The World Championship of No-Limit Texas Hold’em ($10,000 buy-in) started on July 3rd with $6,844 entrants. Currently, there are 79 players left fighting for the $9,119,517 first place price.

Mark Ketteringham from Los Angeles, CA is the current chip leader with $5,800,000 in chips.

Here is a list of the current poker professionals (at least the ones we know) that are left:
David (Chino) Rheem, $2,586,000
Brandon Cantu, $2,288,000 (1 WSOP bracelet)
Justin Scott, $1,971,000 (1 WSOP bracelet)
Mike Matusow $1,169,000 (3 WSOP bracelets)
Phil Hellmuth $721,000 (11 WSOP bracelets)
Thomas (Thunder) Keller $245,000 (1 WSOP bracelet)

For you female supporters:
Tiffany Michelle sits in fifth place with $3,438,000 in chips