39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1b | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-04-2008 23:31 UTC-7

Bill Spadea Eliminated

[user42991]

According to Andreas Maertens, Bill Spadea pushed all in on the flop in a hand against him. Spadea held {Q-Clubs}

and Maertens held {9-Hearts}

. He couldn't remember the board cards exactly, but his nines were in the lead and remained so throughout the hand. Bill Spadea has been eliminated from today's Main Event.

Tags: Bill Spadea

07-04-2008 23:33 UTC-7

It hasn't been all bad news for the players we've had our eyes on in the Amazon Room today. Johnny Caruso recently reraised a lone opponent preflop to 5,200 after that opponent raised to 1,100. The opponent put Caruso to the test by pushing for over 25,000, but Caruso was up to the task and made the call with {K-Hearts}

. His opponent had {A-Diamonds}

and couldn't find any way to connect with a board that ran out queen high.

After the hand, Caruso doubled up to 55,000.

07-04-2008 23:37 UTC-7

Stuart Paterson Doubles Up

[user42991]

Stuart Paterson moved all in on a flop of {7-Spades}

and received a call. Paterson held {A-Clubs}

and his opponent held {K-Spades}

. The turn of the {10-Hearts}

helped neither player. The river {K-Clubs}

gave Paterson a straight and doubled him up to 11,600.

Tags: Stuart Paterson

07-04-2008 23:42 UTC-7

Karam Moves on Up

donpeters

Marc Karam just eliminated a player and bumped his chip stack up by a big chunk. Karam flopped a set of fives against a player who held an overpair with pocket nines. He is now up to 117,000.

Tags: Marc Karam

07-04-2008 23:47 UTC-7

Too Little Too Late

[user40108]

In back-to-back hands, Richard Muhlenbruch went from short stack to no stack. Here's how it went down.

In the first hand, Muhlenbruch took a big hit when his {9-Hearts}

came up short against the {7-Clubs}

of his opponent. Muhlenbruch pushed from the button with the nines and the small blind called holding sevens. The {7-Diamonds}

on the flop had Muhlenbruch second-best come showdown.

The very next hand, Muhlenbruch raised to 1,200 on the button, only to see the small blind come over the top for his whole stack. Muhlenbruch was covered, and he made the call with {J-Diamonds}

and was way behind the {Q-Spades}

of his opponent. He flopped a {10-?}

but didn't improve from there and was eliminated.

07-04-2008 23:56 UTC-7

Liebert Doubles, Then Moves

donpeters

Just before her table broke, Kathy Liebert got involved in a key pot. She raised from early position to 1,500. The cutoff reraised to 4,500. When it got back to Liebert, she reraised to 10,500 and then the other player moved all in. Liebert quickly called.

She held {A-Hearts}

and her opponent held {A-Spades}

.

The board ran out {4-Hearts}

and Liebert was able to double through her opponent just as her table broke. "Good time to double up," she said.

Tags: Kathy Liebert

07-04-2008 23:58 UTC-7

Kristy Gazes Eliminated

[user40108]

Kristy Gazes just became the latest player to have their Main Event dreams ended early. Gazes got the last of her chips in before the flop holding {K-Clubs}

and was called by the {Q-Hearts}

of her opponent.

Gazes caught the {10-Clubs}

on the flop, but never improved and was eliminated.

Tags: Kristy Gazes

07-04-2008 23:59 UTC-7

Donna Blevins Eliminated

[user75032]

As we get towards the end of the evening, players are trying to double up or go home. The latest is Donna Blevins, whose pocket nines were no match for Rainer Meyer's pocket jacks, especially after Meyer flopped a jack. Blevins was eliminated on the hand.

07-04-2008 23:59 UTC-7

Giles Wins a Race

donpeters

Giles Smadia reraised to 3,000 preflop after a player made it 1,000 to go. The player moved all in for 10,525 and Smadia made the call. Smadia would be racing, but held a slight lead with {4-Spades}