The First High Roller of the 2023 PCA Kicks Off with the $100,000 PCA Super High Roller
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure returns to The Bahamas for the first time in four years and the excitement level is at an all-time high for the staff and players. Formerly held at the Atlantis Resort, The 2023 PCA has now found a new home at the Baha Mar Casino and Resort.
Many players will be making the trip to Paradise Island for the infamous PCA Main Event that begins tomorrow and the sought-after PokerStars Player Championship that will get underway next week. However, there are many high-roller events on the schedule with plenty of money up for grabs. The first of it's kind will get started today with the $100,000 PCA Super High Roller and will take place over the course of the next three days.
Many of the world's top poker players are expected to make the trip to the Bahamas so the field for the high-roller events should have a wealth of entries. Coming in as the reigning champion, Sam Greenwood conquered a field of 43 entries the last time this event was held in 2019. Greenwood out-lasted Henrik Hecklen in a heads-up battle to take home the first-place prize of over $1.7 million.
The action is slated to begin at 2 p.m. EST with a total of eight 60-minute levels on the schedule for Day 1. Each player will receive a starting stack of 250,000 chips with the blinds starting at 500/1,000 and a 1,000 big blind ante. There will be a 20-minute break after every two levels with no dinner break scheduled for Day 1.
There is an unlimited re-entry option available for those players who are eliminated with registration open until the start of Day 2. The shot clock will be in play from the start of the tournament with 20 seconds to act preflop while registration is open and 30 seconds to act preflop once it is closed. All later streets will be 30 seconds in length throughout the tournament. Something new that PokerStars is implementing is that each new entry will receive four time banks and then one additional time bank at the end of each level.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to bring you all of the live updates throughout the tournament en route to crowning a champion where millions of dollars will be handed out.