Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 559

Aaron Stefansky raised from the hijack, Raminder Singh reraised all in for 575,000 from the button and Stefansky called.

Stefansky: 
Singh: 

The board ran out , giving Stefansky an ace-high straight to eliminate Singh in eighth place.

Aaron Stefansky  –  7,850,000  (105 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($21,600)

With seven players remaining from a field of 559 entries, the average stack is about 3,200,000 (43 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $26,800.

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 559

Seat 1:  Aaron Stefansky  –  6,600,000  (88 bb)
Seat 2:  Steven Cohen  –  1,725,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3:  Raminder Singh  –  825,000  (11 bb)
Seat 4:  Dmitry Savelyev  –  3,275,000  (44 bb)
Seat 5:  Art Peacock  –  2,375,000  (32 bb)
Seat 6:  Vincent Cafone  –  1,025,000  (14 bb)
Seat 7:  Scott Heiligman  –  4,000,000  (53 bb)
Seat 8:  Michael Jagroo  –  2,300,000  (31 bb)

1st:  $160,880 + Trophy
2nd:  $109,200
3rd:  $72,400
4th:  $51,200
5th:  $39,300
6th:  $32,400
7th:  $26,800
8th:  $21,400

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 559

On a flop of , Michael Jagroo was all in for 970,000 in the cutoff against Raminder Singh in the big blind.

Jagroo: 
Singh: 

The turn and river completed the board, giving Jagroo a ten-high straight to double through Singh.

Michael Jagroo  –  2,300,000  (38 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  825,000  (14 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 559

Dennis Altman raised all in for 760,000 from under the gun and Steven Cohen isolated the action with a shove of his own for 955,000 from UTG+1.

Altman: 
Cohen: 

The board ran out , no help to Altman, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Steven Cohen  –  1,865,000  (31 bb)
Dennis Altman  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($16,075)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 559

Loni Hui raised all in for roughly 460,000 from the cutoff and Scott Heiligman looked her up from the button with , leading Hui’s .

The board ran out , no help to Hui after turning draws, ending her tournament in 10th place.

Scott Heiligman  –  4,150,000  (69 bb)
Loni Hui  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($16,075)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 559

Michael Jagroo raised all in for about 1,000,000 from under the gun and Michael Roseingrave called all in for about 400,000 in the big blind.

Jagroo: 
Roseingrave: 

The board ran out , no help to Roseingrave, ending his tournament in 11th place.

Michael Jagroo  –  1,550,000  (26 bb)
Michael Roseingrave  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($13,275)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 559

Michael Jagroo raised to 125,000 from the cutoff, Raminder Singh three-bet all in for 910,000 from the button and Jagroo thought for a bit before he called.

Jagroo: 
Singh: 

The board ran out , safe for Singh to double up.

Raminder Singh  –  1,970,000  (33 bb)
Michael Jagroo  –  1,050,000  (18 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 559

David Moore raised from the button and Michael Jagroo called in the big blind.

The flop was , Jagroo checked, Moore shoved for roughly 560,000 and Jagroo called with for fours and treys, leading Moore’s .

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Moore, ending his tournament in 12th place.

Michael Jagroo  –  2,500,000  (50 bb)
David Moore  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($13,275)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 559

Gary Gelman raised all in for 380,000 from the button and Art Peacock called in the big blind with , leading Gelman’s .

The flop was , giving Helman kings and eights to pull ahead.

The turn was the , giving Peacock an open-ended straight draw.

The river was the , giving Peacock Broadway to eliminate Gelman in 13th place.

Art Peacock  –  1,550,000  (31 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($10,625)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 559

Dmitry Savelyev raised to 120,000 from the button, Fred Dabus three-bet all in for 1,235,000 from the small blind and Savelyev called after about 15 seconds.

Savelyev: 
Dabus: 

The board ran out , giving Savelyev aces and jacks to eliminate Dabus in 14th place.

Dmitry Savelyev  –  2,800,000  (56 bb)
Fred Dabus  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($10,635)

Recent Eliminations
15th:  Nick Yunis  –  $10,625