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American Faraz Jaka, who has earned than $1 million in online tournament cashes on PokerStars.com, has a commanding lead for Day 5 of the $10k PCA Main Event with 4,114,000. PokerStars.com qualifier Alex Fitzgerald (one of numerous American online pros who have moved to Costa Rica since Black Friday) is currently second with 2,709,000 while Canadian high stakes online cash game player Phil D'Auteuil is currently third with 2,280,000.
Among the 24 players left in the field are Anthony Gregg, who was PCA runner-up in 2009, Byron Kaverman (who won the $5k NL side event at last year's PCA), EPT Qualifier of the Year Martin Jacobson (runner-up at two EPTs last season) and Xuan Liu, who was third at EPT San Remo last season, Dutch pro Ruben Visser and PokerStars-sponsored Australian Danny Chevalier, the reigning PokerStars Australia New Zealand Player of the Year. Everyone left is guaranteed at least $52,00 and chasing a $2 million first prize.
Name Country Status Chips Faraz Jaka, USA, 4,114,000 Alex Fitzgerald, USA, PokerStars qualifier, 2,709,000 Phil D'Auteuil, Canada, 2,280,000 Anthony Gregg, USA, 2,142,000 Byron Kaverman, USA, 2,136,000 Sam Greenwood, Canada, 2,109,000 Kyle Julius, Canada, 1,818,000 Lee Goldman, USA, 1,760,000 Martin Jacobson, Sweden, PokerStars qualifier, 1,627,000 Maksim Semisoshenko, Russia, PokerStars qualifier, 1,446,000 John Dibella, USA, 1,406,000 Mark Drover, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, 1,383,000 Daniel Schmieding, USA, 1,309,000 David Bernstein, Canada, 1,160,000 Xuan Liu, Canada, 1,082,000 David Granados, Mexico, PokerStars qualifier, 980,000 Daniel Shiff, USA, 834,000 Alex Venovski, UK, 592,000 Corey Burbick, USA, 551,000 Ruben Visser, Netherlands, 461,000 David Peters, USA, 424,000 Charles Furey, USA, 379,000 Danny Chevalier, Australia, PokerStars sponsored player, 302,000 Nikolaos Alafogiannis, Canada, 221,000
Source: PokerStars.com
