and Maertens held 
. 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.
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and Maertens held . 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.
. His opponent had 
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.
and received a call. Paterson held 
and his opponent held 
. The turn of the 
helped neither player. The river gave Paterson a straight and doubled him up to 11,600.
In the first hand, Muhlenbruch took a big hit when his
came up short against the 
of his opponent. Muhlenbruch pushed from the button with the nines and the small blind called holding sevens. The 
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
and was way behind the 
of his opponent. He flopped a 
but didn't improve from there and was eliminated.
She held
and her opponent held 
.The board ran out
and Liebert was able to double through her opponent just as her table broke. "Good time to double up," she said.
and was called by the of her opponent.Gazes caught the
on the flop, but never improved and was eliminated.
against his opponent's .The board ran out
and Smadia recorded the knockout. He has now increased his chip stack to 105,000 and is looking strong.
to Hansen's and when the board ran out his Main Event was at an end and Hansen was up to 75,000.
