brian Rast, poker legend Mike Sexton, and amateurs Guy Laliberté, David Einhorn, and Richard Yong.
Laliberté is the reason we are all here preparing to witness this electric event, and of each $1 million buy-in, $111,111 will be donated to the One Drop Foundation. One Drop strives to provide clean water to those in need, and players at the WSOP can donate in various different ways, not just by ponying up $1 million to play in this event.
Over $5.3 million was donated to One Drop thanks to the inaugural event in 2012, and if this tournament reaches the 56-player cap, another $6,222,216 will be sent to those in need.
It is unknown whether or not we will reach the limit of 56 players. On June 17, the WSOP reported that 41 players will confirmed, and two players, Connor Drinnan and Erick Lindgren, won a seat to the event in Saturday's $25,000 buy-in satellite.
Like all WSOP events, late registration will be open for six levels. By our math that will be around 10 p.m.
The cards will be in the air around 1 p.m. - there may be theatrics and such so don't hold us to that - but we will keep you abreast of any schedule changes.
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