Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $592,725
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,129

There were a few minutes remaining in the previous level when the players redrew for seats at the final table.

Here were their chip counts at the break that soon followed:

Seat 1:  Richard Leger  –  3,000,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2:  William Schraft  –  6,700,000  (89 bb)
Seat 3:  Joseph McCray  –  950,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4:  Alon Yehudai  –  1,525,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5:  Phil Souki  –  9,000,000  (120 bb)
Seat 6:  Joseph Durso  –  3,425,000  (46 bb)
Seat 7:  Ronald Campillo  –  1,225,000  (16 bb)
Seat 8:  Mike Chiappetta  –  1,550,000  (21 bb)
Seat 9:  Justin Datloff  –  680,000  (9 bb)

1st:  $100,620
2nd:  $66,265
3rd:  $44,325
4th:  $33,590
5th:  $25,380
6th:  $20,520
7th:  $16,950
8th:  $13,435
9th:  $9,965

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $592,725
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,129

Ya Yun Liu was all in for about 515,000 in middle position, James Reynolds was all in for a little bit more in the big blind, and William Schraft had each covered on the button.

Liu: 
Reynolds: 
Schraft: 

The board ran out , giving Schraft tens full of sixes to score his second double elimination of the same orbit.

William Schraft  –  6,850,000  (114 bb)
Ya Yun Liu  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($7,655)
James Reynolds  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($9,965)

$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $592,725
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,129

Anthony Askey opened to 125,000 from the cutoff, Phil Souki three-bet to 335,000 from the button, Askey four-bet shoved for roughly 3,300,000, and Souki called.

Askey: 
Souki: 

The board came , further improving Souki to a set of queens to eliminate Askey in 12th place.

Phil Souki  –  9,000,000  (150 bb)
Anthony Askey  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($7,655)

$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $592,725
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,129

Justin Datloff opened to 120,000 from under the gun, David Hall three-bet all in for 1,015,000 from middle position, William Schraft called from the cutoff, and Michael Elkin four-bet all in for roughly 2,000,000.

Datloff tanked for about three minutes before he folded, while Schraft called with a covering to put both all-in players at risk. Datloff mentioned that he folded pocket queens.

Hall: 
Schraft: 
Elkin: 

The board ran out , safe for Schraft to score the double elimination.

William Schraft  –  5,800,000  (97 bb)
David Hall  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($6,000)
Michael Elkin  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($6,000)

Recent Eliminations
15th:  Ronnie Tate  –  $6,000

$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $592,725
Level 26:  30,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,129

Phil Souki raised to 110,000 from early position, Andrew Davidson three-bet all in for about 780,000 from the hijack, Ronald Campillo four-bet all in for about 870,000 from the cutoff and Souki folded.

Davidson: 
Campillo: 

The board ran out , no help to Davidson, ending his tournament in 16th place.

Ronald Campillo  –  1,890,000  (38 bb)
Andrew Davidson  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($4,875)

Recent Eliminations
17th:  Alejandro Funes  –  $4,875
18th:  Adam Mammon  –  $4,875

$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $592,725
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,129

Guy Hayun raised to 100,000 from the hijack, Phil Souki three-bet to 275,000 from the cutoff and Hayun called.

The flop was , Hayun led for 650,000, Souki raised all in for roughly 2,000,000 and Hayun called with for a pair of sevens with a straight draw. Souki tabled for a flush draw with a straight draw, making it basically even with two cards to come.

The turn locked it up for Souki with an ace-high flush, rendering the river moot.

Down to 25,000, Hayun busted the following hand.

Phil Souki  –  4,650,000  (116 bb)
Guy Hayun  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($3,985)

$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $592,725
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,129

Elias Nassif was all in for about 1,050,000 from the big blind against Joseph Durso in middle position.

Nassif: 
Durso: 

The board ran out , no help to Nassif, ending his run in 22nd place.

Joseph Durso  –  2,650,000  (66 bb)
Elias Nassif  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($3,290)

$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $592,725
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,129

Marek Bartoszewicz raised all in for about 570,000 from the hijack and Ronald Campillo isolated the pot with a reshove from the small blind with , leading Bartoszewicz’s .

The board ran out , safe for Campillo to eliminate Bartoszewicz in 23rd place.

Ronald Campillo  –  1,550,000  (39 bb)
Marek Bartoszewicz  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($3,290)

$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $592,725
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,129

Josh Tsur opened to 85,000 from early position, Phil Souki shoved from the small blind with a covering stack and Tsur thought for a bit before he called all in for about 800,000 with , trailing Souki’s .

The board ran out , no help to Tsur, ending his tournament in 24th place.

Phil Souki  –  2,260,000  (57 bb)
Josh Tsur  –  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($3,290)