Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  52 of 215

A scan of the stacks during the break showed a clear top three.

1.  Dreymike Deans  –  310,000  (155 bb)
2.  Jaymie Virtusio  –  290,000  (145 bb)
3.  Manny Tarich  –  190,000  (95 bb)

Escalator VII Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee
Entries:  1,335
Prize Pool:  $156,195
February 8-11, 2023

Event 1 of the Escalator VII Series was a multi-flight $150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), running from February 8-11. A field of 1,335 entries over six flights generated a prize pool of $156,195.

Emerging victorious was Steven Bennett, winning outright for $25,055.

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  78 of 215

Joel Harwood was all in from the big blind for about 14,000 against George Hortelano in the hijack.

Harwood: 
Hortelano: 

The board ran out , giving Hortelano a flush to eliminate Harwood.

George Hortelano  –  110,000  (110 bb)
Joel Harwood  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  90 of 215

Donny Rubinstein  –  108,000
George Hortelano  –  90,000
Michael Newman  –  72,000
Willie Wiggins  –  68,000
Raminder Singh  –  44,000
Al Norman  –  39,000
Richard Whitebrook  –  34,000
Shannon McCloud  –  33,000
Corel Theuma  –  32,000
Loni Hui  –  25,000
Scott Baumstein  –  24,000
Dennis Rodriguez  –  23,000
Thomas Gari   – 18,000
Jonathan Marcu  –  14,000
Joel Harwood  –  14,000
Scott Zakheim  –  13,000

Escalator VII Series Event 2
$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  215

Flight A of Event 2 of the Escalator VII Series drew 215 entries, about a quarter of the way to reaching the guarantee.

Play in Flight A will continue 27 players remain. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Escalator VII Schedule

11 a.m. – Event  #2 Flight A – $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • 30-minute levels
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30 p.m.)
  • Flight A will end when the field reaches 12.5%
  • Structure Sheet

6 p.m. – Event  #2 Flight B – $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • 30-minute levels
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
  • Flight B will end when the field reaches 12.5%
  • Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will begin at about 3:45 p.m.

Escalator VII Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee
Entries:  1,335
Prize Pool:  $156,195
February 8-11, 2023

Registration closed for the first tournament of the Escalator VI Series. The tournament drew 1,335 entries over the six starting flights to turn the $100,000 guarantee into a $156,195 prize pool.
The 135 returning Day 2 players will be in the money with $270 locked and the Event 1 champ will earn $25,055.

1st: $25,055
2nd: $17,900
3rd: $12,000
4th: $8,890
5th: $6,730
6th: $5,420
7th: $4,480
8th: $3,555
9th-10th: $2,655
11th-12th: $2,055
13th-15th: $1,615
16th-18th: $1,315
19th-21st: $1,090
22nd-24th: $895
25th-27th: $775
28th-36th: $680
37th-45th: $600
46th-54th: $550
55th-63rd: $500
64th-72nd: $450
73rd-81st: $410
82nd-90th: $380
91th-99th: $350
100th-108th: $320
109th-117th: $295
118th-135th: $270

Escalator VII Series Event #1
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Players Remaining: 135 of 1,335

Prizepool: $156,195

Flight A:  168 Entries; 17 Advanced
Flight B:  242 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight C: 199 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight D: 200 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight E: 249 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight F: 277 Entries; 28 Advanced
Day 2:  Saturday at 1pm