2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

It folded to Joseph Gotlieb on the button and he slid in a pile of chips that had David Shmuel in the small blind and Ilan Hadida in the big blinds easily covered. Shmuel called off while Hadida folded. Shmuel was at risk.

Shmuel:
Gotlieb:

Runout:

Gotlieb paired his ace and won the hand eliminating Shmuel in 12th place.

David Shmuel – Eliminated in 12th place ($4,971)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Evan Teitelbaum – Eliminated in 13th place ($3,314)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

David Shmuel open-shoved and Dejan Petkovic — who was short stacked following a big pot against David Poces — called for less. It folded around and Petkovic was at risk.

Shmuel:
Petkociv:

Runout:

Shmuel’s pair held and Petkovic was eliminated in 15th place.

David Shmuel – 1,100,000 (22 bb)
Dejan Petkovic – Eliminated in 14th place ($3,314)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Jose Navarrete – Eliminated in 15th place ($3,314)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

With the blinds up to 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante and an average stack dipping below 30 bigs, play is thinning late in the Escalator $350. Adam Mann recently succumbed to the deep stages of the event, ultimately busting in 16th place. The elimination earned the remaining 15 players a pay jump as they secured at least $3,314.

Adam Mann – Eliminated in 16th place ($2,252)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Juan Vazquez had his last roughly 600,000 in the middle and David Poces had him at risk.

Vazquez:
Poces:

Runout:

Poces paired up his queen to take the pot and eliminated Vazquez in 17th place. Preceding him on the rail was Brandon Setzer in 18th place.

David Poces – 1,625,000 (40 bb)
Juan Vazquez – Eliminated in 17th place ($2,252)
Brandon Setzer – Eliminated in 18th place ($2,252)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Georges Boyadjian busted in 19th place sending the Escalator $350 down to 18 players and the final two tables.

Here’s a look at the eliminations since dinner:

20th: Alan Gold – $1,878
21st: Sean Shah – $1,878
22nd: Gabriel Caballero – $1,878
23rd: Alberto Niebla – $1,878
24th: Shlomi Bracha – $1,878

Additional results are available in the posts below.

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Alan Gold is the most recent elimination in the Escalator $350 busting in 20th place for $1,878.

Alan Gold – Eliminated in 20th place ($1,878)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

There was an under the gun raise by Scott Levitt and Sean Shah three-bet all-in for about 300,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Levitt called putting Shah at risk.

Shah:
Levitt:

Runout:

Levitt paired his ace to come from behind and eliminate Shah in 21st place.

Scott Levitt – 1,600,000 (53 bb)
Sean Shah – Eliminated in 21st place ($1,878)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Down to the 10-big-blind range, Shlomi Bracha got the last of his stack in preflop versus David Poces. Poces had the best of it with versus Bracha’s .

Runout:

Poces’ jacks held and Bracha was eliminated in 24th place.

David Poces – 1,300,000 (43 bb)
Shlomi Bracha – Eliminated in 24th place ($1,878)