The sixth PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is a spectacular "festival of poker" taking place January 5-10, 2009, at the beautiful Atlantis Resort and Casino in the Bahamas. The 2009 PCA again forms part of the European Poker Tour and looks set to be the biggest and best yet - with a higher buy-in for the main event of $10,000 ($9,700 + 300), a special $25,000 high roller event taking place January 7-8 and three further side events with buy-ins of $1,000, $2,000 and $5,000 - plus live satellites to LAPT Chile and the EPT Grand Final.

At the first PCA, held on a Caribbean cruise ship in 2004, just 221 players turned up to play and winner Gus Hansen took home $455,780. Now the PCA has become one of the biggest high stakes tournaments in the world with a minimum $2 million first prize. Last year, a total of 1,136 players competed, 650 of whom had won their seats online with PokerStars. It took two days to fit everyone in - and five days to cull the field to the top eight players. At the final table, all but one of them - Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier - had qualified via a PokerStars satellite.

Against phenomenal competition, including the likes of Americans David Pham, Kris Kuykendall and Ricky Fohrenbach, ElkY played a superb game, grabbing the chip lead and keeping it until the end, bringing him a $2 million first prize and the coveted PCA Champion title.

VENUE

Atlantis Resort & Casino
Paradise Island
The Bahamas
Tel: +1 888 528 7155
E-mail: reservations@atlantis.com

WELCOME PARTY

PokerStars will be hosting a special PCA Welcome Party from 7.30pm to 9.30pm on January 4, 2009 on the Royal Deck at the Atlantis. All players and media are welcome.

MEDIA INFORMATION

Press Registration will be held in the Imperial Ballroom, media accreditation will be open on Jan 4 from 11am-4pm and will be open from 11am-9pm from Jan 5-8.

Important information re gaming: Please note that all media who have applied for work permits to attend the PCA, either independently or through PokerStars, are subject to national regulations that prohibit them from gaming anywhere in the Bahamas, including online.

SCHEDULE

DATE/TIME	TOURNAMENT	CAP
January 4: 20.00	Supersatellite to Main Event $1,025 + $75	TBC
January 5: 12.00	PCA Main Event - Day 1a NLHE Freezeout - $9,700 + $300	No limit
January 6: 12.00	PCA Main Event - Day 1b NLHE Freezeout - $9,700 + $300	No limit
January 7: 12.00	PCA Main Event - Day 2
January 7: 12.00	$25k High Roller Event - Day 1 NLHE Freezeout - $24,500 + $500	TBC
January 7: 14.00	$2k event - Day 1 NLHE Freezeout- $1,850 + $150	TBC
January 8: 12.00	PCA Main Event - Day 3	No limit
January 8: 12.00	$25k High Roller Event - Day 2
January 8: 13.00	$5k NLHE - Day 1 NLHE Freezeout - $4,800+ $200	TBC
January 8: 15.00	$2k event - Day 2
January 8: 18.00	$600 Satellite to LAPT Chile ($560 + $40) with one optional $500 rebuy
January 9: 12.00	PCA Main Event - Day 4	No limit
January 9: 14.00	$1k event - Day 1 NLHE Freezeout - $925 + $75	TBC
January 9: 15.00	$5k event - Day 2
January 10: 12.00	PCA Main Event - Final table
January 10: 13.00	$1,100 Satellite to EPT Grand Final ($1,000 + $100) with one optional $1,000 rebuy
January 10: 15.00	$1k event - Day 2

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

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TOURNAMENT RULES

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