WSOP Main Event: Day: 1b

End of day top chip stacks:

1. Dag Mikkelsen: $253,000
   
2. Gene Strickland: $180,000
3. Sven Johnson: $176,000
4. Chris Viox: $163,000
5. Rep Porter: $150,000
6. Bob Poole: $148,000
7. Todd Phillips: $138,000
8. Scotty Nguyen: $135,000
9. John Duthie: $135,000

On a side note, 2005 champ, Joe Hachem survived with about 40k chips.