€50,000 Majestic High Roller Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	538,000 -40,000	-40,000

Richard Yong	408,200 16,200	16,200
David Benefield	375,100 95,100	95,100
Mike Watson	370,900 30,900	30,900

Jean-Noel Thorel	355,000 95,000	95,000
Tony G	350,000 215,000	215,000

Tobias Reinkemeier	348,800 36,800	36,800
Daniel Negreanu	320,200 5,200	5,200

Erik Seidel	293,800 53,800	53,800

Paul Newey	291,500 61,500	61,500
Alex Mostafavi	269,900 39,900	39,900
Lifeng Chen	239,900 -20,100	-20,100
Justin Bonomo	238,600 92,600	92,600

Kristijonas Andrulis	235,400 50,400	50,400

Philipp Gruissem	232,400 108,400	108,400

Thomas Wahlroos	224,200 146,200	146,200
Roger Hairabedian	218,600 66,600	66,600

Talal Shakerchi	204,700 -25,300	-25,300
Tony Gregg	196,200 200	200
Jani Sointula	170,800 -24,200	-24,200
Igor Kurganov	169,200 6,200	6,200

Andrew Lichtenberger	168,400 6,400	6,400

Steve O'Dwyer	166,600 10,600	10,600

Juha Helppi	150,000 20,000	20,000

Sam Trickett	143,300 1,300	1,300

Player

Chips

Progress

John Juanda

538,000

-40,000

Richard Yong

408,200

16,200

David Benefield

375,100

95,100

Mike Watson

370,900

30,900

Jean-Noel Thorel

355,000

95,000

Tony G

350,000

215,000

Tobias Reinkemeier

348,800

36,800

Daniel Negreanu

320,200

5,200

Erik Seidel

293,800

53,800

Paul Newey

291,500

61,500

Alex Mostafavi

269,900

39,900

Lifeng Chen

239,900

-20,100

Justin Bonomo

238,600

92,600

Kristijonas Andrulis

235,400

50,400

Philipp Gruissem

232,400

108,400

Thomas Wahlroos

224,200

146,200

Roger Hairabedian

218,600

66,600

Talal Shakerchi

204,700

-25,300

Tony Gregg

196,200

200

Jani Sointula

170,800

-24,200

Igor Kurganov

169,200

6,200

Andrew Lichtenberger

168,400

6,400

Steve O'Dwyer

166,600

10,600

Juha Helppi

150,000

20,000

Sam Trickett

143,300

1,300

Day 1 of the €50,000 Majestic High Roller at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe has come and gone. With 43 entries throughout the day and just a few eliminations, tomorrow will be the real test of everyone's poker skill. At the end of the night, John Juanda led the way with 538,500 in chips.

Juanda is no stranger to big buy-in events, and he's come out in a fury here in this one, but things didn't start off well for him. Juanda was eliminated not once, but twice and is working with his third bullet in the event. Thanks to a huge clash with Marvin Rettenmaier, though, two rockets catapulted Juanda into the lead during the last level of the night.

Along with Juanda — who is one of the most household names in poker — plenty of notable players were in action and have advanced to Day 2. Daniel Negreanu, Sam Trickett, Tom Dwan, Tony G and Erik Seidel will all be back tomorrow.

On the other side of the coin, Eugene Katchalov and current Octo-Niner Gregory Merson were two players who were eliminated on the day. Both opted not to rebuy. Wang Qiang was also eliminated and opted not to fire off another €50,000.

After a late start for Day 1, tomorrow will be much of the same as play begins at 4:00 PM local time. Registration will remain open through the first level of tomorrow, and that's also how long the rebuy period will remain open. Be sure to return right back here to these pages for all the PokerNews coverage. We'll see you then.

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2012 World Series of Poker Europe

2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Day 1 of Majestic High Roller Concludes with Juanda Leading