$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 13:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  25 of 158

1.  Kirk Smith  –  614,000  (123 bb)
2.  T.K. Miles  –  370,000  (74 bb)
3.  Jason Prest  –  365,000  (73 bb)
4.  Adi Ben Ami  –  360,000   (72 bb)
5.  Reed Rudick  –  355,000  (71 bb)
6.  Andreu Ferragut Lluch  –  330,000  (66 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries:  27

The turbo flight of the 2025 Fun in the Sun Main Event is underway and registration remains open until 9:45 p.m.

Players begin with 30,000 in chips and Levels 1-12 last 15 minutes. At that point, registration will close and Levels 13+ will increase to 20 minutes.

Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains.

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  48 of 158

A player in early position raised to 6,000, Matt Zarcacoolas reraised all in for 62,000 in the small blind, Johnny Bromberg reraised all in for about 112,000 in the big blind, and the initial raiser folded.

Zarcadoolas showed , while Bromberg tabled .

The board ran out , giving Zarcadoolas kings full of aces to double through Bromberg.

Matt Zarcadoolas  –  132,500  (53 bb)
Johnny Bromberg  –  50,000  (20 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  53 of 158

Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  180,000  (72 bb)
James Salmon  –  155,000  (62 bb)
David Nathaniel  –  140,000  (56 bb)
Dario Dussan  –  134,000  (54 bb)
Carlos Bermudez  –  132,000  (53 bb)
Benjamin Zamani  –  113,000  (45 bb)
Johnny Bromberg  –  112,000  (45 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  80,000  (32 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  80,000  (32 bb)
Michael Newman  –  80,000  (32 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  72,000  (29 bb)
Matt Zarcadoolas  –  62,000  (25 bb)
Ira Friedman  –  62,000  (25 bb)
Eric Kolodny  –  53,000  (21 bb)
Uri Kadosh  –  43,000  (17 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  40,000  (16 bb)
Matt Yorra  –  37,000  (15 bb)
Ory Hen  –  35,000  (14 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  34,000  (14 bb)
Joseph Rossi  –  33,000  (13 bb)
Matt Glantz  –  23,000  (9 bb)
Steve Karp  –  21,000  (8 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  21,000  (8 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  57 of 158

Flight A of the 2025 Fun in the Sun Main Event drew 158 entries, surpassing the guarantee already and putting the prize pool at $153,260 with the turbo night flight still to come.

The Flight A field will play down to 20 players. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 60 of 154

As the clock winds down on Level 12, the remaining 60 players from the Flight A field of 154 entries (so far) is set to go on break. Registration closes at the start of Level 13 at 5:45 p.m.

The field will play down to 12.5%, which looks like it will be 20 or 21 players.

• 11 a.m.  –  Event #3 – $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em Main Event (Re-Entry)
  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes / Level 13+ last 40 minutes
  • Late Registration until start of Level 13 (5:45 p.m.)
  • Flight A will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event #3 Structure Sheet

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

• 6 p.m.  –  Event #3 – $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em Main Event – Turbo Flight (Re-Entry)
  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-12 last 15 minutes / Level 13+ last 20 minutes
  • Late Registration until start of Level 13 (9:45 p.m.)
  • Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event #3 Structure Sheet

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Fun in the Sun Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee
Entries:  196
Prize Pool:  $45,080
Bounty Prize Pool:  $19,600
December 27, 2025

Event 2 of the 2025 Fun in the Sun Poker Open was a $400 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 196 entries generated a prize pool of $45,080, with an additional $19,600 set aside for bounties.

A five-way was made at the final table and Johnny Bromberg was the chip leader at the time, making him the official winner for $6,813.

*denotes five-handed deal

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Fun in the Sun Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee
Entries:  479
Prize Pool:  $158,070
December 26-27, 2025

The opening event of the 2025 Fun in the Sun Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 479 entries generated a prize pool of $158,070, easily surpassing the guarantee. Emerging victorious was Carlo Rodriguez, taking it down for $26,270.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $158,070  | Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 479

Judith Bielan limped in for 200,000 on the button and Carlo Rodriguez checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was , Rodriguez checked, Bielan bet 200,000, Rodriguez check-raised to 600,000, and Bielan called.

The turn was the , Rodriguez checked, Bielan bet 600,000, Rodriguez check-raised to 1,200,000, and Bielan folded.

Carlo Rodriguez  –  5,100,000  (26 bb)
Judith Bielan  –  4,480,000  (22 bb)

1st:  $28,070 + Trophy
2nd:  $19,200