The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is a major poker festival that takes place in the Bahamas. First taking place in 2004, it was held annually until 2019, where it also played host to the inaugural PokerStars Players Championship.
It will return in 2023, with the PokerStars Players Championship remaining on its schedule.
Finished Tournaments |
Winner | Winning Hand | Prize | Runner-up | Losing Hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure |
Michel Dattani
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a♣5♣ | $1,316,963 | Pedro Neves | a♠j♦ |
The first PCA was held in 2004 aboard a cruise ship. A total of 221 players entered the $7,500 buy-in Main Event, with Gus Hansen emerging victorious after defeating Hoyt Corkins heads-up — with Corkins allegedly playing the final table with the flu! The final table also featured Daniel Negreanu, with famous poker names such as Andy Bloch and Chris Ferguson also finishing in the money.
2004 PCA Main Event Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gus Hansen | $455,780 |
| 2nd | Hoyt Corkins | $290,065 |
| 3rd | Daniel Negreanu | $192,270 |
| 4th | Michael Benedetto | $132,600 |
| 5th | John D’Agostino | $99,450 |
| 6th | Remco Schrijvers | $74,590 |
The following year, the field more than doubled to 461 players, with Englishman John Gale taking the top prize of $890,600. Gale would of course go on to win two WSOP bracelets before tragically dying in 2019 aged just 65.
2005 PCA Main Event Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | John Gale | $890,600 |
| 2nd | Alex Balandin | $484,700 |
| 3rd | Michael Westerlund | $306,400 |
| 4th | Patrick Hocking | $207,700 |
| 5th | “Miami” John Cernuto | $155,800 |
| 6th | Nenad Medic | $112,500 |
In 2006, the PCA Main Event awarded more than $1 million in prize money to the winner for the first time. Canada's Steve Paul-Ambrose took home top prize of $1,388,600 after defeating a field of 724 players.
Ambrose has gone on to make two more deep runs in the PCA Main Event, finishing 20th in 2007 ($36,026) and 72nd in 2010 ($33,000)
2006 PCA Main Event Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steve Paul-Ambrose | $1,388,600 |
| 2nd | Brook Lyter | $681,500 |
| 3rd | David Singer | $436,200 |
| 4th | Michael Higgins | $327,100 |
| 5th | Anders Henriksson | $239,900 |
| 6th | Aurangzeb Sheikh | $177,200 |
The PCA held in 2007 was the last year the event was part of the World Poker Tour. The event had grown to 937 players, with a buy-in of $7,800. American Ryan Daut defeated Isaac Haxton heads-up to win $1,535,255.
Where Are They Now: 2007 PCA Champion, Ryan Daut
2007 PCA Main Event Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ryan Daut | $1,535,255 |
| 2nd | Isaac Haxton | $861,789 |
| 3rd | Robert Ford | $550,980 |
| 4th | Robert Mizrachi | $409,703 |
| 5th | Jonathan Little | $317,873 |
| 6th | Frank Rusnak | $247,234 |
With the PCA now finding a home on the European Poker Tour, 2008 was the first time the field broke 1,000 entrants. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier defeated a field of 1,136 players to win a cool $2,000,000.
