Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries:  259

Flight E of Escalator VII Series Event 3 drew 259 entries, bringing the total field size to 1,051 entries with one more flight to go. The prize pool currently is $352,085.

Play in Flight E will continue until 33 players remain. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Chip Counts Thru Flight D

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  102 of 792

Flight A:  185 Entries;  22 Advanced
Flight B:  171 Entries;  24 Advanced
Flight C:  241 Entries;  31 Advanced
Flight D:  195 Entries;  25 Advanced
Flight E:  In Progress
Flight F:  Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.

Escalator VII Schedule

11 a.m. – Event #3 Flight E – $400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• • $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 (3:30 p.m.)
  • Flight E 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 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight D Entries:  195

Flight D of Escalator VII Series Event 3 drew 195 entries, bringing the total field size to 792 entries with two more flights to go.

Play in Flight D will continue until 25 players remain. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Chip Counts Thru Flight C

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight D Entries:  168

Neil Zonenashvili  –  150,000  (300 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  62,000  (124 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  53,000  (106 bb)
Mica Lamar  –  52,000  (104 bb)
Joseph Duchman  –  52,000  (104 bb)
Trent Smith  –  44,000  (88 bb)
Rob Brown  –  38,000  (76 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  32,000  (64 bb)
Claudio Kalili  –  27,000  (54 bb)
Roni Zelichonok  –  25,000  (50 bb)
Roberto Bendeck  –  25,000  (50 bb)
Cangir Elcin  –  18,000  (36 bb)
Al Gomez  –  15,000  (30 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  77 of 597

Flight A:  185 Entries;  22 Advanced
Flight B:  171 Entries;  24 Advanced
Flight C:  241 Entries;  31 Advanced
Flight D:  In Progress
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 14:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  31 of 241

Before hand-for-hand play started, Richard Whitebrook ended up all in from the big blind for about 40,000 with against Joseph Krasner in the small blind with .

The board ran out , no help to Whitebrook, locking up the pot for Krasner.

Joseph Krasner  –  154,000  (39 bb)
Richard Whitebrook  –  Eliminated

The remaining 31 players have advanced to Day 2. Full chip counts through Flight C will be posted soon.

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  32 of 241

On the river of a board with about 100,000 in the pot, Feiwen Wu moved all in for effectively 140,000-ish from under the gun and Omar Peren called all in from the button for about that amount.

Wu tabled for a set of kings, Peren couldn’t beat it and Wu won the pot.

Feiwen Wu  –  607,000  (152 bb)
Omar Perren  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  39 of 241

David Shmuel raised to 10,000 from under the gun, Rafael Lima three-bet all in for about 57,000 from the hijack and Shmuel called with , leading Lima’s .

The board ran out , giving Shmuel aces and kings to eliminate Lima.

David Shmuel  –  250,000  (63 bb)
Rafael Lima  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 3
$400 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  41 of 241

1.  Paulius Bikus  –  503,000  (126 bb)
2.  Greg Rosen  –  370,000  (93 bb)
3.  Jennifer David  –  320,000  (80 bb)