$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 45

The cards are in the air for Event #1 Flight B of the 2018 Fun in the Sun.

With 258 entries in Flight A, the $50,000 guarantee has already been eclipsed. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (about 11:30 PM).

More frequent updates of Flight B will begin at that time.

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 25/258

After 14 levels, just 25 players remain from the starting field of 258 entries. Ido Ashkenazi bagged the biggest stack of the bunch with 526,500, well ahead of his nearest competitor.

Full chip counts will be posted shortly. Table and seat assignments for Day 2 will be published following the conclusion of Flight B at about 3:00 AM.

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 29/258

A player in early position raised all in for 35,500 and Ido Ashkenazi called from the small blind with , racing with his opponent’s .

The board fell , giving Ashkenazi a pair of queens to add to his chip lead and eliminate his opponent.

Iso Ashkenazi – 435,000 (145 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 32/258

There are 32 players remaining in Flight A, and Ido Ashkenazi is the chip leader with about 415,000 entering the final level of the flight.

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 36/258

A player in middle position opened to 6,500, the player in the hijack called and Nick Yunis three-bet shoved from the big blind for 42,000. The initial raiser isolated the pot with a shove his own, showing . Yunis tabled .

The board ran out , safe for Yunis to double up with eights and fours.

Nick Yunis – 93,000 (37 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 43/258

Raminder Singh raised to 5,500 from under the gun, Ory Hen reraised all in from the hijack for 10,000 and Singh called.

Singh:
Hen:

The board came down , not enough help to Hen, locking up the pot for Singh with aces and queens.

Raminder Singh – 170,000 (85 bb)
Ory Hen – Eliminated

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 72/258

Ido Ashkenazi – 165,000
Howard Mash – 70,000
Larry Klur – 49,000
Raminder Singh – 39,000
Dimitry Agrachov – 33,000
Nick Yunis – 23,000
Ory Hen – 20,000
Matthew Zarcadoolas – 11,000

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 90/258

Registration has closed for Flight A of Event 1.  With 258 entries, the $50,000 guarantee has already been surpassed.

Flight A action will continue until the end of Level 14, where the remaining players will bag and return for Day 2 tomorrow at 2 PM.