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PokerStars.com to host Atlantis poker event

November 29

Online casino players looking for a trip to the Bahamas need to pay attention to this story. 2006 will begin with the first major poker tournament held at one of the world's most opulent casinos, attended by the biggest and best names in poker. PokerStars.com, will play host to the 3rd annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) at the Atlantis Casino Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The massive event will take place from Jan. 5 through the 11th.

The PCA will lure many of the biggest names in poker. The last three world poker champions, Chris Moneymaker (2003), Greg Raymer (2004), and Joe Hachem (2005) will compete. Furthermore, Tom McEvoy, the 1983 World Series of Poker champion will attend. John Gale, from England, who won last year's PCA event, is also expected to defend his title.

The six-day poker spectacular offers multiple daily tournaments, cash games, satellites, single table tournaments, and the crown jewel of the tournament -- the PCA championship. For the third consecutive year, the PCA will be taped and broadcast as part of the enormously-popular World Poker Tour, shown on the Travel Channel and other television networks around the world.

The buy-in to the championship event is $8,000 ($7,800 plus a $200 entry fee). The prize pool is projected to be $5 million, making this one of the world's most lucrative poker tournaments. Approximately 600 players -- amateurs and professionals alike -- are expected to participate in the main event alone, with hundreds more in attendance for the side action and vacation fun.

PokerStars.com is giving away over $750,000 in free entries to players at the site. All packages include the entire $8,000 entry fee, one week for two at the renowned Atlantis Resort and Casino, including meals, plus $1,000 in spending money. Super-satellites and shootouts to the PCA are now being held daily at PokerStars.com. Other qualifying satellites cost as little as $2 -- which means two bucks can turn into a seat on a World Poker Tour event, and at least a million dollars in prize money. Many others will qualify to play in freerolls (tournaments which cost nothing to play).

The Atlantis Casino-Resort is located on beautiful Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The poker room has 40 tables and will offer all of the most popular forms of poker, including no-limit Texas Hold'em, the world's fastest-growing poker game. Atlantis also offers a multitude of other entertainment options, including golf, tennis, water sports, and many other outdoor activities. The Atlantis property includes 17 different restaurants and 18 lounges/nightclubs.