Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

2013-06-26 15:12 UTC-7

The Ladies in the Field

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Kathy Lehne. Photo courtesy of suncoastresources.com.

Thus far just two women have entered the field in Vanessa Selbst and Kathy Lehne. The former, who is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, is a well-known poker pro and needs little introduction. Lehne, on the other hand, may not be a recognizable name among poker fans.

Lehne is actually the founder, President and CEO of SunCoast Resources, which is a petroleum distributor. Lehne founded the company with her savings of $2,000 back in 1985 when she was just 23 years old. Fast forward to 2009 and the company had more than $1.2 billion in revenue, 400 employees and was named No. 12 on 2008's Entrepreneur’s 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Led Companies.

“When I started Sun Coast Resources, I was 23 years-old and decided then and there to jump in with the sharks," Lehne said in an interview with ladieswholaunch.com. "It was a leap of faith, but the way I figured it, what in the world did I have to lose versus the prospect of a very large gain? So with a burning desire to start my own company, I invested $2,000. Once you make the final decision to take the entrepreneurial plunge, commit to it 100%.”

Needless to say, we'll be keeping an eye on both ladies as they try to navigate the male-dominated field.

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2013-06-26 15:02 UTC-7

PokerNews Podcast Episode #165: One Drop feat. Ty Stewart

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The Rio is buzzing with the $111,111 One Drop High Rollers event, and the crew takes a look at some of the big names in the field. They also do a little fantasy draft for the tournament with the Executive Director of the World Series of Poker, Ty Stewart.

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2013-06-26 09:00 UTC-7

$111,111 One Drop Begins at Noon

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Today marks the kick off of the largest buy-in tournament on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule, Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em. Last year, the WSOP held the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop that shattered records for the largest buy-in tournament ever held, and this year it will be looking to shatter more records in terms of the largest field ever to play a six-figure buy-in event.

In 2006, the first six-figure buy-in poker event was held with the AU$100,000 Speed Poker Million Dollar Challenge at the 2006 Crown Australian Poker Championships. That event attracted 10 entries and was won by John Juanda for AU$1,000,000. The largest field size and prize pool in a six-figure buy-in event was the recent 2013 GuangDong Ltd. Asia Millions HK$1,000,000 (approx. $130,000) Main Event where 71 unique players competed and there were 54 re-entries made, creating a total field size of 125 entries. The WSOP's $111,111 One Drop High Rollers event is expected to surpass that number of entries, but will have to do so without re-entries available.

Many of poker's top players took the day off yesterday, opting not to buy into the gold bracelet events that were kicking off because they knew they wouldn't want to risk anything getting in the way of the start of this massive event. Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu are two of those players, and two of the biggest names in poker that are expected in the field today. Others expected to be in action are Erik Seidel, John Juanda, Greg Merson, Sam Trickett, Kyle Julius, Antonio Esfandiari, Jake Cody, Mohsin Charania, Faraz Jaka, Eugene Katchalov, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Bill Perkins, Dan Shak, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, and so many more.

Another player who will be in the contest is Owais Ahmed, WSOP gold bracelet winner. Ahmed's entry is special because he won the WSOP.com drawing for the $111,111 seat into this event.

For this special event, players will begin with 300,000 in tournament chips and the blinds will start at 300/600/100. Each level will last 60 minutes in length, and the official WSOP structure sheet can be found here.

The cards will be in the air at 12 p.m. local time in Las Vegas a the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. If you're in the area, feel free to come on down and rail the event live. If you're not, rest assured because the PokerNews Live Reporting Team has you covered all day long.

Strap in and get ready for an exciting day of poker. We'll see you back here in a bit.