Brent Philbin Wins $20K in Fun in the Sun Opener

2016 Fun in the Sun
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, FL
$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 517
Prize Pool: $108,570
December 26-27, 2016

 

Brent Philbin won the opening event of the Fun in the Sun at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood on Tuesday evening. Philbin emerged victorious from a field of 517 entries in the series’ $250 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed prize pool kickoff event. The prize pool was more than doubled in the end, and Philbin won the lion’s share of it after a three-handed deal earned him $20,817.

Philbin is 32 years old and resides in Fort Myers, Florida. The victory marks his first at the Seminole Hard Rock and moves him just below $200,000 in career tournament earnings.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize
1BrentPhilbin*$20,817
2RobertoBendeck*$17,970
3CharlamagneBenjamin*$13,218
4RaffaelloLocatelli$7,763
5PeterPetakus$6,080
6NashaatAntonious$4,994
7MichelGariepy$3,963
8MarieFisher$3,094
9GeorgeBoyadjian$2,171
10Dimitry Agrachov$1,411
11MarkNahama$1,411
12FariborzZojaji$1,411
13JeffFogel$1,086
14YvesFequiere$1,086
15AngelBracho$1,086
16TheoLawson$814
17EdgarVaras$814
18MatthewZarcadoolas$814
19JulioSanchez$597
20GeorgeDavis$597
21FernandoPages$597
22AlGomez$597
23EricSiegel$597
24MichaelYenko$597
25PasqualeCaiazza$597
26SteveOlivier$597
27EliezerGonzalez$597
28RichardWhitebrook$543
29LarryKlur$543
30PedroAldave$543
31CraigWitz$543
32RichardLeger$543
33NicolasBaussan$543
34HaimToorgeman$543
35FrankLerczak$543
36JeremieGuez$543
37JackRolnitzky$489
38LarryStoddard$489
39AnthonyOcampo$489
40JonHouseworth$489
41WilliamThibeault$489
42AmirSujak$489
43MarshaWolak$489
44EricMutschler$489
45GeorgeHortelano$489
46DevondMarshall$434
47EdwardMedoff$434
48EvanTeitelbaum$434
49SheldonGross$434
50StewartNewman$434
51NathanManuel$434
52JohnMalczan$434
53AlcidesGomez$434
54RobertRosquete$434

*denotes three-handed deal