A Dream Come True: The One Drop Extravaganza Reenacts James Bond in Monte Carlo

A crime kingpin gone broke has organized a poker tournament with a buy-in of $10 million to get himself out of debt. Ten of the super wealthy, some with questionable backgrounds, signed up and gathered in Montenegro to play some cards. Two of them are secret agents, trying to win the game in order to force the bad guy to cooperate.

In the words of Oscar Wilde, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”

And so it shall be, as come Friday, some of the richest people in the world gather for the Big One for One Drop Extravaganza to play the poker match from Casino Royale for real!

The reality isn’t entirely matching up to the Bond movie just yet, but it’s getting close. The buy-in is a “mere” €1 million ($1,107,342) instead of $10 million and no one is going to Montenegro. Instead the group will come together in Monaco.

Most importantly, though, the organizer isn’t trying to make back some lost money; he’s a billionaire acting out of altruistic motives. And it’s yet to be seen if any secret agents will participate, though if they’re any good at their job, we’ll probably never know.

But other than those small changes, for me, the One Drop Extravaganza is a movie coming to life and I couldn’t be more excited about it.

In the Bond movie, noDaniel Negreanu or Phil Ivey signed up for the tournament. Bond’s initial cover was that of a professional gambler though (Mr. Arlington Beech). During the One Drop, no professional poker players are allowed, something we looked at last week in The Railbird Report. This is most likely the reason the poker community isn’t particularly awaiting the tournament eagerly; there is no real buzz yet surrounding the biggest ever buy …

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