de Korver leads after both Day 1's of PCA Main Event
The official numbers are in from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10k buy-in main event. There were 1560 players who entered, up 31 from last year, creating a $15.132 million prize pool. The winner of the event will win $2.3 million, while second place will win $1.8 million. They will pay the top 232 places.
The chip leader heading into Day 2 is Pieter de Korver from the Netherlands with 245,300 chips. Owen Crowe and Toby Lewis also got off to a good starts on Day 1A with top 10 chip stacks. Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Alaei and Viktor Blom were top 10 stacks from Day 1B. Notables moving on to Day 2 included Bernard Lee, Phil Ivey, and Joe Cada.
Notable bustouts from Day 1 include Jonathan Duhamel, Sorel Mizzi, Jason Mercier, Eric Baldwin, Vanessa Rousso, John Racener, Phil Laak, Shannon Shorr, Andre Akkari, Chad Brown, Vanessa Selbst, Noah Boeken, Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Greenstein, and Dennis Phillips. Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia even took a shot on Sunday busting out after a few levels.
PokerStars officials are pleased with the increased turnout for this year's series at the Atlantis Resort & Casino in The Bahamas. There are 48 total events in the PCA series, many of which are between $1k-$5k buy-in events, including the World Cup of Poker, The Ladies Tournament, a $5k NAPT Bounty Shoutout, $5k PLO tournament, and the regular $25k High Roller event.
The chip leader heading into Day 2 is Pieter de Korver from the Netherlands with 245,300 chips. Owen Crowe and Toby Lewis also got off to a good starts on Day 1A with top 10 chip stacks. Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Alaei and Viktor Blom were top 10 stacks from Day 1B. Notables moving on to Day 2 included Bernard Lee, Phil Ivey, and Joe Cada.
Notable bustouts from Day 1 include Jonathan Duhamel, Sorel Mizzi, Jason Mercier, Eric Baldwin, Vanessa Rousso, John Racener, Phil Laak, Shannon Shorr, Andre Akkari, Chad Brown, Vanessa Selbst, Noah Boeken, Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Greenstein, and Dennis Phillips. Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia even took a shot on Sunday busting out after a few levels.
PokerStars officials are pleased with the increased turnout for this year's series at the Atlantis Resort & Casino in The Bahamas. There are 48 total events in the PCA series, many of which are between $1k-$5k buy-in events, including the World Cup of Poker, The Ladies Tournament, a $5k NAPT Bounty Shoutout, $5k PLO tournament, and the regular $25k High Roller event.
