From a starting field of 6,598 entrants who started what was the fifth-largest live poker tournament in history, only 27 players still remain in the 2012 WSOP Main Event Championship. Official Chip counts are available on WSOP.com. The current chip leader is Marc-Andre Ladouceur. He is the only player currently with more than 15 million in chips. Only three players have more than 10 million – including Ladouceur, Daniel Strelitz and Roberto Salaburu.
Here is the top ten players ranked according to chip count:
1 — Marc-Andre Ladouceur – 15,875,000 — Montreal, QB (Canada)
2 — Daniel Strelitz -12,790,000 — Torrancel. CA (USA)
3 — Robert Salaburu -10,915,000 — San Antonio, TX (USA)
4 — Russell Thomas – 9,985,000 — Wallingford, PA (USA)
5 — Elisabeth Hille – 9,770,000 — Bergen (Norway)
6 — Yuval Bronshtein – 9,735,000 — Charleston, SC (USA)
7 — Jamie Robbins – 8,750,000 — Portland, OR (USA)
8 — Robert Corcione – 8,745,000 — Bellingham, MA (USA)
9 — Cylus Watson – 8,500,000 — Madbury, NH (USA)
10 — Jeremy Ausmus – 8,300,000 — Las Vegas, NV (USA)