<img src="http://www.liquidpoker.net/staff/Raidern/bigoneforonedropwsop.jpg" align="right" style="margin:5px; border:1px solid black;">Thirty players have confirmed their participation in the special $1,000,000 Event that will take place at this year's World Series of Poker. The Big One for One Drop is scheduled to take place on July 1st at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
With 30 players confirmed, the first prize is estimated at $12,266,668, the largest prize in poker history. Besides the huge prize, the winner will walk away with WSOP's first ever Platinum bracelet. According to Jon Duhammel, at least 40 people will play the tournament. The event has a 48-player cap, which would increase the first prize to over $18 million.
As expected, most of the participants are not professional poker players. Out of the thirty people, only ten are professionals (but what a line-up!): 1. Guy Laliberté - Founder of Cirque de Soleil
2. Phil Ruffin - Owner of the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino
3. Andy Beal - 39th richest person in the U.S.
4. Montreal private citizen group (Sean O’Donnell)
5. Loto-Québec/Casino Montreal seat (Lottery scratch-off/live satellite)
6. Cary Katz - College Loan Corporation CEO
7. Paul Newey - New Wave Ventures Co-Founder
8. Richard Yong - Asian businessman
9. Erik Seidel - Poker player
10. Anonymous – U.S. Venture Capitalist
11. Anonymous – European Hedge Fund Manager
12. Anonymous – U.S. Hedge Fund Manager
13. Anonymous – French businessman
14. Caesars Entertainment seat
15. Caesars Entertainment via June 30 $25,300 satellite at Rio
16. MGM Mirage Satellite seat
17. Bobby Baldwin - Casino Executive
18. Patrik Antonius - Poker player
19. Gus Hansen - Poker player
20. Daniel Negreanu - Poker player
21. Johnny Chan - Poker player
22. Tom Dwan - Poker player
23. Tony 'Tony G' Guoga - Owner of<A name="cutnews"></A> PokerNews.com
24. Jonathan Duhamel - 2010 WSOP Main Event champion
25. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier - Poker player
26. Daniel Shak - Hedge fund manager
27. Justin Smith - Poker player
28. Bob Bright - Bright Trading CEO
29. Arnaud Mimran - French businessman
30. Paul Phua - Asian businessman
Just recently the WSOP organization announced several step-satellites to be held in May and June. These satellites will qualify players to a $25,300 buy-in tournament, which will guarantee a seat into the $1,000,000 event. Extra seats will be created for every 40 entries in the mega satellite. If you live in the U.S., visit WSOP.com for information on location and dates for these events.
The Big One for One Drop has a strong beneficent aspect. A total $111,111 from each buy-in will be donated to ONE DROP, a charitable organization created by Guy Laliberté. ONE DROP develops access-to-water and sanitation projects in underdeveloped countries. So far, $3.3 million have been raised for the organization.
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