Poker Stars is having its annual poker competition in January.

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World Renowned Poker Players Compete For More Than $2 million In Second Annual PokerStars’ Caribbean Adventure - Event to be Hosted at Atlantis Casino, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Jan. 5 – 12, 2005

In the middle of January, when most of the Northern Hemisphere struggles to stay warm, some of the world’s top professional and amateur poker players will head down to Paradise Island in the Bahamas to compete for an estimated $2.3 million prize pool, one of the most lucrative competitions of all time. The exclusive Atlantis Casino will be the host of the second annual “PokerStars Caribbean Adventure,” supported and sponsored by one of the world’s largest and most successful online poker sites, PokerStars.com.

In the middle of January, when most of the Northern Hemisphere struggles to stay warm, some of the world’s top professional and amateur poker players will head down to Paradise Island in the Bahamas to compete for an estimated $2.3 million prize pool, one of the most lucrative competitions of all time. The exclusive Atlantis Casino will be the host of the second annual “PokerStars Caribbean Adventure,” supported and sponsored by one of the world’s largest and most successful online poker sites, PokerStars.com.

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure runs January 5 through 12th. The eight day poker spectacular is scheduled to include multiple daily tournaments, cash games, satellites, sit ‘n go’s, and the crown jewel of the tournament – the championship grand finale. For the second consecutive year, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure will be broadcast later as part of the popular World Poker Tour, shown on the Travel Channel in North America and on television stations throughout Europe.

The Atlantis poker room will include 30 tables and will offer all of the most common forms of poker, including no-limit Texas Hold’em, the world’s fastest growing poker game. The buy-in to the championship event is $8,000 ($7800+$200 entry fee) with an additional $500,000 in free entries to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure offered by Pokerstars.com via satellite competitions held on the website. The previous two poker champions, Chris Moneymaker (2003 World Poker Champion) and Greg Raymer (2004 World Poker Champion) will play in the tournament. Both champions, who won their way into the World Series of Poker by winning an online qualifying tournament at PokerStars.com, will be available for poker tips on live action play, tournaments, and online poker. Gus Hansen, one of the most famous poker players, who won last year’s PokerStar’s event, is also expected to be in attendance.

“I will be playing in many major poker tournaments over the next year and of all of these, one of the best is going to be the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure at the Atlantis Casino,” said Greg Raymer, reigning world poker champion. “This is one event that can’t be missed as it has potential to make some new record highs for the professional poker player.”

Players can join in on the action for free by qualifying via satellite tournaments held on Pokerstars.com. All seats given away include the entire $8,000 entry fee, a travel voucher good for airfare and hotel worth approximately $2,000, plus $1,000 in spending money. Super-satellites to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure are offered every Sunday (starting times -- 3:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. EST), which cost $650 to enter. Other qualifying satellites cost as little as $3 – which means three bucks can turn into a seat on a World Poker Tour event, and perhaps a million dollars in prize money. Additionally, at least 36 players will qualify to play in freerolls (tournaments which cost nothing to play). For more details, please visit: Pokerstars.com/2005pca/details.html

"I am tremendously excited about this year's tournament," said Lee Jones, cardroom manager for PokerStars and author of the poker bestseller, Winning Low Limit Hold'em. "The Atlantis is an extraordinary resort, and thousands of people go there for the fun, sun, snorkeling, and relaxation. We're taking all that and adding the excitement of a televised World Poker Tour event, featuring our two world champions: Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer. And we're running dozens of satellites on PokerStars.com so everybody has a chance of winning a trip to join us." All players and poker fans are invited to visit PokerStars.com or PokerStars.net for further information: Pokerstars.com or Pokerstars.net.

PokerStars, an official member of the World Poker Tour, is the world’s most innovative online poker site. PokerStars was the first site to introduce advanced multi-table tournaments, integrated game statistics, players’ notes, personalized images, time bank for tournaments and ring big bet games, satellite tournaments, multi-table sit and go tournaments, and much more. PokerStars’ support team is truly unique, as help and support is available around the clock from people who know and understand both the game of poker, and the importance of impeccable customer service. To date, PokerStars has run more than two million poker tournaments and dealt more than 600 million hands. PokerStars utilizes industry-leading security software to ensure the integrity of the system, including encryption, card shuffle randomness and preventative measures against cheating and collusion. PokerStars is the site where the 2003 and 2004 World Champions of Poker won their entries into the World Series of Poker.