Welcome to Day 5 of the 2018 PCA Main Event
The 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event continues today as 16 players from a 582-player field return to play down to the final six.
Among those returning are two big names, albeit on opposite ends of the chip spectrum. Starting today as chip leader with a robust 3.105 million is 30-year-old David Peters.
"Everything's going very well, smooth," he said at the end of play last night. "I have a very nice chip-position so I'm able to apply some pressure. I'm feeling great. I'm loving my situation."
Peters has been playing on the live circuit for more than a decade and has amassed well over $18 million in career earnings. That said, he has yet to claim a PokerStars Main Event title. His closest attempt came just over a year ago when he finished third in the EPT13 Prague Main Event.
"I just play hand by hand, just go with the flow, not trying to look into the future, just playing my game," Peters said.
Peters holds a substantial lead over his 15 remaining opponents with a 40 big-blind gap between him and his nearest competitor Maria Lampropulos, the last woman standing, who has 2,313,000.
Sitting as the short stack is three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and 2017 GPI Player of the Year Adrian Mateos, who will be trying to spin up 236,000. Mateos is also the EPT11 Grand Final Main Event champion. Some others sitting in between are German pro Koray Aldemir (1.42 million), Canadian superstar Shawn Buchanan (992,000), and former chip leaders Oleg Titov (488,000) and Jean Ateba (314,000)
Action is slated to get underway at Noon local time with the blinds at 10,000/20,000 with a 2,000 ante. Stay tuned as we bring you all the action and eliminations in the players' quest for the $1,081,100 first-place prize.
PokerStars TV cards-up broadcast starts at 12.30 p.m. local time. The stream is available in a wide number of languages, on desktop and mobile on PokerStars.tv, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch channels.
Here's a look back at the previous winners of this prestigious event:
| Year | Entrants | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 221 | $1,657,500 | Gus Hansen | $455,780 |
| 2005 | 461 | $3,487,200 | John Gale | $890,600 |
| 2006 | 724 | $5,647,200 | Steve Paul-Ambrose | $1,388,600 |
| 2007 | 937 | $7,063,842 | Ryan Daut | $1,535,255 |
| 2008 | 1,136 | $8,562,976 | Bertrand Grospellier | $2,000,000 |
| 2009 | 1,347 | $12,674,000 | Poorya Nazari | $3,000,000 |
| 2010 | 1,529 | $14,831,300 | Harrison Gimbel | $2,200,000 |
| 2011 | 1,560 | $15,132,000 | Galen Hall | $2,300,000 |
| 2012 | 1,072 | $10,398,400 | John Dibella | $1,775,000 |
| 2013 | 987 | $9,573,900 | Dimitar Danchev | $1,859,000 |
| 2014 | 1,031 | $10,070,000 | Dominik Panka | $1,423,096 |
| 2015 | 816 | $7,915,200 | Kevin Schulz | $1,491,580 |
| 2016 | 928 | $4,500,800 | Mike Watson | $728,325 |
| 2017 | 738 | $3,376,712 | Christian Harder | $429,664 |