Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries:  180

Jack Rolnitzky  –  65,000
Corel Theuma  –  58,000
Jairo Velasquez  –  57,000
Robert Tannenbaum  –  52,000
Long Nguyen  –  49,000
Dave Inselberg  –  48,000
Diane Linke  –  44,000
Jennifer Aguiliar  –  39,000
Jonathan Marcu  –  38,000
Keld Curtis  –  12,000
George Hortelano  –  9,000

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  27 of 215

Flight A:  215 Entries; 27 Advanced
Flight B:  Underway; Reg Open until 10:30 p.m.
Flight C:  Thursday at 11 a.m.
Flight D: Thursday at 6 p.m.
Flight E:  Friday at 11 a.m.
Flight F:  Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  27 of 215

David Baize raised all in for about 35,000 from middle position and Jaymie Virtusio called in the small blind.

Baize: 
Virtusio: 

The flop came , giving Baize a pair of tens to pull ahead.

The turn was the , giving Virtusio an ace-high straight to seal the hand, rendering the river moot.

Jaymie Virtusio  –  463,500  (116 bb)
David Baize  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  28 of 215

On a flop of , James Sullivan was all in for about 95,000 from the button with against chip leader Dreymike Deans in early position holding .

The turn and river completed the board, giving Deans a ten-high straight to eliminate Sullivan.

Dreymike Deans  –  660,000  (220 bb)
James Sullivan  –  Eliminated

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  38 of 215

David Chase opened to 7,500 from under the gun, Donny Rubinstein called in middle position and Thomas Gari three-bet to 15,000 from the hijack. Both Chase and Gari called.

The flop was , Chase shoved for about 33,000, Rubinstein raised to about 100,000 and Gari called all in for about 73,000.

Chase: 
Rubinstein: 
Gari: 

The turn locked it up for Rubinstein with a king-high flush, rendering the river moot and giving him the double elimination.

Donny Rubinstein  – 300,000  (120 bb)
David Chase  –  Eliminated
Thomas Gari  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure

Flight B of Escalator VII Event 2 is ready to kick off at the top of the hour and build on a great start in Flight A. The tournament is a $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) with six starting flights and a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 20,000 in chips and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 p.m. They will play down to the last 12.5% of the field and players with chips will return Sunday for Day 2 at 12 p.m. noon in the money.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• 30-minute levels
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
• Flight B will end when the field reaches 12.5%
• Structure Sheet

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  52 of 215

A scan of the stacks during the break showed a clear top three.

1.  Dreymike Deans  –  310,000  (155 bb)
2.  Jaymie Virtusio  –  290,000  (145 bb)
3.  Manny Tarich  –  190,000  (95 bb)

Escalator VII Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee
Entries:  1,335
Prize Pool:  $156,195
February 8-11, 2023

Event 1 of the Escalator VII Series was a multi-flight $150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), running from February 8-11. A field of 1,335 entries over six flights generated a prize pool of $156,195.

Emerging victorious was Steven Bennett, winning outright for $25,055.

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  78 of 215

Joel Harwood was all in from the big blind for about 14,000 against George Hortelano in the hijack.

Harwood: 
Hortelano: 

The board ran out , giving Hortelano a flush to eliminate Harwood.

George Hortelano  –  110,000  (110 bb)
Joel Harwood  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  90 of 215

Donny Rubinstein  –  108,000
George Hortelano  –  90,000
Michael Newman  –  72,000
Willie Wiggins  –  68,000
Raminder Singh  –  44,000
Al Norman  –  39,000
Richard Whitebrook  –  34,000
Shannon McCloud  –  33,000
Corel Theuma  –  32,000
Loni Hui  –  25,000
Scott Baumstein  –  24,000
Dennis Rodriguez  –  23,000
Thomas Gari   – 18,000
Jonathan Marcu  –  14,000
Joel Harwood  –  14,000
Scott Zakheim  –  13,000