23 players have confirmed their seats for the million dollar buy-in 2014 WSOP Big One for One Drop tournament.

Amongst the registered players there are twelve poker pros which includes: Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Trickett, Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel, Phil Galfond, Jason Mercier, Brian Rast, Noah Schwartz, Bobby Baldwin and Andrew Robl.

Half of the seats are already confirmed as the event is limited to the first 56 players cap limit. This will be the second time the event has featured on the World Series of Poker schedule with the first taking place in 2012.

Antonio Esfandiari won the 2012 WSOP Big One for One Drop winning more than $18 million which instantly positioned him in first place on the Poker All Time Money List.

The 2014 WSOP Main Event features $10 Million for first place prize adding great value to the most popular live poker tournament in history.

More about the 2014 WSOP Big One for One Drop

The WSOP 2010 tournament schedule has been released. The 2010 World Series of Poker will be the 41st WSOP which is set to start on May 27th, 2010 scheduled through until the 9th November, 2010.

The 2010 WSOP will offer 57 WSOP bracelets and is set to begin with the Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em event on May 28th. The World Series of Poker 2010 schedule is set to end November 9th, when the main event winner is declared.

The main event is scheduled to begin on July 5th, 2010 with Day 1 A. July 17th marks the date when final table participants will be finalized at which stage the WSOP have opted for a “November Nine” finalists table in 2010 once again, where the nine finalists will compete for the coveted main event title 6th-9th November 2010.

There are a number of changes that have been made by the WSOP in 2010:

-$50k HORSE championship has been removed and substituted by a $50K “Player’s Championship” (Event #2) featuring 8 different games.
-$10K HORSE Championship scheduled for (Event #43)
-$25K 6-handed NLHE event added to the schedule (Event #52)

Other notable changes set for the 2010 running of the WSOP include more poker tables being added as well as changes in the assignment of starting days to the main event after a certain date.

Pre-registration for the 2010 WSOP is now underway, players can enter via the Main Cage at the Rio or through WSOP.com.
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