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A Look At The $1 Million Buy-In Big One For One Drop Field at 2012 World Series of Poker

Field Is Capped Out At 48 Players

by Julio Rodriguez  |  Published: Jun 30, 2012  |  

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The World Series of Poker has released the full list of all 48 players partaking in this Sunday’s Big One For One Drop at the Rio.

The list for the $1 million buy-in event is official, barring any players who decide to unregister at the last minute. The field is full of successful businessmen and poker players who were forced to piece themselves out to others in order to come up with the buy-in.

The final nine players will make the money, with first place taking home $18,346,673, by far the largest payout in poker history.

WSOP.com will be streaming both day 1 and day 2 action. ESPN, ESPN 2 and ESPN 3 will pick up the live coverage on Tuesday for the final table.

Here is a look at the field.

Player Name Occupation Residence Age
1 Bobby Baldwin Chief Design & Construction, MGM Las Vegas, NV 62
2 Frederic Banjout CEO, Eden Shoes France 42
3 Bob Bright CEO, Bright Trading, LLC Las Vegas, NV 72
4 Ilya Bulychev Businessman Moscow, Russia 34
5 Roland De Wolfe Professional Poker Player London, UK 33
6 Tom Dwan Professional Poker Player Las Vegas, NV 25
7 Jonathan Duhamel Professional Poker Player Montreal, Canada 24
8 David Einhorn Hedge Fund Manager Rye, NY 43
9 Antonio Esfandiari Professional Poker Player Las Vegas, NV 33
10 Phil Galfond Professional Poker Player North Potomac, Maryland 27
11 Bertrand Grospellier Professional Poker Player France 31
12 Philipp Gruissem Professional Poker Player Germany 25
13 Giovanni “Malibu” Guarascio Professional Poker Player Montreal, Canada 55
14 Phil Ivey Professional Poker Player Las Vegas, NV 36
15 Eugene Katchalov Professional Poker Player New York, NY 31
16 Cary Katz CEO, College Loan Corporation Las Vegas, NV 41
17 Jens Kyllönen Professional Poker Player Finland 22
18 Guy Laliberté Founder, Cirque de Soleil Montreal, Canada 52
19 Ben Lamb Professional Poker Player Las Vegas, NV 27
20 Tom Marchese Professional Poker Player Parsippanny, NJ 24
21 Jason Mercier Professional Poker Player Davie, FL 25
22 Michael Mizrachi Professional Poker Player Miami, FL 31
23 John Morgan CEO, Winmark Corporation Minneapolis, MN 71
24 Daniel Negreanu Professional Poker Player Las Vegas, NV 37
25 Paul Newey Chairman, New Wave Ventures Dorset, United Kingdom 43
26 Chamath Palihapitiya Venture Capitalist Burlingame, CA 35
27 Bill Perkins Owner, Small Ventures (Private Equity) Houston, TX 43
28 Paul Phua Businessman Miri, Malaysia (Island of Borneo) 48
29 Brian Rast Professional Poker Player Las Vegas, NV 30
30 Vivek Rajkumar Professional Poker Player Las Vegas, NV 26
31 Tobias Reinkemeier Professional Poker Player Brighton, Germany 24
32 Andrew Robl Professional Poker Player Las Vegas, NV 25
33 Phil Ruffin Owner, Treasure Island Resort Las Vegas, NV 76
34 Rick Salomon Film Producer Los Angeles, CA 44
35 Nick Schulman Professional Poker Player Manhattan, NY 27
36 Noah Schwartz Professional Poker Player Miami, FL 28
37 Erik Seidel Professional Poker Player Las Vegas, NV 52
38 Mike Sexton Professional Poker Player Las Vegas, NV 64
39 Dan Shak Commodities Trader Las Vegas, NV 53
40 Talal Shakerchi European Hedge Fund Manager Surrey, United Kingdom 48
41 Mikhail Smirnov Businessman/Poker Player Moscow, Russia 39
42 Justin Smith Professional Poker Player Los Angeles, CA 24
43 Brandon Steven Car Dealership Owner Wichita, KS 38
44 Sam Trickett Professional Poker Player East Retford, United Kingdom 25
45 Haralabos Voulgaris Professional Gambler Winnipeg, Canada 37
46 Richard Yong Businessman Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 54
47 Satellite Winner $25,300 Mega Satellite – June 30 at Rio (name TBD) TBD TBD
48 Satellite Winner MGM Resorts International VIP winner (name TBD) TBD TBD

For complete coverage of the summer poker festival, check out our WSOP landing page.

 
 
Tags: One Drop,   Big One For One Drop,   Poker Tournaments,   2012 WSOP,   World Series of Poker,   Charity Event
 
 
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