Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  42 of 140

Following a flop of , Thomas Gari was all in for 20,300 from the small blind with against Rachael Pampinella in the big blind holding .

The turn and river completed the board, further improving Gari to queens full of threes to double through Pampinella.

Thomas Gari  –  58,000  (36 bb)
Rachael Pampinella  –  56,000  (35 bb)

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  58 of 140

Gaston Miculitzki  –  155,000  (155 bb)
Kenneth McAdams  –  145,000  (145 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota  –  132,000  (132 bb)
Michael Newman  –  130,000  (130 bb)
Courtney Rowe  –  118,000  (118 bb)
Sheldon Gross  –  115,000  (115 bb)
Allan Bieler  – 78,000  (78 bb)
Jason Wandling  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Norm Zapczynski  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Nashaat Antonious  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Carlos Bolanos  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Rachael Pampinella  –  57,000  (57 bb)
Jordan Flaschner  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Stephen Ibrahim  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Kurt Lichtman  –  39,000  (39 bb)
Haim Toorgeman  –  38,000  (38 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Paul Freedman  –  28,000  (28 bb)
David Shmuel  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Frank Russo  –  24,000  (24 bb)
Anthony Ruttler  –  23,000  (23 bb)
Alain Candales Falcon  –  22,000  (22 bb)
Daniel Couzens  –  18,000  (18 bb)
Jonathan Marcu  –  18,000  (18 bb)
Thomas Gari  –  15,000  (15 bb)

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries:  140

Flight C of Escalator VI Event #4 drew 140  entries, bringing the total field size through three starting flights to 458 entries.

Play in Flight B will continue until 18 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at noon.

Chip counts through Flight B

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 318

Flight A:  158 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight B:  160 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight C:  In Progress
Flight D:  Thursday at 6 p.m.
Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.

Escalator VI Schedule

10 a.m. – Event  #4 Flight C – $600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• • $400,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30 p.m.)
  • Day 1 will end when the field reaches 12.5%
  • Structure Sheet

6 p.m. – Event  #4 Flight D – $600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• • $400,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
  • Day 1 will end when the field reaches 12.5%
  • Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will begin at about 2:45 p.m.

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  160

Flight B of Escalator VI Event #4 drew 160 entries, bringing the total field size through two starting flights to 318 entries.

Play in Flight B will continue until 20 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at noon.

Chip Counts through Flight B will be posted tomorrow.

Chip counts through Flight A

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Flight B Entries:  147

The player under the gun raised all in for about 10,000 and Mike Graffeo isolated the pot with a re-shove from the next seat over.

Graffeo showed , leading his opponent’s .

The board came , giving Graffeo queens full of deuces to eliminate his opponent.

Mike Graffeo  –  51,000  (64 bb)

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries:  131

Dave Inselberg  –  106,000  (212 bb)
Fred Dabus  –  87,000  (174 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  84,000  (168 bb)
Michael Johnson  –  56,000  (112 bb)
Michael Newman  –  48,000  (96 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  46,000  (92 bb)
Theo Lawson  –  44,000  (88 bb)
Jairo Velasquez  –  38,000  (76 bb)
Shamica Lamar  –  37,000  (74 bb)
Gary Korkhin  –  33,000  (66 bb)
Victor Nassif  –  30,000  (60 bb)
Ephraim Uzan  –  28,000  (56 bb)
Alik Sitnyakovsky  –  28,000  (56 bb)
Diane Linke  –  27,000  (54 bb)
Joseph Duchman  –  26,000  (52 bb)
Hector Pacheco  –  24,000  (48 bb)
Albert Eskenazi  –  23,000  (46 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  22,000  (44 bb)
Mark Cannon  –  21,000  (42 bb)
Michael Graffeo  –  20,000  (40 bb)
Thomas Gari  –  14,000  (28 bb)

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 158

Flight A:  158 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight B:  In Progress
Flight C:  Thursday at 10 a.m.
Flight D:  Thursday at 6 p.m.
Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  20 of 158

David Shmuel raised all in for 47,500 from the button and Nick Yunis called from the big blind with , leading Shmuel’s .

The board ran out , not enough help to Shmuel, ending his Flight A with a bubble finish.

Nick Yunis  –  154,500  (39 bb)
David Shmuel  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble