Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Prize Pool:  $592,725
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining:  135 of 281

Flight F of Escalator VI Event #4 drew 281 entries, bringing the total field size through all six starting flights to 1,129 entries. The $400,000 guarantee was easily eclipsed, as the final prize pool is set at $592,725. Payout information will be available before the start of Day 2.

Play in Flight F will continue until 36 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 E

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 F Entries:  264

The player in the hijack limped in, Bill Gazes raised to 3,000 from the button the hijack called.

The flop was , the hijack led for 2,000 and Gazes called.

The turn was the , the hijack bet 3,500, Gazes raised to 8,000, the hijack reraised all in for about 30,000 and Gazes called with for a set of jacks, having his opponent’s drawing dead.

The river was moot, securing the double for Gazes.

Bill Gazes  –  90,000  (113 bb)

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight F Entries:  219

Following the turn of a board with about 25,000 in the pot, Mike Beasley was all in from early position for 6,500 with against his under-the-gun opponent who had .

The river was the , safe for Beasley to double up.

Mike Beasley  –  38,000  (63 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 F Entries:  219

Dimitry Agrachov  –  128,000  (256 bb)
Nigel Murray  –  94,000  (188 bb)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  62,000  (124 bb)
Chris Nomikos  –  58,000  (116 bb)
Chris Bolek  –  54,000  (108 bb)
Sam Sternfield  –  47,000  (94 bb)
Mark Gaudino  –  40,000  (80 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  35,000  (70 bb)
Corel Theuma  –  35,000  (70 bb)
Marsha Wolak  –  34,000  (68 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  34,000  (68 bb)
Manny Minaya  – 32,000  (64 bb)
Thomas Gari  –  31,000  (62 bb)
Michael Newman  –  30,000  (60 bb)
Ari Oxman  –  29,000  (58 bb)
Matt Yorra  –  26,000  (52 bb)
Bill Gazes  –  25,000  (50 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  25,000  (50 bb)
Victor Nassif  –  24,000  (48 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  23,000  (46 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  23,000  (46 bb)
Dennis Rodriguez  –  19,000  (38 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  18,000  (36 bb)
Alexander Orlov  –  18,000  (36 bb)
Michael Tait  –  10,000  (20 bb)

Escalator VI Schedule

10 a.m. – Event  #4 Flight F – $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

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:  107 of 848

Flight A:  158 Entries;  20 Advanced
Flight B:  160 Entries;  20 Advanced
Flight C:  140 Entries;  18 Advanced
Flight D:  191 Entries;  24 Advanced
Flight E:  199 Entries;  25 Advanced
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 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  25 of 199

Joseph Yselonia raised to 18,000 from the small blind, Jonathan Jackson reraised all in for 70,000 from the big blind, and Yeselonia called.

Yselonia: 
Jackson: 

The board ran out , giving Yselonia kings and nines to eliminate Jackson on the money bubble.

Joseph Yselonia  –  219,500  (36 bb)
Jonathan Jackson  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  26 of 199

Alexander Orlov was all in for 71,000 from early position against David Hall in the small blind.

Orlov: 
Hall: 

The board ran out , giving Hall an ace-high straight to eliminate Orlov.

David Hall  –  170,000  (34 bb)
Alexander Orlov  –  Eliminated

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

Escalator VI Series Event #4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  27 of 199

Michael Mendez raised all in for 76,000 from early position, Daniel Aguirre reraised all in for about 105,000 from middle position, and Scott Blackman called all in for about 60,000 from the big blind.

Mendez: 
Aguirre: 
Blackman: 

The board ran out , giving Blackman trip queens to triple up, while Mendez was eliminated by Aguirre in a side pot.

Scott Blackman  –  188,000  (39 bb)
Daniel Aguirre  –  60,000  (12 bb)
Michael Mendez  –  Eliminated

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 E Players Remaining:  32 of 199

David Hall raised to 8,500 from the hijack, Richard Katz three-bet all in for about 34,000 from the button and Hall called.

Hall: 
Katz: 

The board ran out , not enough help to Katz, locking up the pot for Hall.

David Hall  –  157,000  (39 bb)
Richard Katz  –  Eliminated