Event #40: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship began with 4,193 players (the fourth consecutive year the event drew 4,000+ runners), which created a prize pool of $3,773,700. On Monday, the final nine players returned to action at 11:00 a.m., and within five hours a winner was crowned. After four players busted within 35 minutes, 50-year-old construction manager Travis Baker of Enid, Oklahoma emerged as the last man standing to capture the gold bracelet and $613,466 first-place prize.
"I'm so overwhelmed right now," Baker said after the win. "For me this is gratifying and satisfying.