PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

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PCA and PSPC 2023 was held at Baha Mar Baha Mar Resort located in Nassau, Bahamas.jpg
PCA and PSPC 2023 was held at Baha Mar
2005-2019, the event has been held at the Atlantis Casino and Resort on Atlantis Paradise Island Atlantis Paradise Island Hotel edit.jpg
2005-2019, the event has been held at the Atlantis Casino and Resort on Atlantis Paradise Island
2004, the event has been held at Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas cruise ship Voyager of the seas santorini.png
2004, the event has been held at Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas cruise ship

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is an annual televised poker tournament.

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History

The event was first held in 2004 and was originally co-sponsored by PokerStars and the World Poker Tour. In 2008, the event moved from the WPT to the European Poker Tour. In 2010, the event was moved again and served as the inaugural event of the North American Poker Tour. In 2017 the tournament was the inaugural event of the new PokerStars Championship tour and renamed PokerStars Championship Bahamas. The name was changed back to the PCA for 2018 and the buy-in restored to $10,000. [1]

In 2004, the event took place on the Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas cruise ship. [2] For 15 years (from 2005 to 2019), the event took place at the Atlantis Paradise Island and after a three-year break, it returns to the Bahamas at the brand new Baha Mar Resort.

The 2011 PCA commenced on January 4, 2011. Over fifty events took place over ten days, [3] including the main event with an estimated prize pool of $20 million. Players either buy into the main event directly for $10,300, or they may win their way into the event via satellites running on PokerStars and at the event. The main event final table was aired live on ESPN2, featuring commentary by James Hartigan and Daniel Negreanu.

John Dibella, a 43-year-old stock trader from New York, won the 2012 PCA for $1,775,000. Dibella won a live $1,000 satellite into the $10,000 Main Event and is the first amateur player to win the tournament.

In 2019, PokerStars announced that the PCA would be discontinued in 2020. [4] [5]

In April 2022, PokerStars announces the return of the PCA and PSPC to the Bahamas in 2023 at a new location the Baha Mar Resort. [6] [7]

Main event winners

YearBuy-inWinnerPrizeEntriesTotal prize poolResults
2004$7,500 Flag of Denmark.svg Gus Hansen [8] $455,780221$1,657,500
2005$8,000 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Gale [9] $890,600461$3,487,200
2006$7,800 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Paul-Ambrose [10] $1,388,600724$5,647,200
2007$8,000 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Daut [11] $1,535,255937$7,063,842
2008$8,000 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Grospellier [12] $2,000,0001,136$8,562,976
2009$10,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Poorya Nazari [13] $3,000,0001,347$12,674,000
2010$10,300 Flag of the United States.svg Harrison Gimbel [14] $2,200,0001,529$14,831,300
2011$10,300 Flag of the United States.svg Galen Hall [15] $2,300,0001,560$15,132,000
2012$10,300 Flag of the United States.svg John Dibella [16] $1,775,0001,072$10,398,400
2013$10,300 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dimitar Danchev [17] $1,859,000987$9,573,900
2014$10,300 Flag of Poland.svg Dominik Pańka [18] $1,423,0961,031$10,070,000
2015$10,300 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Schulz [19] $1,491,580816$7,915,200
2016$5,300 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Watson [20] $728,325928$4,500,800
2017$5,000 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Harder [21] $429,664738$3,376,712
2018$10,300 Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Lampropulos [22] $1,081,100582$5,645,400
2019$10,300 Flag of the United States.svg David Rheem [23] $1,567,100865$8,390,500
2023$10,300 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Michel Dattani [24] $1,183,037889$8,623,300 [25]

High Roller winners


YearBuy-inWinnerPrizeEntriesTotal Prize PoolResults
2009$25,000 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Grospellier $433,50048$1,200,000
2010$25,500 Flag of the United States.svg William Reynolds$576,24084$2,058,000
2011$25,500 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Will Molson$1,072,850151$3,775,500
$10,200 Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kostritsyn$263,84068$659,600
2012$25,500 Flag of Russia.svg Alex Bilokur$1,134,930141 + (7 Rebuys)$3,626,000
$10,200 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Shawn Buchanan $202,36087$843,900
2013$25,500 Flag of the United States.svg Vanessa Selbst $1,424,420161 + (43 Rebuys)$4,998,000
2014$25,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Schindler $1,279,880198 + (49 Rebuys)$6,051,500
2015$25,000 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ilkin Garibli$1,105,040200 + (69 Rebuys)$6,456,000
2016$50,000 Flag of the United States.svg Steve O'Dwyer $945,49580$3,860,000
$25,000 Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Maimone$996,480173 + (52 Rebuys)$5,400,000
2017$25,750 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Luc Greenwood$779,268121 + (38 Rebuys)$3,895,500
2018$50,000 Flag of the United States.svg Steve O'Dwyer $769,50046$2,263,200
$25,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christopher Kruk$836,350144$3,484,800
2019$25,000 Flag of the United States.svg Martin Zamani$895,110115 + (47 Rebuys)$3,849,930
2023$25,000 Flag of the United States.svg Dylan Smith $364,44032 + (12 Rebuys)$1,056,440
$25,000 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ognyan Dimov [26] $990,655187$4,444,055

Super High Roller winners

YearBuy-inWinnerPrizeEntriesTotal Prize PoolResults
2011$100,500 Flag of Ukraine.svg Eugene Katchalov $1,500,00038$3,743,000
2012$100,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Viktor Blom $1,254,40030 + (2 Rebuys)$3,136,000
2013$100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Seiver $2,003,48043 + (12 Rebuys)$5,724,180
2014$100,000 Flag of Germany.svg Fabian Quoss$1,629,94046 + (10 Rebuys)$5,433,120
2015$100,000 Flag of Ireland.svg Steve O'Dwyer $1,872,58050 + (16 Rebuys)$6,402,000
2016$100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bryn Kenney $1,687,80044 + (14 Rebuys)$5,626,000
2017$100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Koon $1,650,30041 + (13 Rebuys)$5,239,080
2018$100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Cary Katz $1,492,34036 + (12 Rebuys)$4,737,600
2019$100,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sam Greenwood $1,775,46043 + (18 Rebuys)$5,918,220
2023$100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Isaac Haxton [27] $1,082,23040 + (9 Rebuys)$4,753,980 [28]
$250,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sam Greenwood [29] $3,276,76030 + (9 Rebuys)$9,498,060

References

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