About the Cruise

The 2004 PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure was hosted aboard Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas luxury cruise ship. This beautiful ship provided the perfect setting for almost 600 PokerStars players and staff to hold a high-seas poker tournament second to none.

This year's cruise set sail from Miami, Florida to the tropical beaches of Jamaica, Mexico and the Grand Cayman Islands. Everyone aboard received the five-star Royal Caribbean Cruise treatment, which featured a spectacular three-story fine dining room, a world-class nightclub, a Main Street mall and even an ice skating rink in the heart of the ship.

With an $8,000 buy-in for the tournament, the majority of the players won their seats through satellite events on PokerStars.com. A number of players won tournament entries by competing in satellite tournaments that cost less than what they would have paid for a movie ticket.

PokerStars increased everyone's enjoyment of the cruise by including two cruise tickets for each tournament seat won. This permitted the players to have the support of friends and family as they competed in the seven day event.

One PokerStars player, John D'Agostino, won his way onto the ship through an $80 satellite. Not only did John get to enjoy a beautiful cruise, but he managed to make the final table, appear on a WPT event and disembark from the cruise nearly $100,000 richer after his 5th place finish.

The final table players and audience members were treated to a first-hand look at the taping of a World Poker Tour final table. Becoming a part of poker history with poker celebrities Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Shana Hiatt was certainly an experience to remember.