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
Flight A Players Remaining:  19 of 149

Bassam Mourad raised from under the gun, Devin Delatorre was already all in for 2,000 in the small blind and Quan Phui called in the big blind.

The flop was and Phui check-called 20,000 from Mourad.

The turn was the and both checked.

The river was the , Phui bet 40,000 and Mourad called.

Phui tabled for trip queens, besting Mourad’s and Delatorre’s to send the remaining 19 players into the money and onward to Day 2.

Quan Phui  –  328,000  (41 bb)
Bassam Mourad  –  132,000  (17 bb)
Devin Delatorre  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

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
Flight A Players Remaining:  20 of 149

Quan Phui limped from under the gun, Andrue Orihuela did the same in the small blind and Devin Delatorre raised all in for 81,000 in the big blind. Phui folded while Orihuela called all in for 79,000.

Orihuela: 
Delatorre: 

The board ran out , giving Orihuela a set of eights to double up.

Andrue Orihuela  –  174,000  (22 bb)
Devin Delatorre  –  2,000  (< 1 bb)

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 A Players Remaining:  20 of 149

Devin Delatorre raised all in for 56,000 from the hijack and Jordan Semel called in the big blind with , leading Delatorre’s .

The board ran out , giving Delatorre a six-high straight to double through Semel.

Devin Delatorre  –  121,000  (20 bb)
Jordan Semel  –  75,000  (13 bb)

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 A Players Remaining:  20 of 149

Play has been hand-for-hand on the money bubble for a full level legnth.

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 A Players Remaining:  23 of 149

Quan Phui raised all in for 51,000 from under the gun and Devin Delatorre called in the big blind with , racing with Phui’s .

The board ran out , giving Phui aces and kings to double through Delatorre.

Quan Phui  –  110,000  (22 bb)
Devin Delatorre  –  250,000  (50 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 A Players Remaining:  26 of 149

Feiwen Wu raised to 9,000 from middle position, Guy Naimi called in the hijack, James Anderson three-bet to 33,000 from the button and only Wu called.

The flop was , Wu led for 33,000, Anderson raised to 70,000 and Wu called.

The turn was the , Wu checked, Anderson bet effectively 130,000 and Wu folded.

James Anderson  –  540,000  (135 bb)
Feiwen Wu  –  130,000  (33 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 A Players Remaining:  31 of 149

Alexander Perez opened to 6,000 from under the gun, James Anderson three-bet to 17,500 from middle position and Perez called.

The flop was , Perez checked, Anderson bet 15,000 and Perez called.

The turn was the , Perez checked, Anderson bet 37,000 and Perez thought for a while before he folded.

James Anderson  –  380,000  (127 bb)
Alexander Perez  –  190,000  (63 bb)

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

Flight B 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 B 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 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  40 of 149

1.  James Anderson  –  335,000  (134 bb)
2.  Guy Naimi  –  260,000  (104 bb)
3.  Bassam Mourad  –  245,000  (98 bb)
4.  Jordan Semel  –  240,000  (96 bb)

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 A Players Remaining:  46 of 149

Joseph Duchman was all in for about 35,000 in early position against Harry Velkuru in the hijack.

Duchman: 
Velkuru: 

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

Harry Velkuru  –  110,000  (55 bb)
Joseph Duchman  –  Eliminated