Event 3: Prize Pool and Payouts; $47,540 to the Winner

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Fun in the Sun
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee
Entries:  222
Prize Pool:  $215,340
December 28-29, 2025

1st:  $47,540 + Trophy
2nd:  $31,500
3rd:  $23,500
4th:  $17,600
5th:  $13,300
6th:  $10,100
7th:  $7,800
8th:  $6,100
9th-10th:  $4,740
11th-12th:  $3,980
13th-15th:  $3,400
16th-19th:  $2,820
20th-23rd:  $2,320
24th-28th:  $1,940

Event 3: Field Size and Prize Pool Set

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  28 of 64

Flight B of the 2025 Fun in the Sun Poker Open Main Event opening event drew 64 entries, locking in the total field size at 222 entries.

The prize pool is set at $215,350. Payout information, along with the Day 2 table and seat draw, will be posted prior to the start of Day 2, which begins Monday at 12 pm noon.

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

Event 3: Flight A Chip Counts

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  20 of 158

Flight A:  158 Entries;  20 Advanced
Flight B:  In Progress  (Reg. Open Until 9:45 pm)
Day 2:  Monday at 12 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1AdiBen Ami637,000
2KirkSmith558,000
3TKMiles378,000
4JasonPrest366,000
5JamesSalmon364,000
6ReedRudick322,000
7AndreuFerragut Lluch262,000
8EricKolodny243,000
9VincentBryant233,000
10MarkLeBlanc211,000
11LorneGreenberg174,000
12LeonardoMorales171,000
13LoganEisner152,000
14DanielMonosson150,000
15OryHen142,000
16WilliamSchmegel124,000
17VitoDeStefano101,000
18EvgeniiFidchuk73,000
19ScottZakheim65,000
20DavidMac Donald29,000

Event 3 Flight A: Matthew Zarcadoolas Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Leonardo Morales

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  20 of 158

As the field dwindled down to 21 players with the eliminations of Uri Kadosh, Stanley Baumann, David Nathaniel, and Shawn Fagan, play was set to go hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

However, just before it was set to begin, Leonardo Morales raised in middle position and Matthew Zarcadoolas called in the big blind.

The flop was Kh4h2c and Zarcadoolas ended up all in for about 45,000 with KsTs for a pair of kings against Morales’ 8h7h for a flush draw.

The Jh turn and As river completed the board, giving Morales a flush to eliminate Zarcadoolas on the money bubble.

Leonardo Morales  –  171,000  (29 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Event 3 Flight A: Chip Leaders as the Money Bubble Nears

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 13:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  25 of 158

1.  Kirk Smith  –  614,000  (123 bb)
2.  T.K. Miles  –  370,000  (74 bb)
3.  Jason Prest  –  365,000  (73 bb)
4.  Adi Ben Ami  –  360,000   (72 bb)
5.  Reed Rudick  –  355,000  (71 bb)
6.  Andreu Ferragut Lluch  –  330,000  (66 bb)

Event 3 Flight B: Turbo Flight Underway

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries:  27

The turbo flight of the 2025 Fun in the Sun Main Event is underway and registration remains open until 9:45 p.m.

Players begin with 30,000 in chips and Levels 1-12 last 15 minutes. At that point, registration will close and Levels 13+ will increase to 20 minutes.

Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains.

Event 3 Flight A: Matt Zarcadoolas Doubles Thru Johnny Bromberg

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  48 of 158

A player in early position raised to 6,000, Matt Zarcacoolas reraised all in for 62,000 in the small blind, Johnny Bromberg reraised all in for about 112,000 in the big blind, and the initial raiser folded.

Zarcadoolas showed AcKh, while Bromberg tabled JcJh.

The board ran out Kd6h3hAhKc, giving Zarcadoolas kings full of aces to double through Bromberg.

Matt Zarcadoolas  –  132,500  (53 bb)
Johnny Bromberg  –  50,000  (20 bb)

Event 3 Flight A: Chip Counts from the Field

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  53 of 158

Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  180,000  (72 bb)
James Salmon  –  155,000  (62 bb)
David Nathaniel  –  140,000  (56 bb)
Dario Dussan  –  134,000  (54 bb)
Carlos Bermudez  –  132,000  (53 bb)
Benjamin Zamani  –  113,000  (45 bb)
Johnny Bromberg  –  112,000  (45 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  80,000  (32 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  80,000  (32 bb)
Michael Newman  –  80,000  (32 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  72,000  (29 bb)
Matt Zarcadoolas  –  62,000  (25 bb)
Ira Friedman  –  62,000  (25 bb)
Eric Kolodny  –  53,000  (21 bb)
Uri Kadosh  –  43,000  (17 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  40,000  (16 bb)
Matt Yorra  –  37,000  (15 bb)
Ory Hen  –  35,000  (14 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  34,000  (14 bb)
Joseph Rossi  –  33,000  (13 bb)
Matt Glantz  –  23,000  (9 bb)
Steve Karp  –  21,000  (8 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  21,000  (8 bb)

Event 3 Flight A: Registration Closed with 158 Entries; 20 Players to Advance

$1,100 Deep Stack Main Event (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee  | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  57 of 158

Flight A of the 2025 Fun in the Sun Main Event drew 158 entries, surpassing the guarantee already and putting the prize pool at $153,260 with the turbo night flight still to come.

The Flight A field will play down to 20 players. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.