With the Big One for One Drop just nine days away, World Series of Poker officials have announced the addition of 11 more players to the event, bringing the total confirmed field to 41. Still absent from the list, though, is 13-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (pictured), who recently took to Twitter in search of backers.

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“I’m raising money for $1 Million One Drop tourney:$100,000 for 9%. Finished 4th in 2012, skipped it in 2013 because I wasn’t in form,” he said.

A few weeks back, Hellmuth was hesitant about whether he would enter the tournament again this year, commenting that he would wait and see how he was playing before committing. But, his recent second place finish in a $1,500 Razz eventcould have been the confidence-booster he needed to make a decision. In that tournament, Hellmuth narrowly missed snagging his 14th gold bracelet, losing out to friend and high-stakes pro Ted Forrest.

On Tuesday in an interview with PokerNews, Hellmuth discussed his feelings on the One Drop, saying, “I don’t know, I may or may not play. I need to be able to raise enough money where I feel comfortable risking the right amount of money for me,” he said. “I think I’m probably close to what I want, but we’ll see.”

He also spoke about his decision to skip last year’s $100,000 buy-in event. “Last year, someone had a piece of me and they were begging me to play,” he recalled. “I just said, ‘No, I don’t feel like I’m in form.’ This year feel like I’m in form, so I want to play.”

Hellmuth wasn’t the only one soliciting backers on social media this year. Daniel Negreanu (pictured) also leveraged his Twitter followers by announcing that he was looking to sell 50% of his action. He has now met his goal, as he is probably the most well known name in the recent list of One Drop additions. “I was always going to play it,” he told PokerNews with a smile. “I’m in… You know I’m not going to miss that tournament.”

The list of newcomers also includes several well known grinders including Daniel “Jungleman” Cates, Doug Polk, Issac Haxton, 2012 WSOP Main Event winner Greg Merson, and young Massachusetts pro Daniel Colman.

Of course, the field isn’t dominated solely by poker pros; there are several businessmen slated to play as well. Tom Hall, known as “Hong Kong Tom,” is a regular in the ultra-high-stakes games in Macau and is one of the few sources of information on those exclusive games.

John Morgan, CEO of Winmark, will be back again this year after being involved in whatPhil Galfond called the “craziest hand I’ve ever seen” back in 2012. You might recall that Morgan pressed Russian businessman Mikhail Smirnov to fold quad eights for fear he held a straight flush.

Rounding out the list of new participants is British businessman and amateur poker player Talal Shakerchi and an “anonymous businessman” who “has been known to play in some of the high-stakes games in Macau.”

“This will be another iconic mix of participants, raising millions for charity and likely awarding the largest first place prize in poker history. We can’t wait to see it unfold,” WSOP Vice President of Corporate Communications Seth Palansky told PocketFives.

This year’s Big One for One Drop will be featured on ESPN and will kick off on June 29. Guy Laliberte‘s One Drop foundation will receive $111,111 of every buy-in as a charitable donation, with the rest going to the winners. If all 56 seats are bought, the winner will receive a massive first place prize in excess of $20 million.

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