The $10,000 PCA Main Event is down to the final table today down to eight from the original 1,560 players who entered in hopes of sharing in the $15,132,000 prize pool. The chip leader is Chris Oliver from California who is holding 42% of the combined chips. But there is also a Canadian is in the final table in the form of Philippe Plouffe from Montreal who recently made Canada Poker news winning the Grand Opening Tournament at the Playground Poker Club just a few weeks ago. Chris Moneymaker who was an early chip leader finished in 11th spot earning $130,000.
Here is how the final table looks like:
| Name | Country | Chip Count |
| Chris Oliver | USA | 19,670,000 |
| Galen Hall | USA | 6,435,000 |
| Sam Stein | USA | 5,855,000 |
| Mike Sowers | USA | 3,685,000 |
| Anton Ionel | Romania | 3,520,000 |
| Max Weinberg | USA | 3,350,000 |
| Bolivar Palacios | Panama | 2,445,000 |
| Philippe Plouffe | Canada | 1,555,000 |
Here are the potential prize payouts for the final table:
2011 PCA Prizes
1. $2,300,000
2. $1,800,000
3. $1,350,000
4. $1,000,000
5. $700,000
6. $450,000
7. $300,000
8. $202,000
The 2011 PCA Main Event paid the top 232 places. Here is a list of Canadians who finished in the money :
| 13. Gregory Baksic $115,000 |
| 18. Shayne Khanna $87,500 |
| 29. Aaron McCready $66,000 |
| 41. Pietro Valente $52,000 |
| 49. Greg DeBora $45,000 |
| 53. Guillaume Gigna $45,000 |
| 62. Scott Wilson $38,000 |
| 86. Louis-Samuel Pouliot $23,500 |
| 113. Jeffrey Galati $20,000 |
| 130. Don Dayian $20,000 |
| 136. Nathan Schoo $20,000 |
| 140. Maxwell Greenwood $20,000 |
| 144. Matthew Wood $20,000 |
| 149. Richard Mask $17,500 |
| 166. Casey Jarzabek $17,500 |
| 179. Raffi Nahabedian $17,500 |
| 181. John Vlassis $17,500 |
| 183. Mathieu Martin $17,500 |
| 189. Eugene Bachand $15,000 |
| 195. Horatio Kemeny $15,000 |
| 203. Regent Lacroix $15,000 |
| 205. Noeung Troeung $15,000 |
| 207. Simon Charette $15,000 |
| 210. Francesco Bruno $15,000 |
