Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries:  174

Fred Dabus  –  160,000  (267 bb)
Al Gomez  –  160,000  (267 bb)
Brian Goldberg  –  109,000  (182 bb)
Leo Clavel  –  90,000  (150 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  65,000  (108 bb)
Neil Zonenashvili  –  54,000  (90 bb)
Dave Inselberg –  53,000  (88 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  48,000  (80 bb)
Al Norman  –  37,000  (62 bb)
Claudio Piedrabuena  –  28,000  (47 bb)
Roni Zelichonok  –  25,000  (42 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  25,000  (42 bb)
Michael Johnson  –  24,000  (40 bb)
Juan Mubarak  –  24,000  (40 bb)
Thomas Gari  –  20,000  (33 bb)
Michael Tarafa  –  18,000  (30 bb)
Quan Phui  –  16,000  (27 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  22 of 171

Flight A:  171 Entries;  22 Advanced
Flight B:  In Progress;  Reg Open until 10:30 p.m.
Flight C:  Thursday at 11 a.m.
Flight D: Thursday at 6 p.m.
Flight E:  Friday at 11 a.m.
Flight F:  Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  22 of 171

On the third hand of the money bubble, Rafael Fernandez was all in for 122,000 from the big blind with against Richard Saunders who was under the gun with .

The board ran out , no help to Fernandez, locking up the pot for Saunders.

Richard Saunders  –  56,000  (112 bb)
Rafael Fernandez  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

The remaining 22 players have advanced to Day 2 and are in the money. Full chip counts will be posted shortly.

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  23 of 171

Neal Corcoran raised to 10,000 from hijack, Raminder Singh called in the cutoff and the player in the big blind called.

The flop was and action was checked to Corcoran who continued for 18,000. Only Singh called.

The turn was the , Corcoran bet 46,000 and Singh called.

The river was the , Corcoran bet 70,000, Singh raised all in for about 170,000 and Corcoran called after a few moments with for set of queens, besting Singh’s for a set of fives to eliminate Singh.

Neal Corcoran  –  650,000  (130 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  Eliminated 

With 23 players remaining, play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  24 of 171

Paul Chang limped from under the gun, Rob Brown raised from the next seat over and Earl Gallegos raised all in for 30,000 from middle position.

Richard Saunders reraised all in from the button for 255,000, Raminder Singh thought for a while in the big blind before he folded, Chang folded and Brown called all in for about 125,000.

Saunders: 
Brown: 
Gallegos: 

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

Richard Saunders  –  430,000  (108 bb)
Rob Brown  –  Eliminated
Earl Gallegos  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  28 of 171

In a battle of the blinds with the board reading , Julian Wohlemuth was all in from the big blind for about 120,000 with for trip sixes against Stuart Greenbaum in the small blind holding for a six-high straight.

The river was the , safe for Greenbaum to score the elimination.

Stuart Greenbaum  –  345,000  (86 bb)
Julian Wohlgemuth  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  34 of 171

On a flop of with roughly 50,000 in the pot, Rob Brown was all in from under the gun for 66,500 with for a set of sixes against the player in the small blind with for a pair of queens with a flush draw.

The turn and river completed the board, further improving Brown to sixes full of queens to double up.

Rob Brown  –  184,000  (61 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  38 of 171

Picking up the action on the turn of a board with roughly 35,000 in the pot, Joseph Duchman checked from the big blind and Raminder Singh checked in the cutoff.

The river was the , Duchman checked, Singh bet effectively 42,000-ish and Duchman thought for a little while before he called all in for that amount.

Singh tabled for a seven-high straight, besting Duchman’s holdings to score the elimination.

Raminder Singh  –  273,000  (109 bb)
Joseph Duchman  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure

Flight B of Escalator VII Event 3 is underway and sure to build on a great start in Flight A. The tournament is a $400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) with six starting flights and a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 25,000 in chips and all levels last 30 minutes on Day 1. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 p.m. They will play down to the last 12.5% of the field and players with chips will return Sunday for Day 2 at 12 p.m. noon in the money.

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• 30-minute levels on Day 1; 40-minute levels on Day 2
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
• Flight B will end when the field reaches 12.5%
• Structure Sheet

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  44 of 171

The player on the button raised to 4,500 from the button and Matt Zarcadoolas called in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Zarcadoolas bet 4,500. His opponent called.

The river was the , Zarcadoolas checked, his opponent bet 20,000 and Zarcadoolas thought for a bit before he called.

The player on the button showed for ace high, while Zarcadoolas turned over for a pair of treys to win the pot.

Matt Zarcadoolas  –  87,000  (44 bb)