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.

Just three more hands at each table before the night is over.

From middle position, John Juanda opened the pot with a raise to 4,800. Marvin Rettenmaier put in a reraise to 13,600 from the cutoff seat, then Igor Kurganov reraised to 30,100 from the button. Action folded through the blinds and back to Juanda. He didn;t take long before putting in a five-bet to 60,200. This sent Rettenmaier into the tank.

Rettenmaier was tanking while Kurganov was waiting for him to act. When this happened, Philipp Gruissem walked over to talk to Kurganov, but saw he was in a hand... again.

"F***, you're always in a f***ing hand!" said Gruissem before walking back over to his table. Kurganov cracked a smile while Rettenmaier kept tanking.

Eventually, Rettenmaier reraised all in for approximately 160,000. Kurganov folded, and Juanda simply turned over the to signify his call. Rettenmaier didn't like what he saw and disgustedly turned up the , knowing he made a stumble.

The flop, turn and river ran out , and Juanda's aces were the winning hand. He had Rettenmaier covered, which eliminated Rettenmaier. Rettenmaier was a bit upset that he had to make a decision to rebuy righ then and there. He wanted to wait until tomorrow, but couldn't. Therefore, he said he would rebuy and went to get the finances sorted. Meanwhile, Juanda climbed to nearly 600,000 in chips.

John Juanda	578,000	433,000
Igor Kurganov	163,000	-77,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	0	-150,000

Y Chang raised under the gun to 5,000 after which Richard Yong, who was directly to his left, three-bet to 12,000. Sheng Sun decided to four-bet to 37,000 and the action was quickly folded back around to Yong.

Yong went into the tank for a while, played with his chips, and eventually put his opponent all in. Sun called off his remaining 120,000 chips creating a very big pot.

Showdown:
Richard Yong:
Sheng Sun:

The board ran out , and Yong high-fived Chang while Sun left the tournament. He chose not to re-buy, and with that we lost a player.

Richard Yong	392,000	122,000
Sheng Sun	0	-160,000

The players are now in the last level of the night. Another 60 minutes of play before bagging up until tomorrow.

Philipp Gruissem raised to 5,000 from middle position, and Tony Gregg called from the hijack seat. Zheng Tang called on the button, and the flop came down . Everyone checked, and the turn was the . Gruissem bet 12,500, and both his opponents folded.

Andrew Lichtenberger checked the flop, and Fung Cheung bet 3,300. Lichtenberger called.

The turn was the , and Lichtenberger checked. Cheung fired 6,000, and Lichtenberger folded.

From the button, Tom Dwan raised to 4,200. Mike Watson three-bet to 12,800 from the small blind, and Dwan called.

The flop was , and Watson fired 14,400. Dwan gave it up, and Watson won the pot.

From under the gun, Alex Mostafavi opened with a raise to 3,200. Daniel Negreanu was next to act and fired in a reraise to 9,200. After play folded back around to Mostafavi, he called to take a flop.

The flop came down , and things were quick and easy from there. Mostafavi checked, Negreanu bet 11,000, and Mostafavi folded.

The dust seemed to have settled down, and everyone is taking it easy. Players are taking their time with every decision, and so far there were no pots of huge importance in this level. In total there will be eight levels played today.

Senh Ung has been eliminated. His seat card was just picked up and he chose not to re-buy.

Senh Ung

0

-105,000

The players are on a 15-minute break.

Tobias Reinkemeier raised to 3,000 and Alex Mostafavi called on the button. Sam Trickett was in the big blind and he called as well.

The flop brought out and all three players checked.

On the turn the hit and Trickett checked again. Reinkemeier bet 6,000 and Mostafavi folded. Trickett grabbed some more chips and check-raised to 23,500. Reinkemeier gave it some thought and folded.

The river was the and Trickett tanked for a good minute before he decided to check. Reinkemeier also took his time, but eventually he bet 36,000. Trickett seemed confused and played around with his chips for a couple of minutes before folding.

Tobias Reinkemeier	307,000	22,000
Sam Trickett	150,000	13,000

From early position, Juha Helppi raised to 2,600. Igor Kurganov reraised from the hijack seat to 7,000, and Helppi called.

The flop came down , and Helppi checked. Kurganov bet 7,500, and Helppi folded.

Igor Kurganov	180,000	10,000
Juha Helppi	163,000	6,000

Fung Cheung checked the board, and John Juanda fired 6,800. After a tiny bit of thought, Cheung called to see the dealer land the on the river. Cheung checked, and Juanda checked behind.

Cheung showed the , but Juanda's was better and he won the pot.

John Juanda	204,000	34,000
Fung Cheung	134,500	-15,500

JC Alvarado and Fung Cheung just sat down in the event. Cheung, who cashed in the Main Event earlier today, sat down at the table with Tony G and Marvin Rettenmaier. Alvarado joins the table with Richard Yong and David Benefield.