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.
Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Brent | Philbin | *$20,817 |
2 | Roberto | Bendeck | *$17,970 |
3 | Charlamagne | Benjamin | *$13,218 |
4 | Raffaello | Locatelli | $7,763 |
5 | Peter | Petakus | $6,080 |
6 | Nashaat | Antonious | $4,994 |
7 | Michel | Gariepy | $3,963 |
8 | Marie | Fisher | $3,094 |
9 | George | Boyadjian | $2,171 |
10 | Dimitry | Agrachov | $1,411 |
11 | Mark | Nahama | $1,411 |
12 | Fariborz | Zojaji | $1,411 |
13 | Jeff | Fogel | $1,086 |
14 | Yves | Fequiere | $1,086 |
15 | Angel | Bracho | $1,086 |
16 | Theo | Lawson | $814 |
17 | Edgar | Varas | $814 |
18 | Matthew | Zarcadoolas | $814 |
19 | Julio | Sanchez | $597 |
20 | George | Davis | $597 |
21 | Fernando | Pages | $597 |
22 | Al | Gomez | $597 |
23 | Eric | Siegel | $597 |
24 | Michael | Yenko | $597 |
25 | Pasquale | Caiazza | $597 |
26 | Steve | Olivier | $597 |
27 | Eliezer | Gonzalez | $597 |
28 | Richard | Whitebrook | $543 |
29 | Larry | Klur | $543 |
30 | Pedro | Aldave | $543 |
31 | Craig | Witz | $543 |
32 | Richard | Leger | $543 |
33 | Nicolas | Baussan | $543 |
34 | Haim | Toorgeman | $543 |
35 | Frank | Lerczak | $543 |
36 | Jeremie | Guez | $543 |
37 | Jack | Rolnitzky | $489 |
38 | Larry | Stoddard | $489 |
39 | Anthony | Ocampo | $489 |
40 | Jon | Houseworth | $489 |
41 | William | Thibeault | $489 |
42 | Amir | Sujak | $489 |
43 | Marsha | Wolak | $489 |
44 | Eric | Mutschler | $489 |
45 | George | Hortelano | $489 |
46 | Devond | Marshall | $434 |
47 | Edward | Medoff | $434 |
48 | Evan | Teitelbaum | $434 |
49 | Sheldon | Gross | $434 |
50 | Stewart | Newman | $434 |
51 | Nathan | Manuel | $434 |
52 | John | Malczan | $434 |
53 | Alcides | Gomez | $434 |
54 | Robert | Rosquete | $434 |
*denotes three-handed deal