PCA Day 1B: Results And Prize Pool Details Are In

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Day 1B has just ended, with 205 players managing to survive and move on to Day 2. Also the prize pool has been set to $12,674,000, while the first place prize is $3 million.

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - or PCA - started on January 5th and it will stretch across five playdays, all in the comfort of the Atlantis Resort and Casino Imperial Ballroom in the Bahamas.

The fact that the buy-in has been increased from $8,000 to $10,000 could have meant a smaller player base, but that quickly proved to be wrong, as the number of registrations was actually bigger than last year (1,347 compared to last year's 1,136).

Due to the fact that the buy-in was increased, the prize pool got a boost as well: $12,674,000 are at stake this time, with $3 million going to the first place finisher. This is the 10th tournament in the history of poker that offers a first place prize of at least $3 million.

Since the prize pool has been set, we now know how the payout structure looks like: top 199 players will receive cash prizes, with over $8 million going to the final nine. Here is the final table payout structure:

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Day 1B
Rank	Prize
1st	$3,000,000
2nd	$1,700,000
3rd	$1,100,000
4th	$750,000
5th	$550,000
6th	$400,000
7th	$300,000
8th	214,000
9th	$175,000

676 players went to the tables on Day 1B, starting with 20,000 chips and playing 75 minute-long levels. After the eight level was over, 205 players remained, all being lead by Chris Fernandez and his 210,700 chips. He was followed by Benny Chen (195,600), while Daniel Heimiller (178,300) finished third.

Some known poker faces who managed to survive past Day 1B included the likes of Peter Eastgate, Alexandre Gomez, Max Pescatori, Katja Thater, Andre Akkari, Humberto Brenes or Joao Barbosa.

More big names were sent to the rail on this day, including Phil Ivey, Chris Moneymaker, former tennis pro Boris Becker, Ivan Demidov, Gus Hansen, as well as defending champion, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.

As for the Day 1B top 10 chip stacks, check out the table below:

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Day 1B
Rank	Name	Chips
1st	Chris Fernandez	210,700
2nd	Benny Chen	195,600
3rd	Daniel Heimiller	178,300
4th	Scott Bateson	177,600
5th	Foued Atigui	169,700
6th	Eric Liu	168,500
7th	Brian England	168,300
8th	Anatoly Gurtovoy	163,200
9th	Alex Longobard	156,500
10th	Christopher Underwood	155,400