$25,000 Big One for One Drop Satellite

The 2014 installment of the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop now has two new entrants joining the 41 already confirmed players with Erick Lindgren and Connor Drinan now holding a ticket to Sunday's Big One for One Drop.

With the Big One for One Drop steadily filling up, one seat was already reserved for the winner of Saturday night's $25,300 Big One for One Drop satellite. However with multiple reentries and sub-satellite feeders, the field of 90 players created a $2,250,000 prizepool which would mean two Big One for One Drop seats would be up for grabs along with $250,000 in cash.

Only 3 players who have already confirmed their seat took part in today's tournament - Paul Newey, Fabian Quoss and Daniel Colman - but a plethora of notables ranging from online heroes to multi-bracelet winners all took a chance at parlaying $25,300 into a Big One for One Drop seat. The likes of Roger Sippl, Josh Arieh, John Hennigan and Nick Schulman all fired multiple bullets while players such as Faraz Jaka, Galen Hall, Olivier Busquet, Ole Schemion and Jason Somerville didn't last too long once they eventually took their seat.

With a turbo structure, it wouldn't be long until we were down to the final table of eight as Connor Drinan held the chip lead over JC Tran and Nam Le. Le doubled Scott Vener up and then was out in 8th his    couldn't win a race against Joe Hachem. David Goldberg fell in 7th before Vener lost a huge race holding    against Drinan's pocket jacks to give Drinan half the chips in play. The 2005 World Champion in Hachem would then be crippled to an ante when he ran into Tran's pocket aces before exiting the next hand to leave four players fighting on the bubble.

Having been one of the chip leaders for the majority of the day leading up to the final table, Jason Koon would unfortunately become the bubble boy when shipped all in with a weak ace and ran into Tran's dominating   . With Tran, Drinan and Lindgren now having $250,000 locked up, chips moved back and forth before Lindgren soared to the chip lead when his    held up against Drinan's   . Just a few hands later Lindgren would shove the small blind with    and Tran would snap him off with    to be in great shape until the board ran out       to see Tran take 2nd place for $250,000 while leaving Lindgren and Drinan with $1,000,000 seats into the Big One for One Drop.

With Lindgren and Drinan now the most recent entrants into the Big One for One Drop, there are just 14 spots remaining until it is capped out.

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Currently the three remaining players are passing chips back and forth as they look to make the right decision in an effort to capture the $1,000,000 entry into the Big One for One Drop.

JC Tran opened to 160,000 and Erick Lindgren made the call as the flop fell     and Tran continued for 175,000 with Lindgren check-calling.

The   and   on the turn and river was checked down by both players as Lindgren tabled his    to win the pot.

Erick Lindgren	2,100,000	350,000
JC Tran	2,100,000	100,000

From under the gun, Jason Koon moved all in for 775,000 and JC Tran called from the big blind.

Koon:   
Tran:   

With Koon in dominated shape, the     flop didn't help, but the   on the turn now gave him an additional four outs to a six to stay alive.

Unfortunately for Koon, the river landed the   and he was sent to the rail in 4th place leaving the remaining three players guaranteed a $250,000 payday.

JC Tran	2,000,000	790,000
Jason Koon	0	-920,000

With Joe Hachem all in for his ante, JC Tran moved all in from the cutoff to force the remaining active players out.

Hachem:   
Tran:   

The board ran out       and Hachem hit the rail in 5th place as Tran climbed to 1.33 million.

JC Tran	1,330,000	160,000
Joe Hachem	0	-10,000

Connor Drinan attempted to raise to 90,000, but with it being an under-raise, he was bound to a call as Joe Hachem checked his big blind.

The     flop was checked through as the   on the turn saw Drinan bet 100,000 with Hachem calling.

The river of the   saw both players check as Hachem tabled his    only to lose to Drinan's   .

Connor Drinan	2,350,000	150,000
Joe Hachem	560,000	-160,000

From the button, Connor Drinan raised to 120,000 and Erick Lindgren moved all in for 1,245,000 with Drinan calling.

Drinan:   
Lindgren:   

The board ran out       to see Lindgren double through to 2.5 million in chips.

Erick Lindgren	2,500,000	1,700,000
Connor Drinan	2,450,000	-970,000

Connor Drinan opened to 130,000 from the cutoff and Scott Vener moved all in from the big blind for roughly 950,000 and Drinan instantly called.

Drinan:   
Vener:   

The     flop kept Drinan in the lead, but the   on the turn now gave Vener outs to a straight and a flush along with his pair draw.

Unfortunately for Vener, the river landed the   and he was sent to the rail in 6th place as Drinan climbed to 3.4 million in chips.

Connor Drinan	3,420,000	1,145,000
Scott Vener	0	-1,030,000

The cards are back in the air!