Lee Davy hands you a review of the 27th day of the 46th Annual World Series of Poker, including news of a victory for Travis Baker in the Seniors Championships, Barny Boatman leading the final 24 players in the Extended Play event, and Scott Seiver looking to go wire-to-wire in the Poker Players Championship.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) can be a dream, and it can be a nightmare. It can produced tears of joy, and tears of absolute misery. It can energize you, and it can turn you into a George Romero zombie. The contrast is stark; it’s tough; it’s poker.

Take Tony Cousineau for example. He first cashed in the WSOP in 1999. 71 cashes later and he still doesn’t know what it feels like to have that piece of gold draped around his wrist. The same is true of Tom McCormick. He first cashed in 1992, and 50 WSOP cashes later, still has not won a bracelet.

Then you have people like Travis Baker. The 50-year old construction worker, from Oklahoma, first entered a WSOP event in 2007. He came nowhere. Eight years later, he decided to give it another shot. He went on to defeat 4,193 players to win the $613,466 first prize, the Golden Eagle trophy, and of course the WSOP bracelet.