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It’s hard to really gauge who’s going to go far in the main event based on chip counts during the early stages of play as even the chip leaders can easily bust out at any time, but at least it’s nice to see who’s currently in the running. Here’s a look at the top 25 chip counts from Day 2B at the WSOP, which includes a few noted pros such as Jeff Lisandro and J.C. Tran.

Rank Last Name, First Name Chip Count
1 Weber, Troy 353,000
2 Marks, Tyson 196,500
3 Costello, Stephen 192,000
4 Cada, Joseph 187,225
5 Wissing, Mads 185,750
6 Patterson, Tyler 179,500
7 Sanders, Joseph 175,800
8 Ay, Mikael 173,900
9 King, Carter 170,000
10 Weil, Mark 168,575
11 Wolfe, Paul 163,000
12 Pastura, Alessandro 160,900
13 Stier, Sebastian 160,050
14 Sanders, Adam 156,400
15 Kornuth, Chance 150,025
16 Levy, Steven 148,825
17 Schneller, Ariel 147,275
18 Lisandro, Jeff 146,950
19 Davis, Tim 146,000
20 Kunin, Samuel 145,775
21 Tran, J.C. 139,975
22 Bilzerian, Dan 139,675
23 Hougaard, Jesper 138,675
24 Parmann, Julian 137,400
25 Avital, Jacob 136,625