I have missed a couple of years since 2005, but I always try to come back to the PCA. It's a truly great way to start the year, a gigantic poker tournament in a beautiful island setting, and it still plays like a fun, communal experience with my peers. I have made dozens, if not hundreds, of friends and acquaintances in January in the Bahamas.
Given my longstanding fondness for this event, I am especially proud to be at my first PCA event as a member of Team: Online. This year, there will be a fun, non-poker related side event to tie in to the relaxed, freewheeling spirit of this poker festival in the Bahamas: The 2012 PCA Scavenger Hunt will start this coming Monday, January 9th, and promises to be a cool way for PokerStars VIPs to interact with member of Team: Online and, more importantly, possibly win some significant prizes.
If you are a PokerStars VIP with a SilverStar status or higher, you will have the chance to win a $10,200 seat to the 6max High Roller event taking place on our last day here, January 14th.
The "hunt" requires VIPs find members of Team Online to stamp their Scavenger Hunt Card; six players who collect 15 unique stamps as part of the scavenger hunt will compete in a freeroll that pays a $10,200 seat and $1,000 bonus to the winner (2nd-6th places also receive bonuses between $250 and $750, and if you don't collect 15 stamps, you can still earn prizes with as few as three stamps).
It should really be a good time, and I'm looking forward to meeting a bunch of people who are semi-frantically running around Atlantis, trying to get those 15 unique stamps as quickly as possible to lock up their spot in the freeroll.
Happy hunting!