2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Evan Teitelbaum – Eliminated in 13th place ($3,314)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

David Shmuel open-shoved and Dejan Petkovic — who was short stacked following a big pot against David Poces — called for less. It folded around and Petkovic was at risk.

Shmuel:
Petkociv:

Runout:

Shmuel’s pair held and Petkovic was eliminated in 15th place.

David Shmuel – 1,100,000 (22 bb)
Dejan Petkovic – Eliminated in 14th place ($3,314)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Jose Navarrete – Eliminated in 15th place ($3,314)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

With the blinds up to 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante and an average stack dipping below 30 bigs, play is thinning late in the Escalator $350. Adam Mann recently succumbed to the deep stages of the event, ultimately busting in 16th place. The elimination earned the remaining 15 players a pay jump as they secured at least $3,314.

Adam Mann – Eliminated in 16th place ($2,252)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Juan Vazquez had his last roughly 600,000 in the middle and David Poces had him at risk.

Vazquez:
Poces:

Runout:

Poces paired up his queen to take the pot and eliminated Vazquez in 17th place. Preceding him on the rail was Brandon Setzer in 18th place.

David Poces – 1,625,000 (40 bb)
Juan Vazquez – Eliminated in 17th place ($2,252)
Brandon Setzer – Eliminated in 18th place ($2,252)

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.

Alan Gold – Eliminated in 20th 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: 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.