2008 PCA Main Event Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier | $2,000,000 |
| 2nd | Hafiz Khan | $1,094,976 |
| 3rd | Kristopher Kuykendall | $800,000 |
| 4th | David Pham | $600,000 |
| 5th | Craig Hopkins | $450,000 |
| 6th | Joe Elpayaa | $300,000 |
| 7th | Christian Harder | $200,000 |
| 8th | Rich Fohrenbach | $150,000 |
2009 PCA Main Event Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Poorya Nazari | $3,000,000 |
| 2nd | Anthony Gregg | $1,700,000 |
| 3rd | Benjamin Spindler | $1,100,000 |
| 4th | Alexandre Gomes | $750,000 |
| 5th | Pieter Tielen | $550,000 |
| 6th | Dustin Dirksen | $400,000 |
| 7th | Dan Heimiller | $300,000 |
| 8th | Kevin Saul | $234,000 |
2010 PCA Main Event Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Harrison Gimbel | $2,200,000 |
| 2nd | Tyler Reiman | $1,750,000 |
| 3rd | Barry Shulman | $1,350,000 |
| 4th | Benjamin Zamani | $1,000,000 |
| 5th | Ryan D’Angelo | $700,000 |
| 6th | Aage Ravn | $450,000 |
| 7th | Zachary Goldberg | $300,000 |
| 8th | Thomas Koral | $201,300 |
2011 PCA Main Event Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Galen Hall | $2,300,000 |
| 2nd | Chris Oliver | $1,800,000 |
| 3rd | Anton Ionel | $1,350,000 |
| 4th | Sam Stein | $1,000,000 |
| 5th | Mike Sowers | $700,000 |
| 6th | Bolivar Palacios | $450,000 |
| 7th | Max Weinberg | $300,000 |
| 8th | Philippe Plouffe | $202,000 |
2012 PCA Main Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | John Dibella | $1,775,000 |
| 2nd | Kyle Julius | $1,500,000 |
| 3rd | Faraz Jaka | $755,000 |
| 4th | Xuan Liu | $600,000 |
| 5th | Mark Drover | $468,000 |
| 6th | Anthony Gregg | $364,000 |
| 7th | David Bernstein | $260,000 |
| 8th | Ruben Visser | $156,400 |
2013 PCA Main Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dimitar Danchev | $1,859,000 |
| 2nd | Joel Micka | $1,190,000 |
| 3rd | Jerry Wong | $725,000 |
| 4th | Jonathan Roy | $560,000 |
| 5th | Owen Crowe | $435,000 |
| 6th | Andrey Shatilov | $325,000 |
| 7th | Yann Dion | $230,000 |
| 8th | Joao Nogueira | $165,900 |
2014 PCA Main Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dominik Panka | $1,423,096 |
| 2nd | Mike McDonald | $1,064,865 |
| 3rd | Isaac Baron | $1,207,599 |
| 4th | Madis Muur | $581,040 |
| 5th | Daniel Gamez | $447,040 |
| 6th | Shyam Srinivasan | $328,020 |
| 7th | Pascal Lefrancois | $242,020 |
| 8th | Fabian Ortiz | $173,220 |
2015 PCA Main Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kevin Schulz | $1,491,580 |
| 2nd | Diego Ventura | $907,080 |
| 3rd | Chance Kornuth | $641,140 |
| 4th | Niklas Hambitzer | $482,820 |
| 5th | Juan Pastor | $380,720 |
| 6th | Rami Boukai | $285,740 |
| 7th | Pratyush Buddiga | $203,420 |
| 8th | Dylan Linde | $140,900 |
2016 PCA Main Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Watson | $728,325 |
| 2nd | Anthony Gregg | $612,175 |
| 3rd | Phillip McAllister | $356,020 |
| 4th | Toby Lewis | $267,340 |
| 5th | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | $207,940 |
| 6th | Randy Kritzer | $153,920 |
| 7th | Ken Demlakian | $110,220 |
| 8th | Timothy Ulmer | $78,540 |
2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Christian Harder | $429,664 |
| 2nd | Cliff Josephy | $403,445 |
| 3rd | Michael Vela | $259,980 |
| 4th | Aleksei Opalikhin | $191,420 |
| 5th | Michael Gentili | $140,940 |
| 6th | Rasmus Glaesel | $103,780 |
| 7th | Allon Allison | $76,400 |
| 8th | John Dibella | $53,260 |
2018 PCA Main Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Maria Lampropulos | $1,081,100 |
| 2nd | Shawn Buchanan | $672,960 |
| 3rd | Koray Aldemir | $481,560 |
| 4th | Adrian Mateos | $372,600 |
| 5th | Dan Coupal | $293,560 |
| 6th | Christian Rudolph | $229,760 |
| 7th | Oleg Titov | $169,920 |
| 8th | Adalfer Gamarra | $116,860 |
2019 PCA Main Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David "Chino" Rheem | $1,567,100 |
| 2nd | Daniel Strelitz | $951,480 |
| 3rd | Scott Wellenbach | $671,240 |
| 4th | Pavel Veksler | $503,440 |
| 5th | Vicent Ramon | $396,880 |
| 6th | Brian Altman | $297,020 |
| 7th | Mihai Manole | $208,920 |
| 8th | Marc-Andre Ladouceur | $146,840 |
2019 PSPC Main Event Final Table Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | PRIZE (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | $5,100,000 |
| 2 | Julien Martini | France | $2,974,000 |
| 3 | Marc Rivera | Philipines | $2,168,000 |
| 4 | Scott Baumstein | United States | $1,657,000 |
| 5 | Jason Koonce | United States | $1,304,000 |
| 6 | Marc Perrault | Canada | $1,012,000 |
| 7 | Farid Jattin | Colombia | $746,000 |
| 8 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | $509,000 |
| 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 |