$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 221

Following the elimination of Paul Freedman in 28th place, only three tables remain — 27 players.

$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 221

With 30 players remaining and only the top 28 finishing in the money, the of one player busted the of a short stack. Simultaneously at a neighboring table, Almog Biton had an unknown player at risk preflop.

The all-in bet was for 38,000 and Biton had the best of it holding against . The runout pair both players’ low cards, and Biton’s fives were best.

With that, the 29th-place player hit the rail and the remaining 28 were in the money.

1st – $26,348 + Trophy
2nd – $18,433
3rd – $11,326
4th – $6,890
5th – $5,321
6th – $4,409
7th – $3,757
8th – $3,205
9th – $2,635
10th-12th – $2,321
13th-15th – $1,989
16th-18th – $1,658
19th-21st – $1,326
22nd-24th – $1,022
25th-27th – $821
28th – $765

$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 34 of 221

Players are back in their seats following the 40-minute dinner recess. The clock shows only 34 remaining and they’re all less than one table away from the money. Just the top 28 finish with a payday but all players are eying the $26,348 top prize.

Florida standout TK Miles is one of those still in. Miles has more than $3,250,000 in career earnings, but hopes to claim his first Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood win here in the $560 Fun in the Sun Main Event.

$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
End of Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 221

The remaining 36 players in the Fun in the Sun Main Event are on a 40-minute dinner break. Cards go back in the air at roughly 6:10pm with only the top 28 finishing in the money.

$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 221

South Florida’s Michael Newman has already tasted success during this year’s Fun in the Sun Poker Open. The Seminole Hard Rock regular worked through a tough, 151-entry field in trophy Event 3, a $350 Black Chip Bounty event. He couldn’t find the W, but did work his way to a four-way chop. As such, he went down in third place and scored $3,340.

Newman is hoping for another deep finish as he’s still in the running here with only four tables left.

Fun in the Sun Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$560 Buy-In No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 221
Prize Pool: $110,500          
December 30, 2018

1st – $26,348 + Trophy
2nd – $18,433
3rd – $11,326
4th – $6,890
5th – $5,321
6th – $4,409
7th – $3,757
8th – $3,205
9th – $2,635
10th-12th – $2,321
13th-15th – $1,989
16th-18th – $1,658
19th-21st – $1,326
22nd-24th – $1,022
25th-27th – $821
28th – $765

$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 Ante
Entries: 210

South Florida is one of the richest poker hotspots in the world and the quality of players is accordingly high. Here in the $560, there are a handful of individuals with seven figures worth of lifetime earnings. Two of them are still around late in the registration period — former November Niner Neil Blumenfield and Brian Hastings.

Blumenfield claims over $3,700,000 in earnings, much of which came following his third-place finish in the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Hastings, meanwhile, claims slightly less with about $3,350,000 in earnings. That sizable tally has come over the course of 80 reported cashes including six tournament wins.

Both Blumenfield and Hastings are here at the Seminole Hard Rock and among a big, 200+ entry field in the $560. All players are slated to go on break shortly and the final prize pool and payout tally will be calculated shortly thereafter.

$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Entries: 189

The Fun in the Sun Poker Open began last Wednesday with a multi-flight $250 buy-in, $50,000 guarantee. The prize pool cracked that figure easily with a final tally just shy of six figures. The 465-entry field was littered with Seminole Hard Rock notables late including Ory Hen, Ido Askenazi, Raminder Singh and Scott Efron — all of whom finished in the top 10.

When the dust settled, it was Ashkenazi and Hen who were left as the finalists agreeing to a heads-up chop. Ashkenazi went down as the champ and earned the trophy, but Hen went home with $16,403 consolation prize.

Fast forward to today’s Main Event and Hen has gotten the best of his previous heads-up foe thus far. Hen is still jockeying in Level 9 while Ashkenazi has already found the rail.

$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 Ante
Entries: 167

The first break in the $560 buy-in Fun in the Sun Main Event wrapped just a bit ago. The clock shows 167 in the game meaning the tournament’s $75,000 guarantee is already well surpassed. Registration and re-entry are available for about two more hours and the attendance figure is expected to continue a steady upward tick between now and then.

We’ll take a look at some of the notables in the field shortly.