2021 Fun in the Sun
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 308
Prize Pool: $104,720
December 26, 2021
The opening event of the 2021 Fun in the Sun was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 308 entries generated a prize pool of $104,720, more than tripling the guarantee.
A seven-way deal was reached at the final table and as the chip leader, Seminole Hard Rock poker regular Michael Newman was the official winner.
With more than $1.5 million in career tournament winnings according to the Hendon Mob poker database, and already with six SHRP major series trophies to his name, Newman added a Fun in the Sun trophy to his mantle as well.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | Newman | $11,427* |
| 2 | Suju | Abraham | $10,939* |
| 3 | Alejandro | Gonzalez | $10,649* |
| 4 | Peter | Delgado | $9,514* |
| 5 | Berthin | Jacques | $8,533* |
| 6 | Scott | Levitt | $8,121* |
| 7 | Felix | Reznick | $6,587* |
| 8 | Barry | Abramowitz | $2,870 |
| 9 | Barry | Sisselman | $2,290 |
| 10 | Joel | Fell | $2,290 |
| 11 | Valentino | Lettieri | $1,930 |
| 12 | Alik | Sitnyakovsky | $1,930 |
| 13 | Jeff | Silverstein | $1,580 |
| 14 | Willie | Wiggins | $1,580 |
| 15 | Winston | Johnson | $1,580 |
| 16 | Michael | Lu | $1,580 |
| 17 | Cangir | Elcin | $1,320 |
| 18 | Oren | Rosenthal | $1,320 |
| 19 | Julio | Cossio | $1,320 |
| 20 | Richard | Chouinard | $1,320 |
| 21 | David | Shmuel | $1,075 |
| 22 | Carlos | Correa | $1,075 |
| 23 | Adam | Mammon | $1,075 |
| 24 | Joe | Petrolino | $1,075 |
| 25 | Jeram | Capinpin | $855 |
| 26 | Diane | Linke | $855 |
| 27 | Timothy | Mulroy | $855 |
| 28 | Jason | Bollenbaugh | $855 |
| 29 | Rudolph | Vittorio | $855 |
| 30 | Ismail | Chokhman | $855 |
| 31 | Oneil | McCalla | $855 |
| 32 | Gary | Korkhin | $855 |
| 33 | Robert | Klafter | $700 |
| 34 | Jairo | Velasquez | $700 |
| 35 | Jack | Rolnitzky | $700 |
| 36 | Ronnie | Tate | $700 |
| 37 | Desmond | McCauley | $700 |
| 38 | Andrey | Kolchkov | $700 |
| 39 | Salvatore | Accardi | $700 |
*denotes seven-way deal