Event #3: Final Table is Set

Event #3: $350 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 /1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/125
Average Stack: 139,000 (23 bb)

With the eliminations of Lois Bovit (13th – $438), Michael Newman (12th – $500), Nigel Murray (11th – $500), and James Oliver (10th – $500) in the first few minutes of Level 17, the remaining players have redrawn for seats at the final table.

Here is the seat draw with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1: John “StoneBubbler” Dollinger – 280,000 (47 bb)
Seat 2: Jeff Kessler – 72,000 (12 bb)
Seat 3: Jeffrey Trudeau Jr. – 215,000 (36 bb)
Seat 4: Sebastian Soares – 140,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: Patrick Peduto – 100,000 (17 bb)
Seat 6: Perry Shiao – 155,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7: Anthony Ocampo – 67,000 (11 bb)
Seat 8: Mark Bernstein – 135,000 (23 bb)
Seat 9: Michael Gross – 65,000 (11 bb)

Event #3: 13 Players Remaining

Event #3: $350 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17 (upcoming): 3,000/6,000 /1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 13/125
Average Stack: 96,000 (16 bb)

Table 40
Seat 1: Patrick Peduto – 87,000 (15 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:
Seat 4: John “StoneBubbler” Dollinger – 220,000 (37 bb)
Seat 5: Sebastian Soares – 45,000 (8 bb)
Seat 6: James Oliver – 81,000 (14  bb)
Seat 7: Jeff Kessler – 94,000 (16 bb)
Seat 8: Anthony Ocampo – 72,000 (12 bb)
Seat 9: Michael Newman  – 72,000 (12 bb)

Table 41
Seat 1: Michael Gross – 77,000 (13 bb)
Seat 2: Nigel Murray – 30,000 (5 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:
Seat 5: Lois Bovit – 53,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6: Jeffrey Trudeau Jr. – 187,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Perry Shiao – 95,000 (16 bb)
Seat 8: Mark Bernstein – 138,000 (23 bb)
Seat 9:

Sebastiao Bomfim Wins F.I.T.S. Event #2 ($6,550)!

Event #2 Champion Sebastiao Bomfim
Event #2 Champion Sebastiao Bomfim

Event #2 of the Fun in the Sun Poker Open was a $130 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry. The guarantee was set at $10,000, but that was easily smashed as a field of 234 entries generated a prize pool of $23,400.

Outlasting the field was Brazilian Sebastiao Bomfim, winning the tournament outright for $6,550.

Final Results

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1SebastiaoBomfim$6,550
2LorenzoDi Chiazza$3,861
3Michael Sinisgalli$2,223
4RobertNorris$1,802
5Josh Rittenberg$1,404
6MarkSteinberg$1,170
7ScottUnderkoffler$936
8JosephMarchese$702
9Robert Allan$468
10LoisBovit$304
11JouleKadadu$304
12JohnMcLaughlin$304
13LouisAccruti$257
14VitoPolera$257
15Michael Golub$257
16EliyahuBohadanah$234
17DonaldDelancy$234
18CarolynMevorah$234
19DavidRosas Caldentey$211
20EliasNassif$211
21AnthonyGist$211
22BrianFey$211
23DanitDayan$211
24GiliPrizament$211
25MiguelMartinez$211
26PauliusBikus$211
27RayllanBalsano$211

Event #2: Lorenzo Di Chiazza Out in 2nd Place ($3,861)

Event #2: $130 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 30: 100,000/200,000/25,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 1/234

On the first hand of heads-up play, Sebastiao Bomfim seized the chip lead. The following hand, he raised to 450,000 from the button. Lorenzo Di Chiazza reraised all in for about 2,500,000 from the big blind and Bonfim called.

Di Chiazza: Qd4c
Bomfim: Qc8c

The flop fell Qh8h3h, giving Bomfim top two pair and a commanding lead in the hand. The Kh landed on the turn, though, giving Di Chiazza many outs to chop. However, the river was the Ac to end Di Chiazza’s tournament as runner-up for $3,861.

Event #2: Robert Norris Out in 4th Place ($1,802)

Event #2: $130 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 29: 75,000/150,000/20,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 3/234
Average Stack: 1,950,000 (13 bb)

Lorenzo Di Chiazza limped from the small blind, Robert Norris raised all in from the big blind for roughly 950,000 and Di Chiazza called with Qs4c.

Norris trailed with 5h2c and failed to catch up as the board came down Jc10d7sKs3c.

Lorenzo Di Chiazza – 3,000,000 (20 bb)
Robert Norris – Out in 4th Place ($1,802)

Event #2: Mark Steinberg Out in 6th Place ($1,170); Josh Rittenberg Out in 5th Place ($1,404)

Event #2: $130 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 29: 75,000/150,000/20,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 4/234
Average Stack: 1,462,000 (10 bb)

Josh Rittenberg raised all in from the button 395,000, Mark Steinberg called all in from the small blind for 265,000 and Lorenzo Di Chiazza called from the big blind covering both.

Rittenberg: Jd8s
Steinberg: QsJh
Di Chiazza: KsQd

The board fell 10h10c7sQc4c, giving Di Chiazza queens and tens with a king kicker to score the double elimination.

Lorenzo Di Chiazza – 1,950,000 (13 bb)
Josh Rittenberg – Out in 5th Place ($1,404)
Mark Steinberg – Out in 6th Place ($1,170)