Event 4: Jorge Gomez Eliminated in 10th Place by Gary Gelman

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,104

Jorge Gomez

Gary Gelman raised to 250,000 from the UTG/hijack, Jorge Gomez three-bet all in for about 2,100,000 from the button and Gelman called with AhAc, leading Gomez’s AsKs.

The board ran out 2h7h9s6h4h, no help to Gomez, ending his tournament in 10th place.

Gary Gelman  –  7,300,000  (58 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($9,700)

Event 4: Neil Ho Eliminated in 11th Place by Mark Wahba

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,104

Neil Ho

Mark Wahba raised to 250,000 from under the gun, Neil Ho three-bet all in for 925,000 in the big blind and Wahba thought for a bit before he called.

Wahba:  Qh8h
Ho:  AsJh

The board ran out 5hTs7s7h6h, giving Wahba a flush on the river to eliminate Ho in 11th place.

Mark Wahba  –  6,400,000  (64 bb)
Neil Ho  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($7,440)

Event 4: Robert Cohen Eliminated in 12th Place by Rafael Valecillos

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,104

Robert Cohen raised all in for 600,000 from the button and Rafael Valecillos isolated the action with a reshove from the small blind.

Cohen:  Js9c
Valecillos:  KdQd

The board ran out 8s2h6sQh3c, no help to Cohen, ending his tournament in 12th place.

Rafael Valecillos  –  2,475,000  (25 bb)
Robert Cohen  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($7,440)

With 11 players remaining, the average stack is about 3,000,000  (30 bb).

Event 4: Ya Yun Liu Eliminated in 13th Place by Neil Ho

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,104

Neil Ho raised to effectively 750,000 from the small blind and Ya Yun Liu called all in for that amount in the big blind with Ah6s, leading Ho’s Ac2c.

The board came down 3s9c2h2d9h, giving Ho deuces full of nines to eliminate Liu in 13th place.

Neil Ho  –  2,000,000  (20 bb)
Ya Yun Liu  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($5,835)

Event 4: Brett Bader Doubles Thru Robert Cohen

Escalator VII Series Event 4
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,104

Robert Cohen raised to 275,000 from the button and Brett Bader called in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a Th4c8c6h board where Bader bet 200,000. Cohen raised to effectively 1,050,000 and Bader thought for a bit before he called all in with Qh8h, leading Cohen’s Kh9h.

The 6s river completed the board, safe for Bader to double up.

Brett Bader  –  2,800,000  (28 bb)
Robert Cohen  –  600,000  (6 bb)

 

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)