Welcome to Day 1a of the 2019 PCA $10,300 Main Event

Poker enthusiasts from near and far will be heading to the Atlantis Resort & Casino on Paradise Island at the Bahamas for the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $10,300 Main Event. The first of two starting days kicks off at noon local time and plenty of big names are expected to join the action and try to become the latest EPT Main Event champion.

The defending champion is Argentina's Maria Lampropulos, who topped a field of 582 entries one year ago to lift the trophy and score a payday of $1,081,100, her second seven-figure score on the international poker circuit. Lampropulos has already taken part in the record-breaking $25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship, which concluded yesterday with the victory of Platinum Pass qualifier Ramon Colillas, and will be there to defend her title in the days to come.

Further previous winners in the PCA Main Event include such big names as Gus Hansen, Bertrand Grospellier, Harrison Gimbel, Galen Hall, Dominik Panka and Christian Harder, who have all engraved their names into the history books of poker.

PCA Main Events at a Glance

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

The Main Event features two starting days and a single re-entry option for a maximum of two entries in either of the flights is available, all players receive 30,000 in chips. The registration for the event closes at the start of Day 2 on Sunday, January 13th, 2019.

Both Day 1s will feature 10 levels of 60 minutes each and there will be a break every two levels. After the end of the 6th level of the day, there will be a 1:20 dinner break (approx. 18:40 - 20:00) and each Day 1 will conclude just after midnight local time.

As of Day 2, the level duration increases to 90 minutes each and once the money has been reached, a 30 second shot clock and 30 second time bank cards will come into play until a winner has been crowned. The tournament also features the popular Big Blind Ante. In an all-in situation, the Big Blind will be posted prior to the Ante.

Day 1 Level Structure

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	60 min	100	100
2	60 min	100	100	100
BREAK 20 min
3	60 min	100	200	200
4	60 min	100	300	300
BREAK 20 min
5	60 min	200	400	400
6	60 min	200	500	500
DINNER BREAK 80 min
7	60 min	300	600	600
8	60 min	400	800	800
BREAK 20 min
9	60 min	500	1,000	1,000
10	60 min	600	1,200	1,200