Mikita Badziakouski defeats 16 opponents to winR$7,114,500 and become champion of the
first-ever WPT® Big One for One Drop.
WPT Staff
Las 🍎 Vegas, NV (Dec. 20, 2024) – Mikita
Badziakouski defeats 16 opponents to winR$7,114,500 and become champion of the
first-ever WPT® 🍎 Big One for One Drop, which benefited the One Drop Foundation’s mission
of ensuring sustainable access to safe water, sanitation 🍎 and hygiene for communities
facing extreme barriers.
“I mean, I feel great… the tournament itself is the biggest
title I’ve ever 🍎 had,” said Badziakouski after his victory. “I just got lucky in a
couple big coolers. That’s how it goes, one 🍎 of the sides has to get lucky and that was
me today.”
“We were honored to host the first WPT Big 🍎 One for One Drop with the help of
the One Drop Foundation and our casino partner Wynn Las Vegas,” said 🍎 WPT CEO Adam
Pliska. “The iconic event added an extraordinary level of prestige to the WPT World
Championship festival.”
TheR$1 million 🍎 buy-in event drew a field of 17 players and a
prize pool ofR$15,810,000. The televised final table featured the top 🍎 six players while
only the top four were destined for a payout.
Heads-up action left Austrian
professional footballer turned poker pro 🍎 Mario Mosboeck as the runner-up,
earningR$4,663,950. WPT Champion Dan Smith finished in third place forR$2,806,750 and
Isaac Haxton placed fourth 🍎 forR$1,224,800. Falling short of the money was WPT Champion
Nick Petrangelo and Santhosh Suvarna.
Other players who entered the six-figure event
🍎 included Chris Brewer, Stephen Chidwick, Matthias Eibinger, David Einhorn, Fedor Holz,
WPT Ambassador Phil Ivey, Martin Kabrhel, Jason Koon, Adrian 🍎 Mateos, Rick Salomon and
Talal Shakerchi.
“A big thank you to all the players that participated in the WPT Big
One 🍎 for One Drop,” said Alexandre Meunier, One Drop Foundation’s Chief Marketing and
Events Officer. “The charitable contribution of each buy-in 🍎 is a tremendous help to
progressing our worldwide efforts.”
All photos from the WPT Big One for One Drop can be
🍎 accessed via the WPT Flickr Page.
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Poker Tour® events, visit WPT.
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About the One Drop Foundation
The One Drop™ 🍎 Foundation is an
international philanthropic organization created by Cirque du Soleil and Lune Rouge
founder Guy Laliberté with the vision 🍎 of a better world, where all have access to
living conditions that allow empowerment and development. Its mission is to 🍎 ensure
sustainable access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene for communities facing
extreme barriers through innovative partnerships, creativity, and the 🍎 power of art.
Together with its partners, the One Drop Foundation deploys its unique Social Art for
Behaviour Change™ approach 🍎 designed to promote the adoption of healthy water,
sanitation and hygiene-related behaviours and empower communities. For this to be
possible, 🍎 the One Drop Foundation creates novel fundraising initiatives supported by a
visionary community of partners and donors. The One Drop 🍎 Foundation is celebrating 16
years of turning water into action, with projects that will soon have improved the
living conditions 🍎 of more than 2.7 million people around the world. Interact with the
One Drop Foundation on Facebook, LinkedIn and X, 🍎 or on Instagram.
