There are dozens of cliché sports analogies to be used about Day 7 of the World Series of Poker, the day in which the final 27 players fight for the nine most coveted spots of the year in poker.
It's no longer called the November Nine, because there's only a two-day break instead of a three-and-a-half month layover, but the fight is still the same. After Day 6, those final 27 players each holds their fate in their hands as they try to make the final table of the 2017 WSOP main event.