$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 114
Average Stack: 155,000 (13 bb)

Howard Mash raised all in from the button for 70,000 and Justin Lee called from the big blind with , leading Mash’s .

The board came down , safe for Lee to score the elimination, having Mash covered by just 1,000.

Justin Lee – 152,000 (15 bb)
Howard Mash – Eliminated in 13th Place ($563)

Other recent eliminations include Al Gomez (12th – $650), Dimitry Agrachov (14th – $563), and Josh Tsur (15th – $563).

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 114
Average Stack: 114,000 (14 bb)

With the eliminations of Willie Wiggins and former big stacks Jorge Gomez and James Smith, play became hand for hand. A few minutes into it, Trent Smith raised all in for about 62,000 from middle position and Daren Stabinski isolated the action with a shove of his own from from the cutoff.

Smith:
Stabinski:

The board ran out , giving Stabinski jacks full of aces to eliminate Smith and send the remaining field into the money.

Daren Stabinski – 170,000 (21 bb)
Trent Smith – Eliminated on the money bubble

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Upcoming Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 114
Average Stack: 90,000 (15 bb)

The players are in the midst of a 30-minute dinner break. Play resumes at about 5:31 pm. Only 15 players make the money.

James Smith – 160,000 (27 bb)
Nigel Murray – 145,000 (24 bb)
Jorge Gomez – 130,000 (21 bb)
Kevin Buldo – 126,000 (21 bb)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 114
Average Stack: 74,500 (24 bb)

Stanley Quinn – 145,000 (48 bb)
Daren Stabinski – 120,000 (40 bb)
Stanley Sanders – 110,000 (36 bb)
Marc Sacheli – 108,000 (36 bb)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 114
Prize Pool: $25,000

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Entries: 91

Here are chip leaders, along with a few other stacks in the room, at the first break:

Al Gomez – 63,000 (157 bb)
Allan Bieler – 58,000 (145 bb)
Lane Phillips – 57,000 (142 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – 52,000 (130 bb)
Jeff Kessler – 29,000 (72 bb)
Michael Newman – 19,500 (49 bb)
Raffaello Locatelli – 19,000 (48 bb)
Josh Tzur – 14,000 (34 bb)
Scott Efron – 13,800 (34 bb)

The headline event of the 2016 Fun in the Sun Poker Open begins tomorrow at 11am. The series finale — recognized as Event 7 — boasts a $560 buy-in as well as a $50,000 guarantee. Last year’s tournament drew 177 entries smashing the guarantee to the tune of an $88,500 prize pool. When all was said and done, Florida’s own Evan Teitelbaum won the $19,888 first prize along with the guitar trophy.

Players in this year’s tournament begin with 20,000 chips and log 20- and 30-minute levels throughout. Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 13 which comes at about 3:50 pm.

Here are the details:

Event 7 – $560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 guaranteed
• 20,000 chips, 20-/30-minute levels
• Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 13
• This is a one-day event
• Structure sheet

Updates throughout the Fun in the Sun $560 will be available right here at SHRPO.com.

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

It’s 11am here in the Seminole Hard Rock poker room and it’s time for Event 5 of the Fun in the Sun Poker Open. A total of four events have wrapped and we’re in the midst of the home stretch with four more still to come.

Today’s 11am event is a $250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em re-entry tournament. Players begin with 15,000 chips and will log 20-minute levels throughout. Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 10.

Here are the details:

11am: Event 5 – $250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $25,000 guaranteed
• 15,000 chips, 20-minute levels
• Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 10
• This is a one-day event
• Structure sheet

In addition to a nice score, the winner of this event receives a Fun in the Sun guitar trophy.

More frequent updates will begin this afternoon.

Good luck, players!

11am: Event 5 – $250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $25,000 guaranteed
• 15,000 chips, 20-minute levels
• Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 10
• This is a one-day event
• Structure sheet

6pm: Event 6 – $130 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em

• $10,000 guaranteed
• 20,000 chips, 15-minute levels
• Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 13
• This is a one-day event
• Structure sheet

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