2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,300 PCA Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$1,316,963
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$8,623,300
Entries
889
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
151
Players Left
54

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2023 PCA Main Event

Baha Mar Resort
Baha Mar Resort

Welcome to Day 3 of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event at the Baha Mar Resort on New Providence Island in The Bahamas. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m. local time for the third day of this six-day event.

A total of 889 entries were put in for the PCA Main Event, and Alex Kulev leads the 151 surviving players from Day 2 with 704,000. Ehsan Amiri trails in second with 518,000, and Evan Sparling rounds out the top three with 469,000.

2023 PCA Main Event Top Ten Day 2 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Alex KulevBulgaria704,000235
2Ehsan AmiriAustralia518,000173
3Evan SparlingCanada469,000156
4Christoph CsikUnited States451,500151
5Chino RheemUnited States428,500143
6Dean MurphyCanada411,000137
7Michael RoccoUnited States408,000136
8Chance KornuthUnited States380,000127
9Mustapha KanitItaly366,900122
10Mauricio Ferreira PaisGermany366,500122

Chino Rheem, Chance Kornuth, and Mustapha Kanit also found their way to the leaderboard in a tournament that drew some of poker's biggest stars from all over the world. They'll return in Level 14 with blinds at 1,500/3,000/3,000, and the plan is to play another five 90-minute levels on Day 3.

Other returning players include Nick Petrangelo, Chris Brewer, Chad Eveslage, Maria Ho, as well as PokerStars Ambassadors Sam Grafton, Andre Akkari, and Roman Colillas.

The money bubble is expected to burst on Day 3, and the top 127 players are guaranteed a min-cash of $17,600. The field generated a prize pool of $8,623,300, from which the winner will take home $1,500,000. Today's action will be streamed on the PokerStars Twitch channel.

2023 PCA Main Event Payouts

PlacePrize (in USD)PlacePrize (in USD)
1$1,500,00016-17$68,000
2$1,000,00018-20$59,100
3$677,40021-23$51,400
4$519,60024-27$44,700
5$399,80028-31$38,900
6$307,50032-39$33,800
7$236,50040-55$29,400
8$181,90056-71$25,600
9$139,90072-95$22,300
10-11$112,60096-119$19,300
12-13$93,800120-127$17,600
14-15$78,200  

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for live updates from the floor of the PCA Main Event here at Baha Mar Resort in The Bahamas.

Tags: Alex KulevChance KornuthChino RheemChristoph CsikDean MurphyEhsan AmiriEvan SparlingMauricio Ferreira PaisMichael RoccoMustapha KanitPokerStars Caribbean Adventure