WSOP buy-million tournament of 11 players have already buriedhopes to win the largest ever poker prize 

                                                      World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule on July 1st. was marked in red. It started on this day the most expensive poker tournament of all time - "Big One For One Drop." Charitable tournament organizers to six eight-table sit the tournament invited 48 participants. Place among the poker enthusiasts and philanthropists cost $ 1 million, of which 111,111 dollars was immediately sacrificed charity, One Drop, and the remaining part of the buy-fell into a pool that is shared by nine strongest tournament participants.

As might be expected of such a scale tournament attracted a number of the world's best players. In the event aroused a storm of language and opinions. It was who say that such a high buy-Tournament fail. Was speaking, the idea to hold such a tournament is not only beautiful, but also good because the strongest players in the world will be able to participate in high fineness tournament.
It was unhappy, and the fact that this tournament is considered to be an open WSOP stage. Poker star Mike Matusow your Twitter account published the following message: "Ladies tournament, involving nearly a thousand players, is not open to the WSOP stage.Seniors tournament attracted more than 4 thousand participants, are not open phase. The 48 million dollar buy-player tournament held an open stage. Something is wrong. " However, no matter what the "Big One For One Drop has successfully launched and 48 players joined the fray.
As expected event attendance list full of famous names. Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel team, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellieris, Eugene Katchalovas, Daniel Negreanu and Jason Mercier, constant highest stakes cash games actor Tom Dwan, poker legend Erik Seidel and Phil Hellmuth, top poker league members Antonio Esfandiari and Gus Hansen, hailed as the best player in the world Phil Ivey and many other professional poker tournament players added to this list.
The poker professionals have contributed and enthusiastic about entrepreneurs and philanthropists. Poker enthusiast and businessman from Russia Ilya Bulyčevas, student loans for corporations Guide Cary Katz, "One Drop" organization founder Guy Laliberte, wide-profile businessman Bill Perkins - each of them did not spare a million dollars and decided to take part in the all-time most expensive poker tournament.
True, not all of the tournament participants decided to risk their money. Some poker pros sold part of its stake a few tournament players at the table won qualifying tournaments and poker superstar Ph.Hellmuthas barely had time to have nuvažiuojanti "Big One" train.Until the last moments of 12 WSOP bracelets are trying to sell their shares, but before closing the tournament registration, he failed to do so. Despite this fact Ph.Hellmuthas issued a statement that participates in the big tournament. World Series of Poker Spokesman Seth Palansky confirmed that online poker legend, won a qualifying tournament, as just the day before the "Big One" start did Gus Hansen. Hovering language that Ph.Hellmuthas place big tournament bought from a previous winner of the qualifying tournament for the unidentified amount of cash or agreement.
The first "Big One" day could not have managed without casualties.Tournament played nine levels of the fight were forced to withdraw eleven players, including the E.Katchalovas, E.Seidelis, J.Duhamelis, B.Grosspelieris and just copied 'Players Championship triumphed Michael Mizrachi. Challenging first day of the battle was played out in a poker ambassador D.Negreanu. Of the 3 million starting chips left him only 470,000 when he turns away Fortuna lost a huge pot Ph.Hellmuthui, although there was a clear favorite.
Chip leader position after the first day of a two WSOP bracelets engaged owner Brian Rast. The second-largest chip stack time already mentioned Ph.Hellmuthas. WSOP debut shoe factory owner in France Frederic Banjoutas in third place, and fourth and fifth places respectively, share poker pros Antonio Esfandiari and Gus Hansen.
37 players fight for the gold bracelet and more than $ 18 million jackpot will continue to have tonight. The tournament winner will secure yourself the highest all-time winning owner title.