$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool: $26,200
Bounty Prize Pool: $13,100
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 19/131

Daniel Mendel raised all in for about 11,500 from the button, and Allan Bieler called from the big blind.

Mendel:
Bieler:

The board came down , no help to Mendel, securing the pot and the bounty for Bieler.

Allan Bieler – 82,000 (68 bb)
Daniel Mendel – Eliminated

$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool: $26,200
Bounty Prize Pool: $13,100
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 22/131

Paul Freedman raised to 2,500 from the button, Eric Siegel reraised all in from the small blind for 26,000, Joseph Duchman called from the big blind, and Freedman folded.

Siegel:
Duchman:

The board ran out , safe for Siegel to double up.

Eric Siegel – 55,200 (55 bb)
Joseph Duchman – 3,500 (3 bb)

$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Structure
Prize Pool: $26,200
Bounty Prize Pool: $13,100
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 29/131

Event 3 drew 131 entries, generating a prize pool of $26,200 with $13,100 set aside for bounties.

$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 33/130

Gustaf Eriksson – 169,000 (282 bb)
Craig Witz – 78,000 (130 bb)
Greg Rosen 77,000 (128 bb)
Jamie Sequeira – 68,000 (113 bb)

$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 126

Event 2 winner Steve Olivier raised to 1,500 from early position, a player in middle position three-bet to 4,200, Olivier four-bet shoved with a covering stack, and his opponent called all in for about 11,000 with , trailing Olivier’s .

The flop fell , giving Olivier’s opponent the lead with a pair of tens. However, the turn fell to give Olivier an ace-high straight. The river was the , and Olivier scored the elimination.

Steve Olivier – 43,000 (86 bb)

$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Entries: 121

Following the river of a with about 7,000 in the pot, Ory Hen bet 2,300 from the small blind. The player in the big blind folded, and Joseph Duchman called from the button.

Hen showed for two pair, but Duchman tabled for a better two pair to win the pot.

Joseph Duchman – 38,000 (95 bb)
Ory Hen – 14,700 (37 bb)

$350 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Entries: 113

Marc Sacheli – 35,000 (117 bb)
Joseph Duchman – 26,000 (87 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 23,000 (77 bb)
Steve Olivier – 22,000 (73 bb)
Uri Kadosh – 21,000 (70 bb)
Eric Siegel – 19,000 (63 bb)
Jeff Silverstein – 18,000 (60 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 16,500 (55 bb)
Ory Hen – 16,000 (53 bb)
Joel Harwood – 12,500 (42 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas – 10,500 (35 bb)
Josh Tzur – 9,500 (32 bb)
Haim Toorgeman – 9,500 (32 bb)

2017 Fun in the Sun Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$130 Deep Stack Turbo
Entries: 211
Prize Pool: $21,100
December 27, 2017

Event 2 of the 2017 Fun in the Sun Poker Open was a $130 Deep Stack Turbo tournament with a $15,000 guaranteed prize pool. The event drew 211 entries, generating a prize pool of $21,100. Also on the line was an $1,100 seat to the WPT DeepStacks Hollywood at the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

When the dust settled, it was Steve Olivier who outlasted the field for $5,126 and the seat.

2017 Fun in the Sun Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$250 Big Stack Re-Entry
Entries: 481
Prize Pool: $101,010
December 26-27, 2017

The opening event of the 2017 Fun in the Sun Poker Open concluded Wednesday evening, and it was Steven Bennett who emerged the victor after a six-handed deal was reached.

The series’ $250 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed prize pool kickoff event drew 481 entries over two starting flights, more than doubling the guarantee. Bennett was just 49th in chips of the surviving 66 players on Day 1. However, Day 2 was a much different story as Bennett steadily rose the chip counts as the field dwindled. He began the final table third in chips, but ascended to the top when he scored back-to-back eliminations. That left six players remaining, and they agreed to a deal shortly thereafter.

Residing in Deerfield Beach, the 48-year-old Bennett is a regular at the Seminole Hard Rock. He has many final tables made and first-place finishes dating back to 2012, and his win today helps him eclipse more than $530,000 in career tournament earnings.

*denotes six-handed deal

$130 Deep Stack Turbo
$15,000 Guaranteed/$1,100 Seat Added | Structure
Entries: 211
Prize Pool: $21,100