PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Enters Day 2

The European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) enters its second day today (technically its third day of play), and, for the first time during the tournament, the playing field will be combined after playing two day 1s.

A whopping 1,136 players entered this year’s PCA. This is the first year the tournament will be part of the EPT series of events. This popular event has been a World Poker Tour staple for years. PokerStars, though, owns the EPT, and pulled this signature event into its fold for 2008.

This is by far the largest event in the EPT’s four-season history. Last year’s grand final attracted 706 players. If this event remained a WPT event, it would also have been the largest WPT event ever, beating the number of entrants at the 2007 L.A. Poker Classic by 345 (791 played in that event).

The players generated a prize pool of $8.5 million, and $2 million of that will go to the eventual winner. The PCA started on Saturday when 556 players played in day 1A of the PCA. The day ended with 232 players standing. Today, they join the 246 survivors from the 580 players who played in day 1B, which took place yesterday.

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