Monday, Sep 29, 2008 Daniel Negreanu Hunts WSOPE Bracelet
Kid Poker is in second place after day 1 of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event.
The 369 man strong starting field was packed with famous players and many of them has made it through to day 2 (179 in total are through). There is a lot of poker action left in the Betfair Poker WSOPE, however, with four more days of play.
These are the top 10 players after day 1:
| 1 | Smith, Justin | Kissimmee, FL | USA | 158 925 |
| 2 | Negreanu, Daniel | Las Vegas, NV | USA | 154 050 |
| 3 | Rosen, Jamie | Las Vegas, NV | USA | 139 225 |
| 4 | Benefield, David | Ft. Worth, TX | USA | 126 775 |
| 5 | Ruya, Sargon | Linkoping | Sweden | 114 100 |
| 6 | Sagstrom, Eric | Gothenburg | Sweden | 98 750 |
| 7 | Thorel, Jean | N/A | N/A | 98 675 |
| 8 | Bloch, Andy | Las Vegas, NV | USA | 97 100 |
| 9 | Traniello, Marco | Las Vegas, NV | USA | 96 750 |
| 10 | Norinder, Mikael | Stockholm | Sweden | 91 650 |
Other interesting day 1 survivors: Scott Montgomery (81 650), Brian Townsend (71 950), Mike Matusow (71 350), Johnny Lodden (67 250), Jennifer Tilly (64 975), David "Devilfish" Ulliot (61 000), David "Chino" Rheem (50 825), Barry Greenstein (46 500), Erik Seidel (46 125), Phil Laak (45 175), Erica Schoenberg (40 325), Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (36 875), Phil Hellmuth (27 025), Joe Hachem (18 000), Vanessa Rousso (17 175), Scotty Nguyen (8 625).