From One Drop to Tama
One of the participants in today's field is business mogul John Morgan, an Omaha, Neb., transplant who now resides in Minneapolis.
He played one of the biggest tournaments in the history of poker earlier this month. Morgan, the leader of the Winmark Corporation, bought into the Big One for One Drop, the historic second running of the $1 million buy in tournament at the World Series of Poker.
It wasn't Morgan's first $1 million buy in, as he played in the inaugural one in 2012. There, he played one of the most talked-about hands in the last few years of poker. On a board of 
, Morgan pushed all in for 3.4 million over a bet of 700,000 from Mikhail Smirnov, who decided to muck 
face up.
Whether Morgan had it or not, he's no stranger to splashing his way through tournament pots, as he claimed during this year's One Drop that he "plays bad whether it's a $300 tournament or $1 million." He's managed to ring up about $160,000 in tournament cashes on the occasions he can take time from his busy work schedule, so perhaps he sells himself a bit short.
We'll keep an eye on Morgan as he tries to add to those winnings today, and his boisterous personality means he will always be highly visible.