Organizers of Big One for One drop
Harrah's Entertainment, organizer of the million dollar buy-in Big One for One Drop tournament scheduled for Saturday, published the official and final sign-up list of players earlier that day.
19 amateurs and 27 professional players together with two satellite seat entrants complete the list of 48 seats in the charity tournament where 11.1% of the total amount ($5.53 million) will be set aside for third world humanitarian projects.
With $18,346,673 allocated for the first prize, this is so far the biggest single prize in poker tournaments.
Other pay-outs are listed below:
2nd: $10,112,001
3rd: $4,352,000
4th: $2,645,333
5th: $1,834,666
6th: $1,621,333
7th: $1,408,000
8th: $1,237,333
9th: $1,109,333
Some of the top poker pros players who twitted about their plans to participate eventually did not appear on the list.
Here's the official entry list:
Bobby Baldwin - Chief Design & Construction Officer, MGM Resorts International Age: 62
Frederic Banjout - CEO, Eden Shoes, Paris, France Age: 42
Bob Bright - CEO, Bright Trading, LLC, Las Vegas, NV Age: 72
Ilya Bulchev - Businessman, Moscow, Russia Age: 55
Roland De Wolfe - Professional Poker Player, London, England Age: 27
Tom Dwan - Professional Poker Player, Edison, NJ, USA Age: 25
Jonathan Duhamel - Professional Poker Player, Montreal, QC, Canada Age: 24
David Einhorn - U.S. Hedge Fund Manager, Rye, New York Age: 43
Antonio Esfandiari - Professional Poker Player, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 33
Phil Galfond - Professional Poker Player, Potomac, Maryland Age: 27
Bertrand Grospellier - Professional Poker Player, France Age: 31
Philipp Gruissem - Professional Poker Player, Germany Age: 25
Giovanni Guarascio - Businessman, Montreal, Canada Age: 55
Phil Ivey - Professional Poker Player, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 36
Eugene Katchalov - Professional Poker Player, New York, NY Age: 31
Cary Katz - CEO, College Loan Corporation, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 41
Jens Kyllönen - Professional Poker Player, Finland Age: 22
Guy Laliberté - Founder, Cirque de Soleil, Montreal, QC, Canada Age: 52
Ben Lamb - Professional Poker Player, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 27
Tom Marchese - Professional Poker Player, Parsippanny, NJ Age: 24
Jason Mercier - Professional Poker Player, Davie, FL. Age: 25
Michael Mizrachi - Professional Poker Player, Miami, FL. Age: 31
John Morgan - CEO, Winmark Corporation, Minneapolis, MN Age: 71
Daniel Negreanu - Professional Poker Player, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 37
Paul Newey - Chairman, New Wave Ventures, Dorset, United Kingdom Age: 43
Chamath Palihapitiya - Venture Capitalist, Burlingame, CA. Age: 35
Bill Perkins - Owner, Small Ventures (Private Equity), Houston, TX. Age: 43
Paul Phua - Businessman, Miri, Malaysia Age: 48
Brian Rast - Professional Poker Player, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 30
Vivek Rajkumar - Professional Poker Player, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 26
Tobias Reinkemeier - Professional Poker Player, Brighton, Germany Age: 24
Andrew Robl - Professional Poker Player, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 25
Phil Ruffin - Owner, Treasure Island Resort, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 76
Rick Salomon - Film Producer, Los Angeles, CA. Age: 44
Nick Schulman - Professional Poker Player, Manhattan, NY. Age: 27
Noah Schwartz - Professional Poker Player, Miami, FL. Age: 28
Erik Seidel - Professional Poker Player, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 52
Mike Sexton - Professional Poker Player, Las Vegas, NV. Age: 64
Dan Shak - Founder, SHK Asset Management, Philadelphia, PA Age: 53
Talal Shakerchi - European Hedge Fund Manager, Surrey, England Age: 48
Mikhail Smirnov - Businessman/Poker Player, Moscow, Russia Age: 39
Justin Smith - Professional Poker Player, Los Angeles, CA. Age: 24
Brandon Steven - Businessman/Car Dealer Owner, Wichita, KS. Age: 38
Sam Trickett - Professional Poker Player, East Retford, England Age: 25
Haralabos Voulgaris - Professional Sports Handicapper, Winnipeg, Canada Age: 37
Richard Yong - Asian Businessman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Age: 54
Satellite Winner $25,300 Mega Satellite – June 30 at Rio (name) TBD Age: TBD
Satellite Winner MGM Resorts International June 30 VIP winner (name TBD) Age: TBD
The Saturday's breaking news was that Phil Hellmuth, high profile poker professional and twelve-time WSOP bracelet winner, joined the list though it was not confirmed whether he had won or bought seat 48, a satellite seat put up by MGM Resorts International.
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