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 Kyllouml;nen – Professional Poker Player, Finland Age: 22
Guy Laliberteacute; – 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 ndash; June 30 at Rio (name) TBD Age: TBD
Satellite Winner MGM Resorts International June 30 VIP winner (name TBD) Age: TBD
The Saturdays 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.