All posts by Mickey Doft

2023 Escalator Series

Event 5 Flight C: Charlemagne Benjamin Takes One Out

by

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries:  215

A short-stacked player was all in for about 8,000 from the big blind with Kc9h against Charlemagne Benjamin in the cutoff holding QhQc.

The board ran out 5s7h5dJhJc, safe for Benjamin to score the elimination.

Charlemagne Benjamin  –  84,000  (84 bb)

2023 Escalator Series

Event 5 Flight C: T.K. Miles Chipping Up

by

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries:  209

The player on the button raised to about 5,000, T.K. Miles called in the small blind and Jason Wandling called in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a 3c9hJh4c board where Wandling bet 7,000. The button folded, Miles check-raised to effectively 40,000-ish and Wandling folded.

T.K. Miles  –  138,000  (138 bb)
Jason Wandling  –  40,000  (40 bb)

2023 Escalator Series

Event 5 Flight C: Chip Leaders at Break

by

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight C Entries:  189

Here were the biggest stacks at the break:

1.  Alejandro Funes  –  146,100  (243 bb)
2.  Willie Wiggins  –  145,500  (242 bb)
3.  Brandon Navarrete  –  141,700  (236 bb)
4.  Jack Sumner  –  140,900  (235 bb)
5.  Charlemagne Benjamin  –  122,700  (205 bb)

The prize pool currently sits at $780,000 and rising. Registration remains open until the start of Level 12 (5:45 p.m.)

2023 Escalator Series

Event 5 Flight C: More Chip Counts from the Field

by

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight C Entries:  175

Steve Buckner  –  130,000  (260 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin  –  110,000  (220 bb)
Alejandro Funes  –  88,000  (176 bb)
Chad Lipton  –  85,000  (170 bb)
Marc Sacheli  –  85,000  (170 bb)
Matthew Lambrecht  –  76,000  (152 bb)
Angelo Miele  –  60,000  (120 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  50,000  (100 bb)
Aaron Klausman  –  49,000  (98 bb)
Jason Wandling  –  48,000  (96 bb)
Steven McKoy  –  45,000  (90 bb)
Mike Vela  –  45,000  (90 bb)
Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  43,000  (86 bb)
Guillermo Hamilton  –  42,000  (84 bb)
Richard Rice  –  40,000  (80 bb)
Kevin Chan  –  40,000  (80 bb)
James Carroll  –  40,000  (80 bb)
Hal Rotholz  –  37,000  (74 bb)
Colby Covington  –  37,000  (74 bb)
Al Norman  –  37,000  (74 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  30,000  (60 bb)
Thomas Gari  –  30,000  (60 bb)
Nick Chiappetta  –  15,000  (30 bb)

2023 Escalator Series

Event 5 Flight C: Chip Counts From the Field

by

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Entries:  166

Michael Newman  –  95,000  (238 bb)
Michael Graffeo  –  87,000  (218 bb)
Peter Fellows  –  85,000  (213 bb)
David Vurgait  –  78,000  (195 bb)
David Nathaniel Jr.  –  70,000  (175 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  68,000  (170 bb)
Raffello Locatelli  –  65,000  (163 bb)
Juan Endara  –  52,000  (130 bb)
Neal Corcoran  –  52,000  (130 bb)
Claudio Piedrabuena  –  47,000  (118 bb)
Matt Waxman  –  45,000  (113 bb)
Colbert Silva  –  45,000  (113 bb)
Juan Montoya  –  40,000  (100 bb)
Mark Wahba  –  40,000  (100 bb)
Sandy Sanchez  –  37,000  (93 bb)
Steven Bennett  –  35,000  (88 bb)
Luke Brereton  –  20,000  (50 bb)
Denys Shafikov  –  18,000  (45 bb)

