2018 Escalator Series (Week 4)
$560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts

Another break is done and Josh Beckley is leaving his mark on the Escalator $560. The clock shows 37 players still in the game and Beckley claims nearly 2,500,000 chips. That’s good for the chip lead going away as the average stack sits at 598,919.

Josh Beckley – 2,480,000

2018 Escalator Series (Week 4)
$560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts

Steve Karp open-shoved for his last 138,000 and the big blind called putting him at risk.

Big blind:
Karp:

Runout:

Karp flopped two pair, took the lead in the hand and held. He doubled through the big blind.

Steve Karp – 318,000

2018 Escalator Series (Week 4)
$560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts

Reinaldo Troconis held and was all-in preflop for 97,000 versus an opponent’s .

Runout:

Troconis’ pair held and he doubled.

Reinaldo Troconis – 230,000

2018 Escalator Series (Week 4)
$560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts

51st: Shlomi Bracha – $1,607
52nd: Ronnie Safa – $1,607
53rd: Gabriel Caballero – $1,607
54th: Josh Robins – $1,607
55th: Ira Schwartz – $1,413
56th: Jason Durant – $1,413
57th: Kyle Taddei – $1,413
58th: Juan Ferrer – $1,413
59th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $1,413
60th: Richard Leger – $1,413
61st: David MacDonald – $1,413
62nd: Steve Yagudaev – $1,413
63rd: Scott Federico – $1,413
64th: Sean Shah – $1,291
65th: T.K. Miles – $1,291
66th: Lucas Braga –
67th: Andre Bryan – $1,291
68th: Suk Wan – $1,291
69th: Michael Graffeo – $1,291
70th: Mark Weinstein – $1,291

Additional results are available in the posts below.

2018 Escalator Series (Week 4)
$560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts

The second break concluded moments ago and some big stacks are starting to emerge. There’s a handful of players over the 1,000,000 mark as the field is continuing to thin and chips are changing hands.

Here’s a look at the chip leaders:

There are some tough tables out there as well with Beckley and De Soto sharing Table 23 and Varas and Sued sharing Table 33.

2018 Escalator Series (Week 4)
$560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 64 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts

T.K. Miles got his last roughly 300,000 in the middle preflop holding versus Song O’s . The stacks were close, but Miles was the at-risk player. It was ti

Runout:

The runout was devastating for Miles whose aces were outdrawn by the king-high flop. O improved to a set and Miles would not catch up. Miles was eliminated while O stacked a healthy pot.

Song O – 740,000
T.K. Miles – Eliminated

2018 Escalator Series (Week 4)
$560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts

There’s been a mad rush to the payout desk since the bubble burst about an hour ago. Staff has had a steady line of bustouts looking to collect their scores, but they were kind of enough to provide us the list of the first few eliminations.

Here’s a look at those that have hit the rail thus far:

71st: Kevin McIntosh – $1,291
72nd: Haim Shrayer – $1,291
73rd: Randy Matienzo – $1,191
74th: John Nguyen – $1,191
75th: Gregory Anda – $1,191
76th: William Beasley – $1,191
77th: Paul Domd – $1,191
78th: Lawrence Gradus – $1,191
79th: Samuel Tercy – $1,191
80th: Paula Alibrandi – $1,191
81st: Marvin Young – $1,191
82nd: John English – $1,097
83rd: Johann Tiemann – $1,097
84th: Dolphus Powers – $1,097
85th: Erik Nomberg – $1,097
86th: David Inselberg – $1,097
87th: Clifford Conners – $1,097
88th: Stephen Ibrahim – $1,097
89th: Carlos Rodriguez Rojas – $1,097
90th: George Novo – $1,097
91st: Stephen Harris – $1,069
92nd: Nissin Vaknin – $1,069
93rd: Manny Minaya – $1,069
94th: Ayca Erakbas – $1,069
95th: Marcin Plewinski – $1,069
96th: David Moreno – $1,069
97th: Scott Harwood – $1,069
98th: John Dollinger – $1,069
99th: Hollander Preap – $1,069
100th: Jason Leet – $1,069
101st: William Farnan – $1,042
102nd: Jacobo Hernandez – $1,042
103rd: Angelo Castaldi – $1,042
104th: Mitchell Smith – $1,042
105th: Michael Harley – $1,042
106th: Harjinder Chawla – $1,042
107th: Trevor Samuels – $1,042
108th: Matthew Zarcadoolas – $1,042
109th: Michael Stefan – $1,042
110th: Jonathan Pineda – $1,042

2018 Escalator Series (Week 4)
$560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 87 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts

One week after finishing runner-up in the Week 3 $350 for $53,000, David Poces is deep again and hoping to enjoy another a final table appearance.

He recently opened the action for a raise from late position and the big blind defended. They were heads up to the flop and it fell . The big blind checked and Poces C-bet 20,000. The big blind three-bet to 55,000 and Poces — who had about 105 behind — promptly shoved. The big blind had Poces covered, but quickly folded.

Poces took the pot and stacked the chips.

David Poces – 235,000

2018 Escalator Series (Week 4)
$560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 99 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts

Brian Hastings began the day third in the counts but skidded during the early stages of the restart. Down to just about 15 big blinds, he doubled holding on a runout. Hastings scooped the pot and grew his stack to 160,000.

Brian Hastings – 160,000

2018 Escalator Series (Week 4)
$560 Buy-In, $400,000 Guaranteed
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 110 of 1,108 | Structure | Payouts

With 112 players remaining, William Wilkinson hit the rail 112th and Marco Oliveira went 111th. That narrowed to the field to 110 players with no hand-for-hand play necessary.

1 hand bubble and it’s done

— Jeff Charlton (@Jeff_Charlton) March 18, 2018

Those still in have locked up $1,042 with the tournament’s champion earning $120,622 along with a $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship seat.

Payouts:

1st – $120,622 + $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Seat
2nd – $72,020
3rd – $44,043
4th – $36,841
5th – $30,470
6th – $24,653
7th – $19,390
8th – $14,404
9th – $10,166
10th-12th – $6,620
13th-15th – $4,432
16th-18th – $2,964
19th-27th – $2,493
28th-36th – $2,161
37th-45th – $1,884
46th-54th – $1,607
55th-63rd – $1,413
64th-72nd – $1,291
73rd-81st – $1,191
82nd-90th – $1,097
91st-100th – $1,069
101st-110th – $1,042

William Wilkinson – Eliminated
Marco Oliveira – Eliminated