Welcome to Day 3 of the 2023 PCA Main Event
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
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 704,000 | 235 |
| 2 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | 518,000 | 173 |
| 3 | Evan Sparling | Canada | 469,000 | 156 |
| 4 | Christoph Csik | United States | 451,500 | 151 |
| 5 | Chino Rheem | United States | 428,500 | 143 |
| 6 | Dean Murphy | Canada | 411,000 | 137 |
| 7 | Michael Rocco | United States | 408,000 | 136 |
| 8 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 380,000 | 127 |
| 9 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 366,900 | 122 |
| 10 | Mauricio Ferreira Pais | Germany | 366,500 | 122 |
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
| Place | Prize (in USD) | Place | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | 16-17 | $68,000 |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | 18-20 | $59,100 |
| 3 | $677,400 | 21-23 | $51,400 |
| 4 | $519,600 | 24-27 | $44,700 |
| 5 | $399,800 | 28-31 | $38,900 |
| 6 | $307,500 | 32-39 | $33,800 |
| 7 | $236,500 | 40-55 | $29,400 |
| 8 | $181,900 | 56-71 | $25,600 |
| 9 | $139,900 | 72-95 | $22,300 |
| 10-11 | $112,600 | 96-119 | $19,300 |
| 12-13 | $93,800 | 120-127 | $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.