$10,300 PCA Main Event
Dia 1a Iniciado
$10,300 PCA Main Event
Dia 1a Iniciado
Poker enthusiasts from near and far will be heading to the Atlantis Resort & Casino on Paradise Island at the Bahamas for the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $10,300 Main Event. The first of two starting days kicks off at noon local time and plenty of big names are expected to join the action and try to become the latest EPT Main Event champion.
The defending champion is Argentina's Maria Lampropulos, who topped a field of 582 entries one year ago to lift the trophy and score a payday of $1,081,100, her second seven-figure score on the international poker circuit. Lampropulos has already taken part in the record-breaking $25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship, which concluded yesterday with the victory of Platinum Pass qualifier Ramon Colillas, and will be there to defend her title in the days to come.
Further previous winners in the PCA Main Event include such big names as Gus Hansen, Bertrand Grospellier, Harrison Gimbel, Galen Hall, Dominik Panka and Christian Harder, who have all engraved their names into the history books of poker.
PCA Main Events at a Glance
Year | Buy-In | Entries | Total Prize Pool | Winner | First Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | $7,500 | 221 | $1,657,500 | Gus Hansen | $455,780 |
2005 | $8,000 | 461 | $3,487,200 | John Gale | $890,600 |
2006 | $8,000 | 724 | $5,647,200 | Steve Paul-Ambrose | $1,388,600 |
2007 | $8,000 | 937 | $7,063,842 | Ryan Daut | $1,535,255 |
2008 | $8,000 | 1,136 | $8,562,976 | Bertrand Grospellier | $2,000,000 |
2009 | $10,000 | 1,347 | $12,674,000 | Poorya Nazari | $3,000,000 |
2010 | $10,300 | 1,529 | $14,831,300 | Harrison Gimbel | $2,200,000 |
2011 | $10,300 | 1,560 | $15,132,000 | Galen Hall | $2,300,000 |
2012 | $10,300 | 1,072 | $10,398,400 | John Dibella | $1,775,000 |
2013 | $10,300 | 987 | $9,573,900 | Dimitar Danchev | $1,859,000 |
2014 | $10,300 | 1,031 | $10,070,000 | Dominik Panka | $1,423,096 |
2015 | $10,300 | 816 | $7,915,200 | Kevin Schulz | $1,491,580 |
2016 | $5,300 | 928 | $4,500,800 | Mike Watson | $728,325 |
2017 | $5,000 | 738 | $3,376,712 | Christian Harder | $429,664 |
2018 | $10,300 | 582 | $5,645,400 | Maria Lampropulos | $1,081,100 |
The Main Event features two starting days and a single re-entry option for a maximum of two entries in either of the flights is available, all players receive 30,000 in chips. The registration for the event closes at the start of Day 2 on Sunday, January 13th, 2019.
Both Day 1s will feature 10 levels of 60 minutes each and there will be a break every two levels. After the end of the 6th level of the day, there will be a 1:20 dinner break (approx. 18:40 - 20:00) and each Day 1 will conclude just after midnight local time.
As of Day 2, the level duration increases to 90 minutes each and once the money has been reached, a 30 second shot clock and 30 second time bank cards will come into play until a winner has been crowned. The tournament also features the popular Big Blind Ante. In an all-in situation, the Big Blind will be posted prior to the Ante.
Day 1 Level Structure
Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 60 min | 100 | 100 | |
2 | 60 min | 100 | 100 | 100 |
BREAK 20 min | ||||
3 | 60 min | 100 | 200 | 200 |
4 | 60 min | 100 | 300 | 300 |
BREAK 20 min | ||||
5 | 60 min | 200 | 400 | 400 |
6 | 60 min | 200 | 500 | 500 |
DINNER BREAK 80 min | ||||
7 | 60 min | 300 | 600 | 600 |
8 | 60 min | 400 | 800 | 800 |
BREAK 20 min | ||||
9 | 60 min | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
10 | 60 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
Follow the PokerNews live coverage from the Bahamas to find out who will become the next EPT Main Event champion.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
There are some 73 players registered and in their seats at the start of Day 1a and two particular tables stand out right away.
Athanasios Polychronopoulos faces Blake Bohn, Cliff Josephy and Andrew Chen while Dan Ott will battle with Grayson Ramage and Matt Glantz.
