The 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) has one of the biggest poker tournament buy-ins that is offered on the board today. The Super High Roller event is a $100k entry tournament, that has a smaller field than the normal big time events, but it also draws in a nice prize pool, and some of the biggest names in the game as well. This year, the event drew in 34 total players, which means that the top five players will be making money. What’s interesting about this, is that making the final table isn’t enough in this tournament, as they’ll have to make an even deeper run to get a big payday. The perks of this event are big for both sides, but the fans definitely get a ton of action with quite a few of their favorite players.
As far as the players who are involved in this years Super High Roller event, you’ll see names like Jonathan Duhamel, Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Erik Seidel, Viktor “Islidur1” Blom, and Eugene Katchalov. As far as the top five players who cash, this is how the payouts will work:
- First Place- $1.25 million
- Second Place- $846k
- Third Place- $470k
- Fourth Place- $313k
- Fifth Place- $250k
When Day 1 ended the top three players featured Ike Haxton in first, Viktor Blom in second, and Seidel in third. Blom is one of the more interesting stories in this event, as he’s an online high stakes cash game player, who has made quite a bit of money in the past two years. He doesn’t have very much live poker tournament experience, but he’s looking to bring in a big payday in one of his few tries.
Currently, the action is down to the final eight players though, with Galen Hall leading the way, and Blom and Negreanu still involved in the action. One other name who is near the top of the leaderboard is Jonathan Duhamel, who is currently sitting in second place and has rebounded in a big way after the home invasion that three people had on his house in Canada. He had his WSOP gold bracelet stolen, as well as a $5k Rolex, and over $100k in cash as well.
The final eight of this tournament should be fun to watch, and the winner will definitely have to earn their way to the big payday by beating out a stacked field.