Forty-eight multimillionaires and billionaires from around the globe descended on the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino yesterday (July 1) to begin competing in the highest stakes poker tournament ever conceived. Nearly every participant in the sellout field put up a cool $1 million to enter the BIG ONE for ONE DROP; the winner, who will be identified late July 3 or early July 4, will score an unprecedented prize of $18,346,673.
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Antonio Esfandiari earned a place in the record books last night by outlasting a field of multi-millionaires and billionaires to earn the richest payday in poker tournament history. Esfandiari, a 33-year-old poker pro and magician from Las Vegas, put up a cool $1 million to enter the BIG ONE for ONE DROP and walked away with a massive return on his investment: $18,346,673 million.
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Champion Poker and Blackjack players Hollywood Dave, Layne Flack, Kenny Einiger, Gavin Smith, Kasey Thompson, Michael Castellana, Freddy Deeb, and Devilfish race paddle boats around a Las Vegas Hotel lake. Theyll do anything to win, including trying to ram the other boat to win. Hey , they got 10,000 bucks riding on this race so anything goes!
Jennifer Tilly and Phil Laak challenge Phil Hellmuth and Johnny Chan to a 1500 dollar penny toss bet. This is 2 teams, each person on each team gets to pitch one penny. The team with the closest penny to the wall wins. Its all the nail biting drama of grade school. Hey, if you have a better bet to share with us lets see it!
Phil Hellmuth and Kasey Thompson go at it again. This time the stakes are 20,000 bucks to win or lose. Watch these guys hit balls from the hotel, over the pond to the green. Lots of side bets as other pro gamblers like Antonio Esfandiari, Johnny Chan, Phil Laak and Jennifer Tilly get in on the action.
Phil Hellmuth shows you why Elimination Blackjack Tournaments at the UBT are the deadliest game in town and now there is poker. You can win over $100,000 in cash and prizes each month. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. www.clubUBT.com. This spot recently won a major advertising award.
Antonio Esfandiari shows you why Elimination Blackjack Tournaments at the UBT are not just about luck, but skill and now there is poker. You can win over $100,000 in cash and prizes each month
The game of poker has exploded around the globe. Like the Super Bowl, there is a single event in poker that crowns a world champion.
The World Series of Poker main event is the biggest and the most important tournament in the game, and its champions, past and present, have become legends. In record numbers, the world’s best player come to Las Vegas to become the next superstar.
How many of the old champs do you recognize?
