Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Player	Chips	Progress
Matan Krakow	140,225 96,725	96,725

Brandon Cantu	114,500 61,500	61,500

David Baker	101,350 26,350	26,350
Jennifer Tilly	90,425 19,575	19,575

Sylvain Ribes	53,625 7,625	7,625
Jeff Rossiter	42,175 23,175	23,175
John Tabatabai	24,725 725	725
Phil Hellmuth	21,950 4,050	4,050

McLean Karr	20,975 7,025	7,025

Marc-Andre Ladouceur	16,575 8,425	8,425
Govert Metaal	14,900 7,900	7,900
Greg Merson	10,150 3,850	3,850

Player

Chips

Progress

Matan Krakow

140,225

96,725

Brandon Cantu

114,500

61,500

David Baker

101,350

26,350

Jennifer Tilly

90,425

19,575

Sylvain Ribes

53,625

7,625

Jeff Rossiter

42,175

23,175

John Tabatabai

24,725

725

Phil Hellmuth

21,950

4,050

McLean Karr

20,975

7,025

Marc-Andre Ladouceur

16,575

8,425

Govert Metaal

14,900

7,900

Greg Merson

10,150

3,850

Day 1 of Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe has come to a conclusion. After a nice, late start to the day, eight levels of action are in the books. When registration closed after the dinner break, 227 players had registered. The action was fast and furious all day long, and less than a quarter of the competitors finished out the day. On top of them all was Matan Krakow with a whopping 140,225 in chips.

Krakow is no stranger to this event. Last year, he made the final table and placed fourth for €65,068. He'll certainly be looking to top that finish and has put himself in a solid position to do so with his early chip lead.

Throughout the day, many big names came and went, but none were bigger than Phil Ivey. The man so commonly referred as the greatest player in the game lasted all the way until the final level of the night before falling to the rail. On his final hand, Ivey check-raised all in on a flop of {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} against Christophe Julien. Ivey was short and Julien made the call with the {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts} . Ivey was dominated with the {A-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} . The turn was the {K-Spades} and river the {A-Hearts} to eliminate Ivey.

Others who were eliminated on the day included past WSOP gold bracelet winners Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Tristan Wade, Timothy Adams, Dominik Nitsche and Vanessa Selbst.

Of those advancing to Day 2, Brandon Cantu, David "ODB" Baker and Jennifer Tilly all bagged up bunches. Cantu stormed into the top portion of the leader board towards he end of the night, while Baker and Tilly got off to a blistering start. Phil Hellmuth, McLean Karr, Roberto Romanello and John Tabatabai are also still in contention.

Day 2 will commence tomorrow at 2:00 PM local time. The plan is to play down to a final table, but there will also be the excitement of the money bubble bursting. The top 24 spots are set to be paid with nearly €150,000 going to the winner. Be sure to catch all the action right here on PokerNews starting then.

If you can't wait until the mid-afternoon to get your WSOP Europe fix, you can find live coverage of Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em kicking off two hours prior at noon.

Tags: Matan Krakow

Player	Chips	Progress
Matan Krakow	140,225

Brandon Cantu	114,500

David Baker	101,350
Jennifer Tilly	90,425

Christophe Julien	73,650
Ruben Velasco	61,650
Imed Ben Mahmoud	61,000
Freddy Darakjian	59,425
Yann Migeon	58,000
Xavier Capacci	56,250
Sylvain Ribes	53,625
Jeff Rossiter	42,115 60	60
Rémy Biechel	38,000 5,000	5,000
Giovanni Maresca	35,850
Arnaud Durif	34,800
Yannick Bonnet	34,775
Demis Hassabis	33,300
Edouard Mignot	31,975
Dominique Malpelli	31,800
Erich Tedeschi	30,600
Roberto Romanello	30,450 450	450

Senh Ung	30,125
Giuliano Bendinelli	25,900

Yury Gulyy	25,850
John Tabatabai	24,725

Player

Chips

Progress

Matan Krakow

140,225