Tony G out Haralobos Voulgaris in for One Drop
The lineup for the unprecedented $1,000,000 buy-in tournament taking place at the 2012 World Series of Poker is starting to take shape and the roster is nearly complete as it approaches the 48-player cap, but there were a few minor tweaks this past week, including the loss of one of poker’s most entertaining figures and the addition of one of the greatest gamblers in the world as a replacement for a satellite winner.
Tony G drops out, forfeits $100k deposit
Last week Tony G announced via PokerNews.com that he would not be playing in the Big One for One Drop tournament as he has a scheduling conflict. So what kind of scheduling conflict could be more important than playing in the greatest poker tournament ever held, and forfeiting your $100,000 deposit in the process? Well, it appears Tony G (yes Tony G) is the Manager of the Lithuanian Men’s Basketball Team!
Tony will be with the squad as they play in Houston and then on to South America for qualifying games.
Haralobos Voulgaris in for Carlos Nahas
According to ptprpoker.com, big-time sports-bettor Haralbos Voulgaris has purchased the seat won by Carlos Nahas in the $25k buy-in satellite held by Le Grand Tournoi de Poker Loto-Quebec. Nahas wasn’t even the original participant in the satellite event as a friend won his way into the tournament via a slot machine and handed the ticket off to his poker playing friend. Now the duo have parlayed a lucky pull of the slots into what is likely a hefty lump sum for the entry, plus a piece of one of the better players in the field in Bob Voulgaris.
Voulgaris told ptprpoker.com “… my main motivation for playing this tournament was the field. Its a high buyin tournament, so that aspect of it is very exciting. In addition the field isn’t exactly replete with professionals. There are a lot of casual players entered in this tournament so I think its quite possibly one of the highest ev tournaments ever.” And a full interview with Bob Voulgaris will be posted on the site shortly.
Current Roster
Here is a look at the current roster for the Big One for One Drop tournament with the recent changes:
1. Anonymous — U.S. Hedge Fund Manager
2. Anonymous – U.S. venture capitalist
3. Anonymous – European hedge fund manager
4. Anonymous – U.S. hedge fund manager
5. John Morgan — CEO, Winmark Corporation
6. Guy Laliberté
7. Phil Ruffin
8. Cary Katz
9. Paul Newey
10. Richard Yong
11. Andy Beal
12. Arnaud Mimran
13. Frédéric Banjout
14. Bob Bright
15. Paul Phua
16. Roger Teska
17. Eugene Katchalov
18. Jens Kyllönen
19. Jason Mercier
20. David Peat
21. Vivek Rajkumar
22. Andrew Robl
23. Nick Schulman
24. Noah Schwartz
25. Sam Trickett
26. Erik Seidel
27. Bobby Baldwin
28. Patrik Antonius
29. Gus Hansen
30. Daniel Negreanu
31. Johnny Chan
32. Tom Dwan
33. Jonathan Duhamel
34. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier
35. Daniel Shak
36. Justin Smith
37. Giovanni “Malibu” Guarascio
38. Haralobos Voulgaris via Carlos Nahas
39. MGM Mirage satellite seat
40. Caesars Entertainment seat
41. Caesars Entertainment via June 30 $25,300 satellite at Rio
Other potential entrants (at somewhere between 50% likely to 99% likely to play) include Jean-Robert Bellande, Mike Sexton, Phil Hellmuth, and Ben Lamb.
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