Event 1 (Flight B): Spencer Simon Scores a Double Elimination

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 41 of 225

Ziad Matta raised to 6,000 from under the gun, a player in middle position three-bet all in for about 36,000 and Robert Transue four-bet all in for roughly 50,000 from the hijack. Spencer Simon called from the cutoff and action folded back to Matta who folded.

Transue showed KsKh, leading Simon’s AhKd and the middle-position player’s QsJh.

The board ran out 5d2dAc8d4d, giving Simon a king-high flush to score the double elimination.

Spencer Simon – 210,000
Robert Transue – Eliminated

Event 1 (Flight B): Mark Salerno Takes One Out

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 46 of 225

The player under the gun raised all in for 6,500 and Mark Salerno isolated the pot with a raise to 13,000 from the cutoff.

Salerno showed Kc6h, leading his opponent’s Qs9d.

The board ran out Jh4s5dAsJc, safe for Salerno to score the elimination.

Mark Salerno – 105,000

Event 1 (Flight B): Steve Karp Doubles Up

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 59 of 225

Following a flop of 3d2cQd with about 24,000 in the pot, Steve Karp was all in from middle position for 34,200 with 2h2d against his opponent in the big blind with AdQh.

The Kc turn and 7c river completed the board, safe for Karp to double up.

Steve Karp – 92,000

Event 1: Payouts

2019 Fun in the Sun
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  436
Prize Pool:  $111,180
December 26-27, 2019

With 436 entries between the two starting flights, the prize pool is set at $111,180.

The top 55 places will be paid, with a min-cash paying $410 and first place set at $22,102.

1st: $22,102
2nd: $15,745
3rd: $10,127
4th: $6,826
5th: $5,248
6th: $4,358
7th: $3,650
8th: $2,946
9th-10th: $2,245
11th-12th: $1,901
13th-15th: $1,579
16th-18th: $1,295
19th-21st: $1,078
22nd-24th: $911
25th-27th: $745
28th-36th: $614
37th-45th: $540
46th-54th: $474
55th: $410

Event 1 (Flight B): Chip Counts From Around the Room

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Flight B
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 81 of 225

David Moreno – 108,000
Michael Tait – 75,000
Steve Karp – 67,000
Pasquale Caiazza – 64,000
Jeff Trudeau – 58,000
T.K. Miles – 58,000
Robert Transue – 43,000
Matt Bretzfield – 38,000
Marcus Stein – 25,000
Jorge Gomez – 24,000
Roberto Bendeck – 19,000
Raminder Singh – 12,000

Event 1 (Flight B): Registration Closed

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Flight B
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 225

Registration has closed for Flight B of Event 1 with 225 entries, and along with the 211 from Flight A there are a total of 436 entries and a prize pool of $111,180, easily surpassing the guarantee.

Flight B action will continue until the end of Level 14, where the remaining players will bag and return for Day 2 tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Event 1: Flight A Chip Counts

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 211

Flight A: 211 Entries, 28 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Day 2: Friday at 1 p.m.

Table and seat information for Day 2 will be published following the completion of Flight B at about 2:30 a.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1ScottSwatscheno525,000
2MohamedSerry313,500
3AlanGold306,000
4ChrisNomikos273,000
5DanUzzi200,500
6JohnOwen184,500
7D.J.Swatscheno175,500
8MarshaWolak172,000
9SheldonGross150,000
10LuisMantilla143,000
11RobTannenbaum136,500
12BransenDillon125,000
13GeorgesBoyadjian124,000
14AndrewGrunwald117,000
15MichaelMazzei111,000
16JohnTheofilopoulos108,500
17ErnestBrun107,000
18KevinKamminga104,500
19JamesSalmon103,500
20JonathanDobson100,500
21NicholasVisconti98,500
22ErrolRosen90,500
23NormZapczynski81,000
24JeffBohanek81,000
25StevenSchwartz79,000
26ReymundoSilva77,500
27JairoCarrillo72,000
28NicholasBaurichter61,000

Event 1 (Flight A): Scott Swatscheno Leads the 28 Flight A Survivors

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Flight A
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 211

Scott Swatscheno
Flight A Chip Leader Scott Swatscheno

Flight A of the $300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) has concluded with 28 players bagging from the initial 211 entries. Scott Swatscheno is the Flight A chip leader with 525,000, more than 200,000 ahead of his nearest competitor.

Flight A chip counts will be posted shortly, while the Day 2 table and seating assignments will be posted following the conclusion of Flight B.

Event 1 (Flight A): Scott Swatscheno Nearing 500K

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Flight A
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 34 of 211

Scott Swatscheno raised to 7,000 from the cutoff, Alan Gold called from the button and Ido Ashkenazi called from the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a 2h2s9d7h board where Gold bet 10,000. Only Swatscheno called.

The river was the Qh and both checked.

Swatscheno showed KcQc for queens and deuces, Gold mucked and Swatscheno collected the pot.

Scott Swatscheno – 487,000
Alan Gold – 290,000

Event 1 (Flight A): Ido Ashkenazi Eliminated by John Owen

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Flight A
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 211

Ido Ashkenazi raised all in for about 52,000 from the cutoff and John Owen isolated with a shove of his own from the button.

Ashkenazi: Ad6h
Owen: JsJc

The board ran out 8s9h5dQc9d, no help to Ashkenazi, locking up the pot for Owen.

John Owen – 185,000
Ido Ashkenazi – Eliminated