2023 Escalator Series

Event 5: Chip Counts Thru Flight B

by

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  93 of 331

Flight A:  169 Entries;  46 Advanced
Flight B:  162 Entries;  47 Advanced
Flight C:  Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1JoelGolaGolden BeachFL518,500
2QuanPhuiHollywoodFL397,000
3MikeChiappettaBoca RatonFL388,000
4ChristopherMoffitt-GabisSyossetNY307,000
5MikeWetcherDavieFL303,500
6AaronStefanskyLincolnwoodIL281,000
7ErnestoCastellanoMiamiFL275,500
8DanBlackburnDeerfield BeachFL270,000
9ArielMantelWestonFL252,000
10EitanAloushHollywoodFL251,500
11FernandoDiazMiamiFL243,500
12JaimeLewinDoralFL241,000
13NicolasYunisMiamiFL239,000
14DmitrySavelyevHollywoodFL220,000
15JohnMcDonaldPhiladelphiaPA218,500
16ArmandoRomeroNorth MiamiFL217,500
17StuartGreenbaumHollywoodFL213,000
18VincentCafoneNaplesFL208,000
19MaxGoligerCoconut CreekFL207,000
20FeiwenWuIrvineCA207,000
21OmarUrriolaCiudad De Panama202,000
22BrettBaderCoconut CreekFL200,500
23PaulDombKey BiscayneFL193,500
24DavidChaseYarmouthME193,000
25BrianPowellWaynesvilleGA181,500
26DavidPocesBoca RatonFL181,000
27RaminderSinghDelray BeachFL179,500
28AlejandroArana TorresWestonFL176,000
29WilliamMerlinoEast FalmouthMA173,500
30VictorFigueroaMiamiFL170,000
31JasonPrestBoca RatonFL165,000
32LoniHuiTamaracFL164,500
33JayKlitznerWestonFL160,000
34NadyaMagnusBoca RatonFL155,000
35ArthurPeacockJupiterFL152,000
36SergioGihaMiamiFL151,500
37JosephJeanPlantationFL145,500
38DavidMooreSt AugustineFL144,000
39ArtilioLabrador GuerreroEstado Tachira0140,000
40JorgeCuestaHialeahFL138,000
41JeffreyGaleCoral SpringsFL137,000
42JasonHolzbergDelray BeachFL134,500
43JosephWertzLas VegasNV132,000
44SolangeLucasDavieFL125,000
45ScottBaumsteinFt LauderdaleFL118,500
46JamesHughesLaguna BeachCA117,500
47AlexanderBorukhovichNew YorkNY113,500
48RobertMantinBoca RatonFL113,000
49HagaiSteinDavieFL112,000
50EduardoSubiratsPembroke PinesFL112,000
51TrentSmithVero BeachFL110,000
52DonaldGibbsHollywoodFL107,500
53RoniZelichonokAventuraFL106,500
54AaronRosenthalSurfsideFL104,000
55JacksonHoltgravesMission HillsKS104,000
56JasonAtherleyLantanaFL100,000
57StevenCohenMiamiFL97,500
58IgorPinheiroPorto Alegre96,000
59VitalijsZavorotnijsRiga94,500
60PasqualeCaiazzaDavieFL93,500
61MichaelJagrooOrlandoFL93,500
62GaryGelmanBrooklynNY93,000
63IrwinBlockDeerfield BeachFL90,000
64AndrewDel RioCoral SpringsFL88,500
65BenjaminRobinsonCoral SpringsFL88,000
66DennisAltmanHollywoodFL83,000
67GiuseppeIadiserniaBoynton BeachFL83,000
68FredericoDabusDoralFL82,000
69ValeryLitvakAventuraFL80,500
70CharlesOdenzMargateFL79,500
71JamesKeenerWellingtonFL76,500
72PedroPalacioPompano BeachFL76,000
73TimothyBanksCharlottetown73,500
74ScottZakheimFort LauderdaleFL72,000
75JuanMembreno OrellanaSan Salvador71,000
76DirkPerdrix JrBoynton BeachFL70,500
77JosephMcCrayNaplesFL69,000
78JamesAndersonPittsburghPA67,000
79GeorgeHortelanoPlantationFL65,000
80KevinMac DonaldMiramichi BayNB64,000
81MoisesBenchloucMiamiFL63,000
82GregorySpinderParklandFL61,000
83MiguelCaprilesMiamiFL60,000
84DanaCarusoHamptonNH59,500
85StevenKarpNorth Miami BeachFL56,000
86PaulKosterLake Worth55,500
87AltonMendlesonVero BeachFL52,000
88DavidKahanBoca RatonFL50,000
89IvayloSivinovPlovdiv42,500
90SandeepVelkuruHoustonTX40,000
91JoshuaCranfillTamaracFL38,000
92LarryKuschSumtervilleFL37,500
93LongNguyenDania BeachFL31,000
2023 Escalator Series

Event 5 Flight B: Deonarine Itwaru Eliminated by John McDonald

by

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  49 of 162

Following a flop of Td7hQd, Deonarine Itwaru checked from the big blind and John McDonald checked from early position. Joseph Jean bet 15,000 from the cutoff, Itwaru raised all in for 39,500 and    McDonald reraised all in for 126,000.

Jean tanked for a little while before he folded AcQc face up.

Itwaru sowed QsJs, but was drawing slim against the 7d7s of  McDonald.

The 3d turn and 8h river completed the board, safe for McDonald to score the elimination.

John McDonald  –  195,000  (98 bb)
Joseph Jean  –  150,000  (75 bb)
Deonarine Itwaru  –  Eliminated