$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players: 579

We missed the action unfold, but we do know that a raising war on a flop saw Aaron Massey, who back in May won the Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino for nearly $175K, get it in against two opponents, one who was all in for 15,000 and the other 35,000.

Massey, who had them both covered, held the best hand.

Massey:
Opponent #1:
Opponent #2:

Neither the turn nor river had a bearing on the hand, and Massey scooped a big pot to close in on 100K.

Aaron Massey – 95,000

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players: 579

The under-the-gun player limped, Allen Kessler did the same from middle position, and the player in the small blind came along. Robert “Carwash” Williams checked his option from the big and four players saw a flop of , which they all checked.

After the dealer burned and turned  the , the small blind led out for 1,050 and only Williams called to see the river. The small blind bet again, this time 2,400, and Williams opted just to call.

The small blind showed a bluff with the , and Williams rolled over the for a full house and the win.

Robert “Carwash” Williams – 23,000

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Players: 579

With around 3,500 in the pot and a flop of , the players in the small and big blinds both checked to Luke Arora, who earlier this year won the Mid-States Poker Tour Running Ace Main Event for $83,773.

Arora bet 800 from the under-the-gun position, the small blind folded, and the player in the big called to see the turn. The big blind checked and Arora moved all in for his last 6,175. His opponent didn’t seem excited, but made the call nonetheless.

Arora:
Big Blind: [6d7d]

Arora pulled ahead by pairing his king on the turn, but his opponent picked up a flush draw to go with his pair of sixes. The dealer burned one last time and put out the , a safe card to give Arora the double.

Luke Arora – 18,000

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Players: 579

Rachel Kranz – 44,000
Aaron Massey – 42,000
Tim Reilly – 41,000
David Diaz – 40,000
Harrison Gimbel – 35,000
Christian Harder – 33,000
Matt Stout – 25,000
Ryan Tepen – 20,000
Jamie Kerstetter – 17,500
Tom Hammers – 16,000
Brian Hastings – 14,400
Amir Lehavot – 13,000
Kou Vang – 12,800
Kevin Eyster – 10,000
Jonathan Duhamel – 9,000

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Players: 579

Busted $2650 because I played bad. Hopping in the $1100 #shrpo

— Darryll Fish (@DarryllFish) August 15, 2016

$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

$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

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

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Players: 459

In one of the last hands before the break, Nicholas Palma raised to 500 and received a call from the player in the cutoff. Blair Hinkle then three-bet all in for 5,800 from the button and Kane Lai flatted from the small blind.

Both Palma and the limped folded, which prompted the two players to table their cards.

Hinkle:
Lai:

Hinkle needed some help, but he came up empty as the board ran out a dry . Hinkle will no doubt re-enter this event.

Kane Lai – 24,000
Blair Hinkle – Eliminated

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Players: 459

Kathy Liebert, who currently sits second on the Women’s All-Time Money List behind Vanessa Selbst, raised the button to 500 and Charlemagne Benjamin defended his big blind.

“I’m bluffing it,” Benjamin said, playing it up to us. He then bet 500 on the flop. It wasn’t enough to shake Liebert though, who called to see the .

Not to be deterred, Benjamin bet 1,500 and this time it did the trick as Liebert released.

Charlemagne Benjamin – 17,500
Kathy Liebert – 16,000