The World Series of Poker has today unveiled a list of confirmed starters for the record $1 million BIG ONE For ONE DROP Event, set to be played during this year's WSOP.

The list contains some of the world's most recognized and accomplished poker players, as well as a handful of relatively unknown businessmen, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists.

Among those who confirmed their participation in recent days are names like Jason Mercier, Eugene Katchalov, David "Viffer" Peat, Vivek Rakjumar and Ben Lamb, who revealed that he will be playing as late as yesterday.

All in all, 42 seats have now been taken, with two of these being reserved for live satellite qualifiers. These two final players will be found through a round of satellites held by the WSOP and Caesars Entertainment around the country, offering players a chance to qualify for the record event for as little as $65.

The final winners of the two seats will be found in a $25,300 mega satellite, played at the Rio venue in Las Vegas on June 30, the day before the event kicks off.

With 42 confirmed players, the prize pool for the event will now exceed $35,000,000, meaning that one winner will take home a first prize which is larger that Jamie Gold's $12 million 2006 WSOP Main Event first prize, still the biggest single prize won in any poker tournament to date.

For a full list of participants, see below.

• Guy Laliberté
• Bobby Baldwin
• Phil Ruffin
• Andy Beal
• Patrik Antonius
• Gus Hansen
• Daniel Negreanu
• Johnny Chan
• Tom Dwan
• Tony Guoga
• Jonathan Duhamel
• Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier
• Giovanni Guarascio (Montreal private citizen group)
• Arnaud Mimran
• Cary Katz
• Paul Phua
• Paul Newey
• Richard Yong
• Bob Bright
• Justin Smith
• Erik Seidel
• Dan Shak
• Carlos Nahas (Loto-Québec/Casino Montreal satellite)
• Anonymous (U.S. Venture Capitalist)
• Anonymous (European Hedge Fund Manager)
• Anonymous (U.S. Hedge Fund Manager)
• Frédéric Banjout (French businessman)
• Caesars Entertainment seat
• Caesars Entertainment via June 30 $25,300 satellite at Rio
• MGM Mirage Satellite seat
• Anonymous (U.S. Hedge Fund Manager)
• John Morgan (CEO, Winmark Corporation)
• Eugene Katchalov
• Jens Kyllönen
• Jason Mercier
• David "Viffer" Peat
• Vivek Rakjumar
• Andrew Robl
• Nick Schulman
• Noah Schwartz
• Roger Teska
• Sam Trickett