Welcome to the $25,000 High Roller
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Hello, and welcome to PokerNews' coverage of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller.
While the $10,000,000 guaranteed Main Event heads into Day 4, this $25,000 event is the last big buy-in one of the festival. Last year, another star-studded final table was produced, with none other than Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst emerging victorious. The win was especially prominent for Selbst, and a moment in poker history, as she became the all-time winningest female player with her victory. Selbst defeated Vladimir Troyanovskiy heads up, while Mike Watson finished in third, Ole Schemion in fourth, and Shaun Deeb in fifth.
Day 1 is scheduled to begin promptly at 12 p.m. local time, and registration will remain open until the start of Day 2. While the defending champion, Selbst, is currently still in the Main Event with a top-five stack heading into Day 4, the extra registration time could serve her very well, amongst other players also.
With her win, Selbst added her name to the list of big names to claim victory in this event, and one could only assume we will once again see a notable player grab the title this year. While who that will be is still left to be determined, let's take a look back at the past champions using the table below.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 204 | Vanessa Selbst | $1,424,420 |
| 2012 | 148 | Alex Bilokur | $1,134,930 |
| 2011 | 151 | Will Molson | $1,072,850 |
| 2010 | 84 | William Reynolds | $576,240 |
| 2009 | 48 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | $433,500 |
As you can see, one of the biggest names to jump from that list is Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, who won the first installment of this event. The win came during the meteoric rise of Grospellier's career that saw him win $5,871,734 in the first five years of his career. There is no doubt that Grospellier will be in action this year, and we'll see if another massive result is in the cards for the Frenchman.
Then there is Will Molson, although it could be all but guaranteed that he will not be making an appearance this year. It's long been a running joke that this event should have its name changed to the "Will Molson Classic" because of the Canadian's great performances over the years. In 2009, he finished second to Grospellier for $228,000, and then he finished runner-up again in 2010 to William Reynolds for $322,075. If you think that's impressive, Molson one-upped those finishes in 2011 when he won the thing for $1,072,850. He didn't cash in 2012 or 2013, but one can't argue against the results he's put up in the PCA $25,000 High Roller.
With 161 unique entries last year and 43 reentries (this event offers a single reentry option), hopes are set high for a large, elite field to be in the tournament room. That said, there are several players that played last year who didn't even make the trip to the PCA this year. The word around the Atlantis Resort is that around 140 unique players will be in the mix, although that is simply pure speculation from the crowd that's here.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews.com as the coverage will be kicking off shortly. We'll see you in a bit!
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