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 C Entries:  209

The player on the button raised to about 5,000, T.K. Miles called in the small blind and Jason Wandling called in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Wandling bet 7,000. The button folded, Miles check-raised to effectively 40,000-ish and Wandling folded.

T.K. Miles  –  138,000  (138 bb)
Jason Wandling  –  40,000  (40 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 C Entries:  203

With 203 entries so far in Flight C (along with the 331 combined from Flights A and B), the prize pool has just passed the $800,000 mark with another hour of registration to go.

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 C Entries:  198

Juan Montoya was all in for 12,300 from middle position with against his opponent on the button holding .

The board ran out , giving Montoya aces and tens to double up.

Juan Montoya –  28,000  (47 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 C Entries:  189

Here were the biggest stacks at the break:

1.  Alejandro Funes  –  146,100  (243 bb)
2.  Willie Wiggins  –  145,500  (242 bb)
3.  Brandon Navarrete  –  141,700  (236 bb)
4.  Jack Sumner  –  140,900  (235 bb)
5.  Charlemagne Benjamin  –  122,700  (205 bb)

The prize pool currently sits at $780,000 and rising. Registration remains open until the start of Level 12 (5:45 p.m.)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight C Entries:  175

Steve Buckner  –  130,000  (260 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin  –  110,000  (220 bb)
Alejandro Funes  –  88,000  (176 bb)
Chad Lipton  –  85,000  (170 bb)
Marc Sacheli  –  85,000  (170 bb)
Matthew Lambrecht  –  76,000  (152 bb)
Angelo Miele  –  60,000  (120 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  50,000  (100 bb)
Aaron Klausman  –  49,000  (98 bb)
Jason Wandling  –  48,000  (96 bb)
Steven McKoy  –  45,000  (90 bb)
Mike Vela  –  45,000  (90 bb)
Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  43,000  (86 bb)
Guillermo Hamilton  –  42,000  (84 bb)
Richard Rice  –  40,000  (80 bb)
Kevin Chan  –  40,000  (80 bb)
James Carroll  –  40,000  (80 bb)
Hal Rotholz  –  37,000  (74 bb)
Colby Covington  –  37,000  (74 bb)
Al Norman  –  37,000  (74 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  30,000  (60 bb)
Thomas Gari  –  30,000  (60 bb)
Nick Chiappetta  –  15,000  (30 bb)

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Entries:  166

Michael Newman  –  95,000  (238 bb)
Michael Graffeo  –  87,000  (218 bb)
Peter Fellows  –  85,000  (213 bb)
David Vurgait  –  78,000  (195 bb)
David Nathaniel Jr.  –  70,000  (175 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  68,000  (170 bb)
Raffello Locatelli  –  65,000  (163 bb)
Juan Endara  –  52,000  (130 bb)
Neal Corcoran  –  52,000  (130 bb)
Claudio Piedrabuena  –  47,000  (118 bb)
Matt Waxman  –  45,000  (113 bb)
Colbert Silva  –  45,000  (113 bb)
Juan Montoya  –  40,000  (100 bb)
Mark Wahba  –  40,000  (100 bb)
Sandy Sanchez  –  37,000  (93 bb)
Steven Bennett  –  35,000  (88 bb)
Luke Brereton  –  20,000  (50 bb)
Denys Shafikov  –  18,000  (45 bb)

Escalator VII Schedule

11 a.m. – Event #5 Flight C – $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 C will end after Level 12 (7:45 p.m.)
  • Structure Sheet
  • Chip Counts Thru Flight B

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:  93 of 331

Flight A:  169 Entries;  46 Advanced
Flight B:  162 Entries;  47 Advanced
Flight C:  Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  49 of 162

Following a flop of , Deonarine Itwaru checked from the big blind and John McDonald checked from early position. Joseph Jean bet 15,000 from the cutoff, Itwaru raised all in for 39,500 and    McDonald reraised all in for 126,000.

Jean tanked for a little while before he folded face up.

Itwaru sowed , but was drawing slim against the of  McDonald.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for McDonald to score the elimination.

John McDonald  –  195,000  (98 bb)
Joseph Jean  –  150,000  (75 bb)
Deonarine Itwaru  –  Eliminated

Escalator VII Series Event 5
$1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  59 of 162

Gary Gelman raised to 4,000 in middle position, the player in the hijack three-bet all in for 27,500, Joel Gola called in the cutoff and Gelman called.

The flop was , Gelman checked, Gola bet 15,000 and Gelman folded.

Gola showed , leading his opponent’s .

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Gola to score the elimination.

Joel Gola  –  350,000  (233 bb)