Event 1 Flight A: Richard Whitebrook Eliminates One; Money Bubble Begins

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  35 of 270

A short-stacked player raised all in for about 30,000 from middle position and Richard Whitebrook called from the big blind with KcJc, slightly behind his opponent’s Ah8s.

The board ran out Qs10d9d7s2s, giving Whitebrook a king-high straight to eliminate his opponent.

Richard Whitebrook  –  90,000  (18 bb)

Along with the elimination of another player, play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

Event 1 Flight A: Scott Baumstein Doubles thru Jake Schwartz

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  37 of 270

Scott Baumstein raised all in for 40,000 from the button and Jake Schwartz called in the big blind.

Baumstein:  As6d
Schwartz:  Ah6h

The board ran out 7d10s9sJsQs, giving Baumstein an ace-high flush to double through Schwartz.

Scott Baumstein  –  88,000  (18 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  13,000  (3 bb)

Event 1 Flight A: Fabian Gumz Takes One Out

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  40 of 270

Ya Yun Liu opened to 8,000 from under the gun and received four callers.

The flop was Ks7c3s, the player in the big blind shoved for 51,000, Liu folded, Fabian Gumz raised all in for 126,000 from middle position, Henry Velkuru folded in the hijack, and the player on the button folded.

Gumz showed 3d3h for a set of threes, leading his opponent’s Kh10h.

The 2s turn and 10c river completed the board, safe for Gumz to score the elimination.

Fabian Gumz  –  223,000  (56 bb)

Event 1 Flight A: Chip Leaders at the Break

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  44 of 270

Ya Yun Liu  –  360,000  (90 bb)
Harry Velkuru  –  319,000  (80 bb)
Brandon Navarrete  –  276,000  (69 bb)

Play in Flight A will continue until 34 players remain. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Event 1 Flight A: Scott Baumstein Doubles Up

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  72 of 270

Scott Baumstein raises to 5,000 from the hijack and the player on the button calls.

The flop is QdJs10h, Baumstein checks, his opponent shoves for effectively 65,500, and Baumstein thinks for a bit before he calls all in for that amount with AhAc for a pair of aces, leading his opponent’s KcQh for a pair of queens with an open-ended straight draw.

The 2c turn and 10d river complete the board, safe for Baumstein to double up.

Scott Baumstein  –  147,500  (59 bb)

Event 1 Flight A: Harry Velkuru Leads the Field at Break

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  85 of 270

In a hand that was recapped to us, Harry Velkuru doubled through Eric Kolodny when Kolodny shoved the river and ran into Velkuru’s top set of kings, giving Velkuru the chip lead as the remaining ~85 players went to break.

Harry Velkuru  –  234,000  (117 bb)
Eric Kolodny  –  16,000  (8 bb)

Event 1 Flight A: Adam Mammon Doubles Thru Eric Kolodny

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  90 of 270

Eric Kolodny raised to 3,300 from under the gun, Adam Mammon three-bet all in for about 5,000 from the next seat over, and Kolodny called.

Kolodny:  KdQs
Mammon:  AdQd

The board ran out Jd4d3s5c9c, safe for Mammon to double up.

Adam Mammon  –  14,000  (9 bb)
Eric Kolodny  –  135,000  (84 bb)

Event 1 Flight A: Chip Counts From Around the Room

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  108 of 270

Eric Kolodny  –  175,000
Jonathan Marcu  –  94,000
Jacquelyn Scott  –  92,000
Nancy Thomas  –  85,000
Shannon Mccloud  –  83,000
Matt Bretzfield  –  76,000
Alejandro Funes  –  67,000
Scott Baumstein  –  50,000
T.K. Miles  –  48,000
David Tuthill  –  45,000
Jake Schwartz  –  45,000
Scott Levitt  –  43,000
Raminder Singh  –  36,000
Marc Sacheli  –  35,000
Stuart Greenbaum  –  30,000
Pasquale Caiazza  –  30,000
Matt Waxman  –  27,000
Matt Yorra  –  20,000
David Nathaniel Jr.  –  19,000
Alcides Gomez  –  16,000
Solange Lucas  –  8,000

Event 1 Flight A: Field Size Set

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  126 of 270

Flight A for the 2022 Fun in the Sun opening event drew 270 entries, nearly doubling the guarantee already.  The prize pool is currently $91,800 with another starting flight this evening.

The Flight A field will play down to 34 players. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.