The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), incorporating the PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC), is under way at the Baha Mar Resort in Nassau, in the Bahamas. The tournament series runs until February 3, 2023. Here’s where we’ll be keeping track of all the action, in our PSPC Information Hub.

TODAY’S ACTION

Friday, February 3, 2023

SHYLKO TAKES PSPC TITLE AS MENZEL’S PLATINUM RUN ENDS IN SECOND
Entries: 1,014 | Prize pool: $24,843,000 | First place: $3,121,838
That’s it! Aliaksandr Shylko is the new PSPC champion after a three-way deal — and a massive cooler — ended the 1,014-entry tournament.

GREENWOOD DOWNS THOREL FOR SUPER HIGH ROLLER TITLE
Entries: 39 | Prize pool: $9,498,060 | First place: $3,276,760
Sam Greenwood beat Jean-Noel Thorel heads up to win the event with the biggest buy-in on the schedule, the $250K Super High Roller, and claims nearly $3.3 million.

OGNYAN DIMOV WINS $25,000 PCA HIGH ROLLER
Entries: 187 | Prize pool: $4,444,055 | First place: $990,655

PLATINUM PASS PROFILES

Get to know some more about some Platinum Pass winners in our in-depth interviews:

• “I MIGHT BE THE MOST UNKNOWN!” – WHO IS PLATINUM PASS WINNER MAX MENZEL?
• FROM POTENTIALLY BUBBLING TO TWICE DOUBLING, TOM PARSONS IS PROSPERING IN PSPC
• GLEN CRAIGEN: STEAMROLLS THROUGH PSPC TO LIFE-CHANGING MIN-CASH
• NICLAS “FLUSHIISBACK” THUMM: AN ‘OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD PSPC EXPERIENCE’
• JEROME MOREAU: ELITE DEALER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE
• ANDREW PORTER: FROM PA TO THE PSPC
• STEPHEN GRAY: FREEROLLING EN ROUTE TO AN OIL RIG
• JONATHAN NEWMAN: ‘LIFELONG LEARNER’ TRADES CLASSROOM FOR POKER SUCCESS
• TANAY SAMANT: PLATINUM PASS WINNER WORKING TO CURE CANCER
• FRANCO SPITALE: CHARITY SPURS SPITALE AFTER PSPC AGONY
• RISH IYER: WOMEN’S CHAMPION HOPING FOR PSPC TELL-ALL
• CHAD MCVEAN WILL BE REPPING THE RECS AT THE PSPC 2023
• MATS ROSÉN’S PLATINUM PASS IS HIS “LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL”
• DANIELLE SUMMER IS “BUZZING” TO USE HER PLATINUM PASS
• THE PSPC RETURN OF DAVE ‘DUBAI’ SHALLOW, ONE OF UK POKER’S BOOM-TIME GREATS
• MILITARY VETERAN KARL ROBINSON “DUSTED OFF” HIS POKER MINDSET
• JONAS JULIEN – HOPING TO “WING IT” WITH FREE PLATINUM PASS
• FLORENCIO CAMPOMANES PREPARES FOR PSPC WITH EPT LONDON HIGH ROLLERS

Check out more Platinum Pass profiles here.

POKERSTARS LIVE STREAM

The PSPC is now over, but you can watch all the action from the final table below.

LATEST PSPC ARTICLES

Going gonzo on the PSPC final table rail – As the PSPC final table gets going, we squeeze our way onto the rail and join the supporters to bring you some good old gonzo journalism.

High spirits as Nikhil Segel Invitational plays its renewal – The popular two-time Platinum Pass winner hosted an invitational tournament for his friends and fellow winners.

Freeroll fun continues as Pais burst PSPC bubble – A huge list of Platinum Pass winners guaranteed themselves major paydays after the bubble burst in dramatic fashion.

The PSPC in numbers – A look at the key stats as Platinum Pass winners go searching for a huge payday.

