That's it for Day 2 of the €50,000 Majestic High Roller at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe. It was a long day on the felt resulting in another early-morning finish, but one that was very exciting. When things were all wrapped up, John Juanda led the pack with 2.596 million in chips.

Plenty of big names began the day still in contention for the title, and there were even a few late entrants. Both Phil Ivey and Jonathan Duhamel were two of the players to enter at the beginning of the day, and overall the field size grew to 60 total entries (49 players and 11 rebuys). Daniel Negreanu, Sam Trickett and Tony G were some of the others returning to action on Day 2.

All five of those players just mentioned failed to make to through to Day 3, which also meant they didn't make the money. After tallying up all the buy-ins, a prize pool of €2.88 was announced with €1 million going to the winner. The top eight spots were set to be paid.

As play closed in on the final table, Marvin Rettenmaier was eliminated in 12th place, Fabian Quoss in 11th place, then Scott Seiver in 10th place. The final nine players redrew to one table and were going to play it out until the bubble burst and just eight remained. There was a change of plans, though, and the players opted to stop at the end of Level 17. The schedule is to return tomorrow at 3:00 PM local time and play down to a winner.

The players have all spoken up and decided to stop play for the night. They'll return tomorrow at 3:00 PM local time to continue the tournament. Right now, they are bagging and tagging their chips, and we'll have a recap posted shortly.

There are still nine players remaining while just eight will get a spot in the money. All players agreed on playing one more level, this will be the final level of the day regardless of what happens. As soon as the bubble bursts play will stop.

Action folded to John Juanda on the button and he raised to 48,000. From the big blind, Philipp Gruissem called, and the flop came down . Gruissem checked, Juanda bet 60,000 and Gruissem called.

The turn was the , and Gruissem led for a small 20,000. Juanda made the call.

The river was the , and Gruissem bet 85,000. Juanda folded.

Shortly after that, Juanda raised to 47,000 from the hijack seat, and Tobias Reinkemeier called from the big blind to take a flop of . Reinkemeier checked, Juanda bet 68,000, and Reinkemeier called.

The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Reinkemeier checked, and Juanda checked behind.

Reinkemeier showed the for a pair of aces, and Juanda mucked.

John Juanda	2,500,000	-140,000
Philipp Gruissem	1,270,000	110,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	880,000	130,000

Jani Sointula just moved all in for the third time in one orbit, and this time it was from the button. His shove was for 255,000 and Richard Yong folded his small blind. John Juanda sat in the big blind, and he joked that Winfred Yu would really like him to call. Seconds later Juanda did.

Showdown:
Jani Sointula:
John Juanda:

"Nice slowroll," Sointual said as the dealer ran out .

The Finn doubled up but added that Juanda had done this to him before during a tournament in London. Juanda did not understand Sointula's argument and replied with, "I guess you're the only person I've ever slowrolled. Twice."

Sointula is back in the race and everyone will be looking at Yu now.

John Juanda	2,640,000	-210,000
Jani Sointula	475,000	255,000

There hasn't been much action since getting down to one table, but recently Jani Sointula moved all in and everyone folded. He also shoved and won on the next hand.

There are just over 19 minutes left in the day.

David Benefield and Winfred Yu got all the money in preflop. Benefield held the against the at-risk Yu's .

The flop, turn and river ran out to give Yu the double.

David Benefield	690,000	-160,000
Winfred Yu	330,000	170,000

From the button, Scott Seiver limped in. Mike Watson called in the small blind, then Philipp Gruissem raised to 80,000 from the big blind. Seiver reraised all in for roughly 440,000, Watson folded, and Gruissem quickly called.

Gruissem:
Seiver:

The flop came down and Seiver added some outs to a straight. The turn gave him for straight outs when the landed, but the on the river wasn't what he needed. Seiver was out in 10th place as the final nine players began the process of redrawing to one table.

