$25,300 Mega Satellite for $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop

Gus Hansen has done it, he's found his way into the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop that kicks off on Sunday at 1:11 PM PST here in Las Vegas. The world's largest poker tournament in the history of the game will now have another one of the world's largest players in Hansen.

When the $25,300 One Drop Mega Satellite began, big names were everywhere in the field. At the end of the registration/re-entry period, 96 entries were tallied and a prize pool of $2.4 million was created. The first two spots would be awarded seats and third place was set to get $400,000.

On the way to the final table, Phil Ivey, Jason Mercier, David Benyamine, David "Doc" Sands, Scott Seiver, Hasan Habib, Viktor Blom and Luke Schwartz were all eliminated. When action got down to the final table, there were a few well known faces and some amateurs who made it as well, but only the top three would be paid.

Steve Meling was hoping to turn a $65 satellite into a $1 million entry, but he fell short, as did another amateur Hani Awad. On the bubble, Will Failla, Jason Somerville, Gus Hansen and Shaun Deeb were trying to find the last person to go home empty handed. That player happened to be Failla when he fell in fourth place. Somerville went out next in third and earned $400,000, while Hansen was left to fight with Deeb.

After a short, unscheduled break, Deeb quickly lost the heads-up match to Hansen. Deeb earned a seat himself for finishing in second place, but he was put on the alternate list as only one seat was guaranteed to the event. Hansen won his way in, while Deeb will have to wait and see if he gets in tomorrow. The consensus seems to be that Deeb won't get into the event, and in that case, he'll be awarded the cash.

Hansen joins the likes of Eugene Katchalov, Ben Lamb, Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu and Dan Shak in tomorrow's One Drop event, which will kick off in the early afternoon.

In late-breaking news, closing out the registration list in the event will be Phil Hellmuth, who acquired the seat from the MGM Resorts International VIP winner. You can see the entire list of players here and you won't want to miss any of the action live from PokerNews tomorrow as history is made. We'll see you then and for now, goodnight from Las Vegas!

On the first hand back from the unscheduled break, Shaun Deeb raised to 3.24 million and left himself with just one T5,000 chip. Gus Hansen called and the flop came down    . Hansen bet 25,000 and Deeb quickly folded.

Deeb dropped down to just a mere 5,000 in chips while Hansen moved to 7.195 million.

Gus Hansen	7,195,000	3,250,000
Shaun Deeb	5,000	-3,250,000

The remaining two players have taken a short, unscheduled break.

Will "The Thrill" Failla moved all in from the small blind for 380,000 after action folded to him. Shaun Deeb called from the big blind with the   . Failla held the   .

The board ran out       and Failla's hand was second best. He finished in fourth place while the final three players have all locked up a minimum of $400,000.

Shaun Deeb	3,320,000	520,000
Will Failla	0	-550,000

From the cutoff seat, Shaun Deeb raised to 125,000. Gus Hansen reraised from the small blind to 365,000 and play folded back to Deeb. He reraised and made it 785,000 to go. Hansen took some time, then mucked his hand and Deeb scooped the pot.

With that pot, Deeb has taken back pole position and just under three million in chips.

Shaun Deeb	2,930,000	380,000
Gus Hansen	2,630,000	-120,000

The players are back in their seats after taking an unscheduled break from play. What we can tell you is that Shaun Deeb and Gus Hansen spent a few minutes mingling separately with some of their railbirds hanging out watching while Will "The Thrill" Failla, Jason Somerville and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier walked about 40 feet away from the table to have a quiet group discussion. Upon returning, Somerville yelled out, "All right, let's play for it all!" with a laugh.

From the small blind, Gus Hansen raised to 165,000 and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier called from the big blind. The flop came down     and Hansen checked his hand.

"How many hearts?" asked Grospellier.

"Well... I have a lot of heart," said Hansen. "But that doesn't help my hand."

Hansen then checked and Grospellier checked behind. The turn was the   and both players checked again. They also checked the   on the river.

Hansen tabled the    to beat Grospellier's    and win the pot.

Hani Awad was recently all in from the big blind for his last 50,000 and moved to 200,000 after doubling through Shaun Deeb. Awad's run has just ended, though, at the hands of Gus Hansen.

Hansen raised to 155,000 and Awad called all in for 120,000. Everyone else folded and it was Hansen's    versus Awad's   .

The board ran out       and Awad hit the rail.

Gus Hansen	2,300,000	300,000
Hani Awad	0	-60,000