Largest buy-in for a poker tournament EVER is taking place tomorrow at the Rio. It will cost you $1,000,000 to enter...or if you're lucky you could win the $25,300 satellite which is taking place as I type.
Here are the entrants below:
The final nine players of the 48-player field will receive the following:
1st: $18,346,673
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
:
Total $42,666,672 (Prize Pool)
The remainder of the prize pool, $5,533,328 will go to OneDrop.org, an official charity partner of the
World Series of Poker. Out of each $1 million entry fee, $111,111 has been ear-marked to go
towards OneDrop. For this event, the WSOP eliminated all typical house fees to operate the event.
In terms of records, the $18,346,673 is the largest-ever first place prize awarded in any sporting event
of any kind (outside of boxing). Additionally, the second-place prize of $10,112,001, will become the
third-largest prize ever awarded in poker, behind Jamie Gold’s haul in the 2006 WSOP Main Event
($12 million).
My guess for top 3 are Katchalov, Seidel and Duhamel.
Here are the entrants below:
| Bobby Baldwin | Chief Design & Construction Officer, MGM Resorts Intl | Las Vegas, NV | 62 |
| Frederic Banjout | CEO, Eden Shoes | France | 42 |
| Bob Bright | CEO, Bright Trading, LLC | Las Vegas, NV | 72 |
| Ilya Bulychev | Businessman Moscow, | Russia | 55 |
| Roland De Wolfe | Professional Poker Player | London, UK | 27 |
| Tom Dwan | Professional Poker Player | Las Vegas, NV | 25 |
| Jonathan Duhamel | Professional Poker Player | Montreal, Canada | 24 |
| David Einhorn | Hedge Fund Manager | Rye, NY | 43 |
| Antonio Esfandiari | Professional Poker Player | Las Vegas, NV | 33 |
| Phil Galfond | Professional Poker Player | North Potomac, Maryland | 27 |
| Bertrand Grospellier | Professional Poker Player | France | 31 |
| Philipp Gruissem | Professional Poker Player | Germany | 25 |
| Giovanni "Malibu" Guarascio | Professional Poker Player | Montreal, Canada | 55 |
| Phil Ivey | Professional Poker Player | Las Vegas, NV | 36 |
| Eugene Katchalov | Professional Poker Player | New York, NY | 31 |
| Cary Katz | CEO, College Loan Corporation | Las Vegas, NV | 41 |
| Jens Kyllönen | Professional Poker Player | Finland | 22 |
| Guy Laliberté | Founder, Cirque de Soleil/OneDrop.org Canada Founder | Montreal, Canada | 52 |
| Ben Lamb | Professional Poker Player | Las Vegas, NV | 27 |
| Tom Marchese | Professional Poker Player | Parsippanny, NJ | 24 |
| Jason Mercier | Professional Poker Player | Davie, FL | 25 |
| Michael Mizrachi | Professional Poker Player | Miami, FL | 31 |
| John Morgan | CEO, Winmark Corporation | Minneapolis, MN | 71 |
| Daniel Negreanu | Professional Poker Player | Las Vegas, NV | 37 |
| Paul Newey | Chairman, New Wave Ventures | Dorset, United Kingdom | 43 |
| Chamath Palihapitiya | Venture Capitalist | Burlingame, CA | 35 |
| Bill Perkins | Owner, Small Ventures (Private Equity) | Houston, TX | 43 |
| Paul Phua | Asian Businessman | Miri, Malaysia (Island of Borneo) | 48 |
| Brian Rast | Professional Poker Player | Las Vegas, NV | 30 |
| Vivek Rajkumar | Professional Poker Player | Las Vegas, NV | 26 |
| Tobias Reinkemeier | Professional Poker Player | Brighton, Germany | 24 |
| Andrew Robl | Professional Poker Player | Las Vegas, NV | 25 |
| Phil Ruffin | Owner, Treasure Island Resort | Las Vegas, NV | 76 |
| Rick Salomon | Film Producer | Los Angeles, CA | 44 |
| Nick Schulman | Professional Poker Player | Manhattan, NY | 27 |
| Noah Schwartz | Professional Poker Player | Miami, FL | 28 |
| Erik Seidel | Professional Poker Player | Las Vegas, NV | 52 |
| Mike Sexton | Professional Poker Player | Las Vegas, NV | 64 |
| Dan Shak | Founder, SHK Asset Management | Philadelphia, PA | 53 |
| Talal Shakerchi | European Hedge Fund Manager | Surrey, United Kingdom | 48 |
| Mikhail Smirnov | Businessman/Poker Player | Moscow, Russia | 39 |
| Justin Smith | Professional Poker Player | Los Angeles, CA | 24 |
| Brandon Steven | Businessman/Car Dealer Owner | Wichita, KS | 38 |
| Sam Trickett | Professional Poker Player | East Retford, United Kingdom | 25 |
| Haralabos Voulgaris | Professional Gambler | Winnipeg, Canada | 37 |
| Richard Yong | Asian Businessman | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 54 |
| Satellite Winner | $25,300 Mega Satellite - June 30 at Rio (name(s) TBD) | TBD | TBD |
| Satellite Winner | MGM Resorts International VIP winner (name TBD) | TBD | TBD |
The final nine players of the 48-player field will receive the following:
1st: $18,346,673
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
:
Total $42,666,672 (Prize Pool)
The remainder of the prize pool, $5,533,328 will go to OneDrop.org, an official charity partner of the
World Series of Poker. Out of each $1 million entry fee, $111,111 has been ear-marked to go
towards OneDrop. For this event, the WSOP eliminated all typical house fees to operate the event.
In terms of records, the $18,346,673 is the largest-ever first place prize awarded in any sporting event
of any kind (outside of boxing). Additionally, the second-place prize of $10,112,001, will become the
third-largest prize ever awarded in poker, behind Jamie Gold’s haul in the 2006 WSOP Main Event
($12 million).
My guess for top 3 are Katchalov, Seidel and Duhamel.