2010 WSOP Update: US Players Dominate Leaderboard

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Among the top 10 chip leaders at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Wednesday afternoon, 8 were from the United States.

Still, The Netherlands owned the top of the leaderboard with Martijn Schirp just manageing to hold of Matt Affleck, who had previously been on top.

One of the more prominent names among the top 10 was Denmark's Theo Jorgensen.

The second biggest WSOP bracelet holder, Johnny Chan, was still among the top 30 chip leaders mid afternoon Wednesday.

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1

                 

Martijn Schirp

                  2,080,000        

                  +1,080,000

                  Amsterdam

                  -

                  Netherlands

2

                 

Matt Affleck

                  1,900,000        

                  +310,000

                  Mill Creek

                  WA

                  United States

3

                 

James Carroll

                  1,840,000        

                  +20,000

                  Henderson

                  NV

                  United States

4

                 

Phil Galfond

                  1,740,000        

                  -126,000

                  North Potomac

                  MD

                  United States

5

                 

Cuong Nguyen

                  1,730,000        

                  +1,237,000

                  Santa Ana

                  CA

                  United States

6

                 

Duy Le

                  1,700,000        

                  +100,000

                  San Jose

                  CA

                  United States

7

                 

Daniel Chamberlain

                  1,680,000        

                  +614,000

                  Thornton

                  CO

                  United States

8

                 

Ryan Eriquezzo

                  1,600,000        

                  +350,000

                  Danbury

                  CT

                  United States

9

                 

Theo Jorgensen

                  1,480,000        

                  +20,000

                  Copenhagen

                  -

                  Denmark

10

                 

Josh Brikis

                  1,450,000        

                  +70,000

                  Monroeville

                  PA

                  United States

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