$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool: $26,460
Players Remaining: 16/126

Yuriy Kozinskiy raised to 7,500 from under the gun, a player in middle position reraised all in for 35,500, and Kozinskiy called with , leading his opponent’s .

The board came down , safe for Kozinsky to win the pot and send the remaining field into the money.

Yuriy Kozinskiy – 265,000 (88 bb)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool: $26,460
Players Remaining: 21/126

Michael Sinisgalli limped from the small blind, the player in the big blind raised all in for 17,500, and Sinisgalli called mulled it over for a bit before he called with , trailing his opponent’s .

The board came down , giving Sinisgalli tens and sevens to score the elimination.

Michael Sinisgalli – 120,000 (40 bb)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool: $26,460
Players Remaining: 36/126

Following a flop of with about 12,000 in the pot, the player in the small blind checked and the player in the big blind bet 4,500. Event 1 winner Steven Bennett called from the button, and the player in the small blind folded.

The turn was the , the big blind checked, Bennett bet 8,500, and his opponent called. The river was the , the big blind checked, Bennett bet 24,000, and his opponent tanked for a while before he folded.

Bennet won the pot to chip to about 160,000, and he is among the biggest stacks in the room.

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Structure
Prize Pool: $26,460
Players Remaining: 59/126

Event 4 of the 2017 Fun in the Sun Poker Open drew 126 entries, generating a prize pool of $26,460.

The top 16 places will be paid, with a min-cash set at $516 and a first-place prize of $7,672.

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Structure
Entries: 116

Allan Bieler raised to 2,000 from early position, Ory Hen three-bet to 5,500 from the hijack, Bieler four-bet shoved for about 8,000, and Hen called.

Bieler:
Hen:

The board came down , giving Hen kings full of aces to eliminate Bieler.

Ory Hen – 28,000 (35 bb)
Allan Bieler – Eliminated

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Structure
Entries: 102

Steven Bennett – 38,500 (77 bb)
Marc Sacheli – 28,000 (56 bb)
Stanley Sanders – 21,000 (42 bb)
Steve Oliver – 18,500 (37 bb)
Yigal Hen – 15,000 (30 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 15,000 (30 bb)
Haim Toorgeman – 14,000 (28 bb)
Craig Witz – 13,000 (26 bb)
Ory Hen – 12,000 (24 bb)
Jonathan Marks – 12,000 (24 bb)
Juan Diaz – 10,000 (20 bb)
Allan Bieler – 9,500 (19 bb)
Michael Krumenacker – 9,000 (18 bb)

2017 Fun in the Sun Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 131
Prize Pool: $26,200
Bounty Prize Pool: $13,100
December 28, 2017

The 2017 Fun in the Sun Poker Open continued on Thursday with Event 3, a $350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em tournament. A field of 131 entries generated a total prize pool of $39,300, easily surpassing the $25,000 guarantee. Of that prize pool, $13,100 was set aside for bounties. When it was all said and done, Paul Freedman emerged victorious for $7,405 and a $3,500 seat to the WPT Championship Event at the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

Residing in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, this marks the 62-year-old Freedman’s first career cash at the Seminole Hard Rock. Primarily playing in the northeast, Freedman has amassed more than $175,000 in career tournament earnings.

$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool: $26,200
Bounty Prize Pool: $13,100
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1/131

Paul Freedman raised to 33,000 from the button, Allan Bieler reraised all in for about 535,000 from the big blind, and Freedman called.

Freedman:
Bieler:

The board came down , no help to Bieler, ending his tournament with a runner-up showing for $4,683. Paul Freedman wins Event 3 for $7,405.

A recap of the tournament will be posted later tonight.

$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool: $26,200
Bounty Prize Pool: $13,100
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2/131

Paul Freedman – 800,000 (50 bb)
Allan Bieler – 510,000 (32 bb)

$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool: $26,200
Bounty Prize Pool: $13,100
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2/131

Craig Witz raised all in from the small blind for about 200,000, and Allan Bieler called from the big blind with , leading Witz’s .

The board rolled out , no help to Witz, ending his tournament in third place.