Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 559

After taking a 15-minute break following the end of Level 32, the players returned and quickly agreed to a deal.

Here were the chip counts at the time:

Aaron Stefansky  –  11,475,000  (46 bb)
Dmitry Savelyev  –  10,875,000  (44 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Aaron Stefansky  –  $135,733
Dmitry Savelyev  –  $134,347

As the chip leader, Aaron Stefansky was the official Event 5 champion of the Escalator VII Series.

A tournament recap will be posted later today.