Dimitar Danchev, a 27-year-old one-time European Poker Tour Sanremo runner-up, is the newest champion of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Danchev won his seat to the tenth annual PCA in a $700 qualifier, and after six days of play has turned his investment into $1,859,000. It is his native Bulgaria's first...more

The exuberance of Joel Micka's rail cannot be overstated. There are not enough adjectives to properly describe the raucous, joyful, elated, cacophonous rumble that comes from the rail of the 2013 PCA main event. As a man who trades in words, I feel at a loss to properly impart just...more

At this point in the day, as players have evaporated from the final table at a speed that can only be described as nuclear, it's tempting to look at the Jerry Wong story and want to turn the script into an action film. He was cast as the hero. The...more

In the best of clichéd senses there was everything to play for when the World Cup of Poker entered its last, critical stage. Made up of a round of nation vs. nation sit & gos, determined by their standings after the penultimate round, the final stages pitched everyone together in...more

After a short day yesterday it took a little longer than expected for main event players today to go from 21 to a final eight, set to return tomorrow. There was perhaps not the drama to close as there was yesterday, when Dimitar Danchev won a massive hand to take...more

If you're one of the few people who hasn't heard of PokerStars Mobile, yet, you're going to want to pay very close attention here. PokerStars' mobile client is sweeping across the globe and getting better every day. It's been a central feature here at the PCA as part of the...more

If you threw ice-water in Dimitar Danchev's face, he wouldn't flinch. The water would freeze, and he would turn back to the poker game he's playing. Today, that game is the 2013 PCA main event, a tournament in which he took a monster chip lead for the night with three...more

It may only be so for a short time but the biggest pot of the tournament just played out, sending Griffin Benger to the rail and leaving Patrick Kelly with a stack of more than 2.3 million. The hand had all the drama of a pivotal stage of the tournament,...more

"He's one of the good guys." It's a phrase that you'll often hear when a field gets towards its final stages, when friends of friends are implored to root for someone left in the field. We're not entirely sure what it takes to get the red rubber stamp reading 'GOOD...more

Another day ends at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, with Patrick Kelly leading the main event with just 59 players remaining. This was perhaps the most critical of days, when build up turns to business, when the empty-handed become the paid, when the bubble bursts and relief fills a room formerly...more

You may know by now that Jake Cody is the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro, and if you don't, well, you've obviously not be reading this blog. Getting sponsored doesn't guarantee you success or fortune but those getting patched tend to be among the players that will gun for...more

There is more to the PCA than non-stop outstanding poker. The sun, sand, and outdoors can be a welcome reprieve from a bust-out or a gruelling day of stacking chips. One of the great recreation opportunities at PCA is nearby access to a world-class golf facility, the one and only...more

Near-earth asteroid Apophis is going to whiz by Earth tonight but it won't cause nearly the breeze as the second day of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event. In an afternoon that hemorrhaged players like a razor-cut artery, Day 2 ended prematurely with Nicolas Godoy as the chip leader. He...more

The refrain is one heard at the break, and one heard every year just outside the tournament room, spoken by dozens of players every year: "You have to get tickets?" The tickets are those sold outside in the hallway, which you exchange for food from the poker kitchen. But this...more

The Latin American Poker Tour has proven to be a solid poker circuit. Visiting eight countries with 24 tournaments, the LAPT is ready to start Season 6 next March in the lovely city of Viña del Mar, Chile. During those first five years, the most respected poker tour in South...more

If history is any indication--and if popular music has taught us anything--pimpin' ain't easy. But this week at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, it may be easier than a lot of peopler realize. The PCA and Team PokerStars Pro are hosting the PCA Photo Pimp Off, a contest to see who...more

Ashton Griffin leads tonight after the conclusion of the second day of the main event, the second of two starting flights. Griffin led for much of the day today and bagged up 253,700 at the close. That was good for the combined lead, just short of 5,000 ahead of yesterday's...more

Players often talk about tournament variance. You can count on the fact that there will coolers, suck outs and flips and even that you might run good in all your low buy-in sessions but go colder than cold in all your largest tournaments. What's often not discussed is that first...more

Maxim Lobzhanidze finished Day 1A of the 2013 PCA main event with the chip lead (248,900), one of more than 150 left out of the 320 who started the day. Scott Seiver triumphed over the $100,000 Super High Roller final table, the only person there who could overcome David "Doc"...more

Danny Noseworthy has been crowned Canada Cup Champion after defeating Joseph Stiers heads-up. Already something of an established player, with a list of previous live event cashes including several at the World Series, Danny started today's final table as chip lead and didn't look back. When play got down to...more

I've been lucky enough to work for PokerStars for five years. Precisely five years to the day, in fact. A lot has changed since I started in January 2008. I'm older, although I like to think a little wiser. I got married. I got way more grey hairs (those last...more