[Emily_Haines]

Here is the official list of the 48 players who will participate in this historic event:

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

[Emily_Haines]

Also I think the chances that both Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan are at the feature table is close to 100%?

[a4u2fear]

No hellmuth?!

[k13]

Ivey surrounded by Jews and Foreigners.

[tatddy]

Ivey surrounded by Jews and Foreigners.

You're rolling on the floor laughing at that? Scratches head...

[JAKEPEAVY21]

yisman let's get some odds and props up...this should be a sick tourney..mercier and "ElkY" are my picks to make a deep run..

[wikkidinsane]

I got Ivey

[Emily_Haines]

No hellmuth?!

Hellmuth has major meltdowns in $1500 buy in events

A bad beat in this one could kill him

[The Giant]

When does this event start? It's going to be on TV, right?

[Emily_Haines]

When does this event start? It's going to be on TV, right?

It starts Sunday afternoon

The WSOP site is streaming a feature table days 1 and 2
The final table is on ESPN

[k13]

Ivey surrounded by Jews and Foreigners.

....

[Nittany Lion]

It starts Sunday afternoon

The WSOP site is streaming a feature table days 1 and 2
The final table is on ESPN

Nice, I'll have to set my DVR to record it. Only the final table will be shown on TV (ESPN) then? I guess I'll have to just watch the final table.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

link for updates:

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/upda...=887&tid=12155


Hellmuth is IN...

[GunShard]

I hope Tom Dwan wins it all.

[GUMMO77]

The payouts are crazy. From 4th to 1st it should be interesting.

Place	Winner	Sponsor	Prize (USD)
1			18,346,673
2			10,112,001
3			4,352,000
4			2,645,333
5			1,834,666
6			1,621,333
7			1,408,000
8			1,237,333
9			1,109,333

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Mikhail Smirnov Mucks Quads In $1 Million Event...



http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/13631-mikhail-smirnov-mucks-quad-eights-in-1-million-event

[thetrinity]

Mikhail Smirnov Mucks Quads In $1 Million Event...



http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/13631-mikhail-smirnov-mucks-quad-eights-in-1-million-event

according to his logic this was probably a good fold. this is unfoldable in any other event though.