PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

The Atlantis Resort & Casino (2014)

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure , PCA for short , is a series of poker tournaments hosted by PokerStars . It was played once a year in the Bahamas from 2004 to 2019 .

history

The tournaments are played from early to mid-January at the Atlantis Resort & Casino on Paradise Island . The PCA was part of the World Poker Tour from 2004 to 2007 and was played as part of the European Poker Tour from 2008 to 2016 . In January 2017, the tournaments were held under the name PokerStars Championship Bahamas . In January 2018, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure returned as an independent tournament series under this name.

In January 2019 the PCA was first set up under PokerStars Players Championship played out that the biggest 25,000 US dollars expensive poker tournament was worldwide.

Event overview

Main events

Gus Hansen won the first PCA Main Event in 2004

Beginning	Buy-in (in $ )	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $)	source
Jan. 24, 2004	0.7500	0221	Gus Hansen		0.455.780	[1]
Jan. 5, 2005	0.8000	0461	John Gale		0.890,600	[2]
Jan. 4, 2006	0.7800	0724	Steve Paul-Ambrose		1,388,600	[3]
Jan. 6, 2007	0.8000	0937	Ryan Daut		1,535,255	[4]
Jan. 5, 2008	0.8000	1136	Bertrand Grospellier		2,000,000	[5]
Jan. 5, 2009	10,000	1347	Poorya Nazari		3,000,000	[6]
Jan. 5, 2010	10,300	1529	Harrison Gimbel		2,200,000	[7]
Jan. 8, 2011	10,300	1560	Galen Hall		2,300,000	[8th]
Jan. 7, 2012	10,300	1072	John Dibella		1,775,000	[9]
Jan. 7, 2013	10,300	0987	Dimitar Danchev		1,859,000	[10]
Jan. 7, 2014	10,300	1031	Dominik Pańka		1.423.096	[11]
Jan. 8, 2015	10,300	0816	Kevin Schulz		1,491,580	[12]
Jan. 8, 2016	0.5300	0928	Mike Watson		0.728.325	[13]
Jan. 8, 2017	0.5000	0738	Christian Harder		0.429,664	[14]
Jan. 8, 2018	10,300	0582	Maria Lamprópulos		1,081,100	[15]
Jan. 11, 2019	10,300	0865	David Rheem		1,567,100	[16]

High rollers

Bertrand Grospellier won the first PCA high roller in 2009

The high roller costs around $ 25,000. Two high rollers each were played in 2011 and 2012 , with the second of the two each having a buy-in of $ 10,200. Two high rollers were also played in 2016 and 2018 , with the first of the two each having a buy-in of US $ 50,000.

Beginning	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $)	source
Jan. 7, 2009	048	Bertrand Grospellier		0.433,500	[17]
Jan. 11, 2010	084	William Reynolds		0.576.240	[18]
Jan. 13, 2011	151	Will Molson		1,072,850	[19]
Jan. 16, 2011	068	Alexander Kostritsyn		0.263,840	[20]
Jan. 12, 2012	148	Alex Bilokur		1,134,930	[21]
Jan. 14, 2012	087	Shawn Buchanan		0.202.360	[22]
Jan. 12, 2013	204	Vanessa herself		1,424,420	[23]
Jan. 11, 2014	247	Jake Schindler		1,192,624	[24]
Jan. 12, 2015	269	Ilkin Garibli		1.105.040	[25]
Jan. 9, 2016	080	Steve O'Dwyer		0.945.495	[26]
Jan. 12, 2016	225	Nick Maimone		0.996.480	[27]
Jan. 12, 2017	159	Lucas Greenwood		0.779.268	[28]
Jan. 8, 2018	046	Steve O'Dwyer		0.769,500	[29]
Jan. 12, 2018	142	Christopher Kruk		0.836.350	[30]
Jan. 14, 2019	162	Martin Zamani		0.895.110	[31]

Super high roller

Eugene Katschalow won the first PCA Super High Roller in 2011

The Super High Roller has a buy-in of $ 100,000.

Beginning	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $)	source
Jan. 6, 2011	38	Eugene Kachalov		1,500,000	[32]
Jan. 5, 2012	32	Viktor Blom		1,254,400	[33]
Jan. 5, 2013	55	Scott Seiver		2,003,480	[34]
Jan. 5, 2014	56	Fabian Quoss		1,629,940	[35]
Jan. 6, 2015	66	Steve O'Dwyer		1,872,580	[36]
Jan. 6, 2016	58	Bryn Kenney		1,687,800	[37]
Jan. 6, 2017	54	Jason Koon		1,650,300	[38]
Jan. 6, 2018	48	Cary Katz		1,492,340	[39]
Jan. 10, 2019	61	Sam Greenwood		1,775,460	[40]

PokerStars Players Championship

→ Main article : PokerStars Players Championship 2019

The $ 25,000 PokerStars Players Championship was played from January 6-10, 2019 and attracted 1,039 players, generating a prize pool of nearly $ 26.5 million. Winner Ramón Colillas received a prize of $ 5.1 million.

All Time Money List

Bryn Kenney (2015)

The following players won the most prize money at PCA events:

space	player	origin	Prize money (in $ )
1	Bryn Kenney		6,262,731
2	Ramón Colillas		5.102.100
3	Steve O'Dwyer		3,910,382
4th	Anthony Gregg		3,183,095
5	Poorya Nazari		3,000,000
6th	Julien Martini		2,974,000
7th	Scott Seiver		2,970,620
8th	Sam Greenwood		2,927,337
9	Galen Hall		2,877,080
10	Vanessa herself		2,824,640
Status: end of PCA 2019

Web links

Commons : PokerStars Caribbean Adventure  - Collection of Images

• Official website
• PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The PokerStars Championship Bahamas 2017 attracts 92 events on pokerfirma.com on August 24, 2016, accessed on January 9, 2018.
2. ↑ PokerStars Live - the PCA is back! on pokerfirma.com on August 10, 2017, accessed January 9, 2018.
3. ↑ Beginner wins top tournament on sport1.de on January 11, 2018, accessed on January 11, 2018.
4. ↑ Atlantis Resort & Casino (Paradise Island) All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 13, 2018 (English).