A further list of notables in the field is to follow shortly.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Andrew Chen | 30,000 | |
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
|
30,000 | |
Blake Bohn | 30,000 | |
Cliff Josephy
|
30,000 | |
Dan Ott | 30,000 | |
Matt Glantz | 30,000 | |
Grayson Ramage | 30,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Mike Leah
|
30,000 | |
Daniel Strelitz
|
30,000 | |
Ian Hunter | 30,000 | |
Joey Couden
|
30,000 | |
Brian Yoon
|
30,000 | |
James Romero
|
30,000 | |
Damien Le Goff | 30,000 | |
Derek Lawless | 30,000 | |
Paul Vas Nunes | 30,000 | |
Jimmy Guerrero | 30,000 | |
Markus Durnegger | 30,000 | |
Lexy Gavin | 30,000 | |
Simon Deadman | 30,000 | |
Michael Gathy
|
30,000 | |
Sergi Reixach | 30,000 | |
Andre Akkari
|
30,000 |
Table seven features 2018 WSOP Main Event 6th place finisher Aram Zobian, Shawn Buchanan, Alan Schein, Chris Johnson, and Jimmy Guerrero. The latter two were just involved in a hand in which Guerrero check-called a bet of 800 on the turn. The on the river was checked through and Guerrero showed and Schein mucked.
"You got lucky with the queen," Schein added.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jimmy Guerrero | 31,500 | 1,500 |
Aram Zobian
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Shawn Buchanan
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Chris Johnson | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Alan Schein | 28,500 | 28,500 |
A raising war broke out between Lexy Gavin and Jean Ferreira and some 1,500 chips were already pulled into the middle. Ferreira had reraised to 3,500 and Gavin clicked it back up to 8,500. That was all it took to eventually break the resistance of Ferreira, and Gavin claimed the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Lexy Gavin | 34,000 | 4,000 |
Jean Ferreira | 27,000 |
The field has surpassed 100 entries and currently shows 112 players, some further notables can be found below including 2013 PCA Main Event champion Dimitar Danchev.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Pablo Fernandez | 30,000 | |
Carlos Chadha | 30,000 | |
Goran Mandic | 30,000 | |
Dimitar Danchev
|
30,000 | |
Juan Pardo | 30,000 | |
Javier Gomez Zapatero | 30,000 | |
Aymon Hata | 30,000 | |
Joey Weissman
|
30,000 | |
Ryan D'Angelo
|
30,000 | |
Martin Jacobson
|
30,000 | |
Bob Bounahra | 30,000 | |
Ryan Hughes
|
30,000 | |
Alin Grasu | 30,000 | |
Dimitar Yosifov | 30,000 | |
Scott Bohlman
|
30,000 | |
Brian Altman
|
30,000 | |
Paul Newey | 30,000 | |
Stefan Jedlicka | 30,000 |
Andreas Eiler and Markus Durnegger have taken a big hit to their stacks early on and the chips were sent over to Joey Couden and Alexander Ziskin respectively.
Eiler defended his big blind against the button raise of Couden and check-called a bet of 300 on the []Kd9d3s] flop. Eiler check-called the turn for another 800 and led the river for 1,700. Couden raised to 6,200 and Eiler gave him a stare down before making the call.
Couden rolled over for a full house and claimed the pot.
Ziskin also won a big pot with a full house, leaving Durnegger with the head shaking. The board and cards were all but rushed away, but Ziskin had flopped top pair and a gutshot, then improved to runner runner full house with the .
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alexander Ziskin | 39,000 | |
Joey Couden
|
39,000 | 9,000 |
Andreas Eiler | 22,100 | |
Markus Durnegger | 21,000 | -9,000 |
Griffin Benger has started well and already earned a decent profit in the first level of the day. A few tables over, Sosia Jiang and Tim Reilly joined table 10 to make it even more notables at once.
Further new entries include Robert Heidorn, Florian Duta and JC Alvarado, 2018 EPT Sochi Main Event champion Arsenii Karmatckii is also in the Day 1a field as well.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Griffin Benger | 42,000 | 42,000 |
Florian Duta | 33,000 | 33,000 |
Tim Reilly | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Sosia Jiang | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Robert Heidorn | 30,000 | 30,000 |
JC Alvarado | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Arsenii Karmatckii
|
25,000 | 25,000 |