The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) festival's $25,000 buy-in tournament, “PokerStars Holdem Players Championship” (PSPC), has concluded on the Bahamas island. This tournament broke a record as 1,040 players registered for it. PokerStars contributed significantly to this record by distributing 320 packages through various promotions. Combining all buy-ins and an additional million dollars added for the winner by PokerStars, the total prize pool amounted to $26.5 million.
The tournament was won by Spanish representative Ramon Collilas, who defeated all his opponents and took home an impressive $5,100,000. The highest-ranking Lithuanian in this tournament was Laurynas Levinskas, who finished in 32nd place. Farid Jattin opened the bets to 100,000 from the middle position, and Laurynas went all-in with 800,000 holding A♦J♦. Everyone folded to the initial aggressor, who called and revealed A♠A♣. The community cards came 7 10 2 10 7, and Laurynas was eliminated. Laurynas added $84,600 to his pocket.
$25K PSPC results:
1. Ramon Collilas (Spain) – $5,100,000
2. Julien Martini (France) – $2,974,000
3. Marc Rivera (Philippines) – $2,168,000
4. Scott Baumstein (USA) – $1,657,000
5. Jason Koonce (USA) – $1,304,000
6. Marc Perrault (Canada) – $1,012,000
7. Farid Jattin (Colombia) – $746,000
8. Talal Shakerchi (Great Britain) – $509,000
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32. Laurynas Levinskas (Lithuania) – $86,400
89. Tomas Jozonis (Lithuania) – $45,700