23 Players Remain in High Roller for One Drop; Bertrand Grospellier Leads
Welcome to Day 3 coverage of Event #6: High Roller for One Drop - $111,111 No-Limit Hold'em.
A total of 130 entries took to the felt, and 23 players remain entering Day 3. A total of $505,555 was generated for One Drop, and the tournament prize pool is $13,722,150. The top 20 places will be paid, with a min-cash set at $166,666. However, each remaining player is looking to capture the first-place prize of $3,686,865 and a coveted World Series of Poker bracelet.
On top of the chip counts entering Day 3 is Bertrand Grospellier with 7,040,000. A late surge on Day 2 catapulted Grospellier to the top of the counts. The man known as "ElkY" got the better of 14-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth in a hand that generated a lot of buzz, helping Grospellier cement his status as chip leader beginning Day 3.
The field is stacked with some of poker's biggest names, two of which have had One Drop success before. Antonio Esfandiari and Dan Colman have each won the Big One for One Drop and remain in the hunt to capture another One Drop title. Also among the remaining field are the aforementioned Hellmuth, 2014 Main Event champion Martin Jacobson, Doug Polk, Scott Seiver, and 2017 bracelet-winner Igor Kurganov.
Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. and the plan for the day is to play until only nine players remain.
Below is the Day 2 table and seat draw:
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 1 | 1 | Connor Drinan | United States | 1,540,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 2 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 6,080,000 | 101 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 3 | Chris Moore | United States | 4,315,000 | 72 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 4 | Haralabos Voulgaris | United States | 1,970,000 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 5 | Simon Lam | United States | 1,740,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 6 | Phil Galfond | United States | 1,685,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 7 | Rainer Kempe | Germany | 3,950,000 | 66 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 1 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 800,000 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 2 | Michael Kamran | United States | 2,500,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 3 | Charlie Carrel | United Kingdom | 1,270,000 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 4 | Moritz Dietrich | Austria | 710,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 5 | Dan Shak | United States | 2,180,000 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 6 | Igor Kurganov | Russia | 1,615,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 7 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 2,870,000 | 48 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 8 | Scott Seiver | United States | 4,920,000 | 82 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 1 | Doug Polk | United States | 3,500,000 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 2 | Dan Colman | United States | 4,100,000 | 68 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 3 | Byron Kaverman | United States | 1,495,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 4 | Bertrand Grospellier | France | 7,040,000 | 117 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 5 | Andrew Robl | United States | 4,080,000 | 68 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 6 | Antonio Esfandiari | United States | 2,105,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 7 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 3,805,000 | 63 |
| Brasilia | 3 | 8 | Salman Behbehani | United States | 835,000 | 14 |