$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $91,875
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 175

Robert Goldberg raised to 10,000 from under the gun, Russell Broadway called in the hijack, and Paul Domb called in the cutoff.

Ryan Estrada three-bet to 95,000 from the small blind (leaving 2,500 behind), Goldberg folded, and Broadway folded. Domb called.

The flop was , Estrada bet his remaining 2,500, and Domb called for a pair of queens. Estrada showed for a pair of kings and needed his hand to hold.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Estrada to double up.

Ryan Estrada  –  223,000  (56 bb)
Paul Domb  –  105,000  (26 bb)

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $91,875
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 175

Robert Mantin raised to 12,000 from under the gun, Mike Graffeo called in the cutoff, and Benjamin Goldstein called in the small blind.

The flop was , Goldstein checked, Mantin went all in for about 287,000, Graffeo called all in for 211,000, and Goldstein folded.

Mantin: 
Graffeo: 

Graffeo was ahead with an eight-high straight.

The turn was the , giving Mantin a few outs to a full house.

The river was the , safe for Graffeo to double up on the money bubble.

Mike Graffeo  –  466,000  (117 bb)
Robert Mantin  –  76,500  (19 bb)

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $91,875
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 175

Following a flop of with abut 35,000 in the pot, Victor Nassif checked from the big blind. James Fox went all in for 26,500 from under the gun, James Carroll called in early position, and Nassif folded.

Fox: 
Carroll: 

Carroll was ahead with a pair of kings and held up through the turn and river to score the elimination.

James Carroll  –  164,000  (66 bb)
Victor Nassif  –  130,000  (52 bb)
James Fox  –  Eliminated

$150 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Entries: 45

• 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

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $91,875
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 175

As the money bubble approaches, here are the top stacks at the latest break:

1.  Robert Mantin  –  287,000  (115 bb)
2.  Johnny Bromberg  –  206,000  (82 bb)
3.  T.K. Miles  –  191,500  (77 bb)

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.