A Look At The $1 Million Buy-In Big One For One Drop Field at 2012 World Series of PokerField Is Capped Out At 48 Players |
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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 |
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