Andrew Todhunter: Seven Final Tables, One Ring, and a $135 Satellite at 4 AM

Andrew Todhunter has made seven WSOP final tables and won a Circuit ring, and at 4 AM on July 3 he was four-handed in a $135 satellite trying to turn it into a $10K Landmark seat.

That's a 74-to-1 buy-in-to-opportunity ratio. It might be the most lopsided shot at a bracelet event all summer.

The Resume in the Satellite

Todhunter's WSOP profile reads like a player who should be direct-buying tournaments, not grinding mega satellites in the dead of night. Seven career final tables. One WSOP Circuit ring. $127,932 in lifetime tournament earnings. He's not a recreational tourist hoping to bink one; he's a proven closer with deep-run experience across multiple WSOP summers.

Seven career final tables, one Circuit ring, $127,932 in lifetime earnings, and he's sitting in a $135 satellite at 4 AM.

But here he was, still alive at the final table of Event #405, the $135 Daily NLH Landmark Mega Satellite at the Horseshoe/Paris complex in Las Vegas.

The Final Four

The satellite started the evening with a full field and ground down to 15 players across two tables before midnight. By 4 AM, four remained.

Todhunter wasn't the only credentialed player at the table. Frank Lin, also still alive at four-handed, carries 15 career final tables, one WSOP Circuit ring, and $504,109 in lifetime earnings. Lin is a half-million-dollar tournament player sitting in a $135 satellite. Pascal Gregoire of Canada brought seven career final tables of his own and $212,960 in lifetime cashes. Miguel Solano of Costa Rica rounded out the final four with $18,665 in career earnings.

Three of the four remaining players had a combined 29 final tables and over $844,000 in lifetime earnings. The buy-in for the satellite was $135.

That's the WSOP at 4 AM in early July. The fields don't thin out. They concentrate.

Why the $135 Landmark Mega Matters

The Landmark is a $10,000 buy-in bracelet event, the kind of tournament Todhunter has historically shown he can navigate. His seven final tables prove he doesn't just survive deep in bracelet events; he thrives there. But $10,000 is $10,000. Satellites exist because even experienced tournament players with six-figure lifetime results don't always want to fire bullets at that price point.

The mega satellite structure lets players like Todhunter, Lin, and Gregoire take shots with asymmetric upside. If any of them converts, they're in a bracelet event for 1.35% of the sticker price.

The Bigger Pattern

Todhunter's presence in this satellite tells a story that the WSOP leaderboards don't always capture. Players with legitimate final-table resumes are grinding the satellite path, not because they lack the bankroll for $10K events, but because the math is simply too good to ignore. A $135 investment for a shot at a bracelet and a six-figure first-place prize is the kind of expected-value play that experienced tournament players recognize instantly.

At four-handed, the satellite was still live. Chip counts weren't available. But the credentials at the table were clear: between Todhunter, Lin, and Gregoire, the final four held three Circuit rings, 29 final tables, and $844,901 in combined lifetime cashes.

All of it funneling through a $135 buy-in.