Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day 4 Started
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€10,450
Prize Pool
€4,032,000
Entries
420
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Day 4 Seat Draw & Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Adams | 577,000 |
| 2 | Curt Kohlberg | 607,000 |
| 3 | Vadzim Markushevski | 311,000 |
| 4 | Joseph Cheong | 1,381,000 |
| 5 | Paul Tedeschi | 1,071,000 |
| 6 | Stephane Girault | 309,000 |
| 7 | Stephane Albertini | 230,000 |
| 8 | Liv Boeree | 411,000 |
| 1 | Phil Hellmuth | 741,000 |
| 2 | Andy Frankenberger | 186,000 |
| 3 | Scott Seiver | 251,000 |
| 4 | Vladislav Varlashin | 90,000 |
| 5 | Joe McGowan | 518,000 |
| 6 | Kyle Julius | 493,000 |
| 7 | Joe Kuether | 168,000 |
| 8 | Max Silver | 656,000 |
| 1 | [Removed:138] | 431,000 |
| 2 | David Benyamine | 217,000 |
| 3 | Christopher Brammer | 956,000 |
| 4 | Sergii Baranov | 1,055,000 |
| 5 | Toby Lewis | 456,000 |
| 6 | Jason Mercier | 824,000 |
| 7 | Steve Dannenmann | 390,000 |
| 8 | Nicolas Cardyn | 285,000 |
Cheong, Hellmuth & Dannenmann Seek Return to a Main Event Final Table
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.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
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.
Roller Coaster For Boeree
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000 | 240,000 |
|
400,000 | -207,000 |
|
380,000 | -31,000 |
Joe Kuether Eliminated in 24th Place (€26,611)
Action folded around to Joe Kuether in the cutoff and he raised to 20,000. Max Silver, who is looking to make back-to-back WSOP Europe Main Event final tables here today, then three-bet to 50,000 from the button. Both blinds got out of the way, Kuether moved all in for 271,000, and Silver made the call.
Showdown
Silver: 
Kuether: 
Silver had made a good call, but that doesn't always get rewarded as evidenced by the 
flop, which paired Kuether's seven and gave him the lead. The 
turn gave Silver some added outs, but it'd be the on the river that would win him the pot. Kuether didn't seem all that surprised and quietly made his way to the payout desk as the day's first elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
930,000 | 274,000 |
|
Busted |
Vladislav Varlashin Eliminated in 23rd Place (€26,661)
Scott Seiver opened with a raise to 20,000 from early position and Vladislav Varlashin moved all in for his last roughly 56,000 from the next seat over. The rest of the table folded back around to Seiver and he casually announced a call.
Seiver: 
Varlashin: 
The board ran out 
and Varlashin was sent home in 23rd place. With this elimination, Seiver has boosted his stack to about 335,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000 | 84,000 |
|
Busted |
Kohlberg Spikes a Ten to Double Big Through Tedeschi
We're not sure of the preflop betting, but we do know Curt Kohlberg got his stack all in with 
and was dominated by the of Paul Tedeschi. Fortunately for Kohlberg, the flop hit gave him a set and the lead. He was out of his seat pacing the room while a clearly disappointed Tedeschi looked on. Neither the 
turn nor river would help the Frenchman, and he saw a large portion of his stack sent over to Kohlberg.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,040,000 | 640,000 |
|
460,000 | -611,000 |
"Now THAT's Poker, Buddy"
Phil Hellmuth opened to 25,000 from under the gun and his sole caller was Sergii Baranov from the cutoff. The dealer spread a flop of 
and Hellmuth fired 30,000.
Baranov wasted no time dipping into his stack and coming out with a raise to 80,000.
"Ugh," Hellmuth groaned as he took his headphones off. "They told me about you, Sergii. You flop aces and eights on me? Alright I check dark."
Hellmuth called and checked dark to Baranov as the 
rolled off on the turn. Baranov checked behind and the completed the board. Both players checked again and Hellmuth showed 
. Baranov mucked and Hellmuth took the pot.
"Now THAT's poker, buddy!" said Hellmuth as he took down the pot. "You fire 50k into me and I snap you off with two tens with an ace on the board."
"Phil, can I tell you something?" asked Scott Seiver from across the table.
"No, I have to focus," replied Hellmuth.
"It's really important," said Seiver.
"No, I can't even hear you," said Hellmuth as he put his headphones back on his ears.
Seiver stood up from the table and walked over to Hellmuth. He reached over and took the headphones off Hellmuth's ears and said "You know what really bothers me? You treat me like the rest of them." said Seiver to Hellmuth with a smile.
Hellmuth busted up with laughter as the dealer dealt out the next hand. We're sure as the day progresses the banter at this table will continue, especially with Seiver constantly quipping to Hellmuth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
970,000 | -85,000 |
|
760,000 | 19,000 |