Seat 1: Daniel Alaei – 293,500

Daniel Alaei is a professional poker player with $6.3 million in lifetime earnings. Alaei has won four World Series of Poker gold bracelets and he won the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic during Season VIII. The California native is also a well-respected high-stakes cash game player.

Seat 2: Isaac Haxton – 276,000

Isaac Haxton specializes in online high-stakes cash games but he has quite a bit of live tournament success as well. The career earnings for this native of Syracuse, New York stand at $5.7 million. He has two cashes exceeding million dollars in his poker career.

Seat 3: Jeff Gross – 120,500

Jeff Gross is a poker professional from Ann Arbor, Michigan and he has found a lot of recent success on the tournament trail. He recently finished in third place at the World Poker Tour Montreal main event and took home $319,238. His career earnings stand at $1.2 million.

Seat 4: Steven Silverman – 392,500

Steven Silverman is another player at this final table having a strong run of recent tournament success. He won the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final high roller event earlier this year and he was awarded just over $1 million for the victory. That took the lifetime earnings of the young pro up to $2.1 million.

Seat 5: Joseph Cheong – 100,000

Joseph Cheong emerged on the poker scene in a big way at the World Series of Poker main event final table in 2010 when he cashed in third place for over $4 million. Since then he has gone on to become a well-respected high-stakes professional. Cheong now has $8.6 million in lifetime earnings.

Seat 6: JC Tran – 94,000

JC Tran is a poker professional from Sacramento, California who has won $8.2 million in his career. Tran has the opportunity to win much more this November because he is the chip leader for the upcoming World Series of Poker main event final table. He has two WSOP gold bracelets and a World Poker Tour title on his resume.

Seat 7: Jason Mercier – 363,500

Jason Mercier is a local poker professional from South Florida. He has career earnings worth $9.7 million and is one of the most successful young players in the game today. Mercier has won two World Series of Poker gold bracelets and two titles on the European Poker Tour. Mercier is another high-stakes tournament specialist at today’s final table.

Seat 8: Matt Glantz – 441,500

Matt Glantz can usually be found at the high-stakes cash game tables but he has done well on the tournament felt as well with $4.4 million in career earnings. He won a European Poker Tour high roller event in London, and he has appeared at the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship at the World Series of Poker an impressive two times.