Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  72 of 162

Brandon Navarrete raised from the button, Nadya Magnus three-bet to 8,500 from the small blind and Navarrete called.

The flop was , Magnus continued for 7,000, Navarette raised to about 16,500 and Magnus called.

The turn was the and both checked.

The river was the , Magnus bet 19,000 and Navarrete called.

Magnus tabled for a set of queens, Navarrete mucked and Magnus collected the pot.

Nadya Magnus  –  160,000  (107 bb)
Brandon Navarrete  –  20,000  (13 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  81 of 162

Here were most of the biggest stacks at the most recent break:

1.  Ariel Mantel  –  224,000  (149 bb)
2.  Mike Wetcher  –  210,000  (140 bb)
3.  Pasqaule Caiazza  –  209,500  (140 bb)
4.  Alex Borukhovich  –  192,000  (128 bb)
5.  Feiwen Wu  –  189,500  (127 bb)
6.  Jason Holzberg  –  188,500  (126 bb)
7.  Victor Figueroa  –  187,500  (125 bb)

Registration is now closed, with the official Flight B field size set at 162 entries. The total field size through two flights is 331 entries with one starting flight to come.

Flight B will conclude following the conclusion on Level 12 at about 7:45 p.m.

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  157

Long Nguyen was all in for about 18,000 from the hijack against Jason Wandling in the big blind.

Nguyen: 
Wandling: 

The board ran out , giving Wandling a set of nines to eliminate Nguyen.

Jason Wandling  –  85,000  (85 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Flight B Entries:  148

The player on the button was all in for about 17,000 with , Brian Powell was all in from the small blind for about 76,000 with and Robert Mantin had both covered from under the gun with .

The board ran out , safe for Powell to double through Mantin while eliminating the third player.

Brian Powell  –  171,000  (214 bb)
Robert Mantin  –  84,000  (105 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Flight B Entries:  144

Michael Newman was all in for about 16,000 from under the gun against Fred Dabus in the small blind.

Newman: 
Dabus: 

The board ran out , giving Newman trip aces to double through Dabus.

Michael Newman  –  34,000  (43 bb)
Fred Dabus  –  85,000  (106 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Flight B Entries:  144

Scott Zakheim raised to 2,100 from middle position and Eric Kolodny called in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Zakheim bet 4,000. Kolodny called.

The river was the , Kolodny checked, Zakheim bet 8,000 and Kolodny thought for a little while before he folded.

Zakheim showed the table for quad aces as he collected the pot.

Scott Zakheim  –  46,000  (58 bb)
Eric Kolodny  –  42,000  (53 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries:  137

Brian Powell  –  140,000  (233 bb)
Alejandro Arana Torres  –  110,000  (183 bb)
Victor Figueroa  –  102,000  (170 bb)
Fred Dabus  –  97,000  (162 bb)
Michael Newman  –  75,000  (125 bb)
Feiwen Wu  –  75,000  (125 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  70,000  (117 bb)
Trent Smith  –  67,000  (112 bb)
Robert Mantin  –  65,000  (108 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  45,000  (75 bb)
Claudio Piedrabuena  –  44,000  (73 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  40,000  (67 bb)
Timothy Allen  –  38,000  (63 bb)
Robert Antunes  –  37,000  (62 bb)
James Hughes  –  36,000  (60 bb)
Ya Yun Liu  –  22,000  (37 bb)
Marc Sacheli  –  21,000  (35 bb)
Hal Rotholz  –  15,000  (25 bb)
Al Norman  –  7,000  (12 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries:  131

George Hortelano  –  125,000  (208 bb)
Brett Bader  –  105,000  (175 bb)
Jason Wandling  –  98,000  (163 bb)
Matthew Lambrecht  –  92,000  (153 bb)
Joel Gola  –  86,000  (143 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  80,000  (133 bb)
Stuart Greenbaum  –  75,000  (125 bb)
Chad Lipton  –  63,000  (105 bb)
Deonarine Itwaru  –  54,000  (90 bb)
Aaron Klausman  –  52,000  (87 bb)
Eric Kolodny  –  50,000  (83 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  45,000  (75 bb)
James Carroll  –  43,000  (72 bb)
Sandeep Velkuru  –  37,000  (62 bb)
Miguel Capriles  –  19,000  (32 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  9,000  (15 bb)
Richard Whitebrook  –  8,000  (13 bb)

Escalator VII Schedule

11 a.m. – Event #5 Flight B – $1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • 40-minute levels
  • Late registration until start of Level 10 (5:45 p.m.)
  • Flight B will end after Level 12 (7:45 p.m.)
  • Structure Sheet

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  46 of 169

Flight A:  169 Entries;  46 Advanced
Flight B:  Friday at 11 a.m.
Flight C:  Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.