Every EPT and PCA festival ends up with a popular high stakes turbo. The PCA 2013 offering came in the shape of a $10,000 six-max turbo which pulled in 88 entries, including many that had played the $25,000 over the two days previous. Those high stakes guys, they don't like...more

This year's Women's Event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure was filled with fun players, interesting stories, and poker action at every turn. The tournament brought 66 players to the tables in the massive poker room set up for PCA players. That created a $66K prize pool, enough to pay out...more

Affif Prado is the PCA Main Event champion. No, scratch that, he's the mini Main Event champion. The Brazilian finished off his PCA with a solid $16,090 win in the $300 buy-in event that follows the same structure but plays with much shorter blind levels. Prado beat Englishman Ian Simpson...more

You may not remember it, but there was a day when the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure made its broadcast debut on something called a television. If those devices are before your time, here's a quick history lesson. Back then, homes had boxes in their house that were connected to wires. Those...more

We've been waiting for it, and today it's here. At long last, the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure shows have hit PokerStars.tv Video crews were all over the Atlantis resort during the PCA in January. Now, two weeks of video recording has been cut down to some of the best poker...more

I had a lot of travel problems getting to the PCA. I got stuck in Miami for one night, and had a lot of other flight problems. I showed up at the tournament very tired, which is not the way you want to be at a $100,000 tournament. I ran...more

Andrew Chen has won the $5,000 Bounty Shootout for a total of $269,000 after landing an incredible double knockout of Shaun Deeb and Michael Binger. It took more than eight hours of play in a gruelling session, but Chen's determination, fortitude and the ability to make the occasional monster bluff...more

1.20am: Chen double knock out wins the Bounty Shootout and $213k Andrew Chen has just won $213,000 and the Bounty Shootout. Michael Binger opened the button for 10,000, Andrew Chen three-bet to 25,000 and Shaun Deeb threw in his remaining chips, just covering the raise. Binger made the call....more

If at first you don't succeed try, try again. That might be the family motto for the Molsons of Canada, after their boy Will Molson, watched by his father on the rail, took down the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller event tonight at the third time of asking....more

2.25pm: Break time The first three levels have come to an and and all the players are off on a 15 minute break. 2.22pm: Big Binger bullies little Binger Michael Binger has eliminated his short-stacked little brother Nick in a pre-flop all-in showdown. Michael raised to 1,000 and called when...more

Even in the world of poker, you don't earn half a million bucks without working for it. And when today's $25,000 High Roller event at the 2010 PCA wrapped, these players were deep into their 26th hour at the table. What began at 4pm on Monday ended at 8.45pm on...more

Live updates from Day 4, levels 23 and 24 of the $25,000 High Roller brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Howard Swains, Brad Willis. Click refresh to see the latest updates below. Click through to the chip count page for the chip counts, updated regularly throughout the day. Previous coverage:...more

Every step around Paradise Island is an assault on the senses: vibrant colours dazzle from the sea, sand and bartenders' shirts, while the sound of calypso music pipes through the undergrowth 24-hour a day. Strangers are greeted with warm handshakes wherever they go, and the smells and tastes of the...more

Real-time updates from Level 30 of the 2009 PCA are brought to you by Howard Swains, Paul 'Dr. Pauly' McGuire, Stephen Bartley, and Brad Willis. Click refresh to see the latest updates. Levels are 75 minutes long and blinds are 150,000-300,000 (30,000). Last updated: 9:42pm 9:53pm--Nazari relishes his win The...more

Real-time updates from Level 29 of the 2009 PCA are brought to you by Howard Swains, Paul 'Dr. Pauly' McGuire, Stephen Bartley, and Brad Willis. Click refresh to see the latest updates. Levels are 75 minutes long and blinds are 100,000-200,000 (20,000). Last updated: 8:45pm 8:53--Walking to break The last...more

After our initial interview in a back hallway at Atlantis, we gave 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure winner Betrand "ElkY" Grospellier some time to breathe. Now, we've asked him to write a little bit about what his first major win meant to him and his poker career. by Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier...more

by Brad Willis and Howard Swains Photography by Neil Stoddart Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was a pro-gaming star before he was a PokerStar, but celebrity is not what gets him out of bed in the morning. It's the competition. It's the winning. He was the first PokerStars player to achieve VIP...more

All Level 28 news will be updated here. The blinds and antes are 80,000/160,000/20,000. If you're refreshing on a regular basis, the latest information will be at the top. All Level 27 action can be found HERE. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier wins the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, and $2 million. Hafiz Khan...more

Anyone who started the final table today had to be looking at Isaac Haxton's chip stack and thinking, "Well, what am I going to do up against that?" Haxton had around half the chips in play.As it turned out, there was, indeed, a way to win, and Ryan Daut figured...more

The second annual World Championship of Battleship Poker was an even bigger success than the first event. Sixty-four people signed up and there was a waiting list a mile long. Big name pros like Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer, Barry Greenstein, Mimi Tran, and Robert Williamson all played in the event,...more

Click refresh here to see the lastest updates of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure final table Note, as we are outside, internet access is spotty at best out here. If we disappear for a bit, that's why. Current blinds: 100,000/200,000/20,0006:05pm--It's over. Ryan Daut wins. He pushes with AdTh and Isaac calls...more

It was ten in the morning, earlier than most real poker players like to see the sun and earlier than they like to hold cards in their hand--unless they've been awake all night and are still in the middle of a great session. TV production crew members bounced back and...more

We have crowned two champions at the Atlantis Resort and Casino today at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.Click here to read about 2006 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Champion Steve Paul-Ambrose.Click here to read about the PokerStars World Championship of Battleship Poker champion, Michael "LuckyLady519" Banducci.We'll have reports on both events in the...more

Congratulations to Michael "LuckyLady519" Banducci for winning the first ever PokerStars World Championship of Battleship Poker. Banducci climbed through the field of 64 to get heads up with poker pro Gavin "birdguts" Smith. Banducci won more than $22,000 for his win. In the coming days, we'll have more on the...more