$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 529

The board was dealt to the flop with Alex Rocha in the cutoff facing off against Chino Rheem on the button. Rocha checked the and Rheem bet out 14,000. Rocha called.

The pair checked the turn and saw the river. Rocha tapped the table a third time and Rheem reach into his stack. He pushed out 25,000 and Rocha called. Rheem conceded the pot, pointing to Rocha. Neither player exposed their hand for a few seconds before Rheem sheepishly flipped over . for king-high Rocha owned for an overpair and took the pot off Rheem.

Alex Rocha – 220,000 (44 bb)
Chino Rheem – 435,000 (87 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Players: 556

Ronnie Bardah just scored another elimination, this time World Series of Poker Colossus II champ Ben Keeline.

We missed the preflop action, but we do know Keeline got his last 2,625 in the middle flipping against Bardah.

Bardah:
Keeline:

Keeline needed to improve to stay alive, but that proved easier said than done as the board ran out .

“Good luck on the next bullet,” Bardah offered as Keeline exited the tournament floor. It remains to be seen if Keeline will re-enter the tournament.

Ronnie Bardah – 61,000
Ben Keeline – 2,625

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 529

On a flop of , Chino Rheem checked from the big blind and a player in late position bet 17,000. Rheem check-raised to 40,000 and his opponent moved all in for about 150,000.

Rheem quickly called and showed . He was in the lead against his opponent’s .

The turn was the and the river was to give Rheem quad sevens and eliminate his opponent. Rheem dragged the pot and is one of the biggest stacks remaining.

Chino Rheem – 460,000 (92 bb)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 847

Ting Ho moved all in from UTG+1 for about 550,000, and Paul Dlugozima called all in from the button with . Ho turned over , and Dlugozima needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Ho paired her king on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Dlugozima from the tournament.

Ting Ho  –  900,000  (30 bb)
Paul Dlugozima  –  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($30,000)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 847

With the final board showing on the river, Justin Swilling moved all in, and Matt Affleck called all in for about 375,000 with .

But Swilling turned over to win the pot with a queen-high straight, eliminating Affleck in 25th place.

Justin Swilling  –  2,025,000  (68 bb)
Matt Affleck  –  Eliminated in 25th Place  ($27,500)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 77

Following the turn of an board, Adam Geyer was all in from the button for about 20,000 with against Ray Qartomy in the cutoff with .

The river was the , no help to Geyer, giving Qartomy the pot.

Ray Qartomy – 150,000
Adam Geyer – Eliminated

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 847

Seth Davies raised under the gun to 75,000, Brett Bader moved all in from middle position for 220,000, and Davies called with . Bader turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Bader won the pot with his jack kicker to double up in chips.

Brett Bader  –  525,000  (18 bb)
Seth Davies  –  1,225,000  (41 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Players: 537

In the last hand of Level 5, an early-position player raised to 800 and Shannon Shorr called from the cutoff. Ronnie Bardah then three-bet to 3,400 from the button, both blinds folded, and the original raiser called.

Shorr got out of the way and it was heads-up action to the flop. The original raiser check-called a bet of 3,200 and then checked the turn. Bardah bet 5,100 and then called his opponent’s all-in check-raise to roughly 17,500 total.

Bardah:
Opponent:

Bardah was looking to dodge a queen on the river, which is just what he did when the peeled off.

Ronnie Bardah – 60,000
Shannon Shorr – 11,200

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 847

With no small blind this hand, Jason Koon raised under the gun to 70,000, Patrick Eskandar reraised from the button to 225,000, and Jason Koon moved all in with a little more than 2 million in chips.

Eskandar called all in for nearly 1.8 million with , and Koon turned over . Eskandar needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Koon paired his king on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Eskandar in the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Jason Koon  –  3,900,000  (130 bb)
Patrick Eskandar  –  Eliminated in 26th Place  ($27,500)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 75

The field has ballooned to 75 entries, and they’ve officially outgrown the secondary ballroom. There are only eight tables set up in the ballroom, so a ninth table has just been added in the main tournament ballroom. So far, Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team member Loni Harwood, Nick Schulman, Joe McKeehen (working on his second entry), and defending champion Jason Mercier have drawn for seats, and they’re waiting for a few other players to fill the empty chairs.

Pretty fired up to play this 25k @shrpo today. Need to run the heat ????

— Loni Harwood (@Luscious_Lon) August 15, 2016

That table will be the first to break (for now), but if the field keeps growing at this pace, more additional tables may still be necessary.