Player Break Begins
The PCA Main Event has seen 112 entries this far with 96 of those remaining. Those players are now on another twenty-minute break of the day.
In the meantime, check out the highlights from today:
The PCA Main Event has seen 112 entries this far with 96 of those remaining. Those players are now on another twenty-minute break of the day.
In the meantime, check out the highlights from today:
It was a three-bet pot with Louis Boutin in the small blind against Alexandre Reard in the cutoff.
The pot was 10,000 when the flop came . Boutin bet 2,600 and Reard called.
The turn came the and Boutin checked. Reard bet 8,500 and Boutin composed before making the call.
The was the river and Boutin bet 17,000 after some consideration. Reard went into the tank before letting his hand go.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Louis Boutin |
95,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Alexandre Reard |
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
Eliot Hudon was already all-in with side action happening on a flop between Alberto Meran and Joao Simao. Meran bet 4,000 and Simao reluctantly called.
After the turn, Meran bet another 10,000 and Simao tank-folded.
Eliot Hudon:
Alberto Meran:
The river didn't matter anymore as Hudon had locked up the triple up with trips.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alberto Meran
|
60,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Joao Simao |
31,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
Eliot Hudon |
26,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
Vladas Tamasauskas raised to 700 from under the gun and was called by Dario Sammartino in the hijack and Nick Marchington on the button before Michael Gathy moved all in for 14,300 from the big blind.
Tamasauskas raised over the top to around 40,000 in which Sammartino called off for his tournament life and Marchington folded.
Michael Gathy:
Dario Sammartino:
Vladas Tamasauskas:
Both Tamasauskas and Sammartino had monsters and Gathy was drawing thin but the flop came to put Gathy in front. The turn came the and the river the which secured the triple up for Gathy and the elimination of Sammartino.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Michael Gathy |
44,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
||
Vladas Tamasauskas |
25,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
Dario Sammartino | Eliminado |
Christopher Oliver opened to 700 from early position and was only called by Pedro Neves and Johan Guilbert from the blinds.
The flop checked through to the turn which prompted Neves to bet 1,800. Only Guilbert called.
Neves continued for 4,500 on the river which sent Guilbert into the tank. After a while, Guilbert gently placed 12,300 chips into the middle to indicate a raise.
Now it was Neves' turn to ponder his decision and after several moments he decided to let his hand go.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Johan Guilbert |
39,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Pedro Neves
|
32,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
The seat of Michael Vanier was already open when a larger pot developed between Jamie Sequeira and Stefan Huber. With 12,900 in the middle to the turn, Huber checked and then called a bet worth 3,800. Huber checked again the on the river and Sequeira now made it 6,500 to go.
The fold by Huber followed and Sequeira smiled. "That's a good one," he said and flashed his cards to Pedro Garagnani first before revealing the to the table. "I think you bluffed him," Thomas Boivin chimed in and Huber was left with a dry smile on the face.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jamie Sequeira |
39,500
39,500
|
39,500 |
Stefan Huber |
14,300
14,300
|
14,300 |
Michael Vanier | Eliminado |
Alex Kulev has been enjoying a massage since he started in the first level of the day and with plenty of pressure on himself, he applied the same on his opponents as well ever since. His stack has kept growing, too, and he also raked in the latest pot after a tussle with Marco Zevola.
With 5,300 in the middle to the turn, Kulev checked in the cutoff. Zevola on the button bet 1,400 only for Kulev to check-raise to 6,200 and win the pot uncontested.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alex Kulev |
46,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
Marco Zevola |
29,600
29,600
|
29,600 |
For the first time since 2019, PokerStars returns to the Bahamas for the highly anticipated PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) and the PokerStars No Limit Hold-em Players Championship (PSPC) for a fortnights worth of epic poker action.
Tournament proceedings began yesterday at the beautiful Baha Mar Resort with the $100,000 PCA Super High Roller and $1,100 BSOP Bahamas Main Event, which continue today.
However, most of the eyes will be on the $10,300 PCA Main Event which has its first of two starting flights commencing at 12 p.m. ET.
The plan for the Day 1 flights is to play eight 60-minute levels, with a 20-minute break taking place every two levels. Entrants will receive a 30,000 starting stack and will need to have chips in front of them upon the completion of the day to make it through to the next stage. Each player is permitted two entries per flight/day and late registration closes upon the completion of Level 10 on Day 2.
Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 60 min | 100 | 100 | 100 |
2 | 60 min | 100 | 200 | 200 |
20 minute break | ||||
3 | 60 min | 100 | 300 | 300 |
4 | 60 min | 200 | 400 | 400 |
20 minute break | ||||
5 | 60 min | 200 | 500 | 500 |
6 | 60 min | 300 | 600 | 600 |
20 minute break | ||||
7 | 60 min | 400 | 800 | 800 |
8 | 60 min | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
In the last edition of the PCA Main Event, Chino Rheem was the last player standing after he conquered an 865-player strong field and collected the $1,567,100 set aside for the winner.
It was a memorable performance from Rheem as he demolished the competition in the final two days of the tournament to etch his name in the history books.
Rheem defeated Daniel Strelitz in heads-up play to claim the title and added his name to the list of PCA Main Event winners which includes legends such as Gus Hansen, Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Dimitar Danchev and Maria Lampropulos, to name a few.
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 |
2019 | $10,300 | 865 | $8,390,500 | Chino Rheem | $1,567,100 |
As always, be sure to keep it locked it with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from the PCA.