Event 1: Flight A Chip Counts

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  32 of 253

Flight A:  253 Entries;  32 Advanced
Flight B:  In Progress (Reg. Open Until 10:30 p.m.)
Day 2:  Saturday at 1 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1MarkBryan304,000
2RichardCaplan262,000
3ErnestoGomez249,000
4Julian TeomanPetrowski249,000
5TJShulman248,000
6RafaelLima245,000
7RichardWhitebrook244,000
8MichaelMoskowitz240,000
9MarcosSaravia Escalante214,000
10DavidInselberg210,000
11GaryGelman203,000
12FernandoPages198,000
13LuisBlumberg180,000
14AdrianWinebarger170,000
15JamesSalmon166,000
16AllanBieler164,000
17VitoDiStefano162,000
18ArielRosello162,000
19SagiZommer119,000
20FredericoDabus118,000
21MarceloAagesen108,000
22T.K.Miles108,000
23MichaelNewman104,000
24CarloRodriguez88,000
25IraHorowitz88,000
26DNR82,000
27BrandonNoe77,000
28EriberutoUehara73,000
29AnibalPabon65,000
30JasonKwartler64,000
31LoganEisner60,000
32PaulShafran52,000

Event 1 Flight A: Fernando Pages Sends the Remaining Field Onward to Day 2

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  32 of 253

A player in early position raised all in for 55,000 and Fernando Pages looked him up in the hijack holding AcKs, leading his opponent’s KhQs.

The board ran out 5c4d3c5sTd, safe for Pages to score the elimination and send the remaining 32 players onward to Day 2.

Fernando Pages  –  198,000  (50 bb)

The full list of chip counts from Flight A will be posted soon.

Event 1 Flight A: Michael Newman Wins a Race Against Carlo Rodriguez to Double Up

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  34 of 253

Michael Newman raised all in for 49,000 from the button and Carlo Rodriguez called in the big blind with AcTs. Newman showed 2s2c and it was off to the races.

The board ran out Kd9h2d3dAd, giving Newman a set of deuces to double up.

Michael Newman  –  104,000  (26 bb)
Carlo Rodriguez  –  100,000  (25 bb)

With 34 players remaining from the Flight A field for 253 entries, the average stack is about 149,000 (37 big blinds). The field will play until 32 players remain. Players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Event 1 Flight A: Chip Leaders as the Money Bubble Approaches

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  38 of 253

T1.  Rich Caplan  –  270,000  (63 bb)
T1.  Michael Moskowitz  –  270,000  (63 bb)
3.  Allan Bieler  –  235,000  (59 bb)
4.  Richard Whitebrook  –  220,000  (55 bb)
5.  TJ Shulman  –  215,000  (54 bb)
6.  Marcos Saravia  –  210,000  (53 bb)

With 38 players remaining from the Flight A field for 253 entries, the average stack is about 133,000 (33 big blinds). The field will play until 32 players remain. Players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Event 1 Flight A: Chip Counts from the Field

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  40 of 253

Richard Whitebrook  –  210,000  (70 bb)
TJ Shulman  –  210,000  (70 bb)
Mark Bryan  –  190,000  (63 bb)
Fernando Pages  –  185,000  (62 bb)
Rafael Lima  –  160,000  (53 bb)
Fred Dabus  –  155,000  (52 bb)
Allan Bieler  –  155,000  (52 bb)
David Inselberg –   146,000  (49 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  105,000  (35 bb)
Joseph Petrolino  –  90,000  (30 bb)
Anibal Pabon  –  88,000  (29 bb)
T.K. Miles   –  65,000  (22 bb)
Deborah Dana  –  50,000  (17 bb)
Michael Newman  –  45,000  (15 bb)

With 40 players remaining from the Flight A field for 253 entries, the average stack is about 126,500 (42 big blinds). The field will play until 32 players remain. Players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Event 1 Flight B: Almost Set to Go

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure

Flight B of the 2025 Fun in the Sun opening event begins at 6 p.m.

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels  –  30 minutes  /  Day 2 levels – 40 minutes
  • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
  • Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event #1 Structure Sheet

Event 1 Flight A: Richard Whitebrook Thins the Field by One

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  46 of 253

Richard Whitebrook raised from the hijack, the player on the button reraised all in for about 17,000, and Whitebrook called with QdQc, leading his opponent’s Ac9c.

The board ran out Jd9s2d4c6s, safe for Whitebrook to score the elimination.

Richard Whitebrook  –  205,000  (103 bb)

With 46 players remaining from the Flight A field for 253 entries, the average stack is about 110,000 (55 big blinds). The field will play until 32 players remain. Players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Event 1 Flight A: Rafael Lima Leads at Break

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  55 of 253

A scan of the stacks during the break showed a few players above the 200K mark, led by Rafael Lima with about 245,000 (123 big blinds).

Other big stacks include Allan Bieler with 214,000 (107 big blinds) and Mark Bryan with about 208,000 (104 big blinds).

Flight A will continue 32 players remain.

Event 1 Flight A: Chip Counts from the Field

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  81 of 253

TJ Shulman  –  180,000  (150 bb)
Fred Dabus  –  154,000  (128 bb)
Rafael Lima  –  153,000  (128 bb)
Richard Whitebrook  –  140,000  (117 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  117,000  (98 bb)
Fernando Pages  –  100,000  (83 bb)
David Inselberg  –  98,000  (82 bb)
Michael Newman  –  98,000  (82 bb)
Allan Bieler  –  80,000  (67 bb)
Michael Tarafa  –  80,000  (67 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  73,000  (61 bb)
Joseph Rossi  –  70,000  (58 bb)
Johnny Bromberg  –  65,000  (54 bb)
Scott Levitt  – 61,000  (51 bb)
Marc Sacheli  –  52,000  (43 bb)
Guillermo Hamilton  –  35,000  (29 bb)
Brent Hoover  –  31,000  (26 bb)
Joseph Petrolino  –  29,000  (24 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  26,000  (22 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  24,000  (20 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  20,000  (17 bb)
Alejandro Funes  –  14,000  (12 bb)