The Early Years
2004 PCA Main Event
The first PCA was held in 2004 aboard a cruise ship.
A total of 221👍 players entered theR$7,500 buy-in Main Event, with Gus Hansen emerging
victorious after defeating Hoyt Corkins heads-up — with Corkins allegedly👍 playing the
final table with the flu! The final table also featured Daniel Negreanu, with famous
poker names such as👍 Andy Bloch and Chris Ferguson also finishing in the money.
2004 PCA
Main Event Results
PLACE PLAYER PRIZE 1st Gus HansenR$455,780 2nd👍 Hoyt CorkinsR$290,065
3rd Daniel NegreanuR$192,270 4th Michael BenedettoR$132,600 5th John D’AgostinoR$99,450
6th Remco SchrijversR$74,590
2005 PCA Main Event
The following year, the👍 field more
than doubled to 461 players, with Englishman John Gale taking the top prize
ofR$890,600. Gale would of course👍 go on to win two WSOP bracelets before tragically
dying in 2024 aged just 65.
2005 PCA Main Event Results
PLACE PLAYER👍 PRIZE 1st John
GaleR$890,600 2nd Alex BalandinR$484,700 3rd Michael WesterlundR$306,400 4th Patrick
HockingR$207,700 5th “Miami” John CernutoR$155,800 6th Nenad MedicR$112,500
2006👍 PCA
Main Event
In 2006, the PCA Main Event awarded more thanR$1 million in prize money to
the winner for the👍 first time. Canada's Steve Paul-Ambrose took home top prize
ofR$1,388,600 after defeating a field of 724 players.
Ambrose has gone on👍 to make two
more deep runs in the PCA Main Event, finishing 20th in 2007 ($36,026) and 72nd in 2010
👍 ($33,000)
2006 PCA Main Event Results
PLACE PLAYER PRIZE 1st Steve
Paul-AmbroseR$1,388,600 2nd Brook LyterR$681,500 3rd David SingerR$436,200 4th Michael
HigginsR$327,100 5th👍 Anders HenrikssonR$239,900 6th Aurangzeb SheikhR$177,200
2007 PCA
Main Event
The PCA held in 2007 was the last year the event was part👍 of the World Poker
Tour. The event had grown to 937 players, with a buy-in ofR$7,800. American Ryan Daut
defeated👍 Isaac Haxton heads-up to winR$1,535,255.
Where Are They Now: 2007 PCA
Champion, Ryan Daut
2007 PCA Main Event Results
PLACE PLAYER PRIZE 1st👍 Ryan
DautR$1,535,255 2nd Isaac HaxtonR$861,789 3rd Robert FordR$550,980 4th Robert
MizrachiR$409,703 5th Jonathan LittleR$317,873 6th Frank RusnakR$247,234
The Boom
Years
2008 PCA👍 Main Event
With the PCA now finding a home on the European Poker Tour,
2008 was the first time the field👍 broke 1,000 entrants. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
defeated a field of 1,136 players to win a coolR$2,000,000.
2008 PCA Main Event
Results
PLACE👍 PLAYER PRIZE 1st Bertrand “ElkY” GrospellierR$2,000,000 2nd Hafiz
KhanR$1,094,976 3rd Kristopher KuykendallR$800,000 4th David PhamR$600,000 5th Craig
HopkinsR$450,000 6th Joe👍 ElpayaaR$300,000 7th Christian HarderR$200,000 8th Rich
FohrenbachR$150,000
2009 PCA Main Event
2009 PCA Main Event Results
PLACE PLAYER PRIZE
1st Poorya NazariR$3,000,000 2nd👍 Anthony GreggR$1,700,000 3rd Benjamin
SpindlerR$1,100,000 4th Alexandre GomesR$750,000 5th Pieter TielenR$550,000 6th Dustin
DirksenR$400,000 7th Dan HeimillerR$300,000 8th Kevin SaulR$234,000
2010👍 PCA Main
Event
2010 PCA Main Event Results
PLACE PLAYER PRIZE 1st Harrison GimbelR$2,200,000 2nd
Tyler ReimanR$1,750,000 3rd Barry ShulmanR$1,350,000 4th Benjamin👍 ZamaniR$1,000,000 5th
Ryan D’AngeloR$700,000 6th Aage RavnR$450,000 7th Zachary GoldbergR$300,000 8th Thomas
