The 2016 World Series of Poker main event champion went to sleep Monday night with some of the chips that will lead them to the promised land already in hand, with one of the seven days of play required to make the November Nine behind them and a long road of battles ahead.
Who is destined to take home the $8 million first place prize, to top a field of 6,737 that stands as the largest a WSOP main event has seen in five years?