2009 WSOP Europe Gets Underway Today With £1,000 No Limit Hold'em Event

Bodog Poker pro Jean-Robert Bellande is out in the field for the first event of the 2009 WSOP Europe. (Bodog Beat Image)"]

The 2009 WSOP Europe is underway at the  Casino at the Empire  in London and already an impressive number of people have turned out for Day 1A of action, which bodes well for the series as a whole. According to the PokerNews live updates crew, there were a total of 329 entrants for today's action and based on WSOP head honcho Jeffrey Pollack's Twitter, there are a total of 499 entrants signed up in total as of now, with more likely to come.

Out in among that Day 1A field are poker pros Jeff Madsen, Roland de Wolfe, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch and Bodog Poker pro Jean-Robert Bellande. Those making a brief appearance and now out enjoying London (one of a favorite places in the world) are Barry Greenstein, Phil Hellmuth and Neil Channing.

As of time of publish there are still 149 players remaining, but the speed at which they are dropping is impressive as almost 60% the field is gone already. The current chip leader is the diminutive Sung Hee Yun with 17,000 in chips.

Stay tuned for more updates from the 2009 WSOP Europe and don't forget to follow Jean-Robert (@brokelivingjrb) on Twitter for his updates from London and also PokerNews (@pokernews_live) for up to the minute chip counts and live reporting.

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