Rick Salomon Leads WSOP One Drop, EPT Welcomes Chocolate Partner

Celebrity Husband Leads WSOP One Drop

Rick Salomon, the man who remarried Pamela Anderson earlier this year, is currently leading the WSOP’s $1 million One Drop event.

Despite not being as accomplished as some of his high stakes competitors, Salomon was able to outlast the likes of Sam Trickett, Phil Ivey and defending champion Antonio Esfandiari who fell by the wayside on Day 2.

Following a slew of high risk plays, including an impressive bluff against Christoph Vogelsang, Salomon was able to rake in 23,575,000 chips to finish ahead of Tobias Reinkemeier who got a late chip boost courtesy of Mr. Esfandiari.

Indeed, after Antonio moved all-in with Ad 5h Tobias made the easy call with As Jc and as the board ran out 9c Qd 6h Js 5d the reigning champ was sent home a few places short of the final table.

With the clock running out the organisers were forced to cut the day short just one place away from the money earlier today.

Despite players calling for the action to continue until the final eight was set, the decision was set which means tomorrow’s session will see nine hopefuls return tomorrow in a race for the $15,306,668 top prize.

$1 Million WSOP One Drop Day 2 Chip Counts

1. Rick Salomon – 23,575,000

2. Tobias Reinkemeier – 22,825,000

3. Daniel Colman – 22,625,000

4. Daniel Negreanu – 20,700,000

5. Cary Katz – 9,125,000

6. Scott Seiver – 8,250,000

7. Tom Hall – 7,775,000

8. Christoph Vogelsang – 7,075,000

9. Paul Newey – 4,050,000

EPT Welcomes Sweet Treat Sponsor

The EPT has just announced a sweet new partner for its eleventh and twelfth season. Announced today, PokerStars will now call Suesswaren Grasel as its chocolate partner for EPT 11 and 12.

The Austrian company is a family owned business and produce a number of high quality confectionary products, including: Milka and Toblerone.

As part of the deal Suesswaren Grasel will be the headline sponsor for one side event at every EPT stop during Season 11 and provide a slew of free chocolate bars to players.

The deal will kick off with the Grasel Sweets Super Stack at EPT Barcelona on August 26th. On top of hosting the €220 tournament, the confectionary company will give out at least 3,000 bars of chocolate during the Spanish festival and the season as a whole.

Aside from giving players a sweet treat during the coming months, the new partnership marks another mainstream sponsor in the poker world.

Commenting on the deal, the EPT’s Edgar Stuchly said:

“We are certain that players will think this is a sweet new addition on the EPT circuit.”