$1M Escalator Series $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante Players Remaining: 135/257
Registration is closed in Flight F and the field is officially set in the $560 buy-in, $400,000 guaranteed $1M Escalator Event. The complete prize pool will be posted shortly, in the meantime, here’s a look at how the tournament got to this point:
$1M Escalator Series $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante Players Remaining: 39/207
Flight E began today at 11 a.m. and went on to be the largest of the five starting flights to that point. With 207 entries, Flight E pushed the combined field over 800 and helped eclipse the tournament’s $400,000 guarantee. Following nearly eight hours of play, just 39 bagged chips.
Leading the pack was Igor Terpenev. Terpenev amassed 285,500 chips and sits second overall with 158 players advancing to this point. Complete Day 2 chip counts with seat assignments will be posted in the morning around 9 a.m.
The sixth and final starting flight is underway now with late registration available until 10:30 p.m.
$1M Escalator Series $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 1: 25/50
While the $400,000 guarantee is already bested, that’s not going to stop tonight’s 6 p.m. Flight F from going off as scheduled. The sixth and final starting flight, Flight F is underway now. Each additional entry will simply help grow the prize pool up above the $412,000 it stands at following Flight E.
Here’s how tonight’s Flight F will play out:
6PM: $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed – Flight F
20,000-chip starting stacks and 30-/40-minute levels
Late registration/unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (about 10:30 p.m.)
Play concludes following Level 14 (about 1:45 a.m.)
The next Flight F update will be posted following the close of registration. Flight E is set to wrap in about 45 minutes and we’ll take a closer look at that flight at that time.
$1M Escalator Series $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante Players Remaining: 108/207
Cards are back in the air following the second break of the day and registration is closed in Flight E of the $560 buy-in $1M Escalator Series event. With 207 entries, not only did Flight E mark the largest of the lot to this point, it moved the prize pool up over the $400,000 guarantee and positioned tonight’s 6 p.m. Flight F to put some icing on the cake.
Here’s a look at the flight-by-flight breakdown to this point:
The clock in Flight E currently shows 108 players remaining with play set to conclude shortly after 6:45 p.m. Complete, updated chip counts will be posted around 9 a.m. Sunday.
$1M Escalator Series $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 6: 200/400/50 Ante
With 186 Flight E entries and counting, the $400,000 guarantee in Event 4 of the $1M Escalator Series has officially been met. The unofficial prize pool sits at $401,500 and growing. As some in the field put it, tonight’s 6 p.m. Flight F is officially a “flight of fluff”.
Flight-by-flight breakdown:
Flight A – 175 entries
Flight B – 150
Flight C – 140
Flight D – 152
Flight E – 186+ (Late registration until 3:30 p.m.)
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$1M Escalator Series $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 1: 25/50
$1M Escalator Series Tournament Supervisor Jordan Cutter announces shuffle up and deal.
The clock strikes 11 a.m. and Saturday’s Flight E of the $560 buy-in,$400,000 guaranteed $1M Escalator Series is underway. In last week’s $350 event, this flight was the largest of the six. That trend is expected to continue today as the weekend hits its stride and goes into full swing here at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood poker room.
Here’s a look at how today’s Flight E plays out:
11AM: $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed – Flight E
20,000-chip starting stacks and 30-/40-minute levels
Late registration/unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (about 3:30 p.m.)
Play concludes following Level 14 (about 6:45 p.m.)
Before cards even went in the air, the clock read more than 50 players registered. Tournament staff said they fully expect the $400,000 guarantee to be bested during this flight. A Flight E field of 183 entries is needed to accomplish that feat.
We will touch base with you again when registration closes and the final attendance figure is verified. In the meantime, complete chip counts through Flight E are available one post below.
$1M Escalator Series $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
There are some technical difficulties delaying the posting of the chip counts. The information will be made available as soon as it’s passed along to us.
