2018 Fun in the Sun

Event 1: Chip Counts Following Flights A & B

December 27, 2018 @ 3:39AM by Mickey Doft

$250 Big Stack (re-entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 52/465

Flight A: 258 Entries, 25 Advanced
Flight B: 207 Entries, 27 Advanced

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
1	Ido	Ashkenazi	526,500
2	Carlos	Guerrero	426,500
3	Raminder	Singh	400,500
4	Luis	Bastidas	250,000
5	Stuart	Greenbaum	217,000
6	Jose	Nigaglioni	210,500
7	Ofer	Peleg	200,500
8	Rene	Esquivel	197,000
9	Scott	Efron	185,000
10	Jussi	Mattila	184,500
11	Steven	Zukowski	179,000
12	Joseph	Levitt	175,000
13	John	Malczan	173,500
14	Nicholas	Avena	169,500
15	Pierrot	Messenat	159,000
16	Nadeem	Hirani	157,000
17	Janet	Fitzgerald	140,000
18	Ira	Marcus	138,000
19	James	Hamburger	137,000
20	Generoso	Barbieri	137,000
21	Jack	Rolnitzky	130,000
22	Mathieu	Selides	130,000
23	Elliott	Zaydman	125,500
24	Gabriel	Sack	121,000
25	Theo	Lawson	120,000
26	Martin	Carnero	117,000
27	Michael	Kopjanski	116,500
28	Ory	Hen	111,500
29	Jordan	Kasimow	111,000
30	Roni	Zelichonok	107,500
31	Jairo	Velasquez	107,500
32	Joseph	Block	102,500
33	Dennis	Brinn	97,000
34	Manfred	Rosenow	96,500
35	Kenneth	Kuhl	94,500
36	Ricardo	Eyzaguirre	86,000
37	Sergio	Braga	80,500
38	Marcel	Deschamps	75,000
39	David	Nathaniel Jr.	67,500
40	Jorge	Chavez	66,000
41	Yuriy	Kozinskiy	61,000
42	Leighton	Gaynair	60,500
43	Richard	Ptasnik	60,000
44	Shawn	Vrenna	53,000
45	Mitchell	Smith	52,500
46	Jason	Brown	51,500
47	Iuri	Leite	51,500
48	Scott	Swatcheno	51,000
49	Alexander	Michaels	40,500
50	Antonio	Arencibia Monduy	34,000
51	Scott	Sommer	29,000
52	Marcin	Plewinski	25,500

2018 Fun in the Sun

Event 1 (Flight B): Jose Nigaglioni Bags Flight B Lead

December 27, 2018 @ 3:01AM by Mickey Doft

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 27/207

After 14 levels, just 27 players remain from the 207 entries that took part in Event #1 Flight B of the 2018 Fun in the Sun.

Jose Nigaglioni bagged the biggest of the bunch with 210,500 and sits sixth overall entering Day 2.

Full chip counts, as well as the Day 2 table and seat draw, will be posted within the hour.

2018 Fun in the Sun

Event 1: Payouts

December 27, 2018 @ 1:49AM by Mickey Doft

$250 Big Stack (re-entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Entries: 465
Prize Pool: $97,650

1st: $24,957
2nd: $14,403
3rd: $8,789
4th: $7,080
5th: $5,566
6th: $4,638
7th: $3,711
8th: $2,832
9th: $1,953
10-12th: $1,269
13-15th: $977
16-18th: $771
19-27th: $605
28-36th: $537
37-45th: $488

2018 Fun in the Sun

Event 1 (Flight B): Defending Champion Steven Bennett Eliminated

December 27, 2018 @ 1:33AM by Mickey Doft

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 40/207

Action folded to defending champion Steven Bennett on the button and he limped in. The player in small blind folded, the player in the big blind checked and the flop came down 10d .

The big blind checked, Bennett shoved for about 14,000 and his opponent called instantly with for bottom two pair. Bennett trailed with .

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Bennett, ending his tournament.

Steven Bennett – Eliminated

2018 Fun in the Sun

Event 1 (Flight B): Ory Hen Wins a Flip on the River

December 27, 2018 @ 12:20AM by Mickey Doft

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 61/207

A series of raises between the player under the gun and Ory Hen in the big blind culminated with Hen calling his opponent’s all in for 38,000.

Hen showed , racing with his opponent’s .

The board came down 10h 10d , giving Hen aces and tens on the river to eliminate his opponent.

Ory Hen – 94,000 (78 bb)

2018 Fun in the Sun

Event 1 (Flight B): Registration Closed

December 26, 2018 @ 11:41PM by Mickey Doft

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 78/207

Registration has closed for Flight B with 207 entries. Combined with the 258 in Flight A, the total field size is set at 465 entries and the prize pool is $97,650.

Payout information will be posted when it becomes available.

2018 Fun in the Sun

Event 1: Flight A Chip Counts

December 26, 2018 @ 8:08PM by Mickey Doft

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 25/258

Flight A: 258 Entries, 25 Advanced
Flight B: Underway

Table and seat information for Day 2 will be published following the completion of Flight B at about 3:00 AM.

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
1	Ido	Ashkenazi	526,500
2	Carlos	Guerrero	426,500
3	Raminder	Singh	400,500
4	Luis	Bastidas	250,000
5	Stuart	Greenbaum	217,000
6	Ofer	Peleg	200,500
7	Rene	Esquivel	197,000
8	Jussi	Mattila	184,500
9	John	Malczan	173,500
10	Ira	Marcus	138,000
11	James	Hamburger	137,,000
12	Theo	Lawson	120,000
13	Martin	Carnero	117,000
14	Michael	Kopjanski	116,500
15	Roni	Zelichonok	107,500
16	Sergio	Braga	80,500
17	David	Nathaniel Jr.	67,500
18	Yuriy	Kozinskiy	61,000
19	Leighton	Gaynair	60,500
20	Richard	Ptasnik	60,000
21	Shawn	Vrenna	53,000
22	Jason	Brown	51,500
23	Scott	Swatcheno	51,000
24	Alexander	Michaels	40,500
25	Marcin	Plewinski	25,500

2018 Fun in the Sun

Event 1 (Flight B): Faces in the Field

December 26, 2018 @ 8:03PM by Mickey Doft

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 BB Ante
Entries: 113

Among those in the field include Evan Teitelbaum, Dave Inselberg, Avi Frier, Yigal Hen, Pasquale Caiazza, Dimitry Agrachov, Nick Yunis, Al Gomez, Matthew Zarcadoolas, Joel Harwood and defending champion Steven Bennett.

2018 Fun in the Sun

Event 1: Flight B Underway

December 26, 2018 @ 7:07PM by Mickey Doft

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 45

The cards are in the air for Event #1 Flight B of the 2018 Fun in the Sun.

With 258 entries in Flight A, the $50,000 guarantee has already been eclipsed. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (about 11:30 PM).

More frequent updates of Flight B will begin at that time.

2018 Fun in the Sun

Event 1: Ido Ashkenazi Leads the Way After Flight A

December 26, 2018 @ 6:46PM by Mickey Doft

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 25/258

After 14 levels, just 25 players remain from the starting field of 258 entries. Ido Ashkenazi bagged the biggest stack of the bunch with 526,500, well ahead of his nearest competitor.

Full chip counts will be posted shortly. Table and seat assignments for Day 2 will be published following the conclusion of Flight B at about 3:00 AM.