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Main Event: A Few Updated Chip Counts

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 286

Adam Horowitz – 437,000
Gary Korkhin – 252,000
Alcides Gomez – 240,000
Jacquelyn Scott – 230,000
Pasquale Caiazza – 220,000
Howard Mash – 180,000
Joseph Duchman – 155,000
Paul Domb – 153,000
Nick Yunis – 138,000
Zoltan Czinkota – 135,000
Richard Rice – 125,000
Solange Lucas – 105,000
Jack Shea – 100,000
Eric Siegel – 65,000
Alik Sitnyakovsky – 53,000
Michael Tait – 52,000
Raminder Singh – 47,000
Rob Tannenbaum – 44,000
Marc Sacheli – 42,000
Jaime Wiegrefe – 5,000

Main Event: Ory Hen Eliminated by Adam Horowitz

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 286

Ory Hen raised to 25,000 from the button,  tournament chip leader Adam Horowitz three-bet from the small blind and Hen called all in for 35,000 total.

Hen: AdQs
Horowitz: KhQh

The board ran out 10cKs10s9h4d, giving Horowitz kings and tens to eliminate Hen and add to his chip lead.

Adam Horowitz – 395,000
Ory Hen – Eliminated

Main Event: Michael Tait Doubles Up

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Players Remaining: 99 of 286

The player in the hijack raised, Michael Tait three-bet shoved for roughly 32,000 and his opponent called with AsJs, trailing Tait’s AhKh.

The board ran out Kc9s7d5h10d, giving Tait a pair of kings to double up.

Michael Tait – 68,000

Main Event: A Few Chip Counts From Around the Room

2019 Fun in the Sun Main Event
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Players Remaining: 108 of 286

Adam Horowitz – 227,000
Jacquelyn Scott – 158,000
Pasquale Caiazza – 115,000
Michael Stewartson – 107,000
Gary Korkhin – 106,000
Paul Domb – 101,000
Scott Baumstein – 94,000
Jorge Gomez – 94,000
Zoltan Czinkota – 92,000
Alik Sitnyakovsky – 90,000
Raminder Singh – 87,000
Cory Zeidman – 86,000
Steve Karp – 77,000
T.K. Miles – 60,000
Brian Hastings – 56,000
Howard Mash – 48,000
Michael Tait – 32,000
Jaime Wiegrefe – 29,000
Ory Hen – 29,000
Scott Zakheim – 24,000
Kevin Chan – 19,000

Main Event: Payouts

2019 Fun in the Sun
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$570 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 286
Prize Pool: $143,000
December 29, 2019

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-10th: $3,172
11th-12th: $2,674
13th-15th: $2,274
16th-18th: $1,900
19th-21st: $1,559
22nd-24th: $1,248
25th-27th: $1,105
28th-36th: $992

Fun in the Sun Day 4 Schedule (Sunday)

Primary Event Schedule

11 a.m. – Event 4 – $570 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (about 3:30 PM)
  • Event 4 Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will begin at about 3:30 p.m.

Michael Stewartson Wins Event 3 of 2019 F.I.T.S. After Heads-Up Deal

2019 Fun in the Sun
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 106
Tournament Prize Pool:  $21,200
Bounty Prize Pool: $10,600
December 28, 2019

Michael Stewartson
2019 Fun in the Sun Event 3 Champion Michael Stewartson

Event 3 of the 2019 Fun in the Sun was a $360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry). A field of 106 entries created a total prize pool of $31,800. A heads-up deal between the final two players took place, and as the chip leader Michael Stewartson was officially the winner for $5,477.

Final Results
*1st: Michael Stewartson – $5,477
*2nd: Reymundo Silva – $4,805
3rd: Lanh Pham – $2,353
4th: Neil Blumenfield – $1,537
5th: Mark Allott – $1,187
6th: Jeffrey Turton – $975
7th: Adam Wiatrowski – $827
8th: Paul Freedman – $721
9th: Solange Lucas – $636
10th: Christopher Safaya – $562
11th: Jeffrey Wilcox – $562
12th: Dale Berman – $562
13th: Conor Hannan -$498
14th: Michael Tait – $498

*denotes heads-up deal

Event 3: We Have a Deal!

$360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 106

After playing heads-up for about 10 minutes, Michael Stewartson and Reymundo Silva agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Michael Stewartson – 1,014,000
Reymundo Silva – 576,000

Here were the payouts:

Michael Stewartson – $5,477
Reymundo Silva – $4,805

As the chip lead, Michael Stewartson is officially the winner of Event 3 of the 2019 Fun in the Sun!

Event 3: Lanh Pham – 3rd Place ($2,353)

$360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 106

With the board reading Jc5sJsQc5h with about 250,000 in the pot, Lanh Pham was all in from the big blind for 329,000 and Michael Stewartson tanked from the small blind for a while before he called.

Pham showed 6s2s for a missed flush draw, while Stewartson tabled 5c3d for fives full of jacks to eliminate Pham in third place.

Michael Stewartson – 1,260,000
Reymundo Silva – 330,000
Lanh Pham – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,353)

Event 3: Neil Blumenfield – 4th Place ($1,537)

$360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 106

Neil Blumenfield raised all in for 129,000 from under the gun and Michael Stewartson thought for a bit before he called from the small blind.

Blumenfield: Ac9c
Stewartson: Ad5d

The flop came 2cKc9s, giving Blumenfield a commanding lead with a pair of nines and a flush draw.

The 3d turn fell, giving Stewartson a few outs to a wheel.

The river was the 4h, giving Stewartson a wheel to eliminate Blumenfield in fourth place.

Michael Stewartson – 815,000
Neil Blumenfield – Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,537)