PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is an annual televised poker tournament. 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]

Since 2005, the event has been held at the Atlantis Casino and Resort on Atlantis Paradise Island

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
Year Buy-in Winner Prize Entries Total Prize Pool Results
2004 $7,500 Denmark Gus Hansen[8] $455,780 221 $1,657,500
2005 $8,000 United Kingdom John Gale[9] $890,600 461 $3,487,200
2006 $7,800 Canada Steve Paul-Ambrose[10] $1,388,600 724 $5,647,200
2007 $8,000 United States Ryan Daut[11] $1,535,255 937 $7,063,842
2008 $8,000 France Bertrand Grospellier[12] $2,000,000 1,136 $8,562,976
2009 $10,000 Canada Poorya Nazari[13] $3,000,000 1,347 $12,674,000
2010 $10,300 United States Harrison Gimbel[14] $2,200,000 1,529 $14,831,300
2011 $10,300 United States Galen Hall[15] $2,300,000 1,560 $15,132,000
2012 $10,300 United States John Dibella[16] $1,775,000 1,072 $10,398,400
2013 $10,300 Bulgaria Dimitar Danchev[17] $1,859,000 987 $9,573,900
2014 $10,300 Poland Dominik Pańka[18] $1,423,096 1,031 $10,070,000
2015 $10,300 United States Kevin Schulz[19] $1,491,580 816 $7,915,200
2016 $5,300 Canada Mike Watson[20] $728,325 928 $4,500,800
2017 $5,000 United States Christian Harder[21] $429,664 738 $3,376,712
2018 $10,300 Argentina Maria Lampropulos[22] $1,081,100 582 $5,645,400
2019 $10,300 United States David Rheem[23] $1,567,100 865 $8,390,500
2023 $10,300 Portugal Michel Dattani[24] $1,183,037 889 $8,623,300[25]

High Roller winners


Year Buy-in Winner Prize Entries Total Prize Pool Results
2009 $25,000 France Bertrand Grospellier $433,500 48 $1,200,000
2010 $25,500 United States William Reynolds $576,240 84 $2,058,000
2011 $25,500 Canada Will Molson $1,072,850 151 $3,775,500
$10,200 Russia Alexander Kostritsyn $263,840 68 $659,600
2012 $25,500 Russia Alex Bilokur $1,134,930 141 + (7 Rebuys) $3,626,000
$10,200 Canada Shawn Buchanan $202,360 87 $843,900
2013 $25,500 United States Vanessa Selbst $1,424,420 161 + (43 Rebuys) $4,998,000
2014 $25,000 United States Jake Schindler $1,279,880 198 + (49 Rebuys) $6,051,500
2015 $25,000 Azerbaijan Ilkin Garibli $1,105,040 200 + (69 Rebuys) $6,456,000
2016 $50,000 United States Steve O'Dwyer $945,495 80 $3,860,000
$25,000 United States Nicholas Maimone $996,480 173 + (52 Rebuys) $5,400,000
2017 $25,750 Canada Luc Greenwood $779,268 121 + (38 Rebuys) $3,895,500
2018 $50,000 United States Steve O'Dwyer $769,500 46 $2,263,200
$25,000 Canada Christopher Kruk $836,350 144 $3,484,800
2019 $25,000 United States Martin Zamani $895,110 115 + (47 Rebuys) $3,849,930
2023 $25,000 United States Dylan Smith $364,440 32 + (12 Rebuys) $1,056,440
$25,000 Bulgaria Ognyan Dimov[26] $990,655 187 $4,444,055

Super High Roller winners
Year Buy-in Winner Prize Entries Total Prize Pool Results
2011 $100,500 Ukraine Eugene Katchalov $1,500,000 38 $3,743,000
2012 $100,000 Sweden Viktor Blom $1,254,400 30 + (2 Rebuys) $3,136,000
2013 $100,000 United States Scott Seiver $2,003,480 43 + (12 Rebuys) $5,724,180
2014 $100,000 Germany Fabian Quoss $1,629,940 46 + (10 Rebuys) $5,433,120
2015 $100,000 Republic of Ireland Steve O'Dwyer $1,872,580 50 + (16 Rebuys) $6,402,000
2016 $100,000 United States Bryn Kenney $1,687,800 44 + (14 Rebuys) $5,626,000
2017 $100,000 United States Jason Koon $1,650,300 41 + (13 Rebuys) $5,239,080
2018 $100,000 United States Cary Katz $1,492,340 36 + (12 Rebuys) $4,737,600
2019 $100,000 Canada Sam Greenwood $1,775,460 43 + (18 Rebuys) $5,918,220
2023 $100,000 United States Isaac Haxton[27] $1,082,230 40 + (9 Rebuys) $4,753,980[28]
$250,000 Canada Sam Greenwood[29] $3,276,760 30 + (9 Rebuys) $9,498,060

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