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.

Bob Norris – 85,000 (28 bb)

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.

Ed McNamara – 79,000 (33 bb)

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 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Entries: 196

On the turn of an board with about 15,000 in the pot, Event 5 winner Dani Dayan bet 10,000 from the big blind. Her opponent in the hijack called.

The river was the , Dayan bet 20,000, and her opponent called.

Dayan showed for sevens full of aces, her opponent mucked, and Dayan won the pot.

Dani Dayan – 188,000 (118 bb)

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 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Entries: 177

With about 17,500 in the pot and the board reading , Farid Jattin (fresh off of his Main Event win at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa) was all in from middle position for 12,600 with against an opponent in the cutoff with .

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Jattin, giving his opponent the pot.

Jattin rejoined the field shortly thereafter as registration remains open until the beginning of Level 13.

Fun in the Sun Main Event | Structure
$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 159

Matt Yorra raised all in from middle position for roughly 14,000, and the player on the button called all in for about 11,000.

” I have my favorite button calling hand,” said Yorra’s opponent, who showed . Yorra showed .

The board came down , giving Yorra aces full of kings to eliminate his opponent.

Matt Yorra – 27,500 (34 bb)

Fun in the Sun Main Event | Structure
$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Entries: 131

Michael Newman – 57,000 (114 bb)
Josh Tzur – 52,000 (104 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 49,000 (98 bb)
Jack Shea – 48,000 (96 bb)
Cory Blum – 37,500 (75 bb)
Abbey Daniels – 32,500 (65 bb)
Tony Ruberto – 32,500 (65 bb)
Bob Norris – 26,000 (52 bb)
Nancy Thomas – 26,000 (52 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 25,000 (50 bb)
Yigal Hen – 18,000 (36 bb)
Almog Bitton – 17,000 (34 bb)
Ory Hen – 16,000 (32 bb)
Matt Yorra – 16,000 (32 bb)
Luis Santoni – 14,500 (29 bb)
Marc Sacheli – 14,000 (28 bb)
Allan Bieler – 13,000 (26 bb)
Nigel Murray – 10,000 (20 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 9,000 (18 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.