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305,000
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172,000
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115,000
38,000
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88,000
42,000
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75,000
27,600
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53,000
17,300
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2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Natasha Mercier has been eliminated as she tweeted that she lost a 260,000 pot with ![]()
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Jason Mercier, Alex Foxen, Brian Rast, Bruce Buffer, Ankush Mandavia, and Michael Gagliano are amongst the eliminations too before the second break of the day.
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Kane Kalas raised to 8,000 from early position and the player on his left three-bet to 19,000. The action folded back to Kalas who four-bet shoved all in for 59,000. His opponent asked for a quick count and then made the call to put Kalas at risk.
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The flop came ![]()
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to give Kalas a set of queens and a stranglehold on the hand. The
on the turn locked up the pot for Kalas as he scored himself a double up.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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121,000
73,500
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In a three-bet pot, Ana Marquez was heads-up with the player sitting to her left. The flop read ![]()
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and Marquez check-called a bet of 10,000 from her opponent.
The turn brought the
and Marquez checked again. Her opponent fired another 21,500 and Marquez stuck around to see the
on the river. With four diamonds on the board, both players quickly tapped the table. Marquez tabled ![]()
for a set of sixes and was relieved to see that her opponent didn't have a diamond.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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159,000
50,000
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The $25,000 PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship at the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has attracted a field of 1,039 to create a total prize pool of $26,455,500, including the $1,000,000 that's added to the first-place prize of $5,100,000.
The list with the biggest events in the world, looking at the total prize pool, is dominated by the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. 2006's Main Event, won by Jamie Gold for $12,000,000, stands out as the biggest of them all with a total prize pool of $82,512,162 ponied up by 8,773 players.
The €1,000,000 buy-in The Big One for One Drop in 2016 comes next, followed by this PSPC. Here's the Top 25:
The Biggest Events in the History of the Game Looking at the Total Prize Pool
| # | Year | Buy-in | Event | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | 1st |
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| 1 | 2006 | $10,000 | 2006 WSOP Main Event | 8,773 | $82,512,162 | Jamie Gold | $12,000,000 |
| 2 | 2018 | $10,000 | 2018 WSOP Main Event | 7,874 | $74,015,600 | John Cynn | $8,800,000 |
| 3 | 2010 | $10,000 | 2010 WSOP Main Event | 7,319 | $68,798,600 | Jonathan Duhamel | $8,944,138 |
| 4 | 2017 | $10,000 | 2017 WSOP Main Event | 7,221 | $67,877,400 | Scott Blumstein | $8,150,000 |
| 5 | 2011 | $10,000 | 2011 WSOP Main Event | 6,865 | $64,531,000 | Pius Heinz | $8,715,638 |
| 6 | 2008 | $10,000 | 2008 WSOP Main Event | 6,844 | $64,333,600 | Peter Eastgate | $9,152,416 |
| 7 | 2016 | $10,000 | 2016 WSOP Main Event | 6,737 | $63,327,800 | Qui Nguyen | $8,005,310 |
| 8 | 2014 | $10,000 | 2014 WSOP Main Event | 6,683 | $62,820,200 | Martin Jacobson | $10,000,000 |
| 9 | 2012 | $10,000 | 2012 WSOP Main Event | 6,598 | $62,021,200 | Greg Merson | $8,531m853 |
| 10 | 2009 | $10,000 | 2009 WSOP Main Event | 6,494 | $61,043,600 | Joe Cada | $8,574,649 |
| 11 | 2015 | $10,000 | 2015 WSOP Main Event | 6,420 | $60,348,000 | Joe McKeehen | $7,683,346 |
| 12 | 2007 | $10,000 | 2007 WSOP Main Event | 6,358 | $59,784,954 | Jerry Yang | $8,250,000 |
| 13 | 2013 | $10,000 | 2013 WSOP Main Event | 6,352 | $59,708,800 | Ryan Riess | $8,359,531 |
| 14 | 2005 | $10,000 | 2005 WSOP Main Event | 5,619 | $52,818,610 | Joe Hachem | $7,500,000 |
| 15 | 2012 | $1,000,000 | 2012 WSOP The Big One for One Drop | 48 | $42,666,672 | Antonio Esfandiari | $18,346,673 |
| 16 | 2014 | $1,000,000 | 2014 WSOP The Big One for One Drop | 42 | $37,333,338 | Dan Colman | $15,306,668 |
| 17 | 2016 | €1,000,000 | The Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza | 26 | $27,437,564 | Elton Tsang | $12,248,912 |
| 18 | 2019 | $25,000 | PokerStars NL Hold'em Players Championship | 1,039 | $26,455,500 | $5,100,000 | |
| 19 | 2018 | $1,000,000 | 2018 WSOP The Big One for One Drop | 27 | $24,840,000 | Justin Bonomo | $10,000,000 |
| 20 | 2004 | $10,000 | 2004 WSOP Main Event | 2,576 | $24,224,400 | Greg Raymer | $5,000,000 |
| 21 | 2012 | HK$2,000,000 | Macau High Stakes Challenge Super High Roller | 73 | $23,511,077 | Stanley Choi | $6,465,574 |
| 22 | 2015 | $500,000 | Super High Roller Bowl | 43 | $21,500,000 | Bryan Rast | $7,525,000 |
| 23 | 2016 | $111,111 | 2016 WSOP One Drop High Roller | 183 | $19,316,565 | Fedor Holz | $4,981,775 |
| 24 | 2018 | HK$2000,000 | Super High Roller Bowl China | 75 | $18,550,297 | Justin Bonomo | $4,823,077 |
| 25 | 2013 | $111,111 | 2013 WSOP One Drop High Roller | 166 | $17,891,148 | Tony Gregg | $4830,619 |
Data courtesy of TheHendonmob.com
With about 45,000 in the pot and the board reading ![]()
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, big blind Josh Reichard dropped in enough chips to put Connor Drinan, in the cutoff, all in. Drinan called for his 53,000 and tabled ![]()
for the nuts, with Reichard flashing ![]()
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75,000
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The dealer announced two seat open and Bob Bounahra, as well as Russell Thomas, were spotted on the way out of the tournament area. Sam Simmons was raking in the pot and provided the details as to what happened.
According to Simmons, Bounahra had shoved for 24,000 with ![]()
and Thomas jammed over the top for 80,000 with pocket sevens. Simmons looked both up with pocket jacks and held the best hand after spiking a set of jacks on the river.
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210,000
150,000
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with Andrew Pantling in the big blind all-in for 35,000 and called by James Chen in the cutoff, Timur Toktabayev on the button, and Victor Nicolato in the small blind.
Nicolato decided to also shove, Chen quickly folded but Toktabayev asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Nicolato held 46,000 behind. Toktabayev considered it for a bit but then opted to fold.
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Pantling had flopped a flush draw but Nicolato had a pair of jacks. The rest of the board was completed with the
on the turn and the
on the river to eliminate Pantling from the tournament.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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189,000
102,800
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150,000
12,400
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100,000
40,000
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James Mackey put in his last 24,000 or so in the cutoff with ![]()
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| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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70,000
14,000
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The flop showed ![]()
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and Wei Tang bet 6,000 only for Vlad Tatu to move all in from the button. Tang had some 70,000 in total behind and tried to involve his opponent in table chat.
"Do you have king queen?" Tang asked and received no reply. What followed was the call of Tang and he tabled the ![]()
. Platinum Pass winner Tatu held ![]()
for top pair and the flush draw, and he immediately spiked the
turn.
Tang needed another diamond to avoid elimination but found no help on the blank
river.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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131,000
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