PokerStars Caribbean Adventure packages up for grabs

More than $1.5 million worth of PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) packages are up for grabs in a couple of weeks as players have the chance to compete in the second round of PCA Ultra Satellites.

The $530 Ultra Satellite will take place at 14:35 ET on 5 November at PokerStars.com, with the chance to win a full package worth $15,855. One hundred winners will receive a $10,300 PCA Main Event buy-in and nine nights' accommodation at Atlantis Resort & Casino, worth more than $3,000. Winners will also have $1,000 cash credited to their Stars Account and $1,000 resort credit to spend at Atlantis, where they will vie for a slice of the PCA Main Event prize pool.

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One hundred players have already won full PCA prize packages and reaped the rewards of more than half a million dollars in overlay in the first PCA 2018 Ultra Satellite, which ran on 15 October. Find out more on the PokerStars Blog.

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PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2016 will be 'biggest PokerStars festival ever'

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) will return in January 2016 and promises to be the biggest PokerStars festival ever held. The massive 104-event schedule, which kicks off at the stunning Atlantis at Paradise Island Resort and Casino in The Bahamas on January 6, will ensure that all kinds of players have the chance to participate in more events than ever before, PokerStars.com, an Amaya Inc. brand, announced today.

The most notable new developments for January 2016 are a lower PCA Main Event buy-in of $5,300, which is in line with European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Events, and a tripling of the total number of events from 35 poker tournaments in 2015 to 104 poker tournaments in 2016. The buy-in for the LAPT Bahamas event, which made its highly successful debut last January, has also been reduced and will now cost $2,200. It is expected that these changes, on top of a ‘can’t miss’ schedule of events, will translate into a huge increase in qualifiers to the Festival, as well as attracting more recreational players to the PCA experience than ever before. Hundreds of satellites will be running on PokerStars over the coming months, giving players the chance to win their way to the Caribbean for as little as $1.10.

The PCA 2016 schedule follows a “something for everyone” formula that has proved a massive success on the PokerStars European circuit, where players enjoy festivals featuring dozens of different events, fun and exciting variants and a wide range of buy-in levels that give everyone a chance to participate.

Edgar Stuchly, director of PokerStars Live Events, said, “We have seen extraordinary growth in our live events in Europe and we’re excited about emulating this success at the PCA. EPT Barcelona, which is running right now, is breaking records on a daily basis and our aim is to give PCA players the same kind of experience. We will do this by tripling the number of tournaments and offering a wider variety of buy-in levels to suit every player.

“People come from all over the world to compete in the Bahamas and enjoy the Caribbean climate, in the middle of winter for the Northern Hemisphere. However, what our players really relish is the chance to play lots of poker. So this coming January, that’s exactly what we’ll be offering!”

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