One of the summer’s biggest surprises arrived here in the final days of the 49th Annual World Series of Poker. Fresh off his fifth-place finish in the 2018 Main Event, 2009 Main Event Champion Joe Cada found a way to close out Event #75: $1,500 The Closer for his second bracelet of the series. At… Continue reading WSOP: Cada Closes Out Epic Series, $1 Million One Drop Get Underway

One of the leaders in online poker is combining with the number one charity in poker. 888poker and the One Drop foundation are collaborating for the first-ever World Water Day Online Tournament. The event takes place on the 888poker platform on March 22 and coincides with the United Nations-sanctioned World Water Day. The prize pool… Continue reading 888poker & One Drop Team Up for World Water Day

I F*cked Up is a PocketFives series where the game’s best tell stories of where they got it wrong. Mistakes happen every day in poker and let these players be the first to tell you it happens to everyone. If you are curious why German players are so proficient at No Limit Hold’em, consider this… Continue reading I F*cked Up: Dominik Nitsche’s Miscalculation Becomes Failed Bluff

While most of the poker world that was watching WSOP Europe action on Saturday was focused on the €111,111 One Drop High Roller or Day 1A of the Main Event, the €1,111 Little One for One Drop was playing down to a winner. Dutchman Albert Hoekendijk ended up being the last player standing, topping an… Continue reading WSOP Europe: Albert Hoekendijk Wins Little One for One Drop, $198K

There goes the first weekend at the 2017 World Series of Poker. No bracelets were awarded on Sunday, but a couple of tournaments did reach a one-table set up. That means there will be two final tables taking place today (Monday), and one of them is the biggest buy-in of them all.

The long-awaited return of World Series of Poker Europe hits King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic this October and features 11 bracelet events and €17,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools. The official schedule, which starts October 19 and wraps up on November 10 with the final table of the €10,300 buy in €4,000,000 guaranteed Main Event,… Continue reading 2017 WSOP Europe Schedule Includes 11 Events, €17M Guaranteed

Fedor Holzhas had himself quite the summer. The former PocketFives#1-ranked player had won a couple of Aria High Rollers, finished runner-up in the Poker Central Super High Roller Bowl and he capped it all off on Sunday by winning the One Drop High Roller for his first career bracelet. Holz’s victory came while Day 1B… Continue reading WSOP: Fedor Holz Wins One Drop HR, Main Event Draws 1,733 for 1B

The final day of the 2016 World Series of Poker before the Main Event kicks off buzzed with the arrival of the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop and the final table of the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller. The Ladies Championship also got underway and three bracelets were awarded for two events while… Continue reading WSOP: Three Return in $25K PLO, $111K One Drop Draws 157 Entrants

For poker fans and players alike, making it to the WSOP Main Event final table is a dream come true and, for most, completely unrealistic. Now, thanks to Charity Buzz, a site that puts once-in-a-lifetime experiences up for auction in the name of charity, some lucky soul is going to get a chance to get… Continue reading Caesars, One Drop Auctioning Off WSOP “Shuffle Up and Deal” Honors

2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel (pictured) has hit it big once again, this time taking down the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop for nearly $4 million. The 27-year-old scored his second gold bracelet in his sixth career WSOP final table.

If you’ve ever watched the World Series of Poker on television or in person, then you know who Guy Laliberté (pictured) is. He’s the founder of the highly successful Cirque du Soleilas well as the One Drop foundation, which has parlayed its name into annual charity poker tournaments at the WSOP.

On Tuesday night, the world watched as Dan Colman (pictured) won the World Series of Poker’s Big One for One Drop on ESPN. Colman was largely stoic after the final cards were dealt and for the most part looked stunned. He quickly declined interviews and exited the Rio while second place finisher Daniel Negreanu cordially… Continue reading Dan Colman: Poker is a “Distraction,” We Should Stop “Idolizing” Players

The title of this article is part of a quote from Aaron Jones reacting to a hand between Scott Seiver and Tobias Reinkemeier (pictured) that you can watch by clicking here. It occurred during the World Series of Poker’s Big One for One Drop coverage on ESPN on Tuesday night and set Twitter ablaze. In… Continue reading “For 3.5 Seconds, Toby Thought He Made the Best Fold in the History of Poker”

Last week, the Big One for One Drop played out at the World Series of Poker. Its winner, Dan Colman, exited stage right shortly after his $15 million win and refused media interviews despite the fact that ESPN is devoting three weeks of coverage to the event.

The poker media was left puzzled and dismayed when World Series of Poker One Drop champion Daniel Coleman (pictured) refused to give interviews after winning a massive $15.3 million first-place prize in the million-dollar buy-in tournament.