$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)

11am: Event 3 ($350 Black Chip Bounty) – $25,000 Guaranteed

• $350 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed, $3,500 seat added
• 10,000 chips and 30-minute levels
• Registration and re-entry until the start of Level 9 (~3:30pm)
• Structure sheet

6pm: $140 Mega Satellite into Fun in the Sun Main Event

• $140 buy-in and five $560 seats guaranteed
• 8,000 chips and 20-minute levels
• Registration and re-entry until the start of Level 9 (~9pm)
• Structure sheet

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

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Average Stack: 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Players Remaining: 6/481

The remaining six players agreed to a deal. Here were their chip counts at the time, followed by their subsequent payouts.

Steven Bennett – 2,370,000 (79 bb)
Matthew Lipchitz – 1,815,000 (61 bb)
Cameron Schur – 1,345,000 (45 bb)
Joel Harwood – 720,000 (24 bb)
Matt Axelrod – 655,000 (22 bb)
Arthur Grigoryants – 305,000 (10 bb)

As chip leader, Steven Bennett is officially the winner of Event 1 of the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock F.I.T.S.

Steven Bennett – $15,133
Matthew Lipchitz – $12,515
Cameron Schur – $10,298
Joel Harwood – $7,349
Matt Axelrod – $7,042
Arthur Grigoryants – $5,391

A tournament recap will be posted later tonight.

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Average Stack: 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Players Remaining: 6/481

On the immediate hand following Claudio Kalili’s elimination in eighth place, Jorge Gomez raised all in for about 510,000 from middle position. Steven Bennett called from the hijack with , racing with Gomez’s .

An ace landed on the flop, Gomez couldn’t catch up, and Bennett eliminated Gomez in seventh place.

Steven Bennett – 2,370,000 (79 bb)
Jorge Gomez – Eliminated in 7th Place ($3,298)

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Average Stack: 1,030,000 (34 bb)
Players Remaining: 7/481

Claudio Kalili raised to 80,000 from middle position, and Steven Bennett called from the cutoff.

The flop came , Kalili checked, Bennett bet effectively 215,000, and Kalili called all in.

Kalili:
Bennett:

Bennett led with a pair of sevens, and he held up through the turn and river to eliminate Kalili.

Steven Bennett – 1,600,000 (53 bb)
Claudio Kalili – Eliminated in 8th Place ($2,644)

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Average Stack: 900,000 (30 bb)
Players Remaining: 8/481

Cameron Schur raised from the button, Ory Hen reraised all in from the big blind for about 140,000, and Schur called.

Schur:
Hen:

The board fell , giving Schur a pair of aces to eliminate Hen in ninth place.

Cameron Schur – 1,570,000 (52 bb)
Ory Hen – Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,993)