Action folded around to Stephane Albertini who raised to 22,000 from the cutoff. Liv Boeree, in the seat next door, made it 57,000 from the button.
Timothy Adams thought for a moment from the small blind and Curt Kohlberg folded his big blind. Albertini counted out his chips before finally making a four-bet to an unknown amount. Boeree responded by announcing all in and Albertini snapped her off.
Albertini:
Boeree:
The board fell and Albertini's kings were able to hold and score him a double up. He's now sitting on 470,000.
The next hand Boeree got her remaining roughly 175,000 all in before the flop holding . Boeree was racing against Curt Kohlberg's . Kohlberg failed to improve on the and Boeree was able to double up to about 380,000.
Each of the 24 remaining players had their pictures taken prior to sitting down, and then Tournament Director Jack Effel gave his daily announcements as well as the traditional, "Shuffle up and deal!"
Cards are now in the air here on Day 4 of Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event.
Welcome to Day 4 action from the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event from the luxurious Majestic Barrière in Cannes, France. What stated with 420-players this past weekend has been cut down to the final 24, all of whom will return today to battle it out for a coveted spot at the final table of eight. The man best positioned to capture a spot is no stranger to final tables. Chip leader Joseph Cheong was a member of the 2010 November Nine and emerged as the chip leader late Tuesday night.
Joining him in today’s action are some familiar names in big stacks Paul Tedeschi and Sergii Baranov; 2005 WSOP runner-up Steve Dannenmann; high-stakes legend David Benyamine; former EPT winners Liv Boeree and Toby Lewis; last year’s 8th-place finisher Max Silver; the always-entertaining Scott Seiver; two-time bracelet winner Andy Frankenberger; and 12-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, just to name a few
Here’s a look at the top ten counts headed into Day 4:
2012 WSOP Europe Day 4 Top Ten Counts
Place
Player
Count
1
Joseph Cheong
1,381,000
2
Paul Tedeschi
1,071,000
3
Sergii Baranov
1,055,000
4
Christopher Brammer
956,000
5
Jason Mercier
824,000
6
Phil Hellmuth
741,000
7
Max Silver
656,000
8
Curt Kohlberg
607,000
9
Timothy Adams
577,000
10
Joe McGowan
518,000
The march to the final table will kick off at 12:00 PM local time, which is about an hour from now. Be sure to check back then we bring you all the action and eliminations from the 2012 WSOP Europe Main Event.
and Albertini's kings were able to hold and score him a double up. He's now sitting on 470,000.
. Boeree was racing against Curt Kohlberg's 
. Kohlberg failed to improve on the 
and Boeree was able to double up to about 380,000.
