{"id":56571,"date":"2023-02-01T21:50:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T21:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=56571"},"modified":"2023-02-01T21:50:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T21:50:52","slug":"pca-update-final-numbers-in-with-pokerstars-championship-winner-grabbing-4-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pca-update-final-numbers-in-with-pokerstars-championship-winner-grabbing-4-1-million\/","title":{"rendered":"PCA Update: Final Numbers in With PokerStars Championship Winner Grabbing $4.1 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PokerStars<\/a> Caribbean Adventure<\/strong> (PCA) rolled on Wednesday with final numbers coming in for the PokerStars No Limit Hold\u2019em Players Championship<\/strong> (PSPC) in the Bahamas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tournament organizers announced that the winner would walk away with $4.1 million<\/strong>. <\/span>Tuesday\u2019s action ended with Krasimir Yankov<\/strong> (pictured in lead image courtesy PokerStars\/Joe Giron) as chip leader and 255 players remaining.<\/span><\/p>\n

Plenty of big names also remain in the field including Jeremy Ausmus<\/strong>, Jonathan Jaffe, Tommy Nguyen, Daniel Dvoress, Chris Moorman<\/strong>, Tony Tran, Sam Grafton, Sean Winter, and Arlie Shaban<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a quick look at some of the action from the Bahamas on Day 2 and 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PokerStars announces final PSPC numbers<\/span><\/h2>\n

This year\u2019s PSPC winner will once again walk away with life-changing money. Tournament officials announced Tuesday that the event brought in 1,014 entries<\/strong> for a $24.8 million<\/strong> prize pool. That includes more than 400 Platinum Pass winners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The top 175 places will be paid with the champion walking away with $4.1 million. That\u2019s a drop of $1 million from the 2019 total, but an impressive figure nonetheless.<\/span><\/p>\n

The runner-up scores $2.5 million<\/strong> with all players in the top six places bagging at least $1 million. A min-cash is worth $35,100.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yankov, of Bulgaria, has $2.2 million in live tournament winnings. He recently finished 11th in the World Poker Tour World Championship<\/strong> for $338,500.<\/span><\/p>\n

By mid-afternoon on Wednesday, Brazil\u2019s<\/a> Philipe Pizzari<\/strong> moved into the chip lead but several players, including Yankov, hovered around the 1-million chip mark. Ausmus stayed among the top 10 as well. Jaffe also continued riding a nice wave among the chip leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n

PokerStars Platinum Pass winners shine among Day 3 chip leaders<\/span><\/h2>\n

Along with big-name pros still in the field, several Platinum Pass winners also continued a march toward reaching the money on Wednesday. Spain\u2019s<\/a> Omar Del Pino<\/strong> was one of those still alive and sat among the top five on Wednesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

He won his pass via the Platinum Grind competition. He\u2019s also one of only seven players to win\u00a0 a pass in 2019 and also for this year\u2019s event. The first came after winning the PSF Marbella Main Event for \u20ac179,000<\/strong> along with the prestigious prize. An even deeper run could certainly make for quite a story for this Spanish grinder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Omar del Pino battling in the PSPC. He was one of several Platinum Pass winners still in the event on Day 3. (Photo courtesy PokerStars\/Eloy Cabacas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another Platinum Pass winner sat in the top 10. France\u2019s<\/a> Renato Minicuci<\/strong> won his spot in the field via a PokerStars Spin & Go freeroll<\/strong> promotion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minicuri has $66,357<\/strong> in live tournament winnings and would make for quite a story as well if he can keep the mojo going. His biggest finish came in 2019, when he finished runner-up in a \u20ac330 event in a European Poker Tour Monte Carlo for $19,143.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 43-year-old began playing poker in 2014 after some co-workers asked him to play in a tournament. He\u2019s now got a chance to really make that freeroll win pay off with a 100% return on investment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bad beat sends German star packing<\/span><\/h2>\n

The final hand of the night at the secondary feature table saw Germany\u2019s<\/a> Christian Rudolph<\/strong> suffer a bad beat and hit the exit door. This hasn\u2019t been the only bad beat of the series obviously, but stood out as a top pro hit the rail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rudolph has more than $5.4 million<\/strong> in live tournament winnings including wins on numerous tours. He also has numerous major wins in the online poker realm as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the final hand of the night, @SquidPoker<\/a> played a big pot. \ud83d\udc47 <\/p>\n

Sam is at today's opening feature table, alongside Nacho Barbero, Noah Schwartz, Pedro Garagnani and Anton Wigg.<\/p>\n

Watch cards-up coverage at https:\/\/t.co\/SB357usSaR<\/a> or https:\/\/t.co\/ZarB0RN21O<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6Cn1z869V7<\/a><\/p>\n

— PokerStars LIVE (@PokerStarsLIVE) February 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n