Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 559
Among those who have been eliminated during Level 16 include Benjamin Robinson, Jamie Lewin, Juan Montoya, John Jacob, Anastasios Kotsaris, Anil Jivani and Jason Wandling.
Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 95 of 559
Michael McBurney was all in for 59,000 from the big blind against Joel Gola on the button.
McBurney: 
Gola: 
The board came 
, giving Gola aces and fives to eliminate McBurney.
Joel Gola – 290,000 (58 bb)
Michael McBurney – Eliminated
Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 103 of 559
Here were the chip leaders at the break:
1. Quan Phui – 770,000 (154 bb)
2. Fred Dabus – 687,000 (137 bb)
3. Nick Yunis – 667,000 (133 bb)
4. Scott Levitt – 621,000 (124 bb)
Here are a few other stacks from the break:
Aaron Stefansky – 533,000 (107 bb)
Loni Hui – 509,000 (102 bb)
Nadya Magnus – 366,000 (73 bb)
Brett Bader – 269,000 (54 bb)
With 103 players remaining, the average stack is about 217,000 (43 bb). Only 70 players will cash.
Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 110 of 559
Among those who have been eliminated during Level 15 include Michael Newman, Tuan Phan, Dana Caruso, Giuseppe Iadisernia, Cuba Levenberry, Benjamin Pollan, Solange Lucas, Guillermo Hamilton, Jackson Holtgraves and Paul Koster.
Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 110 of 559
Eitan Aloush raised to 11,000 from early position, Fred Dabus three-bet to 47,000 from the cutoff and Viktor Kovachev four-bet to about 100,000 from the button.
Aloush folded, Dabus five-bet all in for 337,000 and Kovachev called.
Dabus: 
Kovachev: 
The board ran out 
, giving Dabus a set of queens on the turn to double through Kovachev.
Fred Dabus – 695,000 (174 bb)
Viktor Kovachev – 100,000 (25 bb)
Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 119 of 559
Among those who have been eliminated during Level 14 include Steve Karp, T.K. Miles, Yordan Petrov, Greg Spinder, Pasquale Caiazza, Raul Hernandez, Martin Mills, Hal Rotholz and Marc Spungin.
Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 125 of 559
Viktor Kovachev raised to 7,000 from under the gun, Event 4 champion Brett Bader called from the next seat over and Jason Atherly three-bet all in for 57,000 from the cutoff.
Kovachev four-bet all in for about 340,000 and Bader folded.
Kovachev: 
Atherly: 
The board ran out 
, giving Kovachev a pair of kings on the river to eliminate Atherly.
Viktor Kovachev – 415,000 (138 bb)
Jason Atherly – Eliminated
Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 145 of 559
Among those who have been eliminated during Level 13 include Rodrigo Moreira, Miguel Capriles, Scott Zakheim, Timothy Banks, Richard Rice, Hagai Stein, Roni Zelichonok and James Anderson.
Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 165 of 559
Matt Waxman was all in from the small blind for 82,000 against Andrew Del Rio in middle position.
Waxman:
Del Rio: 
The board ran out 
, giving Waxman trip aces to double through Del Rio, who busted shortly thereafter.
Matt Waxman – 169,000 (68 bb)
Andrew Del Rio – Eliminated