Since its inception in 2004, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been one of the most popular major poker tournaments in the world, drawing huge fields each year, and recently, PokerStars announced the dates for its 2009 event: Jan. 4.
Demonstrating the event’s popularity is its past turnouts. Every year thus far has seen an increase in attendance. In 2004, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure started out as a World Poker Tour event, but since then, the event has been on European Poker Tour schedule. Here are the stats for every main event:
| Year | Entrants | Winner | First-Place Money | Prize Pool |
| 2004 | 221 | Gus Hansen | $456,000 | $1.7 million |
| 2005 | 461 | John Gale | $890,000 | $3.5 million |
| 2006 | 724 | Steve Paul Ambrose | $1.4 million | $5.5 million |
| 2007 | 937 | Ryan Daut | $1.5 million | $7 million |
| 2008 | 1,136 | Bertrand Gropellier | $2 million | $8.7 million |
PokerStars will begin qualifiers soon for this event. Players can take advantage of a special PokerStars deposit bonus through Card Player.
