One Drop Monte Carlo: A Unique Poker Tournament with Recreational Players

The One Drop tournament in Monte Carlo in 2016 had 26 participants, all of whom were recreational players. The tournament featured a three-step satellite series with buy-ins of €10,000, €50,000, and €250,000. The final satellite event had six participants: Talal Shakerchi, Mark Teltser, Andrew Pantling, Haralabos Voulgaris, Sen Ung, and Evan Sofer. Evan Sofer, who qualified through the €50,000 satellite, did not participate in the main tournament.

The list of participants included notable figures such as Elton Tsang, Zhuo Wang, Yaki Sa, Paul Fu, Kamar Alynakyan, Mark Teltser, Paul Newy, Talal Shakerchi, James Bord, Tony Bloom, Andrew Pantling, Guy Laliberté, Pierre Garan, Haralabos Voulgaris, Bobby Baldwin, Rick Salomon, Jason Strasser, Patrick Madden, Cary Katz, Sean Dempsey, David Einhorn, Bob Safai, Dan Shak, Brandon Steven, Alfred De Carolis, and Anatoly Gurtovoy. The tournament started with blinds at 6,000/12,000/1,000 and a starting stack of 5,000,000.