Many predicted that attendance at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event would be affected by the economy, because people couldn’t afford to make the trip. Not so, as it turns out.

A few hundred players were actually turned away from the main event because the tournament had reached its capacity, leaving rejected players to explore other poker tournament options around the city, although it’s generally acknowledged there’s no other poker forum quite as popular as the WSOP.

A total of 6,494 players got in and were whittled down to these participants, who will play at the final table beginning November 7th:

WSOP final table players and their chip counts:

Darvin Moon: 59,770,000

Eric Buchman: 36,300,000

Steven Begleiter: 28,195,000

Jeff Shulman: 20,510,000

Joseph Cada: 13,620,000

Kevin Schaffel: 13,080,000

Antonie Saout: 10,200,000

Phil Ivey: 10,100,000

James Akenhead: 5,760,000