Philipp Gruissem	1,100,000	575,000
Scott Seiver	0	-600,000

From the button, John Juanda raised to 45,000. Tobias Reinkemeier called out of the big blind, and the flop came down . Both players checked.

The turn was the , and both players checked again. The river was the and Reinkemeier fired 100,000. Juanda folded.

Fabian Quoss was grinding a small stack for quite some time, but he just fell to Richard Yong. The German pro moved all in under the gun plus one for just 78,000 chips, and Richard Yong called on the button. John Juanda was in the big blind, and he called as well.

On a the hand was checked down, and Quoss showed . He finished third in this hand since Juanda had , and ultimately Yong took down the pot with , and he regained some chips while still being down since the last break.

Richard Yong	1,275,000	-135,000
Fabian Quoss	0	-107,000

Action folded to David Benefield on the button, and he raised all in for 387,000. In the small blind, Marvin Rettenmaier called all in for 377,000. Everyone else folded.

Rettenmaier:
Benefield:

The flop came down and provided an extra sweat for Rettenmaier.

The turn delivered exactly what Rettenmaier didn't want to see as the fell and gave Benefield a straight. Rettenmaier now needed a deuce or seven to split the pot as his only hope of staying alive.

The river was the to complete the board, and that wasn't what Rettenmaier was looking for. Being slightly out-chipped, Rettenmaier was eliminated as Benefield moved back over 800,000 in chips.

David Benefield	802,000	327,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	0	-435,000

Richard Yong raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Steve O'Dwyer called on the button. John Juanda called from the small blind after which Jani Sointula folded from the big.

The flop came down and Juanda bet 85,000. Yong folded right away, but O'Dwyer called.

On the turn the popped up, and Juanda threw out a 175,000-chip bet. O'Dwyer tanked for quite some time before me made the call. On the river the hit and both players checked.

Juanda showed and took down another pot with a set. O'Dwyer seemed a bit frustrated, but he's still among the big stacks.

John Juanda	3,100,000	450,000
Steve O'Dwyer	1,035,000	-325,000

Philipp Gruissem limp-called from the small blind against Winfred Yu's raise in the big blind to see the flop come down . Both players then checked.

The turn was the , and Gruissem led for 35,000, which Yu called.

The river was the , and Gruissem bet 80,000. Yu called.

Gruissem showed the , and Yu mucked his hand.

Philipp Gruissem	525,000	233,000
Winfred Yu	168,000	-127,000

After Richard Yong checked the flop, Steve O'Dwyer fired 90,000. John Juanda was next to act and called before Yong folded.

The river was the to pair the board, and O'Dwyer bet 150,000. Juanda counted out some raising chips and fired in 450,000. O'Dwyer tanked, then folded, and Juanda climbed up over 2.6 million.

John Juanda	2,650,000	400,000
Steve O'Dwyer	1,360,000	-270,000

Marvin Rettenmaier just won back-to-back hands in order to give him another shot at making the final table. On the first hand Mike Watson raised under the gun to 35,000. Rettenmaier was in the small blind, and he called with little chips behind. Scott Seiver gave up his big blind.

The flop came down , and Rettenmaiaer moved all in almost instantly. Watson was facing a 113,000-chip bet, but after about a minute he decided to fold.

On the very next hand Rettenmaier moved all in from the button. Philipp Gruissem called quickly from the big blind.

Showdown:
Marvin Rettenmaier:
Philipp Gruissem:

The board ran out , and Rettenmaier doubled up.

Marvin Rettenmaier	435,000	245,000
Mike Watson	410,000	-70,000
Philipp Gruissem	292,000	-98,000

The board read when John Juanda bet 120,000 into Fabian Quoss. The German tanked for a long time, but eventually he made the call. Juanda showed and Quoss shook his head as he mucked his cards. He's left with just a few big blinds.

John Juanda	2,250,000	180,000
Fabian Quoss	107,000	-298,000