23 players confirmed for $1 million One Drop
In today's Daily Rewind we reveal who will be joining Phil Ivey for this year's One Drop event and win another WPT title with JC Tran.
Pros line-up for the WSOP's $1 million event
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Following on from the success of 2012's $1 million Big One for One Drop, this year's super high roller is expected to be even bigger.
According to a recent press release 23 of the world's top players have already pledged to ante-up $1 million and when things get underway on June 29th the organisers are hoping to increase that number to 56.
Back in 2012 the tournament saw a sell-out crowd of 48 millionaires take to the felt and when the betting was done Antonio Esfandiari walked away $18,346,673 richer.
This time around Esfandiari will be joined by another illustrious group of players, including Phil Ivey, and if the tournament reaches its capacity the top prize is expected to hit $20,000,000.
To see which players have already registered, check out our Question of the Day.
Tran lights up Thunder Valley
Despite being the second shortest stack at the table, JC Tran put in a commanding performance last night and eliminated every player on route to his second WPT title.
Soon after the chips began to fly Tran was able to find a double up when his 
was able to keep its nose in front of Ken Jorgensen's 
.
With Jorgensen (6th - $60,180) now watching from the rail and Tran in charge of a playable stack, it was Benjamin Zamani (5th - $80,130) who became the next victim.
Having been crippled by those around him, a desperate Zamani moved all-in but found himself out of luck as Tran's 
connected with the 
board.
At this point Tran was now a force to be reckoned with and by the time he'd dispatched with Mimi Luu (4th - $100,240) and Quoc Pham (3rd - $127,140) he was able to clinch the title after a brief heads-up match with Preston Harwell.
Having sent his final opponent to the rail, a jubilant Tran took his opportunity to bask in the limelight and celebrate a $302,750 payday.
Nadal beats the world
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| Another ace for Rafa (Image: PokerStars Blog) |
Rafa Nadal continued to serve up aces at the poker table last night after he took on the world in a Zoom challenge on PokerStarsPlay.
Grinding under the watchful gaze of Daniel Negreanu, Nadal answered questions and raked in chips from the four corners of the globe in aid of charity.
After playing for an hour the match came to a conclusion with Rafa banking a total of 20 points whilst "the world" could only muster 18 points.
On top of securing another poker victory, Rafa and PokerStars were able to raise $5,000 for Care International.
Question of the Day
| Phil Ivey | Antonio Esfandiari | Guy Laliberte | Bobby Baldwin |
| David Einhorn | Phil Galfond | philgruissem | Jason Mercier |
| Paul Newey | Bill Perkins | Vivek Rajkumar | Brian Rast |
| Andrew Robl | Erik Seidel | Brandon Steven | Sam Trickett |
| Noah Schwartz | Anonymous Businessman | Anonymous Businessman | Anonymous Businessman |
| Aria Resort Satellite Winner | Bellagio Resort Satellite Winner | World Series of Poker Satellite Winner | Your Suggestion... |
Gus Hansen had to endure another rough day at the virtual felt on Wednesday and by the time he eventually brought his session to a close he'd dropped $510,472. That loss meant his recent $980,000 profit is virtually gone and his overall online deficit is now touching $16 million.
Benefiting from Hansen's latest downswing was 'thecortster' and Viktor Blom. Whilst Blom managed to rake in $231,168 over the course of 760 hands, 'thecortster' was able to top the daily profit table with a $496,850 win.
Daily Signoff
The third instalment of Antonio Esfandiari's new magic show has just been released so we thought we'd finish today with "The Magician" doing his thing.
 Daniel Smyth has been working in the poker industry for six years as both a player and writer. He currently has a costly penchant for PLO and provides daily content for PokerStrategy.com. You can learn more about Daniel by clicking here.
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