The execs at ESPN must be salivating right at this moment!
A 12-time bracelet winner (the most all-time), a player whom many believe is the best NLH player in the world today, and one of the best young guns in the game (one that was a November Niner just a few years ago) all at the final table, all chasing a Main Event bracelet - with Cannes' French Riviera as a backdrop? Wow, what a final does WSOPE have in store for us on Thursday!
The most decorated man in WSOP history, Phil Hellmuth (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 15th) is, like it or not, the biggest star in the game. Love him or hate him, the Poker Brat gets the ratings ... and the fact that he holds the chip lead and has a great chance at getting a three-bracelet lead on Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson on the all-time bracelet list should have the viewers tuning into the live stream tomorrow or on ESPN later this year.
With a win on Thursday, Hellmuth would move from 15th to third overall on the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard - powered by PTPRpoker.
But it doesn't end there! One of the best and most recognized poker pros, Jason Mercier (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 293rd), is coming off a big High Rollers win at the WCOOP and will be looking to add more hardware, and collect a third bracelet along the way.
Rising phenom - and former November Niner - Joseph Cheong (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 78th), has yet to collect a WSOP bracelet, is this finally the time for Subiime? Many believe that Cheong was the best player at his WSOP Main Event final table in 2010 where one major misstep allowed Jonathan Duhamel to pickup most of Cheong's chips.
English pro Christopher Brammer has scores at EPT Deauville, the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo and at the WSOP in Vegas this season. Brammer will certainly attempt to win his first major event on Thursday.
FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1 Paul Tedeschi 543,000
Seat 2 Joseph Cheong 1,966,000
Seat 3 Stephane Albertini 1,162,000
Seat 4 Christopher Brammer 851,000
Seat 5 Jason Mercier 652,000
Seat 6 Sergii Baranov 3,339,000
Seat 7 Phil Hellmuth 3,434,000
Seat 8 Stephane Girault 664,000
2012 WSOP bracelet winner Timothy Adams was the unfortunate bubble player. Adams, who was coming off a Top 5 finish at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris only a few weeks ago, would have created quite to stir atop the POY standings had he made an even deeper run in Cannes.
NOTABLE DAY 4 ELIMINATIONS:
Timothy Adams, Scott Seiver, Steve Dannenmann, Toby Lewis, Kyle Julius, David Benyamine, Max Silver, Liv Boeree, Andy Frankenberger and Joe Kuether.
TOP 32 PAYOUTS (EURO) 1st 1,022,376 2nd 632,592 3rd 423,360 4th 292,320 5th 207,648 6th 149,184 7th 108,864 8th 84,672 9th Timothy Adams 66,528 10th Scott Seiver 66,528 11th Nicolas Cardyn 52,416 12th Steve Dannenmann 52,416 13th Toby Lewis 40,320 14th Kyle Julius 40,320 15th David Benyamine 32,256 16th Max Silver 32,256 17th Curt Kohlberg 26,611 18th Liv Boeree 26,611 19th Joe McGowan 26,611 20th Sebastien Guinand 26,611 21st Vadzim Markushevski 26,611 22nd Andy Frankenberger 26,611 23rd Vladislav Varlashin 26,611 24th Joe Kuether 26,611 25th Bertrand Grospellier 22,982 26th Ben Roberts 22,982 27th Vladimir Troyanovskiy 22,982 28th Kitty Kuo 22,982 29th Philipp Gruissem 22,982 30th Steponas Venckus 22,982 31st Emil Patel 22,982 32nd Axel Pergolizzi 22,982 DEFENDING CHAMPION Elio Fox | PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE WSOP Europe NLH Main Event September 29-4, 2012 Hotel Majestic Barriere | Cannes Buy-in: $13,465 | Prizepool: $5,195,635 Entries: 420 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 129 2nd position 79 3rd position 49 4th position 39 5th position 34 6-7th position 29 8th position 14 TIMOTHY ADAMS 14 SCOTT SEIVER 14 NICOLAS CARDYN 14 STEVE DANNENMANN 12 TOBY LEWIS 12 KYLE JULIUS 12 DAVID BENYAMINE 12 MAX SILVER 9 CURT KOHLBERG 9 LIV BOEREE 9 RELATED POSTS > WSOPE MAIN EVENT HEATING UP > A CHIPPY AFFAIR IN CANNES > DA COSTA SANTOS WINS BRACELET > ROSADONI WINS FIRST BRACELET > BIG WIN FOR BIG ROG! > THE YEAR OF ANTONIO > WE'RE OFF IN CANNES > SMOKROKFLOCK WINS WSOPE MAIN |
