WSOPE 2012 Main Event - Phil Hellmuth is in the Lead, Brammer and Mercier also in the Final

The World Series of Poker Europe Event #7: €10,450 No Limit Hold'em Main Event has come down to the fourth day. 24 survived to fight for the 8-handed final table. Joseph Cheong started as chipleader with 1,381,000 chips.

Dealing started at the 19th blind level (1,000/5,000/10,000) and Joe Kuether was the first to leave. Some of the big names having got eliminated after this were: Andy Frankenberger (22.), Liv Boeree (18.), Max Silver (16.), David Benyamine (15.), Kyle Julius (14.), Toby Lewis (13.) and Scott Seiver (10).

It came down to final table with a battle between Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams and Christopher "NigDawG" Brammer. Brammer went all-in preflop from the cut-off position, and Adams, the big blind called with a stack about the same size.

Adams: A J 

Brammer: 3 3

Board: 2 6 Q 8 7

Adams left in the bubble, as the board didn't hit his hand.

12-time WSOP champion Phil Hellmuth starts the final table, having closed the day with 3,434,000. Hellmtuh got this far by eliminating Curt Kohlber, among others. Kohlberg opened from UTG to 30,000 in this hand, Hellmuth 3bet to 180,000, Kohlberg went all-in with 900,000 and Hellmuth insta-called. 

Kohlberg: J T 

Hellmuth: A A

Board: 8 4 9 A J

Although Kohlberg had an open-ended straight draw on the flop, his outs didn't come. 

Besides Hellmuth, Joseph Cheong and Jason Mercier will also be there at the final, promising to be very exciting. It is already running, having started at 13:45 CET. Play will go on until four players remain. After that, there will be a break, and the remaining players will return at 21:45 CET to fight for the title. You can follow the live stream here.