Update: The Million Dollar Buy-in Tournament Player List Revealed

Update: The Million Dollar Buy-in Tournament Player List Revealed
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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