December 14th, 2011

The head of City Center Aria Casino and Resort, founder of Cirque du Soleil and many of the leading professional players will compete for the highest buy-in bracelet event in the history of World Series of Poker (WSOP). Until now, 22 players have paid entry fee of $1 million for competing in Big One for One Drop tournament. This tournament is scheduled from 1st of July to 3rd of July, which has formed the part of 2012 WSOP at Rio-All Suite Casino and Hotel. A part of this entry fee will be given for One Drop.

This is actually an initiative developed by founder of Cirque du Soleil as Guy Laliberté. This is an NGO, formed to fight against poverty by accessing water and creating awareness about all the issues related with water. When the tournament of WSOP was announced in the year 2011, Phil Ruffin, owner of Treasure Island and Bobby Baldwin, CEO of City Center had committed to participate in WSOP.