As we go hurtling into Day 5, California's Jamie Gold, whose biggest cash to date was a $54,225 win in a No Limit 'Stars and Stripes' Event, is the current chip leader with a gigantic 3.7 million in chips.
His nearest rival is Max Reele of New Jersey with 2.3 million, whilst Seattle's Jim Routos is not too far behind with $2,279,600.
Although this year's Main Event once again looks set to be dominated by the Americans, there is a notable European presence in the form of Richard Gryko, who sits in a potentially lucrative 21st position. Hailing from Essex, England, the Gutshot regular has been riding high since Day 1, and now looks set, barring an unexpected disaster, to take a tidy sum from the upcoming days.
Other notable European names include Paris WPT finalist Thomas Wahlroos (left), Bad Beater Kevin Daly and Sweden's early chip leader William Thorson. Meanwhile, our highest European is Denmark's Ricki Nielsen, who sits in 7th place with $1,388,000.
The current top 20 are as follows:
Jamie Gold -- 3,700,000
Max Reele -- 2,358,000
Jim Routos -- 2,279,000
Kyle Bowker -- 2,272,600
Michael Binger -- 1,889,000
Prahlad Friedman -- 1,558,000
Ricki Nielsen -- 1,388,000
Kevin Aaronson -- 1,354,000
Weikai Chang -- 1,343,000
Noah Siegel -- 1,283,000
Brian Hansen -- 1,273,000
Luke Chung -- 1,271,000
Dmitri Nobles -- 1,252,000
John Ma -- 1,250,000
Jeffrey Lisandro -- 1,208,000
Dustin Holmes -- 1,176,000
Eric Lynch -- 1,085,000
Richardo Vecasso -- 1,050,000
Mark Garner -- 1,048,000
Chris Damich -- 1,039,000
Brits:
Richard Gryko (Essex) -- 994,000
Kevin Daly (London) -- 622,000
Matthew Morgan (Wales) -- 504,000
Scott O'Reilly (Torquay) -- 501,000
Mark Shauta (Scotland) -- 245,000
Paul Coles (Bristol) -- 239,000
Others:
Annie Duke -- 919,000
Cuong Do -- 914,000
Thomas Wahlroos -- 884,000
Humberto Brenes -- 835,000
Kevin O'Donnell -- 789,000
Alex Balandin -- 681,000
Paul Wasicka -- 552,000
Allen Cunningham -- 503,000
William Thorson -- 168,000