As expected, the field size has continued to grow and now has 16 players registered. PokerStars Ambassador Kevin Hart has taken a seat along with Canadians Timothy Adams and Daniel Dvoress, American Jason Koon, Germany's Steffen Sontheimer, France's Benjamin Pollak, and the UK's Stephen Chidwick.
After a slight delay, while the field gathered and took their seats the cards are in the air on Day 1. The tournament clock currently shows 10 players with seven of them now seated.
A big day at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas today, as no fewer than four events are reported on PokerNews.com today. It's Day 1a of the Main Event but there's much more to keep an eye on as well. There's the massive $50,000 High Roller Day 1, which isn't even the biggest event here this festival as the $100,000 Super High Roller is down to a final table as well. Last, but certainly not least, the $1,650 National Championship is on to Day 2 today, with 61 players remaining out of a field of 290.
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With the $100,000 Super High Roller crowning a champion later today, the second largest buy-in event of the 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) gets underway this afternoon at the Atlantis Resort on the beautiful Paradise Island.
The eighth event of the festival will play out over the next two days featuring a buy-in of $50,000.
In 2017, at the PokerStars Championship Bahamas, Bryn Kenney bested a field of 69 total entries defeating Mustapha Kanit heads-up to claim the title and a top prize of $969,075. Both Kenney and Kanit are back in the Bahamas one year later.
Kanit is free to play today falling short of the money during play last night in the Super High Roller. Kenney on the other hand still remains and is in the money battling with just seven players left.
One of the biggest stories going into play today is poker’s top two all-time leading money earners battling for the top spot. Canadian poker legend Daniel Negreanu currently sits number one with $35,319,815 while American Erik Seidel boasts $33,277,776 in career live-recorded tournament earnings.
Negreanu will add a chunk to his lead later today when he returns for action at the Super High Roller final table. Sadly, Seidel fell as the “bubble boy” but can minimize the damage with a good run in this event.
The rest of the field is expected to be star-studded and should be quite a battle with all the players busting out of the Super High Roller eager to get back on the felt.
Players will start with 100,000 in tournament chips and be bound to a 30-second shot clock. Each level will last 30-minutes and Day 1 will play down to an official final table of six with the finalists returning on Tuesday at 1 PM local time and play down till the last card comes off the deck.
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