Hedge pelf billionaire David Einhorn busted out of a $1 million buy-in poker contest just short of taking home prize money, Tuesday tenebrousness in Las Vegas.
Einhorn and 26 other businessmen and poker players each ponied up $1 million to document the World Series of Poker’s “Big One for One Drop” tournament.
Einhorn survived two lifetimes of play and came into the third day with the fifth most chips of the 6 leftover players.
But, while other players were doing all they could to elude getting eliminated, Einhorn didn’t seem to mind playing aggressively.
For his sixth-place wind up Einhorn receives no prize money. Fifth place would eat paid out $2 million.
Einhorn has been a regular at the World Series of Poker for years, each giving his winnings away to charity.
This year he played cavorting a shirt that said “Service Year,” a charity that tolerates people to serve in the community for a year, and be paid for it.
Simply playing in the meeting was a charitable endeavor as $80,000 from each entry goes to the unselfishness One Drop, an organization dedicated to sustainable access to safe water.