Esfandiari, Trickett and Ivey
Join “Anonymous Businessmen” In The 2014 Big One For One Drop
Seats are filling up for the $1 million buy-in event.
If you want to plunk down $1 milly for a seat at the 2014 Big One for One Drop this summer at the World Series of Poker you’d better act fast. The capped seating is going fast with only 33 seats left as 23 seats are spoken for.
Some of the biggest names in poker will be joined by some of the most anonymous names in business to battle over what is likely to be the richest prize poker has ever seen (potentially $20 million first place prize).
One Drop defending champ Antonio Esfandiari, 2012 One Drop runner-up Sam Trickett, the People’s Champ Phil Ivey and Team PokerStars pro Jason Mercier headline the list of 17 known players who have already committed to the high-stakes, high-pressure tournament.
Check out the full list of the already committed right after the jump!
Here’s a list of all the seats spoken for – no take backs.
1. Antonio Esfandiari
2. Guy Laliberté
3. Bobby Baldwin
4. David Einhorn
5. Phil Galfond
6. Philipp Gruissem
7. Phil Ivey
8. Jason Mercier
9. Paul Newey
10. Bill Perkins
11. Vivek Rajkumar
12. Brian Rast
13. Andrew Robl
14. Erik Seidel
15. Brandon Steven
16. Sam Trickett
17. Noah Schwartz
18. Anonymous Businessman
19. Anonymous Businessman
20. Anonymous Businessman
21. Aria Resort Satellite Seat
22. Bellagio Resort Satellite Seat
23. World Series of Poker Satellite Seat
- Copies/pasted from the WSOP website – the full press release you can read right here.
All 17 of the committed named players played in the 2012 event. The WSOP has stated that they will strictly enforce the new 56-seat cap so start selling pieces of yourself right away!
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