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The biggest spectacle in poker, the World Series of Poker November Nine never disappoints, and Sunday's game was no exception. After a four-month hiatus, the final nine players of the2011 World Series of Poker Main Eventconverged on the Penn and Teller Theater in the hopes of making it to Tuesday to be part of the final three.Pius Heinz,Ben Lamb, andMartin Staszkohave kept the dream alive and are still in the hunt for the coveted bracelet.

The first elimination of the day came on the 51st hand of the day. Ben Lamb raised to 1.7 million from under the gun. Action folded toSam Holdenin the small blind and he reraised all-in for 11.125 million. Lamb made the call and turned over . Holden's was dominated. The flop fell giving Lamb top pair and a flush draw. The on the turn left Holden drawing dead and sent him to the rail in ninth place, good for $782,115.

Shortly thereafter,Anton Makiievskyiwas eliminated in eighth place. On the 59th hand of play, action folded around to Makiievskyi, who was in the small blind. He open-shoved for 10.5 million and was called by Pius Heinz in the big blind. Makiievskyi, holding was flipping for his tournament life against Heinz's nines. The flop came down , pairing Makiievskyi's king and putting him in the lead. The turn changed everything, however, because the fell and gave Heinz a full house. The river brought the , officially sealing Makiievskyi's fate in eighth place. He pocketed just over $1 million for his efforts.

Heinz had a commanding chip lead after he eliminated Makiievskyi and it only continued to grow throughout the day's action. The third elimination of the day came when Martin Staszko raised to 1.7 million and a short-stacked Bob Bounahra reraised all-in for 4.475 million. Staszko, who tabled , was ahead of Bounahra's and stayed that way as the board ran out . Bounahra was sent to the rail in seventh place, good for $1,314,097, and his raucous Belizean contingent followed him out of the Penn and Teller Theater.

Phil Collins, who by the 73rd hand of play, had fallen to the second shortest stack at the table, moved all-in from the button for 13.575 million. He was called by Ben Lamb in the big blind holding . Collins was way behind with . The flop kept Lamb in the lead, but Collins had flopped a backdoor flush draw. The on the turn gave Collins a huge sweat, with a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw. The river kept Collins in the game when the appeared, doubling his chip stack to over 28 million, and sending his rail into boisterous cheers.

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