The History of the PCA's $25,000 High Roller

Since 2009, the $25,000 High Roller has been a staple on the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure schedule and one of the biggest, most exciting events of the year. The only previous year this event didn't see an increase in the field size was in 2012, when the 148 entries generated were three less than the 151 from the year prior. Still, maintaining just about the same field size proved for a very solid turnout.

Here's a look at the previous $25,000 High Roller stats from 2009 to 2014:

Year	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Runner-Up	First-Place Prize
2009	48	$1,131,800	Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier	Will Molson	$433,500
2010	84	$2,058,000	William Reynolds	Will Molson	$576,240
2011	151	$3,775,500	Will Molson	Leo Fernandez	$1,072,850
2012	148	$3,626,000	Alex Bilokur	Jonathan Duhamel	$1,134,930
2013	204	$4,998,000	Vanessa Selbst	Vladimir Troyanovskiy	$1,424,420
2014	247	$6,051,500	Jake Schindler	Greg Merson	$1,192,624