World Series of Poker Final Table Players

It took them until 3 in the Las Vegas morning to whittle the field down to the final nine players in the World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship Event yesterday, and play down they did, until Ayhan Alsancak busted out in 10th place. Don't feel too bad -- he still won $600,000. Each of the remaining players will win at least $1 million.

So who are the newest poker millionaires?:

WSOP Championship Event Final Table Players & Chip Counts (via cardplayer.com):

1. Aaron Kanter -- $10.7 million chips
2. Tex Barch -- $9.33 million chips
3. Andrew Black -- $8.14 million chips
4. Mike Matusow -- $7.41 million chips
5. Steve Dannenmann -- $5.46 million chips
6. Joseph Hachem -- $5.42 million chips
7. Daniel Bergsdorf -- $5.27 million chips
8. Scott Lazar -- $3.37 million chips
9. Brad Kondracki -- $1.18 million chips

According to Sir Paul, the final event will get underway at 4pm today. For minute by minute updates, there is no better choice than the Tao of Poker blog. For recaps of the action so far, I suggest Las Vegas and Poker, which are great to read while you wait for ESPN to show the WSOP on TV.