Day 2 of Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe has come to a close. Just eight players have been left standing at the end of the carnage and they'll return tomorrow for Day 3 to finish this one out.

Leading the final eight is Yannick Bonnet with 476,000. He's the only player to amass more than 300,000 in chips at the end of the day with Senh Ung (289,000) and Matan Krakow (250,000) rounding out the top three.

When the day began, 50 players returned to action. Of those still in contention were Greg Merson, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Ozzy Sheikh, McLean Karr, Rémy Biechel and Padraig Parkinson. Unfortunately for those players, they all finished outside of the money.

One other player heading out before the money was Jeff Rossiter. He earned the worst finishing position of them all as he became the first bubble boy of the 2012 WSOP Europe.

First to go once the bubble broke was 12-time gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. Other notable cashes included Govert Metaal, Brandon Cantu, Jennifer Tilly and David "ODB" Baker.

The big story heading into the final day will be Matan Krakow, last year's fourth-place finisher. Krakow began the day as the chip leader and worked his way to the end of the night third overall. He's just a few spots shy of topping his finish from last year, but it doesn't need to be said that he really would like to take home the victory.

Play will begin tomorrow at 1:00 PM local time and you can expect either an early elimination or double up as Romain Chauvassagne will begin the day severely short stacked. We'll see you right back here on PokerNews for all the updates starting in the early afternoon as the first bracelet winner is crowned.

On the final hand of the night, Romain Chauvassagne raised to 13,000 from the button and Sylvain Ribes reraised to 29,000 from the small blind. Chauvassagne called and the flop came down . Ribes fired 19,000 and Chauvassagne tanked for several long minutes. Eventually, he moved all in for 80,500. Ribes snapped.

Ribes:
Chauvassagne:

The turn was the and river the to give Ribes the win. At the final count of the chips, Ribes was all in on the flop for 73,500, meaning Chauvassagne was left with 7,000 to return with on Day 3.

Sylvain Ribes	212,000	72,000
Romain Chauvassagne	7,000	-108,000

Just as we say that the action has slowed, the ninth-place elimination happens immediately after.

Following a raise to 10,000 out of the cutoff seat from Roberto Romanello, Ruben Velasco moved all in for just shy of 100,000. Velasco was in the small blind and action folded back to Romanello. He took a few moments, then called.

Romanello:
Velasco:

The flop, turn and river ran through and Romanello eliminated Velasco. For his finish, Velasco earned €12,040.

Roberto Romanello	300,000	117,000
Ruben Velasco	0	-120,000

To say things have slowed down would be an understatement. The players are spread across two tables, one with five and one with four. They're well aware that the end of the day is approaching, as is a chance at making the final table. With that comes cautious play. Many of the preflop shoves are going uncalled and the pots that do go to post-flop action are kept fairly small. There's just 16 minutes left in the final level of the day, so we're looking at wrapping things up short of a final table.

Action folded to Ruben Velasco in the small blind and he raised to 12,000. Imed Ben Mahmoud three-bet from the big blind to 30,000 and Velasco called to see the flop. Then, Velasco led for 40,000. Mahmoud raised all in for 108,000 and Velasco called.

Mahmoud:
Velasco:

The turn was he and river the to give Mahmoud the double up.

Imed Ben Mahmoud	280,000	105,000
Ruben Velasco	120,000	-92,000

Ruben Velasco raised to 9,000 from under the gun and Yannick Bonnet called out of the big blind. The flop came down , and Bonnet checked. Velasco bet 11,000, and Bonnet check-raised to 26,000. Velasco called.

The turn was the , and both players checked. They also checked the river. Bonnet tabled the and Velasco mucked.

Sandy Denis was all in with a flush draw holding the on the flop. Senh Ung had flopped trip sevens with the and had Denis on the ropes.

After the landed on the turn, Denis was down to just the river and needing to make his flush without Ung filling up.

The river completed the board with the and also completed Denis' tournament. He was eliminated in 10th place for €12,040.

Senh Ung	250,000	118,000
Sandy Denis	0	-124,000

Three players were in action on the flop. Yannick Bonnet was first and checked. Next up was Ruben Velasco and he bet 15,500. Behind him, Imed Ben Mahmoud called. Bonnet then folded.

The turn was the and both remaining players checked to see the fall on the river. Velasco checked and Mahmoud fired 20,000. Velasco called.

Mahmoud showed the for bottom set of deuces. Velsco flashed the to the table, then mucked.

Ruben Velasco	212,000	-48,000
Imed Ben Mahmoud	175,000	40,000

From under the gun, Freddy Darakjian raised to 10,500. Yannick Bonnet called on the button, and everyone else folded.

The flop was and Darakjian fired 17,000. Bonnet raised to 35,000 and then Darakjian moved all in for approximately 120,000. Bonnet quickly called with top set — . Darakjian had the .

The turn brought the and river the . Darakjian was eliminated and finished in 11th place.

Yannick Bonnet	345,000	157,000
Freddy Darakjian	0	-147,000

Matan Krakow raised to 8,000 from the cutoff seat and Sylvain Ribes reraised to 27,000 from the small blind. Krakow came back over the top with an all-in shove and Ribes quickly folded.

Matan Krakow	165,000	-10,000
Sylvain Ribes	144,000	-26,000

From under the gun, Roberto Romanello raised to 8,500. Ruben Velasco called on the button, Imed Ben Mahmoud called from the small blind, and Freddy Darakjian called from the big blind.

All four players took a flop of and Mahmoud led for 20,000. One by one, each of his opponents folded and Mahmoud won the pot. He showed the for top pair after they all mucked.

The players are on another 20-minute break.

Freddy Darakjian raised from under the gun to 6,500 and Igors Kalinicenko called from the cutoff seat. Yannick Bonnet reraised from the button to 16,000 and action folded all the way back to Kalinicenko. He called and left himself with just 14,000 going to the flop.

The flop came down and Kalinicenko checked. Bonnet moved all in and Kalinicenko called off his last 14,000 with the . Bonnet held the for bottom set.

The turn brought the and river the , eliminating Kalinicenko in 12th place.

Igors Kalinicenko

0

-46,000

After a raise on the button from Roberto Romanello to 7,000, David "ODB" Baker reraised all in for a little over 60,000 from the big blind. Romanello called holding the . Baker held the .

Baker flopped the lead when the rolled out, but after the landed on the turn, the dealer finished the board with the and Romanello was awarded the pot. Baker finished in 14th place and took home €6,548.

With his finish, Baker also earned some valuable World Series of Poker Player of the Year points. His finish earned him 8.75 points and moved him to 517.13 points overall. That's good enough to leap over Antonio Esfandiari into fourth place behind John Monnette, Phil Ivey and the leader Greg Merson.

Roberto Romanello	235,000	61,000
David Baker	0	-65,000

On an ace-high flop with two hearts, Arnaud Durif was all in with the against Imed Ben Mahmoud's . The turn and river both failed to improve Durif and he was eliminated in 15th place.

Imed Ben Mahmoud	150,000	40,000
Arnaud Durif	0	-45,000