These players aren’t household names yet — save one or two among truly hardcore card fans — but with four months of publicity and time to mull their game and study their opponents, nobody will sit down at the final table in November an unknown.

“The beauty of it is I survived,” said Kelly Kim, a 31-year-old professional poker player from Whittier, Calif., who squeezed into the final nine holding about 2.6 million chips — but just 1.9 percent of the chips in play and more than 23 million behind the leader. “I get to play another day — anything could happen. It’s truly amazing.”

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