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Connor Drinan was one of the most dominant players in 2020. The global Coronavirus pandemic meant poker looked very different in 2020 than it has in any other year. That didn’t stop some of the most talented players in the world from putting on a show every time they took to the felt in 2020.

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• Connor Drinan joined an elite club on Thursday and in the process helped form an even more elite one. Drinan became the ninth player with five career PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker titles by winning Event #56 High (1,050 HORSE) and in the process joined Shaun Deeb as the only players to win four SCOOP titles in a single year.

Daniel Negreanu took a bad beat twice in one poker tournament. Connor Drinan, on the other hand, won twice in that very same event.

You may be scratching your head trying to figure out how that’s even possible. Well, the poker pros made a side bet before the summer on winning a bracelet. If either player won a bracelet during any of the 85 WSOP Online Bracelet Series events between GGPoker and WSOP.com, that player would be owed $100,000. In the event both players won a bracelet, the side bet would be deemed a push.

And it appeared headed that way on Tuesday as the two-month long series was down to its final event — $10,000 Super Millions No-Limit Hold’em. Neither Drinan nor Negreanu had shipped a bracelet, but Connor was still alive in the last tournament to finish off.

Bad beat for DNegs

Negreanu busted short of the money, his first loss of the day, so the best he could hope for was a push. The odds were in his favor. Drinan entered Day 2 with nine players out of 899 left at 6th in chips. All “Kid Poker” needed was his side bet opponent to finish 2nd or worse and he could sleep easy.

But Drinan went on a heater at the final table. He dominated the tough competition that included former November Niner Sylvain Loosli (5th place for $398,010) and rising high roller star Christopher Kruk (7th place for $209,609).

With three players left — Drinan, Viktor Ustimov, and Daniyar Aubakirov — Drinan held a big chip lead. At that point, Negreanu had to be sweating. Drinan was now a massive favorite given he was the chip leader and the best player remaining ($11 million in live tournament cashes, 41 cashes in WSOP events). Gta 5 best slot machine.

Ustimov, one of two Russians at the final table, was eliminated in 3rd place. He didn’t win a bracelet but he still took home a $755,754 consolation prize, which isn’t so bad.

Aubakirov, from Kazakhstan, and Drinan, the American, would then battle it out for the bracelet. Both players were guaranteed a seven-figure payday at that point.

Drinan began heads-up play with a huge chip advantage, about 5-1. Aubuakirov fought back, however, and made it a game. He never caught up to the chip leader but did get within about a 1.5-1 disadvantage at one point.

The eventual runner-up would then dump a bunch of his chips with just a pair of 7s against A-9 (Drinan rivered trips). The A-9 would again crush Aubakirov on the final hand.

What a way to end the 2020 WSOP on GG!

Connor Drinan wins WSOP Event 83: $10,000 WSOP Super MILLION$ and receives:

Lucky 88's free. $1,423,048.71

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His first @WSOP bracelet

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$100,000 from @RealKidPoker

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A WSOP Europe ticket package

Daniyar Aubakirov earns $1,041,413.97 for his runner-up finish. pic.twitter.com/s8NeMV6vFD

— GGPoker – HOME OF ONLINE POKER'S LARGEST PRIZEPOOL (@GGPokerOfficial) September 8, 2020

On a positive note for the runner-up, he still earned a seven-figure payout ($1,041,414). Drinan, however, received $1,423,049, and his first World Series of Poker bracelet.

Avenging a famous bad beat

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Connor Drinan has become one of the best players in the world over the past five years. But he’s always been famous for one of the most memorable bad beats in history. Now that he’s a WSOP champion, he might become known for something else.

At the 2014 $1 million buy-in WSOP Big One for One Drop, Drinan played a memorable hand against Cary Katz that he’d like to forever forget. Drinan picked up pocket aces, as did Catz. Naturally, all the chips went in the pot before the flop. With a 96% chance of chopping the pot, both players felt safe they weren’t going to lose. But then the fourth heart turned over on the river, giving Katz a winning flush.

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Drinan lost his entire $1 million buy-in in that one hand. But at least he won it all back on Tuesday, along with another $100,000 from Negreanu.

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