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PokerStars are off on a Caribbean Adventure

Break open the Rum because one of poker's most highly sought-after tournaments is coming back!

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) will begin on Jan. 4, 2009 at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in the Bahamas. Despite the fact the Caribbean is hundred of miles away, the 2009 PCA will be an official European Poker Tour Event, is not exactly in Europe.

Last year's event attracted more than 1,000 players, making it one of the largest playing fields assembled outside of North America and generating a massive prize pool of over $8.5 million.

Team PokerStars pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was the eventual champion of the 2008 PCA took home $2 million for the win. Grospellier commented, “The PCA is always a special tournament for poker players, especially because the location is so great, there are so many online qualifiers, and the atmosphere is very special. Players are usually much younger, too, and I know many more of them as we always play with each other on PokerStars.”

In addition to a cast composed of the usual plethora of Team PokerStars players like Daniel Negreanu, Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer, and Chris Moneymaker and of course Grospellier will return to defend his title.

The PCA Main Event boasts a $7,800 + $200 buy-in Step tournaments start at $7.50 for a PCA seat all the way up to the sixth and final buy-in in the steps tournament, which has a $2,100 price tag. Double shootout tournaments begin at $11. PokerStars makes a concerted effort to promote its steps tournaments; its website notes: "Place in the top two spots in any of the PCA Steps events and we’ll give you a ticket to the next step. Make it all the way to Step 6 and you’ll play in a two-table tournament that gives the top three finishers a $12,000 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure package."

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