Escalator VII Schedule

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

• • $400,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 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 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight D Entries:  137

Flight D of Event 4 of the Escalator VII Series drew 137 entries, bringing the total field size to 602 entries with likely the two biggest flights to come.

Play in Flight D will continue until 18  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 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Flight D Entries:  127

Gary Gelman  –  85,000  (106 bb)
Paul Domb  –  70,000  (88 bb)
George Boyadjian  –  68,000  (85 bb)
Rotem Halbani  –  67,000  (84 bb)
Haim Toorgeman  –  60,000  (75 bb)
Elias Nassif  –  58,000  (73 bb)
Jake Cody  –  53,000  (66 bb)
Perry Shiao  –  46,000  (58 bb)
Moises Jattin  –  45,000  (56 bb)
Ducarmel Beaubien  –  40,000  (50 bb)
Victor Figueroa  –  40,000  (50 bb)
Josh Tsur  –  33,000  (41 bb)
Al Norman  –  33,000  (41 bb)
Michael Johnson  –  33,000  (41 bb)
Sam Spira  –  30,000  (38 bb)
Roberto Bendeck  –  27,000  (34 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  22,000  (28 bb)
Joseph Duchman  –  13,000  (16 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  60 of 465

Flight A:  149 Entries;  19 Advanced
Flight B:  139 Entries;  18 Advanced
Flight C:  177 Entries;  23 Advanced
Flight D:  Underway;  Reg Open until 10:30 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 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  23 of 177

Anton Kutsenko raised to 12,000 from early position, Artem Zverkhovskyy three-bet all in for about 42,000 from the small blind and Kutsenko called with , leading Zverkhovskyy’s .

The board ran out , no help to Zverkhovskyy, locking up the pot for Kutsenko and sending the remaining 23 players onward to Day 2.

Anton Kutsenko  –  280,000  (47 bb)
Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Escalator VII 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 C Players Remaining:  24 of 177

Nick Chiappetta raised to 12,000 from under the gun, Carl Pipitone called in the small blind and Ronnie Tate three-bet to 27,000 from the big blind. Chiappetta folded and Pipitone called.

The flop was , Tate bet effectively 37,000 and Piptone folded face up. Tate flashed two paint cards as he collected the pot.

Ronnie Tate  –  150,000  (25 bb)
Carl Pipitone  –  37,000  (6 bb)

Escalator VII 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 C Players Remaining:  24 of 177

A short-stacked player raised all in for 21,000 from early position, Mike Chiappetta called in middle position, Charles Benoit three-bet to 60,000 from the big blind and Chiappetta folded.

Benoit showed , leading his opponent’s .

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

Charles Benoit  –  500,000  (100 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  170,000  (34 bb)

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

Escalator VII 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 C Players Remaining:  28 of 177

Nick Chiappetta raised to 9,000 from the cutoff, Paul Domb called on the button and Elvio Cescato called in the blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Cescato bet 11,000. Chiappetta folded, Domb raised all in for 20,000 and Cescato called with for the nut straight, heaving Domb’s drawing dead.

Elvio Cescato  –  110,000  (28 bb)
Paul Domb  –  Eliminated

Chip counts through Flight C will be posted in a little while.

Escalator VII 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 C Players Remaining:  31 of 177

With roughly 50,000 in the pot and the flop reading , Nick Chiappetta checked from the small blind and Carl Pipitone checked from the cutoff. Ronnie Tate bet 36,000 from the button, Chiappetta raised all in for 115,000, Pipitone folded and Tate called.

Chiappetta:
Tate: 

The turn and river completed the board, giving Chiappetta kings and jacks to double through Tate.

Nick Chiappetta  –  280,000  (70 bb)
Ronnie Tate  –  22,000  (6 bb)

Escalator VII 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 C Players Remaining:  35 of 177

1.  Juan Endara  –  453,000  (113 bb)
2.  Charles Benoit  –  418,000  (105 bb)