When play resumed, Stefansky picked up where he left off and had the lead entering heads-up play. He scored two eliminations to add to his lead and a third day of the tournament was needed as the final four players reached a hard stop. When the final table was reached, Stefansky sat comfortably with 30% of the chips in play. From about seven tables down, Stefansky was running away with the chip lead as no player was within 25 big blinds of his lead. He consistently stayed near the top of the leader board and once the field was in the money at 70 players, Stefansky vaulted to the top of the counts, and it wasn’t particularly close. There were 175 players who returned on Day 2 and Stefansky was sixth in chips. Across three starting flights, a field of 559 entries generated a prize pool of $838,500, easily besting the $500,000 guarantee.Ī heads-up deal was reached at the final table, and as the chip leader it was Aaron Stefansky who was the official Event 5 champion for $135,733. March 9-13, 2023 2023 Escalator VII Event 5 Champion Aaron StefanskyĮvent 5 of the Escalator VII Series was a multi-flight $1,700 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry).
