One of the most exotic live poker tournaments in a year is the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. The event takes place every year in the luxurious Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas since 2005. It was first organized in 2004, when the tournament was held as an event of the WPT on a luxury cruise ship visiting Miami, Florida, Jamaica, Mexico and the Cayman Islands.
Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas
PokerStars have posted the schedule of next years PCA on their website, and also opened www.pokerstarscaribbeanadventure.com, the official website of the tournament. 2011’s tournament will run from January 5th to 16th, featuring more than 50 tournaments including a $100,000 Super High Roller tournament, a $25,000 High Roller tournament, a $10,000 Turbo Six-Max contest, and the $10,300 Main Event.
Not only Texas Hold’em will be played here, you will find Pot Limit Omaha, Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better, HOE, Fiple Draw (A-5, 2-7, Badugi, Baduci, and Badacey), Eight Game, Stud Eight or Better, and Chinese Poker as well. The Main Event starts on January 8th, and will crown the last one standing six days later, who is bound to win a ton of money, considering last year’s winner main prize, $2,200,000.
Qualification is on, you can enter the contest via satellites and freerolls on PokerStars, but you can buy in directly to the tournaments as well. For the detailed info, visit the official website of the PCA.
Here are the Main Event winners so far, just so you know what to expect:
2004: Gus Hansen
2005: John Gale
2006: Steven Paul-Ambrose
2007: Ryan “Daut44” Daut
2008: Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier
2009: Poorya Nazari
2010: Harrison Gimbel
