SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 847

Hand #38  –  Paul Balzano raised from the button to 175,000, Joe Serock reraised from the small blind to 465,000, and Balzano thought for a bit before he called. The flop came , Serock checked, Balzano bet 375,000, and Serock called.

The turn card was the , Serock checked, Balzano bet 700,000, and Serock folded. Balzano took the pot.

Hand #39  –  Tom Midena raised UTG+1 to 180,000, and Tim Burt called from the small blind. The flop came , Burt bet 225,000, and Midena folded. Burt took the pot.

Hand #40  –  Joe Serock raised from the cutoff to 185,000, Tim Burt reraised from the button to 375,000, and Roman Valerstein moved all in from the big blind for about 4.6 million.

Serock quickly folded, and Burt snap-called all in for 1,920,000 with . Valerstein turned over , and Burt needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket aces hold up for Burt to win the pot and double up in chips.

Seat 1.  Seth Davies  –  2,410,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2.  Roman Valerstein  –  2,740,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3.  Tom Midena  –  3,585,000  (45 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan Fair  –  1,225,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5.  Jason Koon  –  5,900,000  (74 bb)
Seat 7.  Paul Balzano  –  3,575,000  (45 bb)
Seat 8.  Joe Serock  –  1,825,000  (23 bb)
Seat 9.  Tim Burt  –  4,145,000  (52 bb)