SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 847

Players returned from their second break of the day. Jason Koon leads the way as they head towards the final table nine.

Table 7
Seat 1: Roman Valerstein – 2,065,000 (52 bb)
Seat 2: Ting Ho – 1,030,000 (26 bb)
Seat 3: Joe Serock – 3,380,000 (85 bb)
Seat 4: Lexy Gavin – 400,000 (10 bb)
Seat 5: Paul Balzano – 2,210,000 (55 bb)
Seat 6: Chris Klodnicki – 670,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7: Jason Koon – 4,735,000 (118 bb)
Seat 8: Esther Taylor-Brady – 700,000 (18 bb)
Seat 9: Ryan Fair – 475,000 (12 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1: Thomas Midena – 1,190,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Empty
Seat 3: Said Mossallam – 595,000 (15 bb)
Seat 4: Justin Swilling – 2,350,000 (59 bb)
Seat 5: Seth Davies – 1,085,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Theo Lawson – 875,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7: Tim Burt – 985,000 (25 bb)
Seat 8: Corey Hochman – 1,195,000 (30 bb)
Seat 9: Zo Karim – 1,390,000 (35 bb)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 847

With the board showing on the turn, Thomas Houghteling moved all in for about 150,000. Said Mossallam and Corey Hochman both called.

The river card was the , and Mossallam and Hochman both checked. Everyone turned over their cards:

Corey Hochman:    (ace-high straight)
Said Mossallam:    (two pair)
Thomas Houghteling:    (two pair)

Hochman won the pot with his straight to eliminate Houghteling from the tournament.

Corey Hochman  –  1,100,000  (37 bb)
Said Mossallam  –  570,000  (19 bb)
Thomas Houghteling  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($35,000)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 847

With 18 players remaining, there is a random redraw for seats at the final two tables.

Table 7
Seat 1: Roman Valerstein
Seat 2: Ting Ho
Seat 3: Joe Serock
Seat 4: Lexy Gavin
Seat 5: Paul Balzano
Seat 6: Chris Klodnicki
Seat 7: Jason Koon
Seat 8: Esther Taylor-Brady
Seat 9: Ryan Fair

Table 8
Seat 1: Thomas Midena
Seat 2: Thomas Houghteling
Seat 3: Said Mossallam
Seat 4: Justin Swilling
Seat 5: Seth Davies
Seat 6: Theo Lawson
Seat 7: Tim Burt
Seat 8: Corey Hochman
Seat 9: Zo Karim

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 847

Sam Ho was all in preflop with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Roman Valerstein’s .

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Valerstein to win the pot and eliminate Ho from the tournament.

Roman Valerstein  –  2,020,000  (67 bb)
Sam Ho  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($32,500)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 847

Brett Bader moved all in under the gun for about 225,000, and Joe Serock called UTG+1 with . Bader turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Serock paired his ace on the flop and turned trips to win the pot and eliminate Bader from the tournament.

Joe Serock  –  3,200,000  (107 bb)
Brett Bader  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($32,500)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 847

After being knocked down to less than 3 big blinds when his kings ran into Joe Serock’s aces, David Wolff got it all in on the next hand with against Roman Valerstein’s . The board came to double Wolff’s short stack with trip jacks.

Unfortunately for Wolff, that double up would wind up being a dead man’s bounce, as he was eliminated a few minutes later by Zo Karim.

David Wolff  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($32,500)

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 847

While there were two all-in situations at the other two tables, Angel Guillen (who was down to perhaps five big blinds or so) was eliminated at the third table.

Here is the full list of players who have been eliminated here today:

22nd:  Angel Guillen  –  $30,000
23rd:  Tom Marchese  –  $30,000
24th:  Paul Dlugozima  –  $30,000
25th:  Matt Affleck  –  $27,500
26th:  Patrick Eskandar  –  $27,500
27th:  Zach Mullennix  –  $27,500
28th:  Bob Mather  –  $25,000
29th:  Brian Wachs  –  $25,000
30th:  Michael Cohen  –  $25,000
31st:  Michael Newman  –  $25,000
32nd:  Andre Crooks  –  $25,000
33rd:  Santana Noronha  –  $25,000
34th:  David Peters  –  $25,000
35th:  Tom Gity  –  $25,000
36th:  David Belikov  –  $25,000
37th:  Mark Johnson  –  $22,500
38th:  Rich Alsup  –  $22,500

SHRPO $5 Million GTD Championship
Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 847

Tom Marchese was all in preflop for about 990,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Paul Balzano.

The board came , and Balzano paired his ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate Marchese from the tournament.

Paul Balzano  –  2,300,000  (77 bb)
Tom Marchese  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($30,000)

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

Joe Serock raised under the gun to 60,000, David Wolff reraised from middle position to 140,000, and Serock reraised to 335,000. Wolff five-bet all in for about 1.4 million, and Serock called with .

Wolff turned over , and Serock needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Serock flopped quad aces to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking Wolff down to just 2 1/2 big blinds.

Joe Serock  –  2,800,000  (93 bb)
David Wolff  –  75,000  (3 bb)

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

With the final board showing on the river and a big pot in the middle, Sam Ho bet 330,000 from the big blind, and Thomas Midena tanked for a while before calling UTG+1.

Ho showed for ace high, but Midena turned over to win the pot with two pair, queens and tens.

Thomas Midena  –  1,730,000  (58 bb)
Sam Ho  –  885,000  (30 bb)