$585 Landmark Mega Satellite Is Down to 16 — Zero Bracelets Among Them

Sixteen players are two tables from a Landmark seat at the Horseshoe right now, and not a single one of them holds a WSOP bracelet.

The $585 NLH Landmark Mega Satellite — Event #381 — started the morning with a full field, ground through 72 at the first checkpoint, blew past 41, then 23, and just hit two tables remaining. The buy-in is $585. The prize is a seat in a marquee event that costs multiples of that. For most of the 16 left, this is the only affordable way in.

The Field Nobody Expected

What makes this satellite worth watching isn't just the stakes — it's who's left. Scan the remaining names and you won't find a single gold bracelet winner. The most credentialed player still alive is Mykhailo Lendel, a U.S.-based pro with $738K in lifetime tournament cashes and three career final tables. Behind him, Zhiyang Jin shows $16,074 in recorded earnings. Michael Bahnsen, currently the only player with a reported chip count of 10,000, has no tracked earnings at all.

The most credentialed player still alive is Mykhailo Lendel, a U.S.-based pro with $738K in lifetime cashes and three career final tables.

Who Didn't Make It

The satellite's deeper stages briefly featured stiffer competition. At 23 players, the field included Benjamin Underwood — an eight-time WSOP Circuit ring winner from Canada with $1.48M in lifetime earnings and 32 final tables — and Roberto Bendeck, who carries a Circuit ring and $264K in cashes across 10 final tables. Neither survived to the final 16.

That leaves an almost entirely amateur field fighting for Landmark seats. Antonio Buonanno of Italy ($1,201 lifetime) and Wesley Remmer (no recorded earnings) round out the short stacks.

Why You Should Tune In

Satellite poker at this stage is pure tension. Nobody is playing for cash — every elimination brings the survivors one step closer to a seat or sends them home with nothing. With no established names left to navigate the pressure, expect wide ranges, tanked decisions, and at least one all-in that makes you audibly react.

The stream is live now from the Horseshoe. Two tables. Sixteen players. No bracelets, no rings, and a Landmark seat on the line.