In a poker world where high rollers are more and more common, and by now a structural part of any schedule, there always has to be a tournament to one-up the rest. The Big One for One Drop Extravaganza fulfills that role to perfection.
After $1,000,000-buy in editions at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas in 2012 and 2014, the entire circus now struck down in the lavish French riviera town of Monte Carlo, Monaco.
The parameters had altered a bit; the buy-in upped to €1,000,000 with the option to reenter until the start of Day 2, but it was the stipulation that no professional players could enter that was the biggest revision.