WSOP Online 2020: Connor Drinan Wins Event #83: $10K Super MILLION$, India’s “M26GreenWood” Finishes 6th 

It’s finally over! The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online has officially entered the history books with Connor Drinan (cover image) winning the final bracelet at the series, championing Event #83: $10K WSOP Super MILLION$ for $1.42 Million.

It took a little more than two hours for the final table to run the course. Drinan, who was coming back with a below-average stack, dispatched the final six players to the rail, including his heads-up rival, Kazakhstan’s Daniyar Aubakirov, to score a thumping victory.

An entry field of 899 entries meant that the $5 Million prize pool guarantee was blown away by a significant margin, generating an $8.72 Million prize pool. The event awarded seven-figure paydays to two players, with the runner-up Aubakirov winning $1.04 Million.

GGPoker congratulated Drinan on his victory.

What a way to end the 2020 WSOP on GG!

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

$1,423,048.71

His first @WSOP bracelet

$100,000 from @RealKidPoker

A WSOP Europe ticket package

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

— GGPoker (@GGPoker) September 8, 2020

Connor Drinan closes out the 2020 WSOP series in style, winning the $10,000 WSOP Super MILLION$.

That’s all the tweets from me, @kevmath.

Thanks to everyone who played, watched and followed along these past 7 weeks! pic.twitter.com/7uHiSW5tBi

— GGPoker (@GGPoker) September 8, 2020

If the bragging rights of winning a bracelet were not enough, he even took down a bracelet bet against GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu tweeted the news.

Action on this bet has a $100k cap per individual player. @ConnorDrinan is officially sold out. https://t.co/vro9QoFy7K

— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) June 13, 2020

Capping off what can best be described as a phenomenal series for Team India was “M26GreenWood.” Making his second FT appearance at the series, the Indian finished sixth in the event for $288,836 (₹2.12 Crores). The player had previously finished runner-up at the Mini Main Event.

Returning after a day and a half`s rest, the Indian had entered the FT with a commanding chip lead and was among the top three stacks once play got down to six-handed. In what turned out to be a decisive hand for Drinan, his pocket nines flopped a set against the Indian`s pocket tens, busting them in sixth place.

You can watch the cards-up coverage of the final table below.

The event marked the end of a historic series that awarded 85 bracelets on WSOP.com and GGPoker-Natural8 over the last two months. Epic moments, remarkable comebacks, brutal bad beats, and life-changing victories, the series had it all.

“M26GreenWood`s” FT finish was a fitting end to Team India dominating run at the series that included over 200 ITM finishes, over a dozen FT finishes, and a bracelet! Bringing the country that honor was “Mandovi,” who won Event #64: $840 Turbo Bounty NLHE for $234,433 (~₹1.76 Crore)!

The final table started at 11:30 PM (IST) on September 8, with each of the finalists already assured $110,389.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. “M26GreenWood” – 18,734,404
2. Sylvain “couchpotato” Loosli – 13,858,427
3. Viktor “juStic3” Ustimov – 12,219,728
4. Christopher Kruk – 11,092,664
5. Daniyar “AlmaAAta” Aubakirov – 9,893,085
6. Connor Drinan – 9,836,965
7. Chris Oliver – 8,626,407
8. Kenneth “rebuyguy” Smaron – 3,613,536
9. Arsenii “BlindPew” Malinov – 3,129,784

Final Table Recap

Kenneth Smaron fell out on the very first hand of the final table, his queen-jack falling to Christopher Kruk’s ten-nine that turned a flush.

Twenty minutes later, Arsenii Malinov was eliminated in eighth place, with Christopher Kruk following him in seventh place.

By then, Drinan had overtaken “M26GreenWood” as the chip leader.

The players were sent on a short break, and when they returned, eventual runner-up Daniyar Aubakirov caught “M26GreenWood” bluffing to win a massive pot.

The Indian was unable to recover from the setback, falling out after receiving a brutal bad beat. Their were in good shape against the of Drinan before the rundown turned the tide. “M26GreenWood” was alive till the river with a flush draw but failed to get there, falling in sixth place to Drinan’s flopped set.

Drinan went on a tear thereon by single-handedly eliminating all the remaining players. He consolidated his lead by dispatching Sylvain Loosli in fifth place, his holding up against Loosli’s across the board.

It was down to the heads-up 30 minutes later, with Drinan knocking out both Chris Oliver and Viktor Ustimov in fourth and third place, respectively.

The heads-up match was a one-sided affair with Drinan commanding a massive 72.78 Million in chips vs. Daniyar Aubakirov’s 17.11 Million. Despite the significant chip deficit, the former WPT Amsterdam Main Event champion proved to be a persistent opponent. The back-and-forth ensued for a full 90 minutes before Drinan could claim the bracelet. In the end, Drinan open-shoved, and Aubakirov called to see the chips go in.

Daniyar Aubakirov

Connor Drinan

The flop kept Drinan ahead, and so did the turn. The on the river saw Drinan hit two-pair, the second time the nine coming to his rescue, and won the bracelet!

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Connor Drinan – $1,423,049
2. Daniyar Aubakirov – $1,041,414
3. Viktor Ustimov – $755,754
4. Chris Oliver – $548,450
5. Sylvain Loosli – $398,010
6. M26GreenWood – $288,836
7. Christopher Kruk – $209,609
8. Arsenii Malinov – $152,113
9. Kenneth Smaron – $110,389

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