Fun in the Sun Main Event | Structure| Payouts $560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $98,500 Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 41/197
A player was all in and at risk for about 35,000 from middle position against Bob Norris in early position with .
The board came down , safe for Norris to score the elimination.
Fun in the Sun Main Event | Structure| Payouts $560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $98,500 Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 43/197
The players are in the midst of a 30-minute break. Play will resume at about 5:55 p.m.
The chip leader is currently Dani Dayan with 301,500.
Fun in the Sun Main Event | Structure| Payouts $560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $98,500 Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 49/197
Ed McNamara was all in from the cutoff or 36,100 with against an opponent’s on the button.
The board came down , giving McNamara queens up to double up.
Fun in the Sun Main Event | Structure $560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $98,500 Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 61/197
Registration has closed for the 2017 Fun in the Sun Main Event. A field of 197entries generated a prize pool of $98,500. The top 25 places will be paid, with first place set at $24,518.
Fun in the Sun Main Event | Structure $560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante Entries: 180
Yossi Ben Kessous raised to 3,000 from middle position, the player on the button called, and Michael Newman called from the small blind.
The flop came down , and Newman checked to Ben Kessous who bet 6,000. The button folded, and Newman called.
The turn was the , and Newman check-called 7,000 from Ben Kessous.
The river was the , and Newman led out for 15,000. Ben Kessous tanked for about two minutes, squirming in his seat a bit while Newman just stared at him. Ben Kessous eventually folded, and Newman casually tossed over as he collected the pot.
Michael Newman – 165,000 (138 bb) Yossi Ben Kessous – 18,000 (15 bb)
Fun in the Sun Main Event | Structure $560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 Entries: 103
It’s early in Level 6 and the $50,000 guarantee is already bested in the Fun in the Sun $560 Main Event. The clock shows 103 to this point with registration and re-entry available until about 4:25pm. Looking back to last year, today’s event is slightly ahead of pace of its predecessor and should best the year-over-year turnout.