Poker, Beach, Sun

It looks like the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure will be a whole lot of fun in the sun, with the industry’s best taking to the world’s most beautiful beaches to play Poker.

Last Tuesday PokerStars released the schedule for their 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure which will take place at the Atlantis Resort and Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

The event will contain over 50 tournaments with around $25 million up for grabs. Running from January 5th to 16th, this action packed tournament series will include a number of high-stakes events 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. You can already start playing satellites on PokerStars to qualify for this exciting event.

The preliminary event buy-ins start at $300 and will include games such as No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha amongst many others.

Michael Ward, the Tournament Director for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure said in a press release last Tuesday, “The PCA is truly a poker player’s paradise. Each January, thousands of players descend upon Atlantis to take part in the first major tournament of the year. Last year’s event produced over $24 million in total prize money and, without a doubt, the PCA 2011 is going to be richer than ever. The PCA is a must-play event for both the recreational and the professional player.”
The $10,300 Main Event kicks off on January 8th and will take place over six days. Last year Harrison Gimbel banked $2.2 million by winning the main event. There was a massive 1,529 players taking part in last year’s feature tournament with the top 224 finishing in the money. However, despite players coming from all over the world to take part, the final table consisted of eight Americans and one Norwegian.

This year PokerStars if offering a prize package worth $15,780 which includes the Main Event’s buy-in, nine nights at Atlantis and $1,000 spending money. It is expected that the Main Event’s prizepool will be worth around $20 million which makes this one of the largest tournaments to take place outside of the US.