2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza

€1,000,000 Big One For One Drop
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
65
Prize
€11,111,111
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,000,000
Prize Pool
€24,888,892
Entries
28
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

King on the River Keeps Garand Alive

Level 8 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Pierre Garand and Brandon Steven
Pierre Garand and Brandon Steven

From early position, Pierre Garand raised to 150,000 and Cary Katz three-bet to 350,000 two positions down. Action folded to Rick Salomon in the small blind and he cold four-bet to 850,000. The big blind folded.

Garand glanced at his coach Jonathan Duhamel and moved in for 2.2 million total. Katz tanked for a bit before folding, Salomon called.

Rick Salomon: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Pierre Garand: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

"Ow, ace-king versus queens, a classic confrontation" noted Daniel Negreanu with a serious voice.

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{7-Spades}{K-Clubs} and when the king hit, fellow Canadian Negreanu, Laliberté and Duhamel couldn't contain their excitement. Garand was cool, collecting the sizable pot and going into the last break of the night twice as rich as moments before.

"I had your two outs" Katz told Salomon, indicating he too had queens.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pierre Garand ca
Pierre Garand
4,880,000
2,090,000
2,090,000
Profile photo of Rick Salomon us
Rick Salomon
2,320,000
-1,200,000
-1,200,000

Tags: Cary KatzDaniel NegreanuJonathan DuhamelPierre GarandRick Salomon