2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Heading to Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

The remaining 24 players are now on a 40-minute dinner break. Cards go back in the air at about 9:08pm. Until then, here’s an updated look at the tournament results:

25th: Ory Hen – $1,878
26th: Michael Graffeo – $1,878
27th: Charlemagne Benjamin – $1,878
28th: Iman Dan – $1,581
29th: Salvador Hernandez – $1,581
30th: Manny Tarich – $1,581
31st: Mark Wahba – $1,581
32nd: Michael Bucar – $1,581
33rd: Franis Margaglione – $1,581

Additional results are available in the posts below.

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Play has narrowed to 27 players with Idris Ambraisse remaining atop the counts. Others still in include Michael Graffeo, Ory Hen, David Shmuel, Sean Shah, Georges Boyadjian, Evan Teitelbaum and Joseph Gotlieb.

Dinner break is currently less than 10 minutes away and we’ll provide an updated look at the results during the recess. In the meantime, here’s a look at the remaining payouts:

1st – $88,939* + $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Seat
2nd – $53,460*
3rd – $33,362*
4th – $28,179*
5th – $23,505*
6th – $19,171*
7th – $14,892*
8th – $11,013
9th – $8,081*
10th – $5,531*
11th-12th – $4,971
13th-15th – $3,314
16th-18th – $2,252
19th-27th – $1,878

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Francis Margaglione is the most recent opponent to meet his fate courtesy of chip leader Idris Ambraisse. Margaglione got his last roughly 125,000 in the middle preflop and was drawing slim with against Ambraisse’s . The runout fell lame and Margaglione hit the rail in 33rd place.

For Ambraisse, the hand moved him further above the 4,000,000 mark. Here are some figures putting Ambraisse’s 4,125,000 chips in perspective:

• Ambraisse holds more than 19 percent of the total chips in play with 32 players remaining
• He claims more than 200 big blinds which accounts for just under six times the average stack
• If play was five-handed right now, he’d have an average stack

Idris Ambraisse – 4,125,000 (206 bb)
Francis Margaglione – Eliminated in 33rd place ($1,581)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Here’s a look at the updated results through 34th place:

34th: Michael Babani – $1,581
35th: Mark Nahama – $1,581
36th: Ronald Campillpo – $1,581
37th: James Clark – $1,351
38th: Raymond Roberty – $1,351
39th: Alan Saltzman – $1,351
40th: Pedro Palacio – $1,351
41st: Zoltan Czinkota – $1,351
42nd: Arturo Trujillo – $1,351
43rd: Emerson Ward – $1,351
44th: Angelo Miele – $1,351
45th: Karen Mairena – $1,351
46th: Aldring Torres – $1,168
47th: Frederico Dornelas – $1,168
48th: Jordan Meltzer – $1,168
49th: Reinaldo Trutschel – $1,168
50th: Lester Trimino – $1,168
51st: Chad Starker – $1,168
52nd: Robertas Zebrauskis – $1,168
53rd: Kristopher Stupicic – $1,168
54th: Jason Ehlen – $1,168
55th: Dimitry Agracho – $1,020
56th: Jorge Gomez – $1,020
57th: Jonathan Brody – $1,020
58th: Daniel Pearlman – $1,020

Additional results are available in the posts below.

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

As recapped by the table, Ronald Campillo raised the cutoff to 50,000 and Idris Ambraisse three-bet the button to 150,000. It was on the small blind and he four-bet shoved for 245,000. Both Campillo and Ambraisse — who sat with over 1,400,000 apiece — called. They were heads up to the flop and compete for a sidepot. Campillo checked blind.

Flop: — With Campillo’s dark check, action was on Ambraisse who checked as well.

Turn: — Campillo bet and Ambraisse boldly moved all-in for 1,452,000. Campillo called and the biggest pot of the tournament was in limbo.

Ambraisse: for a set
Campillo: for an overpair
Small blind:

River:

Ambraisse improved to a fullhouse and took a multi-million chip pot from Campillo while eliminating the small blind in the process.

Campillo was left short and busted soon after when his was second best to Ambraisse’s all-in preflop. Ambraisse enjoyed a huge chip lead.

Idris Ambraisse – 4,025,000 (201 bb)
Ronald Campillo – Eliminated in 36th place ($1,581)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
End of Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

The under the gun player raised to 35,000 and Adam Mann called from middle position. It folded around to the big blind who came along as well and they were three-handed to the flop.

Flop: – The big blind shoved for about 110,000. The under the gun player folded and Mann called. The big blind was at risk.

Mann: for top pair, jack kicker
Big blind: for top pair, 10 kicker

Turn and river:

Mann’s kicker was best and the big blind was eliminated just as players headed on break.

Adam Mann – 1,630,000 (101 bb)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Level 22 is freshly underway and it’s Ronald Campillo that leads the field with only five tables (45 players) left. Campillo has healthy holdings of 1,400,000 and is one of only two players in seven figures.

Ronald Campillo – 1,400,000 (87 bb)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

There was heads-up action in a raised pot between Idris Ambraisse and a lone opponent. The flop fell . Ambraisse’s opponent lead and Ambraisse called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river completed the board and Ambraisse’s opponent checked. Ambraisse bet and the opponent reluctantly called.

Ambraisse: for a rivered straight

The opponent was second best and Ambraisse took the pot. The hand moved him further over the 1,000,000 mark as he secured his spot among the chip leaders.

Idris Ambraisse – 1,200,000 (100 bb)

2018 Escalator Series (Week 3)
$350 Buy-In, $300,000 Guaranteed
Heading to Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 58 of 1,435 | Structure | Payouts

Here’s another round of results as players are in the midst of their second break of the day:

59th: Bebert Benhamo – $1,020
60th: Adam Ross – $1,020
61st: Loc Nguyen – $1,020
62nd: Ross Corless – $1,020
63rd: Shariff Nassar – $1,020
64th: Michael Fryett – $871
65th: William Farnan – $871
66th: Charles Horton – $871
67th: Chas Samuel – $871
68th: Paul Balzano – $871
69th: Scott Efron – $871
70th: Nicolas Yunis – $871
71st: John Dermody – $871
72nd: Haim Nagar – $871
73rd: Jordan Keller – $790
74th: Michael Newman – $790
75th: Kenneth Bruno – $790
76th: Roberto Martelo – $790
77th: Adam Koppel – $790
78th: Quyen Hoang – $790
79th: Brian Appel – $790
80th: Andre Rakusa – $790
81st: Alexander Ruth – $790
82nd: Anthony Perrotta – $744
83rd: Bryan Reinsel – $744
84th: Joshua Robins – $744
85th: Christian Rodriguez – $744
86th: Thomas Schlesinger – $744
87th: Paulius Bikus – $744
88th: Juan Rodraguez – $744
89th: Vincent Spadavecchia – $744
90th: Shawn Defoe – $744
91st: Eduardo Kock – $710
92nd: Stephen Novak – $710
93rd: Brian Eisenberg – $710
94th: Frederico Dabus – $710
95th: Michael Mizrachi – $710
96th: Justin Harvell – $710
97th: Marvin Young – $710
98th: Rafael Calero – $710
99th: Andrew Dakoski – $710
100th: Juan Peralta – $710
101st: Dennis Rodriguez – $680
102nd: Colby Covington – $680
103rd: Marc Anderson – $680
104th: Richard Leger – $680

Additional results are available in the posts below.

Beginning at 4pm was a $390 buy-in satellite into the $3,000,000 guaranteed televised WPT Poker Showdown Championship. The satellite boasts two seats guaranteed and the clock shows 16 players in the game at present. Registration and re-entry is available until about 7:30pm.

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