The WSOP Main Event attrated 7319 entrants this year, the second highest ever in it’s history.   After the conclusion of Day 1, Corwin Cole leads the way with 228K chips.   Big names amongst the chip leaders include Steve “MrSmokey1″ Billiraki, and Johnny Chan.

Here are the chip leaders in order:

Corwin Cole   228,200 
James Danielson   201,050
Dwyen Ringbauer   191,125   
Steve Billirakis   187,150  
Khamsy Nuanmanee   170,525  
Steven Tabb   170,275
Mathieu Sauriol   169,900
Filippo Candio   167,300     
Julien Foussard   166,175 
Johnny Chan   163,700  
Nestor Martinez   158,825  
Roger Pruzansky   155,700 
Andrew Liporace   155,350
Robert Miller   155,225 
Josef Monro   153,350   
Daniel Springfield   150,100 

Here are the chip counts of some selected big names:

Barny Boatman   144,050 
Michael Mizrachi   142,650 
David Benyamine   130,800
Hoyt Corkins   129,150 
Vanessa Rousso 111,050 
Chris Moneymaker 107,425  
Josh Arieh   103,650 
Roland De Wolfe   96,600  
Lex Veldhuis  91,925 
Jason Mercier 90,525  
Robert Mizrachi   89,400 
Frank Kassela   87,000  
Kyle Bowker   81,150  
Kenny Tran   80,425    
Darvin Moon   78,400  
Bill Chen 72,600    
Brandon Cantu   65,025 
Johnny Lodden  64,475  
Humberto Brenes  64,200 
Jon Turner   63,825  
Gavin Smith   62,275 
Freddy Deeb   54,850  
Barry Greenstein 53,625
Doyle Brunson   52,425   
Vanessa Selbst 52,275  
Dewey Tomko   50,725 
Ryan Daut   45,050  
Ross Boatman   44,675  
J.C. Tran   44,650
Phil Ivey   27,875   
Daniel Negreanu 24,475