$10,300 PCA Main Event Day 5 | 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

01-28-2023 13:38 UTC-4

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Christian Zetzsche

The final 16 players have taken their seats and cards are now in the air for Day 5 of the $10,300 PCA Main Event.

01-28-2023 12:00 UTC-4

Penultimate Day of PCA Main Event to Begin at 12 p.m. ET

Calum Grant

The 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is fast approaching its closing point, with only two more days of action from the the $10,300 PCA Main Event scheduled before the 2023 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship (PSPC) gets underway on Monday, January 30.

From the Main Event, just 16 of the original 889 entries remain and those players will return to the Baha Mar Resort for the 12 p.m ET restart.

The semi-finalists have each locked up a payday of at least $68,000 from the $8,623,300 prize pool, however, all eyes will be firmly on the $1.5 million up top.

Michel Dattani (2,900,000) comes into Day 5 as the biggest stack and has a slender chip lead over Jamil Wakil, who sits in second place with a stack of 2,840,000. Not too far behind Wakil is Christoph Csik (2,785,000), who has been in the upper echelons of the chips counts since Day 2.

Other notable names who have put in a deep run and still have a stack to play with include Artur Martirosian (2,285,000), Sergi Reixach (1,610,000) and Jonathan Little (1,195,000).

Starting the day off in the danger zone are Pedro Neves (790,000) and Mauricio Ferreira Pais (800,000). Both players will be looking to run it up, rather than being the next elimination which triggers the next jump, with the final 15 players guaranteeing themselves $78,200.

When the action resumes on Day 5 at noon local time, there will be 03:29 minutes left in Level 23. Returning blinds are 10,000/25,000 with a big blind ante of 25,000 but they will go up almost immediately to 15,000/30,000 with a big blind ante of 30,000. The penultimate tournament day is scheduled to play down to the final six contenders but that plan may be altered.

Day 5 Top 10 Chip Stacks

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Michel Dattani	Portugal	2,900,000	116
2	Jamil Wakil	Canada	2,840,000	114
3	Christoph Csik	United States	2,785,000	111
4	Mitchell Halverson	United States	2,650,000	106
5	Artur Martirosian	Russia	2,285,000	91
6	Clint Tolbert	United States	1,950,000	78
7	Sergi Reixach	Spain	1,610,000	64
8	Alexandre Raymond	Canada	1,475,000	59
9	Ian Matakis	United States	1,200,000	48
10	Taylor Paur	United States	1,195,000	48

The final 16 hopefuls will return to their seats on the two feature tables at noon local time and try to reach the official final table for the grand finale on Sunday, January 29, 2023. You can follow along right here on PokerNews and on the PokerStars YouTube and PokerStars Twitch channels with updates available on a 30-minute security delay.

Tags: Alexandre Raymond Artur Martirosian Christoph Csik Clint Tolbert Ian Matakis Jamil Wakil Jonathan Little Mauricio Ferreira Pais Michel Dattani Mitchell Halverson Pedro Neves PokerStars PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Sergi Reixach Taylor Paur

01-28-2023 11:03 UTC-4

2023 PCA Main Event: Day 5 Seat Draw

Calum Grant

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Clint Tolbert	United States	1,950,000	78
1	2	Taylor Paur	United States	1,195,000	48
1	3	Pedro Neves	Portugal	790,000	32
1	4	Alexandre Raymond	Canada	1,475,000	59
1	5	Allan Ribeiro	Brazil	920,000	37
1	6	Mauricio Ferreira Pais	Germany	800,000	32
1	7	Ian Matakis	United States	1,200,000	48
1	8	Michel Dattani	Portugal	2,900,000	116

2	1	Giuseppe Iadisernia	Venezuela	1,180,000	47
2	2	Jamil Wakil	Canada	2,840,000	114
2	3	Mitchell Halverson	United States	2,650,000	106
2	4	Alexandros Kolonias	Greece	900,000	36
2	5	Artur Martirosian	Russia	2,285,000	91
2	6	Jonathan Little	United States	1,195,000	48
2	7	Sergi Reixach	Spain	1,610,000	64
2	8	Christoph Csik	United States	2,785,000	111

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