Patrick Chan is representative of the countless players who grind for a living, not necessarily making it big, but making enough to support themselves. He's also a testament that hard work pays off, because as a member of the 2015 WSOP November Nine he is guaranteed over $1 million.
It'll be far and away the biggest score of Chan's career, which dates back to 2010. That said, he has had his fair share of poker success, including two six-figure scores — $131,895 for finishing third in the 2012 Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship and $100,689 for a 12th-place finish in the 2014 WSOP Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker. Chan also took home $71,449 in January of this year when he finished runner-up to Loni Harwood in the Parx Casino Big Stax $2,500 Championship.
Chan began his career playing multi-table tournaments online, but transitioned to live poker after Black Friday, though he admits he occasionally travels outside the country to play on PokerStars.
Here's a look at how Chan performed over the course of the tournament:
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | |
| End-of-Day Chips | 81,900 | 66,800 | 300,500 | 844,000 | 2,105,000 | 7,400,000 | 6,225,000 |
| Rank | 427 | 1,198 | 265 | 92 | 39 | 11 | 8 |
| Total Players Left | 4,371 | 1,796 | 661 | 237 | 69 | 27 | 9 |
| Chip Average | 44,063 | 107,238 | 291,376 | 812,658 | 2,791,304 | 7,133,333 | 21,400,000 |
Follow Chan on Twitter at @pchanpoker.
