Event 4: Benjamin Pollan Eliminated in 14th Place by Rafael Valecillos

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,104

Matthew Lambrecht opened to 150,000 from UTG+1, Benjamin Pollan three-bet all in for 500,000 from the small blind, Rafael Valecillos four-bet all in for about  1,200,000 from the big blind and Lambrecht folded.

Pollan:  Ah9s
Valecillos:  AdJd

The board ran out 8cQd6sQc7c, no help to Pollan, ending his tournament in 14th place.

Rafael Valecillos  –  2,000,000  (27 bb)
Benjamin Pollan  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($5,835)

Event 4: Gary Fitzgerald Eliminated in 15th Place by Richard Newell Jr.

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,104

Richard Newell Jr. raised to 250,000 from the hijack, Gary Fitzgerald three-bet all in for about 1,050,000 from the small blind and Newell Jr. called with TdTc, leading Fitzgerald’s 9d9c.

The board ran out Jh2h3cAcAd, safe for Newell Jr. to eliminate Fitzgerald in 15th place.

Richard Newell Jr.  –  2,350,000  (31 bb)
Gary Fitzgerald  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($5,835)

Recent Eliminations
16th:  Huicun Qiao  –  $4,745

Event 4: Final 16 Players; Calais Campbell Leads

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,104

Table 14
Seat 1:  Benjamin Pollan  –  850,000  (11 bb)
Seat 2:  Rafael Valecillos  –  925,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Jorge Gomez  –  2,475,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5:  Huicun Qiao  –  750,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6:  Matthew Lambrecht  –  3,950,000  (53 bb)
Seat 7:  Neil Ho  –  1,975,000  (26 bb(
Seat 8:  Ya Yun Liu  –  1,000,000  (13 bb)
Seat 9:  Mark Wahba  –  3,125,000  (42 bb)

Table 45
Seat 1:  Gary Fitzgerald  –  1,175,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2:  Haim Toorgeman  –  600,000  (8 bb)
Seat 3:  Brett Bader  –  1,975,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4:  Calais Campbell  –  5,375,000  (72 bb)
Seat 5:  Sandy Sanchez  –  3,300,000  (44 bb)
Seat 6:  Richard Newell Jr.  –  1,125,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7:  Gary Gelman  –  3,050,000  (41 bb)
Seat 8:  Robert Cohen  –  1,575,000  (21 bb)
Seat 9:

1st:  $95,475 + Trophy
2nd:  $62,100
3rd:  $42,800
4th:  $32,545
5th:  $24,600
6th:  $20,100
7th:  $16,430
8th:  $13,025
9th-10th:  $9,700
11th-12th:  $7,440
13th-15th:  $5,835
16th:  $4,745

Event 4: James Anderson Eliminated in 17th Place by Calais Campbell

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,104

Calais Campbell opened to 160,000 in middle position, James Anderson three-bet all in for 930,000 from the big blind and Campbell called after about 20 seconds.

Campbell:  AhJh
Anderson:  7d7s

The board ran out 8cQhJd2h9c, giving Campbell a pair of jacks to eliminate Anderson in 17th place.

Calais Campbell  –  5,230,000  (87 bb)
James Anderson  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($4,745)

Recent Eliminations
18th:  Emerson Ward  –  $4,745

Event 4: Calais Campbell Doubles Thru James Anderson

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,104

On a flop of Qd5h3d with about 400,000 in the pot, a back-and-forth between James Anderson in the small blind and Calais Campbell in middle position culminated with Campbell all in for 1,795,000.

Anderson:  AhQs
Campbell:  QhJh

Campbell was in dire straits with an inferior kicker, but the turn was the Jd to give him queens and jacks to pull ahead.

The river was the Tc, securing the double for Campbell.

Calais Campbell  –  4,000,000  (67 bb)
James Anderson  –  600,000  (10 bb)

Event 4: Georoh Netanelof Eliminated in 19th Place by Richard Newell Jr.

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  30,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,104

Georoh Netanelof raised all in for about 400,000 from the hijack and Richard Newell Jr. called in the big blind with AhQd, leading Netanelof’s Jd7d.

The board ran out AdQh9cJh2s, giving Newell Jr. aces and queens to eliminate Netanelof in 19th place.

Richard Newell Jr.  –  1,100,000  (22 bb)
Georoh Netanelof  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($3,875)

Recent Eliminations
20th:  Bassam Mourad  –  $3,875

Event 4: Brett Bader Doubles Thru Haim Toorgeman

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  30,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,104

Haim Toorgeman raised to 130,000 from the cutoff, Brett Bader reraised all in for 850,000 from the button and Toorgeman called.

Toorgeman:  AsKs
Bader:  JhJd

The board came Js8c2c3c2h, giving Bader jacks full of deuces to double through Toorgeman.

Brett Bader  –  1,830,000  (37 bb)
Haim Toorgeman  –  1,050,000  (21 bb)

Recent Eliminations
21st:  Roque Veviurka  –  $3,875
22nd:  Mike Chiappetta  –  $3,250
23rd:  Michael Turchin  –  $3,250

Event 4: Steven Cohen Eliminated in 24th Place by Jorge Gomez

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,104

Steven Cohen raised all in for 415,000 from the hijack and Jorge Gomez called in the big blind.

Cohen:  Ac5s
Gomez:  KhJd

The board came AdJcJsTh3d, giving Gomez trip jacks to eliminate Cohen in 24th place.

Jorge Gomez  –  1,900,000  (48 bb)
Steven Cohen  –  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($3,250)

Recent Eliminations
25th:  Curtis Daye  –  $2,815
26th:  Pinchas Chakchakov  –  $2,815
27th:  Orlando Maldonado Jr.  –  $2,815

Event 4: 28th – 36th Place Finishers

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 1,104

28th:  Alexander Perez $2,500
29th:  Nigel Murray $2,500
30th:  Michael McCray $2,500
31st:  Michel Bittan $2,500
32nd:  Bernhard Schmidt $2,500
33rd:  Nick Chiappetta $2,500
34th:  Omar Morillo $2,500
35th:  Rajasekar Govindan $2,500
36th:  Edward Mandel $2,500

Event 4: Alexander Perez Eliminated in 28th Place by Gary Fitzgerald

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 1,104

Bassam Mourad raised from the cutoff, Gary Fitzgerald raised all in for about 1,000,000 from the button, Alexander Perez called all in for 175,000 in the big blind and Mourad folded.

Fitzgerald:  AhTh
Perez:  QsTs

The board ran out Kc4d7cJc5d, no help to Perez, locking up the pot for Fitzgerald.

Gary Fitzgerald  –  1,390,000  (35 bb)
Alexander Perez  –  Eliminated in 28th Place  ($2,500)