Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  36 of 169

Veljko Lakusic raised to 9,000 from early position, George Hortelano called from middle position, and Avram Lockwood three-bet all in for 39,000 from the button. Lakusic folded and Hortelano called after a few moments.

Hortelano: 
Lockwood: 

The board ran out , safe for Lockwood to double up.

Avram Lockwood  –  93,500  (37 bb)
George Hortelano  –  175,000  (70 bb)

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  40 of 169

George Hortelano raised from the hijack, Max Romano three-bet all in for about 38,000 from the button and Hortelano called with , leading Romano’s .

The board ran out , safe for Hortelano to score the elimination.

George Hortelano  –  214,000  (107 bb)
Max Romano  –  Eliminated

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  44 of 169

After a series of raises, Ryan Estrada was all in for about 87,000 from the small blind against Courtney Rowe in early position.

Estrada: 
Rowe: 

The flop came , giving Estrada a pair of aces to take the lead. The turn, however, was the to give Rowe a set of queens to retake the lead. The river was the , no help to Estrada, locking up the pot for Rowe.

Courtney Rowe  –  188,000  (94 bb)
Ryan Estrada  –  Eliminated

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  51 of 169

A player in middle position opened to 5,000, Bryan Hunter three-bet all in for 26,500 from the next seat over, and Ryan Estrada isolated the action with a four-bet shove from the button.

Hunter: 
Estrada: 

The board ran out , giving Estrada a pair of aces to eliminate Hunter.

Ryan Estrada  –  104,000  (52 bb)
Bryan Hunter  –  Eliminated

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  63 of 169

As relayed to us, the action started with a player in early position opening to 3,200. Caleb Piderit three-bet all in for about 17,000 from middle position, George Hortelano four-bet all in for 46,400 from the hijack and the player on the button called.

The player in the big blind then called all-in for about 19,000, putting the action back on the initial raiser who five-bet all in for roughly 62,000. The button called, putting the other four players at risk.

Here were the hands in descending order of chip count:

Button: 
UTG+1: 
Hortelano: 
Big Blind: 
Pideit: 

The board ran out , giving Hortelano a set of queens to eliminate both Piderit and the big blind, while doubling through the button and UTG+1 players.

George Hortelano  –  190,000  (158 bb)
Caleb Piderit  –  Eliminated

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  72 of 169

A three-way all-in emerged with Yaroslav Nakonechnyy, the shortest of the trio, all in for about 7,500 from the small blind. Robert Mantin was in the hijack and also all in for roughly 33,500, with Joseph Duchman having both players covered in the cutoff.

Duchman: 
Mantin: 
Nakonechnyy: 

The board ran out , giving Nakonechnyy treys full of sevens to triple up. Mantin, meanwhile, won the side pot against Duchman.

Yaroslav Nakonechnyy  –  23,000  (23 bb)
Robert Mantin  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Joseph Duchman  –  45,000  (45 bb)

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  74 of 169

Fred Dabus  –  113,000  (113 bb)
Jeff Kessler  –  85,000  (85 bb)
Joseph Duchman  –  78,000  (78 bb)
Roni Zelichonok  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Richard Rice  –  49,000  (49 bb)
Billy Pilossoph  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  38,000  (38 bb)
Thomas Gari  –  37,000  (37 bb)
Paula Alibrandi  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Robert Mantin  –  33,000  (33 bb)
Jeff Rolland  –  22,000  (22 bb)
Eric Piderit  –  21,000  (21 bb)
Caleb Piderit  –  18,000  (18 bb)
Jairo Velasquez  –  13,000  (13 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  13,000  (13 bb)
Yaroslav Nakonechnyy  –  9,000  (9 bb)

Escalator VI Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries:  169

Flight C of Escalator VI Event #3 drew 169 entries, bringing the total field size through three starting flights to 516 entries.

Play in Flight C will continue until 22 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 #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 347

Flight A:  160 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight B: 187 Entries; 24 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 Series Event #3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  81 of 187

Flight B of Escalator VI Event #3 drew 187 entries, bringing the total field size through two starting flights to 347 entries.

Play in Flight B will continue until 24 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.