Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  158

Flight A of Escalator VI Event 4 drew 158 entries, generating $82,950 toward the $400,000 guarantee.

Play will continue until 20 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at noon.

Escalator VI Schedule

10 a.m. – Event  #4 Flight A – $600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• • $400,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30 p.m.)
  • Day 1 will end when the field reaches 12.5%
  • Structure Sheet

6 p.m. – Event  #4 Flight B – $600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• • $400,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
  • Day 1 will end when the field reaches 12.5%
  • Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will begin at about 2:45 p.m.

2022 Escalator VI Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,186
Prize Pool:  $403,240
February 23-27, 2022

Event 3 of the 2022 Escalator VI Series was a $400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 1,186 entries generated a prize pool of $403,240, easily surpassing the $300,000 guarantee.

A five-way deal was reached at the final table and as the chip leader, Harrison Luba was the official winner, earning $39,786 for his showing.

“I’m on vacation here with family,” Luba said afterward. “We were supposed to leave tonight at 8, but I changed my flight and am leaving tomorrow. It worked out well.”

Luba hails from Lynnfield, Massachusetts, and as an 18-year old cannot actually play in his home state yet, although he does play in neighboring New Hampshire.

He came into Day 2 with an above-average stack of 47 big blinds, sitting 50th in chips of the remaining 150 players. By the time the final table was reached, Luba was among the shorter stacks. However, he quickly ascended and knocked out three consecutive players to seize the chip lead, en route to his being the official winner after the five-way deal.

*denotes five-way deal

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $403,240
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,186

After playing five-handed for a little while, the remaining players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Harrison Luba  –  7,350,000  (37 bb)
Al Gomez  –  5,175,000  (26 bb)
Allan Bieler  –  4,325,000  (22 bb)
Michael Johnson  –  4,175,000  (21 bb)
Al Norman  –  2,700,000  (14 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Harrison Luba  –  $39,786
Al Gomez  –  $36,786
Allan Bieler  –  $36,786
Michael Johnson  –  $36,786
Al Norman  –  $33,786

As the chip leader, Harrison Luba is the official winner of Event #3 of the Escalator VI Series.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $403,240
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,186

In a battle of the blinds, Anthony Ruttler was all in for about 2,400,000 from the big blind against Harrison Luba in the small blind.

Ruttler:
Luba: 

The board ran out , giving Luba a king-high straight to eliminate Ruttler in sixth place.

Harrison Luba  –  9,400,000  (63 bb)
Anthony Ruttler  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($13,930)

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $403,240
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,186

Edgar Varas was all in from the big blind for about 2,300,000 with against Harrison Luba who was under the gun holding .

The board ran out , giving Luba a pair of aces to eliminate Varas in seventh place.

Harrison Luba  –  7,525,000  (50 bb)
Edgar Varas  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($11,510)

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $403,240
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,186

Harrison Luba raised from the button, Julio Delgado Reyes three-bet all in for about 2,100,000 and Luba called.

Luba: 
Reyes: 

The board ran out , no help to Reyes, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Harrison Luba  –  5,000,000  (33 bb)
Julio Delgado Reyes  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($9,115)

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $403,240
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,186

Julio Delgado Reyes raised to 300,000 from under the gun, Edgar Varas three-bet all in from the button for 1,125,000 and Reyes called.

Reyes: 
Varas: 

The board ran out , giving Varas a set of fours to double through Reyes.

Edgar Varas  –  2,625,000  (18 bb)
Julio Delgado Reyes  –  2,250,000  (15 bb)

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $403,240
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,186

Ariel Amendola Cuadra raised all in for about 750,000 from middle position and Al Norman isolated with a reraise from the button.

Cuadra: 
Norman: 

The board came , no help to Cuadra, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Al Norman  –  5,200,000  (42 bb)
Ariel Amendola Cuadra  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($6,775)

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $403,240
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,186

Seat 1:  Julio Delgado Reyes  –  600,000  (6 bb)
Seat 2:  Allan Bieler  –  4,500,000  (45 bb)
Seat 3:  Al Norman  –  5,000,000  (50 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Johnson  –  2,300,000  (23 bb)
Seat 5:  Al Gomez  –  2,800,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6:  Edgar Varas  –  1,550,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7:  Harrison Luba  –  1,800,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8:  Ariel Amendola Cuadra  –  850,000  (9 bb)
Seat 9:  Anthony Ruttler  –  3,300,000  (33 bb)

1st:  $66,555
2nd:  $46,505
3rd:  $30,805
4th:  $22,825
5th:  $17,240
6th:  $13,930
7th:  $11,510
8th:  $9,115
9th:  $6,775