100 to 4 in One Night: The $135 Mega Satellite Is Almost Done

One hundred players sat down for the $135 Daily NLH Landmark Mega Satellite at the Horseshoe — and as the sun comes up over Las Vegas, only four are left.

The overnight compression has been relentless. The field dropped from 100 to 54 in one burst, then to 18 when they combined to two tables, and now sits at four. Ninety-six buy-ins torched in a single session for a shot at a seat in a bigger WSOP event.

Ninety-six buy-ins torched in a single session for a shot at a seat in a bigger WSOP event.

Who's Still Alive

The final four includes two players with WSOP Circuit rings — and they're the only ones at the table with any real hardware on their résumé.

Frank Lin is the biggest name remaining: one ring, 15 career final tables, and $504,109 in lifetime tournament earnings. He's been here before — 15 times at a final table, to be exact — and that experience matters when a satellite seat is on the line.

Andrew Todhunter brings one ring of his own, seven final tables, and $127,932 in cashes. Not the deepest bankroll at the table, but more WSOP final-table reps than most players will see in a decade.

Rounding out the four: Pascal Gregoire from Canada ($212,960 in earnings, seven final tables) and Miguel Solano from Costa Rica ($18,665). Gregoire has the experience to hang. Solano is the long shot — but he's already outlasted 96 others.

What to Watch

This is a satellite, not a freezeout — the incentive structure flips everything. Nobody needs to win; they need to survive. With four left and seats on the line, every confrontation carries the weight of hours already invested overnight.

Lin's 15 final tables suggest a player who knows how to navigate these spots. Whether he and Todhunter — the only two ring winners left — can close it out is the question.

The satellite should wrap shortly after sunrise PT.