Event #78: The Big One for One Drop - $1,000,000 No-Limit Hold'em

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The 2018 World Series of Poker is closing off with a bang as Event #78: $1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop continues at noon. 19 out of 24 players made it through the first day of this hallmark event, and several more are expected to take their seat shortly before late registration closes at the start of Day 2.

As expected, the best of the best have taken their seat in this event. However, it's not one of the usual suspects that tops the counts as American star Rick Salomon is leading after Day 1. The producer and poker player, notable for his high-profile relationships, bagged the overnight chip lead with 11,445,000 in chips. Salomon is no stranger when it comes to these ultra high-stakes events and cashed the last two editions of the One Drop, finishing 4th in 2014 in Las Vegas ($2,800,000) and 3rd in 2016 in Monte Carlo (€3,000,000).

Hot on Salomon's heels are two of poker's biggest stars: Phil Ivey sits in second with 10,365,000 in chips, while Daniel Negreanu follows in third with 8,100,000.

Although the entire field could be listed, Dan Smith (7,735,000), Erik Seidel (6,835,000), Talal Shakerchi (6,745,000), Dominik Nitsche (6,550,000), Jason Koon (6,540,000), Christoph Vogelsang (5,680,000), Nick Petrangelo (5,300,000), Justin Bonomo (4,715,000), Stephen Chidwick (4,550,000), Fedor Holz (3,220,000) and Adrian Mateos (3,100,000) are among those that will be back on Day 2.

2012 champion Antonio Esfandiari was the second to fall on Day 1 after David Peters busted first. Isaac Haxton, Bryn Kenney, and Jake Schindler also ran out of chips during the first day.

Cards will be back in the air at noon local time with blinds at 50,000/100,000 and a big blind ante of 100,000. Ultra-late entrants still receive 50 big blinds to work with, giving them plenty of room as Day 2 kicks off. The penultimate day is scheduled to play 10 levels or down to the final six, whichever comes first.

PokerNews covers this prestigious event with an all-star team wire-to-wire, so be sure to stick glued to your screen to not miss any of the action. Live streaming will be during the entire day and starts on PokerGO from 12:30 p.m. onwards with hole cards up, then move to ESPN from 9:30 p.m. onwards. The broadcast will be on a security delay of 30 minutes.