From End Bosses to brain surgeons, profiles of the six men eyeing triumph on the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event.

Seat 1: Michael Watson, 31, St. John's, Canada

Having crafted his game at the online tables of PokerStars, where he's referred to as "SirWatts", Mike Watson have been a typical at the live poker scene for greater than ten years. He has a sterling resumé to turn for efforts besides. The 31-year-old from St John's, the capital of Newfoundland, Canada, has greater than $8.3 million in live tournament winnings, which puts him fifth in his country's all-time money list. Up to now decade, he has recorded 38 cashes on the World Series of Poker, a WPT Bellagio title worth $1.6 million and various EPT High Roller results. These include a runner-up finish within the EPT11 Grand Final €50,000 Super High Roller, and third places within the equivalent tournament at EPT9 Barcelona and within the 2013 PCA $25,000 High Roller. Watson remains highly successful online: "SirWatts" won two watches within the latest SCOOP tournament series. -- 6,585,000 chips

Seat 2: Vladimir Troyanovskiy, 42, St Petersburg, Russia

Vladimir Troyanovskiy first learned poker from his older brother when he was 13 and quickly transitioned from five-card draw to carry 'em and Omaha in clubs in Russia's major cities. He's now widely acknowledged as one among Russia's top poker players, while still also capable of finding time to run a business in St Petersburg. The 42-year-old made his European Poker Tour debut on the Grand Final in Moncao in Season 3 and because then has amassed greater than $3.9 million in live tournament winnings. Nearly all of his results have are available live PokerStars events in Europe and Asia. He was a major contender for last year's EPT Player of the Year title after a run of results that included third within the EPT11 Super High Roller in Barcelona (€473,200) and ninth within the €100,000 Super High Roller in Monaco (€199,620). He has continued the shape in Season 12 with three cashes in Barcelona, two in Malta and 3 at EPT Prague in December including runner-up within the €5,000 8-Game, and tenth within the €25,000 High Roller. Troyanovskiy earned his best live lead to this room in 2013 when he was runner-up to Vanessa Selbst within the $25,000 High Roller for $792,180. He has made two other Super High Roller final tables in addition and ranks sixth in Russia's all time money list. Troyanovskiy isn't any slouch online either: he won his trip to this year's PCA in a $320 satellite on PokerStars. -- 5,025,000 chips

Seat 3: Randy Kritzer, 58, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

The oldest player on the final is Randy Kritzer, a 58-year-old neurosurgeon from Greensboro, North Carolina, who has already guaranteed a prize 3 times as large as his previous total poker winnings. Five years ago, Kritzer finished 21st in a $1,000 event on the World Series in Las Vegas, taking nearly $14,000, which was his biggest single score before arriving to the Bahamas this week. This isn't Kritzer's first visit to the PCA: he played eventually year's festival and notched up two cashes in side events. However, none were anywhere on the subject of the $150,000 minimum he has already secured today. Kritzer spent much of Day 5 at the feature table and admits that the spotlight is new to him. But when you'll depend on anyone to maintain their hands still despite the high intensity environment, this is a man who has performed brain surgery at a tradition in his hometown since 1990 and is the president and founding father of Carolina Neurosurgery. Busy together with his life-saving occupation, Kritzer came to the PCA to play just one event and has made it to the overall stages. -- 2,565,000 chips

Seat 4: Tony Gregg, 29, Columbia, Maryland, United States

Prior to this festival, Tony Gregg was the one player ever to achieve two Main Event final tables on the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. It now follows that Gregg is the one player to make three. Widely certainly one of the most efficient tournament poker players within the world--his peers have nicknamed him "End Boss" in connection with how tough he's to play against--Gregg was runner up on the PCA 2009 Main Event (still the most important renewal), which earned him $1.7 million, and finished sixth three years ago, banking another $364,000. Should he repeat his 2012 performance, Gregg will move past the $10 million mark in live tournament earnings. Gregg won the 2013 $111,111 One Drop High Roller on the World Series, which was worth $4,830,619, and he also won a WPT title on the Parx Poker Open in 2013 for $416,127. It implies that he's only an EPT title clear of completing the Triple Crown. Gregg's online results also are remarkable. Under the screen name "wwwBTHEREcom", he has accumulated greater than $1.5 million in cashes, including a SCOOP title and a Sunday Million victory. -- 5,690,000 chips

Seat 5: Phillip McAllister, 22, Winchester, United Kingdom

Phillip McAllister is the youngest man across the PCA final table, but is already a highly experienced poker player, with $900,000 in recorded profit in online games. McAllister plays as "Grindation" on PokerStars and lives among numerous online pros in Playa del Carmen in Mexico. In the course of the 2014 SCOOP, McAllister secured his two biggest results: he was runner up in Event #1-H for $232,960 and bettered it a couple of days later when he finished fifth in Event #44-H and banked $350,838. McAllister's CV also features a runner-up finish within the Sunday Million from August 2012 and fourth place in last year's WCOOP Super Tuesday. So far, he has amassed a comparatively meagre $180,000 at the live scene, the largest single cash of which came in an aspect event at EPT11 Prague. However, he seems set to greater than double his total previous earnings here on the PCA. -- 3,040,000 chips

Seat 6: Toby Lewis, 26, Southampton, United Kingdom

Toby Lewis is the one former EPT champion to make the PCA final table and will become only the second one player ever to win two titles should he prevail this afternoon. His first title came in Vilamoura in Season 7, when he beat WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson heads as much as cash for €467,836. His total live winnings are only shy of $2.7 million, but Lewis could also be widely recognized for his online poker success under the screen name "810ofclubs". On PokerStars alone, he has cashed for nearly $3.5 million, a minimum of $720,000 of that is profit. Lewis's largest score came from a $215+R WCOOP win in 2013 for $189,379. He also has a last table in most cases Event-High of SCOOP 2011 where he finished sixth for $167,200. Lewis started playing poker in casinos, mostly low buy in tournaments, when he turned 18. After graduating from college he became a web-based cash game regular but transitioned to tournaments after winning an event in Brighton. He cites fellow British players Chris Moorman, Craig McCorkell and Tom Middleton as major influences on his career. -- 4,665,000 chips

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