Over 355,000 poker fans have voted and now we know the players, who are going to play in the WSOP 2010 Tournament of Champions Event. Tournament is a $1 million freeroll - first place will win $500,000, the runner-up gets $250,000, third place earns $100,000 and the fourth through ninth place pockets $25,000 each.
Here are the players who got their seat into the tournament, and also how many votes they got:
1. Phil Ivey 16 267
2. Daniel Negreanu 16 239
3. Doyle Brunson 13 796
4. Phil Hellmuth 12 673
5. Chris Ferguson 11 585
6. Allen Cunningham 10 486
7. Johnny Chan 10 434
8. Scotty Nguyen 9 834
9. Barry Greenstein 9 806
10. John Juanda 8 835
11. Erik Seidel 8 802
12. Jennifer Harman 8 206
13. Huck Seed 8 180
14. Dan Harrington 7 342
15. TJ Cloutier 6 281
16. Sam Farha 6 085
17. Howard Lederer 5 596
18. Greg Raymer 5 404
19. Joe Hachem 5 272
20. Antonio Esfandiari 5 129
Earlier TOC winners Annie Duke, Mike Matusow, Mike Sexton have also a seat automatically, and also Joe Cada, Barry Shulman, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Andrew Barton will get a chance to play in this epic tournament.
Below you can read some information about how the tournament will be played:
"Play will convene at the Rio on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 12 noon to begin the tournament. Players will play until they bust out or complete four one-hour levels, whichever comes first.
Then all remaining players return the next day, on Monday, June 28 at 12 noon to play up to an additional four levels. Play will then halt at that point, and all remaining players will return on Sunday, July 4, 2010 to play for their share of 1,000,000 dollars and the title of 2010 WSOP TOC Champion.
The tournament times and dates have been scheduled to minimize conflict with other WSOP events. WSOP Event #46 final table will begin at 4:00 PM on June 27 as part of the scheduling.
ESPN will televise this event as part of their coverage of the 41st Annual World Series of Poker, with a two-hour special broadcast set to air on Tuesday, August 3 at 8:00 PM ET. The WSOP."
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Source: WSOP