2023 Seminole Hard Rock Fun in the Sun
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee
Entries:  175
Prize Pool:  $91,875
December 28, 2023

Event 3 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Fun in the Sun was a $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 175 entries generated a prize pool of $91,875, nearly doubling the guarantee. The final 22 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $896.

Up top for the winner is $24,148.

1st:  $24,148 + Trophy
2nd:  $15,977
3rd:  $9,422
4th:  $5,733
5th:  $4,424
6th:  $3,666
7th:  $3,170
8th:  $2,774
9th:  $2,414
10th-12th:  $2,058
13th-15th:  $1,741
16th-18th:  $1,447
19th-21st:  $1,171
22nd:  $896

11 a.m. – Event #3  –  $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Late Registration until start of Level 9 (3:30 p.m.)
• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• 20,000 in chips / 30-minute levels
• Event #3 Structure Sheet

6 p.m.  –  Event #4  –  $150 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Late Registration until start of Level 11 (8:55 p.m.)
• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• 30,000 in chips and 15/20 minute levels
• Event #4 Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will begin at about 4:30 p.m.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Fun in the Sun
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee
Entries:  189
Prize Pool:  $44,415
Bounty Prize Pool:  $18,900
December 27, 2023

Event 2 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Fun in the Sun was a $400 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry). A field of 189 entries produced a prize pool of $44,415, with an additional $18,900 set aside for bounties.

A nine-way deal was reached at the final table and Ernest Bush was the chip leader at the time, making him the official winner for $5,080.

*denotes nine-way deal

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Fun in the Sun
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee
Entries:  546
Prize Pool:  $182,910
December 26-27, 2023

The 2023 Fun in the Sun kicked off on Tuesday with a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). Across two starting flights, a field of 546 entries generated a prize pool of $182,910, nearly doubling the guarantee.

Emerging victorious was Scott Baumstein, taking it down outright for $35,405. This marked Baumstein’s first Fun in the Sun guitar trophy, adding to his collection of six SHRP major series trophies, and a Big Slick guitar trophy from September 2020.

Baumstein max late registered Flight B and bagged a below-average stack, returning Wednesday 46th in chips of the returning 69 players. He navigated through and began the final table as the shortest stack, but won two key hands early on to ascend the leaderboard.

First, his ace-king won a race against Brett Feldman’s pocket sixes. Shortly thereafter, Baumstein picked up ace-king again and was all in against Diane Linke’s ace-king. A chop was likely, but Baumstein turned a flush to double up and take the chip lead.

From there, Baumstein held the lead for most of the way before ultimately closing it out.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $182,910
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 546

Scott Baumstein limped in for 150,000 and Sergio Giha checked his option.

The flop was , Giha checked, and Baumstein bet 125,000. Giha check-raised all in for about 1,000,000 and Baumstein called with for a pair of jacks, leading Giha’s for an open-ended straight draw.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Baumstein to win Event 1 of the 2023 Fun in the Sun outright for $35,405. Giha finished runner-up for $23,600.

A recap of Event 1 will be posted later tonight.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $182,910
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 546

Pavel Matveev raised all in for about 1,250,000 from the button and Sergio Giha called in the big blind.

Matveev: 
Giha: 

The board came , no help to Matveev, ending his tournament in third place.

Sergio Giha  –  5,300,000  (42 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  5,620,000  (45 bb)
Pavel Matveev  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($15,800)

1st:  $35,405 + Trophy
2nd:  $23,600

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $182,910
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 546

Scott Baumstein raised to 325,000 from the small blind, Sergio Giha reraised all in with a covering stack from the big blind, and Baumstein called all in for 3,125,000.

Baumstein: 
Giha: 

The board came , safe for Baumstein to double up and retake the chip lead.

Scott Baumstein  –  6,375,000  (51 bb)
Sergio Giha  –  2,900,000  (23 bb)

With three players remaining from the field of 546, the average stack is about 3,640,000 (29 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $15,800.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $182,910
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 546

Pavel Matveev raised all in for 1,575,000 from the small blind and Scott Baumstein called in the big blind.

Matveev: 
Baumstein: 

The board came , giving Matveev fours full of queens to double up.

Pavel Matveev  –  3,250,000  (33 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  3,500,000  (35 bb)

With three players remaining from the field of 546, the average stack is about 3,640,000 (36 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $15,800.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $182,910
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 546

Scott Baumstein raised to 325,000 from the small blind and Sergio Giha called in the big blind.

The flop was , Baumstein continued for 200,000, Giha raised to 500,000, and Baumstein called.

The turn was the , Baumstein checked, Giha went all in for 1,950,000, and Baumstein thought for a few moments before he folded.

Giha showed as he collected the pot.

Sergio Giha  –  3,700,000  (37 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  5,100,000  (51 bb)

With three players remaining from the field of 546, the average stack is about 3,640,000 (36 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $15,800.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $182,910
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 546

Steven Bennett raised all in for 650,000 from the button and Sergio Giha called in the big blind.

Bennett: 
Giha: 

The board ran out , no help to Bennett, ending his tournament in fourth place.

Sergio Giha  –  2,600,000  (35 bb)
Steven Bennett  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($11,170)

With three players remaining from the field of 546, the average stack is about 3,640,000 (49 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $15,800.