PokerStars.com has announced the schedule of the sixth annual Caribbean Adventure (PCA), which according to the online poker site is set to start on January 4^th, 2009 at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in the paradisiacal Island of Bahamas. The 2009 Caribbean Poker Adventure is an official PokerStars European Poker Tour event, and next year, the tournament field will include most of the 29 Team Poker Stars Pros, including the 2008 PCA Champion Bertrand Grospellier and WSOP Main Event Champions Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker and PokerStars.com favorite pro and poker legend Daniel Negreanu.

"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," said Grospellier.

Since its creation in 2004 as a World Poker Tour event, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has become one of the major tournaments held outside the U.S, attracting thousands of players from all over the world. The last edition of the event attracted 1136 players, positioning the event as one of the largest ever playing fields outside of the U.S. and generating a prize pool of over $8.5 million.

 

Players can win seat at the 2009 PCA thanks to PokerStars.com Step tournaments which start at $7.50 (Step 1) all the way up to the sixth and final buy-in in the steps tournament, which features a $2,100 buy in. Double shootout tournaments start at $11. Players finishing in the first two positions in any of the PCA Steps events will receive a ticket to the next step. Players who make it all the way to Step 6 will play in a two-table tournament in where three $12,000 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure packages will be awarded. For more information, please visit PokerStars.com.