Largest stack of chips you ever had?

"Merson went into play Tuesday night with 88.4 million in chips, compared with 62.8 million for Sylvia and 46.9 million for Balsiger." 2012 WSOP MAIN EVENT final table - last three. I imagine that there's no better feeling, when playing a tournament than sitting behind your own mammoth mountain of chips that towers over the competition. I play small poker tournaments (100 or less) and have never had a stack of over a hundred thousand chips in front of me..so I'm curious: What's the greatest amount of chips you've ever had in a poker tournament: a) in a live tournament in a casino? b) in an online tournament? Obviously a large field is required but so is the amount of starting chips that every player gets...