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PokerStars Championships Kick Off in Bahamas Jan. 6
- Updated: December 27, 2016
The PokerStars European Poker Tour has been retired with the end of EPT Prague, but while the ink dries on that part of poker history, another book begins. PokerStars Championship Bahamas, the first event of PokerStars’ new global live Championship tour, gets underway Jan. 6 at the familiar digs of Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas.
The event formerly known as the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has a rich history as one of poker’s true major events, dating to 2004 and crowning winners such as Gus Hansen, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Galen Hall. This year’s defending champ will be none other than online and live legend Mike “SirWatts” Watson.
Last year, the PCA switched from a $10,300 buy-in to $5,000 for the first time in the Main Event, lining it up with other events on the EPT. That will carry over to the first PokerStars Championship event. Other highlights of the schedule …
