Update: Major Charity Tournament Attracts More Players

Jun 23, 2012
Update: Major Charity Tournament Attracts More Players
A million dollar event entered by Ivey and Einhorn Two more key players joined the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop charity tournament earlier this week after the withdrawal of Tony Guoga. The additions to the entry list are well-known Phil Ivey and David Einhorn, the founder and president of the $7.8 billion-worth Manhattan Greenlight Capital hedge fund. Einhorn is famous for his taking part in tournament competitions, as well as for his generosity. Namely, after finishing eighteenth in the 2006 main event, he donated his winnings of $659,730 to charity. He intends to do the same if he wins the Big One. The tournament organizers Caesars Entertainment imposed 48-player cap for entry field which currently numbers 42 entrants.
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