2018 Escalator Series (Week 4) $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 64 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts
T.K. Miles
T.K. Miles got his last roughly 300,000 in the middle preflop holding versus Song O’s . The stacks were close, but Miles was the at-risk player. It was ti
Runout:
The runout was devastating for Miles whose aces were outdrawn by the king-high flop. O improved to a set and Miles would not catch up. Miles was eliminated while O stacked a healthy pot.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 4) $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 70 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts
There’s been a mad rush to the payout desk since the bubble burst about an hour ago. Staff has had a steady line of bustouts looking to collect their scores, but they were kind of enough to provide us the list of the first few eliminations.
Here’s a look at those that have hit the rail thus far:
Scott Harwood was eliminated in 97th place
71st: Kevin McIntosh – $1,291 72nd: Haim Shrayer – $1,291 73rd: Randy Matienzo – $1,191 74th: John Nguyen – $1,191 75th: Gregory Anda – $1,191 76th: William Beasley – $1,191 77th: Paul Domd – $1,191 78th: Lawrence Gradus – $1,191 79th: Samuel Tercy – $1,191 80th: Paula Alibrandi – $1,191 81st: Marvin Young – $1,191 82nd: John English – $1,097 83rd: Johann Tiemann – $1,097 84th: Dolphus Powers – $1,097 85th: Erik Nomberg – $1,097 86th: David Inselberg – $1,097 87th: Clifford Conners – $1,097 88th: Stephen Ibrahim – $1,097 89th: Carlos Rodriguez Rojas – $1,097 90th: George Novo – $1,097 91st: Stephen Harris – $1,069 92nd: Nissin Vaknin – $1,069 93rd: Manny Minaya – $1,069 94th: Ayca Erakbas – $1,069 95th: Marcin Plewinski – $1,069 96th: David Moreno – $1,069 97th: Scott Harwood – $1,069 98th: John Dollinger – $1,069 99th: Hollander Preap – $1,069 100th: Jason Leet – $1,069 101st: William Farnan – $1,042 102nd: Jacobo Hernandez – $1,042 103rd: Angelo Castaldi – $1,042 104th: Mitchell Smith – $1,042 105th: Michael Harley – $1,042 106th: Harjinder Chawla – $1,042 107th: Trevor Samuels – $1,042 108th: Matthew Zarcadoolas – $1,042 109th: Michael Stefan – $1,042 110th: Jonathan Pineda – $1,042
2018 Escalator Series (Week 4) $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 87 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts
He recently opened the action for a raise from late position and the big blind defended. They were heads up to the flop and it fell . The big blind checked and Poces C-bet 20,000. The big blind three-bet to 55,000 and Poces — who had about 105 behind — promptly shoved. The big blind had Poces covered, but quickly folded.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 4) $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 99 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts
Brian Hastings
Brian Hastings began the day third in the counts but skidded during the early stages of the restart. Down to just about 15 big blinds, he doubled holding on a runout. Hastings scooped the pot and grew his stack to 160,000.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 4) $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 110 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts
With 112 players remaining, William Wilkinson hit the rail 112th and Marco Oliveira went 111th. That narrowed to the field to 110 players with no hand-for-hand play necessary.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 4) $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 116 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts
Andrew Gordon
After beginning the restart with 163,500 and 140,000 chips respectively, Andrew Gordon and Brian Landesman have put a hurt on Day 2. With the three levels in the books and the first break wrapped, Gordon has a stack of 510,000 while Landesman enjoys about 450,000.
Brian Landesman
Level 18 is underway with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and a 1,000 ante. The clock shows only 116 players left with 110 making money.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 4) $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 126 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts
Josh Beckley
Josh Beckley has more than doubled up to start Day 2 as he currently sits with 450,000 chips. That number doesn’t give him the chip lead, but he’s one of the big stacks in the room with the clock shows 126 players remaining and only 110 finishing in the money.
They day’s first break is less than 10 minutes away.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 4) $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 144 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts
Andre Rakusa
Jeff Charlton opened the button to 11,000 and Andre Rakusa — who was short stacks just over 85,000 total — promptly three-bet to 26,000. The big blind folded and Charlton plopped in stack of 5,000 chips that had Rakusa comfortably covered. Rakusa called off and the hands were up.
Rakusa: Charlton:
Runout:
Both flopped a flush, but Rakusa’s king was best. He held and doubled through Charlton.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 4) $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 153 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts
Sean Shah
South Florida’s Sean Shah recently put his last 91,500 in the middle preflop following an opponent’s open to 10,000. The opener folded and Shah chipped up without contest.
The pot grew his stack to 112,000 and he lived to fight another day with the bubble only a few tables away.
2018 Escalator Series (Week 4) $560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 171 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts
The typical Day 2 exodus has taken place over the first 40 minutes of play as Level 15 came, went and Level 16 is now underway. Blinds are 2,000/4,000 good for an average stack of 32 big blinds.
Gold bracelet winner Jacquelyn Scott and Escalator Week 3 third-place finisher Scott Levitt are among those who have hit the rail early in the restart.
Jacquelyn Scott – Eliminated Scott Levitt – Eliminated
versus Song O’s 
. The stacks were close, but Miles was the at-risk player. It was ti
. The big blind checked and Poces C-bet 20,000. The big blind three-bet to 55,000 and Poces — who had about 105 behind — promptly shoved. The big blind had Poces covered, but quickly folded.
on a 
runout. Hastings scooped the pot and grew his stack to 160,000.
