Anthony Gregg Wins the One Drop High Rollers Event at the 2013 WSOP
In May 2013, Gregg won €760,000 when he finished second to Steven “Zugwat” Silverman in the €25,000 High Roller at the EPT Grand Final; you could say Gregg knows what he is doing at the poker table!
On Saturday, Anthony Gregg took down the $111,111 One Drop High Rollers tournament at the 2013 World Series of Poker, banking himself $4,830,619 in the process.
Gregg first became known on the live poker scene in 2008 when he finished 33rd in a $5,000 buy-in tournament in Atlantic City. Seven months after that cash, Gregg finished second to Poora Nazari in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. That runner-up finish netted Gregg $1,700,000 and gave him the bankroll to play in whichever games he wished.
Three years after coming second in the PCA Main Event, Gregg finished sixth for a $364,000 score and it was the first of some great scores for him in 2012. A third place in the €10,000 Six-Max High Roller at the European Poker Tour Grand Final (€82,800), was followed up by a fourth place finish in a $2,500 Four-handed No Limit Hold'em event at the WSOP ($114,711), before Gregg won the WPT Parx Open for $416,127.
In May 2013, Gregg won €760,000 when he finished second to Steven "Zugwat" Silverman in the €25,000 High Roller at the EPT Grand Final; you could say Gregg knows what he is doing at the poker table!
Now, as you read this article, Gregg is $4,830,619 richer after defeating 166 of the world's best players in the $111,111 buy-in One Drop High Rollers. Our previous article ended with Martin Jacobson leading the final 26 players, this one continues where that one left off.
The bubble of burst during Day 3 and, of course, it was a familiar name who popped it and paved the way for the prize money to be distributed. Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko was the unfortunate bubble boy, his 25th place finish worth nothing apart from experience. Timoshenko's demise meant the likes of Dan Shak (23rd), Shaun Deeb (20th), Phil Laak (19th), Andrew Lichtenberger (18th), Mike Sexton (16th), Martin Finger (14th), and Olivier Busquet (9th) all receive prize money ranging from $173,723 up to $384,122.
Day 3 ended with only four players; businessman Bill Perkins, Anthony Gregg, Antonio Esfandiari and Chris Klodnicki. Each of those four players sat back in their seats safe in the knowledge they had locked up a minimum of a $1,433,438 payday.
Esfandiari, who won the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop at the 2012 WSOP, was the first of the four players eliminated. Klodnicki raised to 800,000 and then called when Esfandiari three-bet all in for 9,925,000. Esfandiari flipped over pocket eights and was against Ad-9h. The final board read Kd-6h-7h-6s-Ah to send Esfandiari to the rail.
Perkins was the next to fall, his Ac-5d running into the As-Qs of Gregg. Perkins caught a five on the flop to flip the hand around 360 degrees, but Gregg spiked a queen on the river to end Perkins' impressive run in third place.
That hand left Gregg with a 31,200,000 to 18,600,000 chip lead over Klodnicki and it took only 19 hands for Gregg to seal his victory. Hand 80 of the final table saw Klodnicki limp and Gregg check. Gregg then check-raised a 500,000 bet to 1,400,000 on the 4d-3c-9h flop. Klodnicki moved all in for 8,000,000 and Gregg called. Klodnicki showed 7s-5d for a gutshot straight daw, while Gregg held 9d-2h for top pair. The 5h landed on the turn, followed by the 3s on the river, busting Klodnicki and leaving Gregg to be announced as the One Drop High Rollers Champion.
One Drop High Rollers Final Table Results
1st - Anthony Gregg: $4,830,619
2nd - Chris Klodnicki: $2,985,495
3rd - Bill Perkins: $1,965,163
4th - Antonio Esfandiari: $1,433,438
5th - Richard Fullerton: $1,066,491
6th - Martin Jacobson: $807,427
7th - Brandon Steven: $621,180
8th - Nick Shulman: $485,029
Prices quoted in copy are correct at time of publication but liable to change.
