Jonathan Duhamel, David Benyamine at Final Table of Poker Players Championship

Poker superstars Jonathan Duhamal (the 2010 WSOP Main Event champ) and David Benyamine were among those making the final table of the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship heading into Thursday.

All eyes were on relative unknown, Don Nguyen, however.  He enters the day with a rather large chip lead.

This year’s Poker Players Championship final table features only one player who was been there before, 2011 third place finisher Minh Ly. John Hennigan and Mike Wattel have cashed in this event previously, but the other five are brand new faces to the shortlist of players with Poker Players Championship success.

132 players entered this event including the legendary Doyle Brunson. 

Those at the final table are guaranteed to walk away with at least $207,630. 

1st place takes home $1,774,089 while the runner up with get just over a million dollars.

Seat 1: Matthew Ashton – 2,996,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Duhamel – 1,627,000
Seat 3: Don Nguyen – 5,068,000
Seat 4: Mike Wattel – 810,000
Seat 5: George Danzer – 2,868,000
Seat 6: Minh Ly – 2,307,000
Seat 7: John Hennigan – 1,412,000
Seat 8: David Benyamine – 2,709,000

- Ace King, Gambling911.com