PTS AT STAKE: PCA 25K HIGH ROLLERS - REYNOLDS LOOKS TO DEFEND

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151 players have searched their pockets and found 25K - ok, so maybe they asked their sponsors instead - to play the PCA High Rollers Event - an outstanding number of participants only a few days after the start of the 10K Main Event. There are currently 96 players remaining.

Defending Champ William Reynolds is in the hunt, currently sitting in the Top 10 in chips. Ryan Fair is your chip leader - Leo Fernandez and Humberto Brenes, who both scored PTPR Points in the first PTPR Event of the season, are stil alive.

Other Top 25 notables include: 2010 PTPR #3 ranked player Thomas Marchese, David Baker, Faraz Jaka, Chino Rheem, Bryn Kenney, Vanessa Rousso and Jason Mercier.

Jaka had this to say on his Twitter feed (FarazJaka1) as he wrapped up his day:

"Finished the day with 129k. 97 left 16 pay. Played EXTREMELY well in the High roller today."

101 PTPR Points goes to the winner of this PTPR Tier 3 Event. 16 players will get paid for the event - here is the prize pool:

1: $1,072,850
2: $554,925
3: $369,490
4: $295,960
5: $240,470
6: $203,475
7: $166,480
8:$129,480
9-10: $110,985
11-12: $92,490
13-14: $73,990
15-16: $55,490


For current chip stacks, see below.


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure
PCA 25K High Rollers Event
January 14-16, 2011

Atlantis Resort & Casino
Paradise Island, Bahamas

Buy-in: $25,000
Prizepool: $3,995,500
Entries: 151

Defending champion: William Reynolds

POINTS AT STAKE
1st place 101
2nd place 61
3rd place 36
4th place 26
5th place 19
6th place 11
7th place 9
8th place 6
9th place 6


UNOFFICIAL CHIP COUNTS (NOTABLE PLAYERS) AT THE END OF THE FIRST DAY:

Ryan Fair 217200
Tyler Reiman 205400
Giuseppe Pantaleo 182000
Kyle Julius 173500
William Reynolds 170800
Leo Fernandez 167600
Gustavo Kein 166800
Max Lykov 164200
Masa Kagawa 163200
Tony Gregg 160900
Moritz Kranich 157300
Tom Marchese 147000
David Baker 139100
Juan Maceiras 137700
Matt Woodward 135000
Faraz Jaka 120000
Fernando Brito 110000
David Rheem 108000
Alex Gomes 84600
Bryn Kenney 83000
Vanessa Rousso 79100
Jason Mercier 75600
Paul Berende 70000
Andre Akkari 63600
Eugene Katchalov 63000
Freddy Deeb 57000
Joe Hachem 55500
Matt Marafioti 54000
Humberto Brenes 52600
Erik Seidel 52000
David Benyamine 52000
Matt Affleck 50000
David Sands 37000
Luke Schwartz 35000
Jonathan Little 35000
Johnny Lodden 34300
Phil Collins 25000
Joe Cada 22300
Alex Kravchenko 21100
Sandra Naujoks 17900