On Friday night time, as drivers ready for the Qualifying race within the System 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, a mixture of celebrities, F1 personalities, poker professionals, and philanthropists gathered at Allē Lounge on 66 at Resorts World for the inaugural $10,000 Huge Deal for One Drop Charity Poker Event.
The event was hosted by Cirque du Soleil and One Drop founder Man Laliberté and emceed by 17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, who sported a customized One Drop and WPT Basis jersey with, in fact, No. 17!
Amongst these to take part had been racing legends David Coulthard, Martin Brundle, Mika Häkkinen, and Alex Wurz, former Alpine Renault Crew Principal Otmar Szafnauer; and poker gamers Antonio Esfandiari, Jeff Gross, Dan “Jungleman” Cates, Matt Savage, Matthias Eibinger, Tony Dunst, Maria Ho, Jennifer Tilly, and extra.
PokerNews was on-site all through the event and gave followers a behind-the-scenes look in a prolonged thread on X:
Hellmuth and Tilly had been the figurative stars of the present typically posing for pictures with followers and entertaining the lots all through the whole lot of the event. For Tilly, that included a run to fourth place.
“We’re very pleased with how this inaugural occasion got here collectively,” mentioned Adam Pliska, President and CEO of the World Poker Tour. “The Huge Deal for One Drop showcased the right mix of enjoyable, competitors, and significant affect, creating a day to recollect.”
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The event started with 4 tables and performed a semi-shootout format the place the final two gamers from every desk superior to the ultimate desk, which is the place some nice prizes started.
Derek Adamian emerged because the champion of the inaugural Huge Deal for One Drop taking residence the ultra-exclusive Monaco Grand Prix Expertise, together with VIP tickets to the race and invites to the Prince’s Palace Reception, and a surprising limited-edition World Poker Tour chip set. The runner-up was Raphael Schreiner with Laliberté, Tilly, Cates, Gross, and former F1 driver Alex Wurz, who was taking part in poker for the primary time, all taking residence closing desk prizes.
This is a take a look at a few of the prizes that had been accessible, and gamers received to decide on separately beginning with the winner and dealing their approach again.
Singapore Grand Prix VIP Expertise: Non-public suite tickets for 2 with luxurious lodging on the October 2025 race.Montreal Grand Prix VIP Expertise: Platinum tickets and VIP hospitality in June 2025, together with entry to the famend Ritz-Carlton Grand Prix VIP Get together.Steve Aoki DJ Sales space Expertise: An unique alternative for 4 to benefit from the present from the DJ sales space, full with a meet-and-greet and premium hospitality.Mahindra System E Crew Hospitality Package deal: VIP entry to the 2025 ABB FIA System E World Championship.Dos Caras Gran Embajador Tequila: An ultra-limited-edition bottle valued at over $10,000.
The event benefitted the One Drop Basis’s mission to supply protected water, sanitation, and hygiene to communities in want worldwide. Since its inception in 2012, One Drop has remodeled the lives of almost 3,000,000 individuals and continues to increase its efforts due to occasions like this one.
“The Huge Deal for One Drop is a testomony to the facility of neighborhood and collaboration,” mentioned Laliberté. “It’s unbelievable to see so many individuals come collectively, not only for the love of the sport but additionally to convey hope and alternative to communities in want of entry to protected water all over the world.”
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About One Drop Basis
At One Drop, we unite individuals and empower communities to resolve the water and local weather disaster via modern, sustainable actions. Channeling the artistic spirit of Cirque du Soleil, we rally native and worldwide changemakers to boost funds and co-create options that drive life-changing tasks worldwide. Collectively, since 2007, we have now remodeled the lives of almost 3 million individuals in Latin America, India, Africa, and amongst Indigenous communities in Canada. Be a part of us in turning water into motion and making a sustainable future with protected water for all. For extra details about One Drop’s protected water initiatives, go to OneDrop.org.
About WPT Basis
World Poker Tour Basis is a non-profit group devoted to using the distinctive World Poker Tour worldwide platform to affect constructive change on a world scale. The core of the WPT Basis’s fundraising efforts is the continued sequence of philanthropic poker occasions titled WPT Taking part in for a Higher World. World Poker Tour Basis and its related charity occasions will assist convey consciousness and lift crucial funds for non-profit packages of excellence. Since 2012, the WPT Basis has helped elevate almost $50 Million with its companions. This unprecedented philanthropic effort is devoted to bettering our planet by supporting key charities in regard to human rights, schooling, world starvation, and the surroundings.
*Photographs courtesy of WPT.
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