Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  35 of 177

The player under the fun raised all in for 35,000 and Steven Bennett isolated the action from the button with , racing with his opponent’s .

The board ran out , giving Bennett jacks full of eights to score the elimination.

Steven Bennett  –  116,000  (39 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  39 of 177

Paul Domb limped in from middle position, Frank Brannan raised to 9,000 from the hijack, Philip Consolo called in the cutoff and Jacquelyn Scott three-bet all in for 44,000 from the button.

Domb folded, Brannan called and Consolo folded.

Brannan: 
Scott: 

The board ran out , giving Brannan aces and eights to eliminate Scott.

Frank Brannan  –  270,000  (90 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  47 of 177

On the river of a board with roughly 60,000 in the middle, Ronnie Tate bet 5,000 from middle position and Frank Brannan raised all in for 41,500 from the button.

Tate thought for a little while before he called with trip queens, but Brannan tabled for trip queens with a king kicker to double up.

Frank Brannan  –  145,000  (58 bb)
Ronnie Tate  –  190,000  (76 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure

Flight D of Escalator VII Event 4 is underway. The tournament is a $600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) with six starting flights and a $400,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 30,000 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.

• $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 (10:30 p.m.)
• Flight D 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 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  51 of 177

Neil Blumenfield raised to 4,000 from UTG+1, the player in the cutoff called, Carl Pipitone called on the button and Paul Domb called in the big blind.

The flop was , Domb checked and Blumenfield continued for 4,500. The hijack called, Pipitone called and Domb folded.

The turn was the and action was checked around.

The river was the , Blumenfield moved all in for about 34,000, the hijack folded and Piptone called with for nines full of sixes, besting Blumenfield’s holdings to score the elimination.

Carl Pipitone  –  100,000  (50 bb)
Neil Blumenfield  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  60 of 177

1.  Steve Frederick  –  299,500  (150 bb)
2.  Ronnie Tate  –  252,000  (126 bb)
3.  Mike Chiappetta  –  243,000  (122 bb)
4.  Juan Endara  –  192,500  (96 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  65 of 177

Ronnie Tate  –  205,000  (128 bb)
Juan Endara  –  170,000  (106 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  170,000  (106 bb)
Victor Figueroa  –  135,000  (84 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  128,000 (80 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  105,000  (66 bb)
Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  105,000  (66 bb)
Marc Sacheli  –  105,000  (66 bb)
Paul Freedman  –  100,000  (63 bb)
Neil Blumenfield  –  98,000  (61 bb)
Anton Kutsenko  –  90,000  (56 bb)
Steven Bennett  –  74,000  (46 bb)
Paul Domb  –  68,000  (43 bb)
Frank Brannan  –  60,000  (38 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  60,000  (38 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott  –  50,000  (31 bb)
Rina Coss  –  45,000  (28 bb)
Haim Toorgeman  –  30,000  (19 bb)

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 C Entries:  177

Flight C of Event 4 of the Escalator VII Series drew 177 entries, bringing the total field size to 465 entries through three starting flights.

Play in Flight C will continue until 23 players remain. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Chip Counts Thru Flight B

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 288

Flight A:  149 Entries;  19 Advanced
Flight B:  139 Entries;  18 Advanced
Flight C:  Underway;  Reg Open until 3:30 p.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 Schedule

11 a.m. – Event #4 Flight C – $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 C will end when the field reaches 12.5%
  • Structure Sheet

6 p.m. – Event #4 Flight D – $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 (10:30 p.m.)
  • Flight D will end when the field reaches 12.5%
  • Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will begin at about 3:45 p.m.