Escalator Series

Event 3 Flight E: Zoltan Czinkota Scores a Double Knockout

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  24 of 193

Vladimir Florent raised all in for about 36,000 from early position, Zoltan Czinkota reraised all in on the button with a covering stack and Anwar Mohamed thought for a little while in the big blind before he called all in for roughly 90,000.

Florent:  KhQh
Czinkota:  AsKd
Mohamed:  AhQd

The board ran out 6hJd5sKc9h, clean for Czinkota to score the double elimination.

Zoltan Czinkota  –  284,000  (57 bb)
Anwar Mohamed  –  Eliminated
Vladimir Florent  –  Eliminated

Combined with a bustout apiece from each of the other three tables in a two-minute span, the field dropped from 29 to 24, locking up Day 2 seats for the remaining players.

Chip counts through Flight E will be posted later tonight.

Event 3 Flight E: Juan Perez Doubles Thru Rafay Asrar

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  29 of 193

Juan Perez raised all in for 43,000 from early position and Rafay Asrar called on the button with 6s6d, racing with Perez’s AhQd.

The board ran out 9hAc10c3s9d, giving Perez aces and nines to double throgh Asrar.

Juan Perez  –  96,000  (24 bb)
Rafay Asrar  –  84,000  (21 bb)

Event 3 Flight E: Solange Lucas Doubles Thru Brian Malik

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  30 of 193

Manfred Rosenow limped from middle position, Rafay Asrar raised to 10,500 from the button, and Solange Lucas three-bet all in for 44,000 from the small blind. Brian Malik four-bet all in for 85,500 from the big blind and isolated the pot.

Lucas:  AsAh
Malik:  KcKd

The board ran out 5c2s5s8c7d, safe for Lucas to double up.

Solange Lucas  –  106,500  (27 bb)
Brian Malik  –  41,500,  (10 bb)

Event 3 Flight E: Andrew Koski Eliminated by Charles Odenz

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  35 of 193

Orlando Maldanado opened to 7,500 from early position, Charles Odenz three-bet all to 17,500 from middle position, and Andrew Koski four-bet all in for about 45,000 from the button. Maldanado folded and Odenz called.

Odenz:  JsJd
Koski:  AsAd

The board ran out 2sKs9c6dJh, giving Odenz a set of jacks on the river to eliminate Koski.

Charles Odenz  –  185,000  (74 bb)
Andrew Koski  –  Eliminated

Event 3 Flight E: Luckenson Pericles Doubles Thru Zoltan Czinkota

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  38 of 193

Luckenson Pericles was all in for for 26,000 from the big blind against Zoltan Czinkota in the hijack.

Pericles:  10c10s
Czinkota:  AdKd

The board ran out 10h7h9c3d4c, giving Pericles a set of tens to double through Czinkota.

Luckenson Pericles  –  56,000  (22 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota  –  25,000  (10 bb)

Event 3 Flight E: Chip Counts From Around the Room

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  84 of 193

Zoltan Czinkota   –  127,000  (127 bb)
Matt Zarcadoolas  –  94,000  (94 bb)
Rafael Lima  –  46,000  (46 bb)
Paul Freedman  –  42,000  (42 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin  –  37,000  (37 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Rafaello Locatelli  –  29,000  (29 bb)
Nashaat Antonious  –  28,000  (28 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  22,000  (22 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  22,000  (22 bb)
Moises Jattin  –  18,000  (18 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  17,000  (17 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  16,000  (16 bb)
Peter Fellows  –  15,000  (15 bb)

Event 3 Flight E: Registration Closed

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries:  193

Flight E of Escalator VI Event #3 drew 193 entries, bringing the total field size through five starting flights to 930 entries. The prize pool currently stands at $316,200, with one more starting flight on Saturday at 10 a.m.

Play in Flight E will continue until 25 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at noon.

Day/TimeFlightEntriesAdvanced
Wednesday at 10 a.m.A16020
Wednesday at 6 p.m.B18724
Thursday at 10 a.m.C16922
Thursday at 6 p.m.D22128
Friday at 10 a.m.E193TBD
Saturday at 10 a.m.F
Total93094

Chip counts through Flight D

Event 3 Flight E: Fred Goldberg Eliminated

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Flight E Entries:  173

The player under the gun limped in, Fred Goldberg raised to 2,800 from middle position and the player in the big blind called. The UTG player limp-raised to 10,000, Goldberg reraised all in for 10,100, the  big blind folded, and the UTG player called with 2s2d, trailing Goldberg’s 8d8h.

The board ran out KcJs4s6c2h, giving Goldberg’s opponent a set of deuces on the river to eliminate Goldberg.

Fred Goldberg  –  Eliminated