Final Table of World Poker Tour Main Event Championship Starts at 4 p.m. Local Time

Today marks the culmination of a five-day poker marathon, after 1,229 entries were recorded over the first two starting flights to create one of the largest World Poker Tour fields in recent memory. As the premier event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open, the WPT Main Event Championship sported a $3,500 buy-in, and with many of the game's bankrolled pros firing multiple bullets in an attempt to make Day 2, a total prize pool approaching $4 million was generated.

Yesterday saw 36 hopefuls take their seat with a spot at the televised final table on the line, and after 12 hours of a grueling grind, six players emerged as the fortunate few to earn the right to play under the bright lights of the WPT final table stage. Along the way, several of the game's most recognizable names came and went, including Chad Brown (26th), Faraz Jaka (22nd), Byron Kaverman (21st), Ronit Chamani (13th) and Chris Reslock (10th).

When seven-handed play was reached yesterday night, the tension at the table was palpable, with every player left desperately trying to avoid one of the most important bubbles in poker. Unfortunately for Kunal Patel, he found aces in the hole and tried to trap, allowing Anthony Maio to make a set on the turn to burst the TV table bubble in spectacular fashion.

In the end it was a group of accomplished pros like Jared Jaffee, David Paredes making it through, along with up-and-coming players like Anthony Maio, Vladislav Mezheritsky, Farid Jattin and Robert Merulla.

Below you will find the seating assignments and chip counts for the six-handed final table - along with payout information - which will kick off today at 4 p.m. local time. Check back with PokerNews then to see who will emerge victorious, becoming the next player to have their name engraved on the glittering WPT Champions Cup.

Six-Handed Final Table