KoralR$201,300
2011 PCA Main Event
2011 PCA Main Event Results
PLACE👍 PLAYER PRIZE 1st
Galen HallR$2,300,000 2nd Chris OliverR$1,800,000 3rd Anton IonelR$1,350,000 4th Sam
SteinR$1,000,000 5th Mike SowersR$700,000 6th Bolivar PalaciosR$450,000👍 7th Max
WeinbergR$300,000 8th Philippe PlouffeR$202,000
Decline
2012 PCA Main Event
2012 PCA
Main Event Results
Place Player Prize 1st John DibellaR$1,775,000 2nd Kyle
👍 JuliusR$1,500,000 3rd Faraz JakaR$755,000 4th Xuan LiuR$600,000 5th Mark
DroverR$468,000 6th Anthony GreggR$364,000 7th David BernsteinR$260,000 8th Ruben
VisserR$156,400
2013 PCA👍 Main Event
2013 PCA Main Event Results
Place Player Prize 1st
Dimitar DanchevR$1,859,000 2nd Joel MickaR$1,190,000 3rd Jerry WongR$725,000 4th
Jonathan RoyR$560,000👍 5th Owen CroweR$435,000 6th Andrey ShatilovR$325,000 7th Yann
DionR$230,000 8th Joao NogueiraR$165,900
2014 PCA Main Event
2014 PCA Main Event
Results
Place Player👍 Prize 1st Dominik PankaR$1,423,096 2nd Mike McDonaldR$1,064,865
3rd Isaac BaronR$1,207,599 4th Madis MuurR$581,040 5th Daniel GamezR$447,040 6th Shyam
SrinivasanR$328,020 7th👍 Pascal LefrancoisR$242,020 8th Fabian OrtizR$173,220
2024 PCA
Main Event
2024 PCA Main Event Results
Place Player Prize 1st Kevin SchulzR$1,491,580
2nd Diego VenturaR$907,080👍 3rd Chance KornuthR$641,140 4th Niklas HambitzerR$482,820
5th Juan PastorR$380,720 6th Rami BoukaiR$285,740 7th Pratyush BuddigaR$203,420 8th
Dylan LindeR$140,900
2024 PCA Main👍 Event
2024 PCA Main Event Results
Place Player Prize
1st Mike WatsonR$728,325 2nd Anthony GreggR$612,175 3rd Phillip McAllisterR$356,020 4th
Toby LewisR$267,340 5th👍 Vladimir TroyanovskiyR$207,940 6th Randy KritzerR$153,920 7th
Ken DemlakianR$110,220 8th Timothy UlmerR$78,540
2024 PokerStars Championship Bahamas
Main Event
2024 PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main👍 Event Results
Place Player Prize
1st Christian HarderR$429,664 2nd Cliff JosephyR$403,445 3rd Michael VelaR$259,980 4th
Aleksei OpalikhinR$191,420 5th Michael GentiliR$140,940 6th👍 Rasmus GlaeselR$103,780 7th
Allon AllisonR$76,400 8th John DibellaR$53,260
Final Years
2024 PCA Main Event
2024 PCA
Main Event Results
Place Player Prize 1st Maria👍 LampropulosR$1,081,100 2nd Shawn
BuchananR$672,960 3rd Koray AldemirR$481,560 4th Adrian MateosR$372,600 5th Dan
CoupalR$293,560 6th Christian RudolphR$229,760 7th Oleg TitovR$169,920 8th👍 Adalfer
GamarraR$116,860
2024 PCA Main Event
2024 PCA Main Event Results
Place Player Prize 1st
David "Chino" RheemR$1,567,100 2nd Daniel StrelitzR$951,480 3rd Scott
👍 WellenbachR$671,240 4th Pavel VekslerR$503,440 5th Vicent RamonR$396,880 6th Brian
AltmanR$297,020 7th Mihai ManoleR$208,920 8th Marc-Andre LadouceurR$146,840
2024
PokerStars No Limit Hold'em👍 Players Championship
2024 PSPC Main Event Final Table
Results
PLACE PLAYER COUNTRY PRIZE (USD) 1 Ramon Colillas SpainR$5,100,000 2 Julien
Martini FranceR$2,974,000👍 3 Marc Rivera PhilipinesR$2,168,000 4 Scott Baumstein United
StatesR$1,657,000 5 Jason Koonce United StatesR$1,304,000 6 Marc Perrault
CanadaR$1,012,000 7 Farid👍 Jattin ColombiaR$746,000 8 Talal Shakerchi United
KingdomR$509,000
Return of the PCA
2024 PCA Main Event
2024 PokerStars No Limit Hold'em
Players Championship
List of👍 PCA Main Event Winners
