Seat 6: Connor “blanconegro” Drinan, 27, Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA - 1,455,000
Connor Drinan is a 27-year-old professional poker player from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Drinan is part of an small and unfortunate group of players who are best known for taking a brutal bad beat on national television. Drinan got his first 15 minutes of fame when he had his pocket aces cracked by the other two aces (held by Cary Katz) in the inaugural $1,000,000 Big One For One Drop in 2014. It’s a shame, because his other tournament results are remarkable, as you’d expect of a man who’s putting up seven figures to enter events. Since 2011, Drinan has won more than $10 million in live tournaments, including a pair of side event victories that came two seasons apart at EPT Barcelona. He’s also accumulated countless wins and more than $3.5 million in earnings on PokerStars, playing under the screenname “blanconegro”.