2018 Fun in the Sun Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 4
$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
Entries: 175
Prize Pool: $36,750
December 29, 2018
The 2018 Fun in the Sun Poker Open continued on Saturday with Event 4, a $250 Big Stack (Re-Entry) No-Limit Hold’em tournament. A field of 175 entries created a total prize pool of $36,750, easily topping the $25,000 guarantee. The final three players agreed to a deal, and Jason Prest was the biggest stack of the bunch to officially earn the title of champion.
Residing in Boca Raton, this marks the 44-year-old Prest’s second career title at the Seminole Hard Rock, having won a $560 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2012 Showdown series.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| *1 | Jason | Prest | $8,501 |
| *2 | Alexander | Michaels | $6,606 |
| *3 | Julian | Durity | $4,712 |
| 4 | Ariel | Rosello | $2,293 |
| 5 | Gustavo | Perla | $1,770 |
| 6 | Steven | Zukowski | $1,466 |
| 7 | Abraham | Mevorah | $1,268 |
| 8 | Scott | Efron | $1,109 |
| 9 | Juan | Diaz | $966 |
| 10 | Daniel | Diamond | $823 |
| 11 | Marc | Roth | $823 |
| 12 | Todd | Lafever | $823 |
| 13 | Nigel | Murray | $696 |
| 14 | Paul | Smerdon | $696 |
| 15 | Richard | Whitebrook | $696 |
| 16 | Marc | Sacheli | $579 |
| 17 | Karin | Powsner | $579 |
| 18 | Nancy | Thomas | $579 |
| 19 | Gary | Johnson | $469 |
| 20 | Julio | Lopez | $469 |
| 21 | Alex | Ortiz Vazquez | $469 |
| 22 | Vladislav | Varlashin | $358 |
*denotes three-handed deal