Event 5: Omar Urriola Eliminated by Loni Hui to Send the Field into 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:  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 KdKs, leading Urriola’s 4h4d.

The board ran out 2sTs6s3sQd, 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.