Was the decision to ban the professional poker players from the One Drop a success? Lee Davy takes a look at the decision to change the entry rules of the most expensive buy-in poker tournament in the world to see if it was the right play.

The world of poker reached a new level of insanity when in 2012 the Cirque du Soleil founder, Guy Laliberte, convinced the powers to be at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) that 48 people would pay €1m to compete in a poker tournament, as well as donating €111,111 to the One Drop Foundation.

I have spoken to Seth Palansky about the meetings leading up the decision to give the event the green light several times, and his view is always the same.

“I didn’t think we would fill one table.”