The lone American still in contention, Csik is primarily a cash game player, but has still managed to accumulate over $1 million in lifetime earnings coming into the PCA main event. Other Prominent Results: 3rd, 2019 WPT Deepstacks Maryland $1,500 main event 2nd, WPT World Championship at Wynn $600 5-Card PLO side event Lifetime Live Tournament Earnings: $1,104,948īiggest Lifetime Live Cash: $206,020, won 2015 WSOP Circuit Baltimore $1,675 Main Event With a fourth-place finish (or better), Neves would exceed the entirety of his lifetime tournament earnings.Įnd of Day 1 chip count: 57,200 (142/318)Įnd of Day 2 chip count: 170,000 (60/151) But after an early Day 5 double up and a buildup throughout the day Saturday, his elimination of Kolonias positioned Neves in the chip lead heading into the final day. In fact, he entered Day 5 on the shortest stack among 16 players. One of two players from Portugal at this PCA final table, Neves spent long stretches of this tournament on a shorter stack. Other Prominent Results: Won $400 WSOP Daily Deepstacks event in 2022 13th in WSOP Closer in 2022 Lifetime Live Tournament Earnings: $411,828īiggest Lifetime Live Cash: $124,756, 3rd, 2022 UKIPT London £2,200 High Roller So who are these six players still in contention? Let’s dig in. $1.5 million and $1 million await the winner and runner-up of this event, which resumes at 12:30 p.m. 1 lifetime tournament earner ever from Greece, fought along on a short stack for most of the second half of Day 5 and was unlucky to lose with – all-in preflop – against Pedro Neves’ to go out seventh. Jonathan Little and Taylor Paur, both WPT Champions Club members, went down in ninth and eighth place, respectively, and have a hair shy of $13 million in combined career live tournament earnings. Rounding out the final table is Jamil Wakil, who will have to fight back from just 7.5 big blinds to start the day.Īll six of them outlasted a $10K field filled with some of poker’s most accomplished players, and the final three eliminations of the night on Saturday included three players with serious resumes. Just behind them sit Michael Dattani and Christoph Csik – separated by a single big blind, in fourth and fifth respectively.

The chip dynamics should be fascinating entering Sunday’s final table, with the top three stacks – chip leader Pedro Neves, Alexandre Raymond, and Artur Martirosian– separated by just three big blinds. Michel Dattani, Alexandre Raymond, and Christoph Csik are among the final six players vying for the 2023 PCA Main Event $1.5 million first-place prize.įrom 889 entries, just six players remain in the hunt to win the $10,000 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event.

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