Event 5: AkBasli Continues to Lead

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 1,804
Average Stack: 251,000 (21 big blinds)

Ty Akbasli is leading Event 5 and nearing 1 million
Ty Akbasli is leading Event 5 and nearing 1 million

We usually see a few swings a top the leaderboard at this stage but Ty Akbasli keeps running up his count. He has a full barrel of blue 25K chips and his 818,000 is the clear front runner. Zo Karim sits with the second biggest stack among the eight remaining table thanks to his big hand against Paul Balzano.

Top stacks and notable names:

Ty Akbasli – 818,000 (68 bb)
Zo Karim – 655,000 (55 bb)
Olvenso Savoie – 547,000 (46 bb)
Jordan Meltzer – 480,000 (40 bb)
Mike Beasley – 416,000 (35 bb)
Qasem Jamhour – 402,000 (34 bb)
Paul Balzano – 240,000 (20 bb)
Joe Ebanks – 174,000 (15 bb)
Stosh Gepp – 136,000 (11 bb)
Rafael Reis – 128,000 (11 bb)
David Inselberg – 126,000 (11 bb)

2016 Escalator Series Schedule

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MAIN EVENT SCHEDULE

DateTimeBuy-InTournamentStructure
Wed, Feb 311:00 AM$150Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $100K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Wed, Feb 33:00 PM$150Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $100K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Wed, Feb 37:00 PM$150Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $100K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Thu, Feb 411:00 AM$150Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $100K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Thu, Feb 43:00 PM$150Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $100K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Thu, Feb 47:00 PM$150Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $100K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Fri, Feb 511:00 AM$150Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $100K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Fri, Feb 53:00 PM$150Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $100K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Fri, Feb 57:00 PM$150Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $100K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Sat, Feb 62:00 PMDAY 2$3,500 WPT Showdown Seat ADDED to 1st & 2nd/FT Players Receive Event #2 SeatDetails
Wed, Feb 1011:00 AM$250Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $200K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Wed, Feb 103:00 PM$250Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $200K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Wed, Feb 107:00 PM$250Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $200K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Thu, Feb 1111:00 AM$250Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $200K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Thu, Feb 113:00 PM$250Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $200K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Thu, Feb 117:00 PM$250Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $200K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Fri, Feb 1211:00 AM$250Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $200K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Fri, Feb 123:00 PM$250Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $200K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Fri, Feb 127:00 PM$250Event #2 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $200K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Sat, Feb 132:00 PMDAY 2$3,500 WPT Showdown Seat ADDED to 1st & 2nd/FT Players Receive Event #3 SeatDetails
Thu, Feb 1811:00 AM$350Event #3 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $300K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Thu, Feb 186:00 PM$350Event #3 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $300K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Fri, Feb 1911:00 AM$350Event #3 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $300K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Fri, Feb 196:00 PM$350Event #3 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $300K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Sat, Feb 2011:00 AM$350Event #3 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $300K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Sat, Feb 206:00 PM$350Event #3 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $300K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Sun, Feb 212:00 PMDAY 2$3,500 WPT Showdown Seat ADDED to 1st & 2nd/FT Players Receive Event #4 SeatDetails
Thu, Feb 2511:00 AM$560Event #4 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $400K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Thu, Feb 256:00 PM$560Event #4 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $400K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Fri, Feb 2611:00 AM$560Event #4 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $400K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Fri, Feb 266:00 PM$560Event #4 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $400K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Sat, Feb 2711:00 AM$560Event #4 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $400K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Sat, Feb 276:00 PM$560Event #4 -- No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $400K GTD Prize PoolDetails
Sun, Feb 282:00 PMDAY 2$3,500 WPT Showdown Seat ADDED to 1st & 2nd PlaceDetails