Selbst and Bellande Among 10 New Players Confirmed for WSOP $1M BIG ONE for ONE DROP
Ten more players were confirmed for the 2014 World Series of Poker $1 Million BIG ONE for ONE DROP on Monday, including the first woman to ever take part in the event; Vanessa Selbst.
"I'm so excited to be taking part in The BIG ONE for ONE DROP this year,�� the Team PokerStars Pro said. ��I didn't get to play in 2012, but after seeing how much fun everyone had with the event as well as how profound an impact it had on ONE DROP, I knew I had to be a part of it this time around."
Selbst, who called the million-dollar buy-in "ridiculous" when it was first announced, is joined by nine new players; Tony Gregg, Jean-Robert Bellande, Fabian Quoss, Max Altergott, Tobias Reinkemeier, Igor Kurganov, Christoph Vogelsang, Niklas Heinecker, and an "Anonymous Asian Businessmen."
Gregg won the 2013 WSOP ONE DROP High Roller, outlasting a field of 166 players to earn $4,830,619. 2012 ONE DROP winner Antonio Esfandiari finished fourth, pocketing $1,433,438.
There are now 33 confirmed players �� more than half of the 56-player cap �� for the seven-figure buy-in event scheduled for June 29 through July 1, and seats are reserved on a first-come first-serve basis. Those that provide a deposit are guaranteed their seat. Bellande tweeted the following while he was dropping off an all-cash deposit at the cage:
There goes a milly! I just bought into the 1-Drop. If I win this it'll be brokeliving no more.�� https://t.co/qb2ZOxNvrX
— Jean-Robert Bellande (@BrokeLivingJRB)
If the field reaches the seven-table threshold, the first-place prize will be more than $20,000,000.
The WSOP also announced that ESPN cameras will be present to catch every hand from start to finish during the three-day event, and the Worldwide Leader in Sports will air three consecutive weeks of two-hour coverage starting on Tuesday, July 15.
- July 15 - 9-11 p.m. EST - Day 1 and Day 2 action
- July 22 - 9-11 p.m. EST - Day 2 action and final table bubble
- July 29 - 9-11 p.m. EST - Final table action through to winner
��With the unthinkable stakes of The BIG ONE for ONE DROP and its colorful mix of early committees, we are thrilled ESPN has embraced the opportunity to truly showcase a seminal moment for poker that just may yield the biggest first prize in sports television history,�� said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart.
The Rio will host a $25,300 buy-in satellite on June 28 at 6 p.m. PST, and there will be mega satellites ranging from $200 to $3,750 running on June 26 and 27.
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