2025 Fun in the Sun

Event 1 Flight A: Chip Leaders as the Money Bubble Approaches

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  38 of 253

T1.  Rich Caplan  –  270,000  (63 bb)
T1.  Michael Moskowitz  –  270,000  (63 bb)
3.  Allan Bieler  –  235,000  (59 bb)
4.  Richard Whitebrook  –  220,000  (55 bb)
5.  TJ Shulman  –  215,000  (54 bb)
6.  Marcos Saravia  –  210,000  (53 bb)

With 38 players remaining from the Flight A field for 253 entries, the average stack is about 133,000 (33 big blinds). The field will play until 32 players remain. Players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Event 1 Flight A: Chip Counts from the Field

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  40 of 253

Richard Whitebrook  –  210,000  (70 bb)
TJ Shulman  –  210,000  (70 bb)
Mark Bryan  –  190,000  (63 bb)
Fernando Pages  –  185,000  (62 bb)
Rafael Lima  –  160,000  (53 bb)
Fred Dabus  –  155,000  (52 bb)
Allan Bieler  –  155,000  (52 bb)
David Inselberg –   146,000  (49 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  105,000  (35 bb)
Joseph Petrolino  –  90,000  (30 bb)
Anibal Pabon  –  88,000  (29 bb)
T.K. Miles   –  65,000  (22 bb)
Deborah Dana  –  50,000  (17 bb)
Michael Newman  –  45,000  (15 bb)

With 40 players remaining from the Flight A field for 253 entries, the average stack is about 126,500 (42 big blinds). The field will play until 32 players remain. Players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Event 1 Flight B: Almost Set to Go

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure

Flight B of the 2025 Fun in the Sun opening event begins at 6 p.m.

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels  –  30 minutes  /  Day 2 levels – 40 minutes
  • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
  • Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event #1 Structure Sheet

Event 1 Flight A: Richard Whitebrook Thins the Field by One

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  46 of 253

Richard Whitebrook raised from the hijack, the player on the button reraised all in for about 17,000, and Whitebrook called with QdQc, leading his opponent’s Ac9c.

The board ran out Jd9s2d4c6s, safe for Whitebrook to score the elimination.

Richard Whitebrook  –  205,000  (103 bb)

With 46 players remaining from the Flight A field for 253 entries, the average stack is about 110,000 (55 big blinds). The field will play until 32 players remain. Players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Event 1 Flight A: Rafael Lima Leads at Break

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  55 of 253

A scan of the stacks during the break showed a few players above the 200K mark, led by Rafael Lima with about 245,000 (123 big blinds).

Other big stacks include Allan Bieler with 214,000 (107 big blinds) and Mark Bryan with about 208,000 (104 big blinds).

Flight A will continue 32 players remain.

Event 1 Flight A: Chip Counts from the Field

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  81 of 253

TJ Shulman  –  180,000  (150 bb)
Fred Dabus  –  154,000  (128 bb)
Rafael Lima  –  153,000  (128 bb)
Richard Whitebrook  –  140,000  (117 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  117,000  (98 bb)
Fernando Pages  –  100,000  (83 bb)
David Inselberg  –  98,000  (82 bb)
Michael Newman  –  98,000  (82 bb)
Allan Bieler  –  80,000  (67 bb)
Michael Tarafa  –  80,000  (67 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  73,000  (61 bb)
Joseph Rossi  –  70,000  (58 bb)
Johnny Bromberg  –  65,000  (54 bb)
Scott Levitt  – 61,000  (51 bb)
Marc Sacheli  –  52,000  (43 bb)
Guillermo Hamilton  –  35,000  (29 bb)
Brent Hoover  –  31,000  (26 bb)
Joseph Petrolino  –  29,000  (24 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  26,000  (22 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  24,000  (20 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  20,000  (17 bb)
Alejandro Funes  –  14,000  (12 bb)

Event 1 Flight A: Registration Closed With 253 Entries; 32 Players to Advance

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  118 of 253

Flight A of the 2025 Fun in the Sun opening event drew 253 entries, putting more than $83,000 toward the $100,000 guarantee with one more starting flight to come this evening.

The Flight A field will play down to 32 players. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Fun in the Sun Day 1 Schedule (Friday)

11 a.m. – Event #1 Flight A  –  $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels  –  30 minutes  /  Day 2 levels – 40 minutes
  • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (3:30 p.m.)
  • Flight A will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event #1 Structure Sheet

6 p.m. – Event #1 Flight B  –  $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels  –  30 minutes  /  Day 2 levels – 40 minutes
  • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
  • Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event #1 Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will begin at about 3:45 p.m.

2025 Fun in the Sun Begins Friday – 6 Events/$320,000 in Guarantees

Friday, December 26th

  • 11 a.m.  –  Event #1 Flight A  –  $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
    • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
    • Day 1 levels  –  30 minutes / Day 2 levels – 40 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (3:30 p.m.)
    • Flight A will end when 12.5% of the field remains
    • Event #1 Structure Sheet
  • 6 p.m.  –  Event #1 Flight B  –  $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
    • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
    • Day 1 Levels  –  30 minutes / Day 2 levels – 40 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
    • Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains
    • Event #1 Structure Sheet

Saturday, December 27th

  • 1 p.m.  –  Event #1 Day 2 Restart
    • Day 2 Levels  –  40 minutes
  • 4 p.m.  –  Event #2  –  $400 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
    • $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
    • Levels last 20 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 12 (8:10 p.m.)
    • Event #2 Structure Sheet

Sunday, December 28th

  • 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
  • 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 (9:15 p.m.)
    • Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains
    • Event #3 Structure Sheet

Monday, December 29th

  • 12 p.m.  –  Event #3 Day 2 Restart
    • 40-minute levels
  • 1 p.m.   –   Event #4 – $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
    • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
    • Level last 30 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (5:30 p.m.)
    • Event #4 Structure Sheet

Tuesday, December 30th

11 a.m. – Event #5 – $300 Holiday Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

        • $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
        • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
        • Levels 1-6 last 20 minutes / Levels 7+ last 30 minutes
        • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (3:30 p.m.)
        • Event #5 Structure Sheet
  • 6 p.m. – Event #6 – $150 Triple Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
    • $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
    • Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes / Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 11 (8:55 p.m.)
    • Event #6 Structure Sheet