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.