2018 Escalator Series (Week 3) $350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 18 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts
Georges Boyadjian busted in 19th place sending the Escalator $350 down to 18 players and the final two tables.
Here’s a look at the eliminations since dinner:
20th: Alan Gold – $1,878 21st: Sean Shah – $1,878 22nd: Gabriel Caballero – $1,878 23rd: Alberto Niebla – $1,878 24th: Shlomi Bracha – $1,878
Additional results are available in the posts below.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 3) $350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 19 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts
Alan Gold is the most recent elimination in the Escalator $350 busting in 20th place for $1,878.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 3) $350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 20 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts
There was an under the gun raise by Scott Levitt and Sean Shah three-bet all-in for about 300,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Levitt called putting Shah at risk.
Shah: Levitt:
Runout:
Levitt paired his ace to come from behind and eliminate Shah in 21st place.
Scott Levitt – 1,600,000 (53 bb) Sean Shah – Eliminated in 21st place ($1,878)
2018 Escalator Series (Week 3) $350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 23 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts
Down to the 10-big-blind range, Shlomi Bracha got the last of his stack in preflop versus David Poces. Poces had the best of it with versus Bracha’s .
Runout:
Poces’ jacks held and Bracha was eliminated in 24th place.
David Poces – 1,300,000 (43 bb) Shlomi Bracha – Eliminated in 24th place ($1,878)
2018 Escalator Series (Week 3) $350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed Heading to Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 24 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts
The remaining 24 players are now on a 40-minute dinner break. Cards go back in the air at about 9:08pm. Until then, here’s an updated look at the tournament results:
25th: Ory Hen – $1,878 26th: Michael Graffeo – $1,878 27th: Charlemagne Benjamin – $1,878 28th: Iman Dan – $1,581 29th: Salvador Hernandez – $1,581 30th: Manny Tarich – $1,581 31st: Mark Wahba – $1,581 32nd: Michael Bucar – $1,581 33rd: Franis Margaglione – $1,581
Additional results are available in the posts below.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 3) $350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 27 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts
Play has narrowed to 27 players with Idris Ambraisse remaining atop the counts. Others still in include Michael Graffeo, Ory Hen, David Shmuel, Sean Shah, Georges Boyadjian, Evan Teitelbaum and Joseph Gotlieb.
Dinner break is currently less than 10 minutes away and we’ll provide an updated look at the results during the recess. In the meantime, here’s a look at the remaining payouts:
2018 Escalator Series (Week 3) $350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 32 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts
Francis Margaglione is the most recent opponent to meet his fate courtesy of chip leader Idris Ambraisse. Margaglione got his last roughly 125,000 in the middle preflop and was drawing slim with against Ambraisse’s . The runout fell lame and Margaglione hit the rail in 33rd place.
For Ambraisse, the hand moved him further above the 4,000,000 mark. Here are some figures putting Ambraisse’s 4,125,000 chips in perspective:
Ambraisse holds more than 19 percent of the total chips in play with 32 players remaining
He claims more than 200 big blinds which accounts for just under six times the average stack
If play was five-handed right now, he’d have an average stack
Idris Ambraisse – 4,125,000 (206 bb) Francis Margaglione – Eliminated in 33rd place ($1,581)
2018 Escalator Series (Week 3) $350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 37 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts
Here’s a look at the updated results through 34th place:
34th: Michael Babani – $1,581 35th: Mark Nahama – $1,581 36th: Ronald Campillpo – $1,581 37th: James Clark – $1,351 38th: Raymond Roberty – $1,351 39th: Alan Saltzman – $1,351 40th: Pedro Palacio – $1,351 41st: Zoltan Czinkota – $1,351 42nd: Arturo Trujillo – $1,351 43rd: Emerson Ward – $1,351 44th: Angelo Miele – $1,351 45th: Karen Mairena – $1,351 46th: Aldring Torres – $1,168 47th: Frederico Dornelas – $1,168 48th: Jordan Meltzer – $1,168 49th: Reinaldo Trutschel – $1,168 50th: Lester Trimino – $1,168 51st: Chad Starker – $1,168 52nd: Robertas Zebrauskis – $1,168 53rd: Kristopher Stupicic – $1,168 54th: Jason Ehlen – $1,168 55th: Dimitry Agracho – $1,020 56th: Jorge Gomez – $1,020 57th: Jonathan Brody – $1,020 58th: Daniel Pearlman – $1,020
Additional results are available in the posts below.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 3) $350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 35 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts
As recapped by the table, Ronald Campillo raised the cutoff to 50,000 and Idris Ambraisse three-bet the button to 150,000. It was on the small blind and he four-bet shoved for 245,000. Both Campillo and Ambraisse — who sat with over 1,400,000 apiece — called. They were heads up to the flop and compete for a sidepot. Campillo checked blind.
Flop: — With Campillo’s dark check, action was on Ambraisse who checked as well.
Turn: — Campillo bet and Ambraisse boldly moved all-in for 1,452,000. Campillo called and the biggest pot of the tournament was in limbo.
Ambraisse: for a set Campillo: for an overpair Small blind:
River:
Ambraisse improved to a fullhouse and took a multi-million chip pot from Campillo while eliminating the small blind in the process.
Campillo was left short and busted soon after when his was second best to Ambraisse’s all-in preflop. Ambraisse enjoyed a huge chip lead.
Idris Ambraisse – 4,025,000 (201 bb) Ronald Campillo – Eliminated in 36th place ($1,581)
2018 Escalator Series (Week 3) $350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed End of Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 38 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts
The under the gun player raised to 35,000 and Adam Mann called from middle position. It folded around to the big blind who came along as well and they were three-handed to the flop.
Flop: – The big blind shoved for about 110,000. The under the gun player folded and Mann called. The big blind was at risk.
Mann: for top pair, jack kicker Big blind: for top pair, 10 kicker
Turn and river:
Mann’s kicker was best and the big blind was eliminated just as players headed on break.