Bastian Hess chip leads Platinum Pass charge in PSPC – Health worker Bastian Hess is leading the Platinum Pass charge with one of the biggest stacks in the PSPC field.

Catching up with Platinum Pass winners Shallow, Newman and Porter – A quick catch up on the mixed fortunes for three of the Platinum Pass winners we have got to know over the past few years.

GJ Reggie’s on the winner’s list at the PSPC – Another glass of champagne is in order as Georgina “GJ Reggie” James takes down her first live title at the PSPC.

Who are the seven two-time Platinum Pass winners in the PSPC? – We catch up with the lucky seven, a small section of PSPC players who can call themselves two-time Platinum Pass winners.

Not just poker famous: the celebs in the PSPC field – Celebs from the world of reality TV, NHL hockey and the Breaking Bad universe have landed in the Bahamas for the PSPC.

An easy conversation with the not-so-tough Will Jaffe – Some Platinum Pass winners had 3 years to prepare for the PSPC. Will Jaffe had less than 3 days. We meet the man behind “tough conversations”.

Huber faces an impossible task in the PSPC – PokerStars Team Pro Sebastian Huber, known as “peace&loove” online, has set himself an impossible task on Day 1 of the PSPC. Can he do it?

The brilliance of the PSPC player liaison team – With Platinum Pass winners descending in their hundreds on the Bahamas, PokerStars’ elite player liaison team will roll out the red carpet.

Platinum Pass pulled as PCA Mystery Bounty hunters come to collect – Mike Jozoff’s trip to the Bahamas gets better and better. He’s now freerolling his way into the PSPC.

Crazy pineapple flip paves way to PSPC – Time is running out to secure your Platinum Pass, but there’s tons of added value via the live step route — and you can begin the journey for $30.

A tough conversation as Spraggy offers Jaffe a last-gasp Platinum Pass – It started with an accidental blocking and it’s ending with a $30,000 Platinum Pass.

PREVIOUS PCA COVERAGE

• Dattani takes PCA spoils after all Portuguese heads-up battle
• Botez, Spragg and Kade toast the PSPC Women’s Event
• PCA Main Event final table players
• PCA $25K High Roller: Payouts, prize pool and previous winners
• Mokri pulls $100K prize in PCA Mystery Bounty
• Alessandro Siena rides the (accidental) rush
• PCA money bubble bursts: The warts-and-all view
• The anonymity is over for PCA qualifier Alexandre “aminolast” Raymond

• Players come from far and wide
• Watch the first episode of the Lex Veldhuis Vlog from the PCA
• A Round At the PCA With…Spraggy
• A haircut to remember for the unbeatable Mike Jozoff
• Why online satellites offer the best route to PCA glory
• How the prestigious live stream production is put together
• Haxton’s heater continues with PCA $100K success
• The PCA in stats
• BSOP brings out the big names for Bahamas debut
• PCA Welcome Drinks photo gallery
• How to watch poker if you’ve never watched poker before
• The PSPC: The perfect poker tournament
• When to watch the PCA and PSPC

ACTIVITIES CALENDAR

You can swim with pigs, explore the Bahamas on an ATV, or relax in the Player’s Lounge, among many, many other things to do. Check out the full list of off-the-felt activities available to players and their guests at the PSPC.

EVERYTHING ELSE…

ALL POKERSTARS BLOG REPORTS
Everything we’ve published about the PCA or PSPC, both before the event and during it.

PLATINUM PASS WINNERS
Short profiles and photographs of many of the 418+ Platinum Pass winners.

POKER NEWS LIVE UPDATES
Our live reporting partner, offering hand-by-hand updates from a number of tournaments across the series.

PCA/PSPC OFFICIAL SITE
The PokerStars Live official page, with everything you need to know about the tournament series in the Bahamas.

FULL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Seventy events will play out across the tournament series. Here’s the day-by-day schedule.

SIDE EVENT RESULTS
Results from across the PCA/PSPC festival

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