• 11 a.m.  –  Event #3 – $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em Main Event (Re-Entry)
  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes / Level 13+ last 40 minutes
  • Late Registration until start of Level 13 (5:45 p.m.)
  • Flight A will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event #3 Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will be at about 4:30 p.m.

• 6 p.m.  –  Event #3 – $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em Main Event – Turbo Flight (Re-Entry)
  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-12 last 15 minutes / Level 13+ last 20 minutes
  • Late Registration until start of Level 13 (9:45 p.m.)
  • Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event #3 Structure Sheet

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Fun in the Sun Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee
Entries:  196
Prize Pool:  $45,080
Bounty Prize Pool:  $19,600
December 27, 2025

Event 2 of the 2025 Fun in the Sun Poker Open was a $400 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 196 entries generated a prize pool of $45,080, with an additional $19,600 set aside for bounties.

A five-way was made at the final table and Johnny Bromberg was the chip leader at the time, making him the official winner for $6,813.

*denotes five-handed deal

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Fun in the Sun Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee
Entries:  479
Prize Pool:  $158,070
December 26-27, 2025

The opening event of the 2025 Fun in the Sun Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 479 entries generated a prize pool of $158,070, easily surpassing the guarantee. Emerging victorious was Carlo Rodriguez, taking it down for $26,270.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $158,070  | Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 479

Judith Bielan limped in for 200,000 on the button and Carlo Rodriguez checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was , Rodriguez checked, Bielan bet 200,000, Rodriguez check-raised to 600,000, and Bielan called.

The turn was the , Rodriguez checked, Bielan bet 600,000, Rodriguez check-raised to 1,200,000, and Bielan folded.

Carlo Rodriguez  –  5,100,000  (26 bb)
Judith Bielan  –  4,480,000  (22 bb)

1st:  $28,070 + Trophy
2nd:  $19,200

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $158,070  | Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 479

With the chip stacks evening out, Judith Bielan and Carlo Rodriguez agreed to adjust the payouts.

Up for the winner is $26,270, while second place will receive $21,000.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $158,070  | Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 479

Carlo Rodriguez raised to 250,000 from the button, Judith Bielan three-bet to 700,000 from the big blind, and Rodriguez called.

The flop was , Bielan continued for 800,000, Rodriguez raised to 1,800,000, Bielan reraised all in with a covering stack, and Rodriguez folded.

Judith Bielan  –  7,670,000  (77 bb)
Carlo Rodriguez  –  1,910,000  (19 bb)

1st:  $28,070 + Trophy
2nd:  $19,200

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $158,070  | Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 479

Carlo Rodriguez raised all in with his chip-leading stack from the button and Judith Bielan called all in for 1,555,000 in the big blind with , dominating Rodriguez’s .

The board ran out , safe for Bielan to double up and close the gap.

Judith Bielan  –  3,190,000  (40 bb)
Carlo Rodriguez  –  6,390,000  (80 bb)

1st:  $28,070 + Trophy
2nd:  $19,200