Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 559

55th:  Antonio Salorio  –  $3,000
56th:  Artilio Labrador Guerrero  –  $3,000
57th:  Scott Levitt  –  $3,000
58th:  Trent Smith  –  $3,000
59th:  Michael Wetcher  –  $3,000
60th:  Michele Iacovone  –  $3,000
61st:  Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  $3,000
62nd:  Oscar Marques  –  $3,000
63rd:  Nadya Magnus  –  $3,000

64th:  Scott Baumstein  –  $2,700
65th:  Moshe Tarich  –  $2,700
66th:  Irwin Block  –  $2,700
67th:  Sergio Giha  –  $2,700
68th:  Paul Domb  –  $2,700
69th:  Kevin Davis  –  $2,700
70th:  Michael Merisier  –  $2,700

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 559

Scott Baumstein was all in from the big blind for about 315,000 against Event 4 champion Brett Bader under the gun.

Baumstein: 
Bader: 

The board came , not enough help to Baumstein, locking up the pot for Bader.

Brett Bader  –  690,000  (69 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  Eliminated in 64th Place  ($2,700)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 559

Vincent Cafone limped in from early position, Loni Hui raised to 30,000 from the hijack and Eduardo Subirats three-bet to abut 100,000 from the cutoff.

Cafone folded, Hui four-bet to effectively 210,000 and Subirats called all in for that amount.

Hui: 
Subirats: 

The board ran out , giving Subirats a set of queens to double through Hui.

Eduardo Subirats  –  455,000  (46 bb)
Loni Hui  –  675,000  (68 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 559

Here were the chip leaders at the break:

1.  Loni Hui  –  885,000  (89 bb)
2.  Mike Vela  –  875,000  (88 bb)
3.  Fred Dabus  –  855,000  (86 bb)
4.  John McDonald  –  810,000  (81 bb)
5.  Art Peacock  –  720,000  (72 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 559

Jessica Cai and Joseph Wertz were eliminated from separate tables, setting up the field for hand-for-hand play on the money bubble as hands from other tables were finishing up.

At one of those other tables, Loni Hui raised to 16,000 from under the gun and Omar Urrioloa three-bet all in for about 101,000 from middle position.

Hui called with , leading Urriola’s .

The board ran out , giving Hui a flush to eliminate Urriola.

Loni Hui  –  753,000  (94 bb)
Omar Urrioloa  –  Eliminated

With that, there are 70 players remaining and all are in the money.

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  73 of 559

Alexander Borukhovich raised all in for 154,000 from the hijack and Artilo Labrador Guerrero isolated the action from the button with , leading Borukhovich’s .

The board came , no help to Boruhovich, locking up the pot for Guerrero.

Artilo Labrador Guerrero  –  415,000  (52 bb)
Alexanders Borukhovich  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  74 of 559

On the turn of an board, Jorge Cuesta got his stack of 135,000-ish into the middle from the big blind with , but was drawing dead against Mike Vela’s for a seven-high straight on the button.

The river was an inconsequential and Vela scored the elimination..

Mike Vela  –  780,000  (98 bb)
Jorge Cuesta  –  Eliminated

Other recent eliminations include Pedro Palacio, Courtland Twyman, Jason Prest, William Merlino, and James Hughes.

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  79 of 559

Among those who have been eliminated during Level 17 include Jose Kroebel, Willie Wiggins, Hugh Merlino, Viktor Kovachev, Robert Mantin, Luke Brereton, Yaymel Bodes, Christopher Moffitt-Gabis and Yerkegali Duisenbekov.

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  79 of 559

Ernesto Castellano raised to 12,000 from the cutoff, Lazaro Rojas three-bet all in for 111,000 from the button, Quan Phui called in the big blind and Castellano folded.

Rojas: 
Phui: 

The board ran out , giving Rojas eights full of fives on the river to double through Phui.

Lazaro Rojas  –  243,000  (41 bb)
Quan Phui  –  430,000  (72 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  83 of 559

Matt Waxman raised all in for about 55,000 from middle position and Gary Gelman isolated the action with a shove of his own from the hijack.

Waxman: 
Gelman: 

The board ran out , no help to Waxman, locking up the pot for Gelman.

Gary Gelman  –  200,000  (33 bb)
Matt Waxman  –  Eliminated