American pro Jonathan "Iftarii" Jaffe built the biggest stack on Day 1b of the $5,300 PCA 2016 Main Event, bagging 164,000. The 28-year-old from Massachussetts is more than $870k in profit online on PokerStars, where he won two WCOOP titles. After black Friday, he relocated to Montreal, Canada to continue grinding online, sharing home with one of the 2015 starlight Nick Petrangelo.

Jaffe has also amassed more than $2 million in live tournament winnings with most of his cashes coming in North America. Jaffe previously cashed in just one EPT Main Event, which came five years ago here at the PCA - he finished 133rd back then.

Although he topped all 688 entrants tonight, it's Day 1a chip leader Toby Lewis who retained the lead for Day 2 with 188,000.

Among those who bagged a six digits stack on Day 1b were Vicente Delgado Zamorano (128,700), Zvi Stern (114,700), Calvin Anderson (113,200), Joao Vieira (109,700), Rumen Nanev (107,700) and Jeffrey Rossiter (103,500).

Strong group of players representing the red spade survived Day 1b - Team PokerStars Pros Jake Cody (51,300), Eugene Katchalov (37,200), Daniel Negreanu (23,600), Jason Mercier (21,900), Barry Greenstein (21,500) and Victor Ramdin (9,900) as well as Team Online's Marc-Andre Ladouceur (76,200), George Lind (40,500) and Jaime Staples (14,200).

At least 561 players will come back for Day 2. Late registration remains open until the restart.

The PCA has been part of the European Poker Tour since 2008 with Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier being the first player to lift the EPT trophy here in the Bahamas. Last season, Kevin Schulz beat a 816-strong field to take the title along with the $1,491,580 first prize.

POKERSTARS CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE MAIN EVENT HISTORY:
2004: 221 players, $1,657,500 prize pool, Gus Hansen (Denmark) for $455,780
2005: 461 players, $3,487,200 prize pool, John Gale (UK) for $890,600
2006: 724 players, $5 647 200 prize pool, Steve Ambrose (Canada) for $1,388,600
2007: 937 players, $7,063,842 prize pool, Ryan Daut (USA) for $1,535,255
2008 (EPT4): 1,136 players, $8,562,976 prize pool, Bertrand Grospellier (France) for $2,000,000
2009 (EPT5): 1,347 players, $12,674,000 prize pool, Poorya Nazari (Canada) for $3,000,000
2010 (EPT6): 1,529 players, $14,831,300 prize pool, Harrison Gimbel (USA) for $2,200,000
2011 (EPT7): 1,560 players, $15,132,000 prize pool, Galen Hall (USA) for $2,300,000
2012 (EPT8): 1,072 players, $10,398,400 prize pool, John Dibella (USA) for $1,775,000
2013 (EPT9): 987 players, $9,573,900 prize pool, Dimitar Danchev (Bulgaria) for $1,859,000
2014 (EPT10): 1,031 players, $10,070,000 prize pool, Dominik Panka (Poland) for $1,423,096
2015 (EPT11): 816 players, $7,915,200 prize pool, Kevin Schulz (USA) for $1,491,580

SUNDAY ACTION AT THE PCA
As well as Day 2 of the PCA Main Event tomorrow, Sunday’s action includes both a $2k NL and $2k NL Turbo event, a $1k PLO, a $1k NL tourney, a $300 H.O.S.E event, a $5k PLO, three more $120 Flipouts and a $2k NL Hyper Turbo "Win the Button" to end the day.

Tomorrow's “Breakfast with the Pros” session is titled 'More than just a game' and hosted by Team PokerStars Pro ElkY and PokerStars Mind Sports Ambassador Jennifer Shahade. Tomorrow is also the final day of the HU4ROLLZ competition with players taking on Team PokerStars members in free-to-enter Heads-Up Challenges running 2-7pm in the Player Lounge.

MEDIA INFO
All media attending the PCA are prohibited from any kind of gaming anywhere in the Bahamas for the duration of the event. This includes off-property casinos, online or in your hotel room. You must credit PokerStars in the first instance of your event coverage and write PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in full, not just PCA. The PSLive guidelines provides further general information.

PCA 2016
A record 104 tourneys are taking place at Atlantis during the 2016 PCA festival. Aside from the Super High Roller, second LAPT Bahamas Main Event (unlimited re-entries, starts January 7, now with reduced $2,200 buy-in) and PCA 2016 Main Event, there is also a $50k One-Day High Roller Single Re-Entry on January 9. The three-day $25k High Roller starts Jan 12 and the $600 Ladies Event on Jan 14. Check out the PCA 2016 promo video here.

POKERSTARS BLOG / SOCIAL MEDIA
Full reports and updates can be found on the PokerStars blog. For social media, see @PokerStars_PCA.

PCA WEBCASTS
EPTLive is broadcasting live today with coverage of the PCA Invitational Charity tourney from 2pm (EST). Tomorrow the cameras switch to Day 2 of the PCA Main Event on January 10. Coverage continues daily until the January 14 cards-up final table.

Team PokerStars Pro Online Marc-Andre Ladouceur survived Day 1b of the PCA Main Event. (Photo: Neil Stoddart)