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Main Event: We Have a Deal!

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 286

After the elimination of Adam Horowitz in eighth place, the remaining seven players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Devond Marshall – 1,835,000
Michael Elbilia – 1,530,000
Janet Kosloff – 1,130,000
Richard Whitebrook – 1,000,000
Michael Krill – 725,000
Fariborz Zojaji – 540,000
James Fox – 365,000

Here were the payouts:

Devond Marshall – $18,231
Michael Elbilia – $16,804
Janet Kosloff – $14,583
Richard Whitebrook – $13,756
Michael Krill – $11,801
Fariborz Zojaji – $10,294
James Fox – $8,685

As the chip leader, Devond Marshall is officially the winner of the 2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event!

Main Event: Adam Horowitz – 8th Place ($3,968)

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 286

Adam Horowitz raised all in for about 550,000 from the button and Michael Elbilia isolated from the small blind.

Horowitz: KcQh
Elbilia: AcKd

The board ran out 2h5h4d9sAd, no help to Horowitz, ending his run in eighth place.

Michael Elbilia – 1,530,000
Adam Horowitz – Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,968)

Main Event: Alcides Gomez – 9th Place ($3,172)

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 286

2018 Fun in the Sun Main Event champion Alcides Gomez raised all in for 540,000 from the hijack and Devond Marshall called from the button.

Gomez: 6h6s
Marshall: AdQh

The board ran out QdJs7s7h8d, giving Marshall queens and sevens to eliminate Gomez in ninth place.

Devond Marshall – 1,900,000
Alcides Gomez – Eliminated in 9th Place ($3,172)

Main Event: Final Table Lineup

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 286

Seat 1: James Fox – 365,000
Seat 2: Janet Kosloff – 330,000
Seat 3: Richard Whitebrook – 1,240,000
Seat 4: Michael Krill – 550,000
Seat 5: Adam Horowitz – 1,180,000
Seat 6: Michael Elbilia – 1,080,000
Seat 7: Alcides Gomez – 680,000
Seat 8: Fariborz Zojaji – 860,000
Seat 9: Devond Marshall – 880,000

Remaining Payouts
1st: $31,222
2nd: $22,308
3rd: $14,377
4th: $8,902
5th:  $6,871
6th: $5,691
7th: $4,783
8th: $3,968
9th: $3,172

Main Event: Feliex Resnick Eliminated by Fariborz Zojaji

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 286

In a battle of the blinds, Felix Resnick was all in from the small blind for about 150,000 with Qd5h against Fariborz Zojaji in the big blind with Js9s.

Zojaji paired his nine on the runout, ending Resnick’s run in 10th place.

Fariborz Zojaji – 860,000
Felix Resnick – Eliminated in 10th Place ($3,172)

Recent Eliminations
11th: Christophe Panetti – $2,674

Main Event: Richard Rice Eliminated by Devond Marshall

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 286

Devond Marshall raised from under the gun, Richard Rice three-bet shoved from the cutoff for about 195,000 and Marshall called.

Marshall: KdQc
Rice: 5h5s

The board ran out 2cJd8hQsAc, giving Marshall a pair of queens to eliminate Rice in 12th place.

Devond Marshall – 600,000
Richard Rice – Eliminated in 12th Place ($2,674)

Main Event: John Nguyen Eliminated by Adam Horowitz

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 286

John Nguyen raised all in for 305,000 from the hijack and Adam Horowitz called from the big blind with AdQs, leading Nguyen’s Ah5h.

The board ran out Ks10d7c6d9d, safe for Horowitz to score the elimination.

Adam Horowitz – 1,320,000
John Nguyen – Eliminated in 13th Place ($2,274)

Main Event: Gary Korkhin Eliminated by Michael Elbilia

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 286

Michael Elbilia raised to 40,000 from the button, Gary Korkhin three-bet all in for about 110,000 from the small blind and Elbilia called.

Elbilia: 2d2h
Korkhin: 9h9c

The board ran out 7s2s5cKd10d, giving Elbilia a set of deuces to eliminate Korkhin.

Michael Elbilia – 790,000
Gary Korkhin – Eliminated in 14th Place ($2,274)

Main Event: Chip Counts at Break

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 286

Table 20
Seat 1: Janet Kosloff – 150,000
Seat 2: Richard Rice – 775,000
Seat 3: Michael Elbilia – 585,000
Seat 4: Gary Korkhin – 155,000
Seat 5:
Seat 6: Felix Resnick – 475,000
Seat 7: Fariborz Zojaji – 460,000
Seat 8: Devond Marshall – 405,000
Seat 9:

Table 27
Seat 1: Alcides Gomez – 625,000
Seat 2: James Fox – 575,000
Seat 3:
Seat 4: John Nguyen – 475,000
Seat 5:
Seat 6: Christophe Panetti – 280,000
Seat 7: Richard Whitebrook – 920,000
Seat 8: Michael Krill – 345,000
Seat 9: Adam Horowitz – 750,000

Main Event: Wanlop Phonphornwithoon Eliminated by John Nguyen

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 286

John Nguyen raised from under the gun, Wanlop Phonphornwithoon three-bet shoved from the next seat over 57,000 and Nguyen called with Ad9d, leading Phonphornwithoon’s KcQc.

The board ran out 7sJs3d2d8h, no help to Phonphornwithoon, locking up the pot for Nguyen.

John Nguyen – 730,000
Wanlop Phonphornwithoon – Eliminated in 15th Place ($2,274)