Peters Seeks PCA Title on Final Day of $3,000 Mystery Bounty
Welcome to Day 3 of the $3,000 Mystery Bounty event at the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, where David Peters leads the final 22 players into the final day of action at the beautiful Baha Mar Resort in The Bahamas. Every player remaining is guaranteed at least $8,100 plus bounties, with the champion taking home $239,658.
Peters bagged the chip lead ahead of Andy Wilson after 12 hours of action and hundreds of mystery bounty cards changing hands. Michael Uguccioni sits in third, ahead of Bulgarians Petar Kalev and Yuliyan Kolev. The other seven-figure stacks are held by Canadians Sebastien Aube and Luc Lafontaine, with Mauricio Sanchez, Kitty Kuo and Samuel Cobian rounding out the top 10.
Final Three Tables
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kitty Kuo | Taiwan | 1,100,000 | 28 |
| 1 | 2 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | 800,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 3 | Roman Timergazin | Russian Federation | 495,000 | 12 |
| 1 | 4 | Michael Uguccioni | Italy | 1,675,000 | 42 |
| 1 | 5 | Alexandre Pruneau | Canada | 585,000 | 15 |
| 1 | 6 | Rui Bouquet | Portugal | 810,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 7 | Justin Steinbrenner | Germany | 520,000 | 13 |
| 1 | 8 | Jerome Brion | France | 410,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | Luc Lafontaine | Canada | 1,250,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 2 | David Stamm | United States | 820,000 | 21 |
| 2 | 3 | Sebastien Aube | Canada | 1,440,000 | 36 |
| 2 | 4 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | 1,585,000 | 40 |
| 2 | 5 | Mauricio Sanchez | Colombia | 1,195,000 | 30 |
| 2 | 6 | Rafael Moraes | Brazil | 240,000 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | Samuel Cobian | United States | 1,010,000 | 25 |
| 3 | 1 | Pedro Gusmao | Brazil | 925,000 | 23 |
| 3 | 2 | Maximillian Silz | Germany | 615,000 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | Matthew Lambrecht | United States | 560,000 | 14 |
| 3 | 4 | Andy Wilson | United Kingdom | 1,960,000 | 49 |
| 3 | 5 | George James | Canada | 900,000 | 23 |
| 3 | 7 | Petar Kalev | Bulgaria | 1,675,000 | 42 |
| 3 | 8 | David Peters | United States | 2,190,000 | 55 |
The PCA trophy is not the only big prize in play, as two of the top bounty prizes are also still on the board. A single top prize of $100,000 and a second prize of $40,000 remain among the 42 bounties yet to be claimed heading into Day 3.
Play is scheduled to resume at 12:00 p.m. local time, with blinds on Level 27 at 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. The levels will continue to be 40 minutes in length, with 15-minute breaks after every three levels until the final hand is dealt.
Don’t miss a moment of the action, as the PokerNews team has you covered all the way until the latest champion is crowned in The Bahamas.
flop gave Mokri a flush. Timergazin could not catch up on the 
turn or 
river and was eliminated in 22nd place.
and Moraes was left grasping at straws. The 
on the turn gave him some life but the 
on the river ended his tournament in 21st place.
and 
runout changed nothing and Brion was eliminated while Mokri doubled through Uguccioni.
flop. Even with all of his pleading for a king, there was nothing available on the 
on the turn sealed the deal and Kuo was eliminated in 15th place.
