North American Poker Tour

The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) was a series of international poker tournaments held in North America. The NAPT included an associated television series broadcasting the final table of some of the tournaments.

North American Poker Tour
SportTexas Hold 'em
Founded2010
CEOKevin Harrington
CountryNorth America
Official websitenapt.com

The NAPT was started in 2010 by PokerStars, then the largest online poker cardroom in the world.[1] The televised series aired on ESPN2 in the United States.[2]

Players were able to enter the NAPT events by paying the entry fee or by playing online poker freeroll satellites on the PokerStars.net domain.[3]

Season 1 consisted of 7 events played in 2010. Season 2 saw 4 events played in early 2011 before competition was suspended.

On April 15, 2011, along with similar competitors' sites, Pokerstars.com was seized and shut down by U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which alleged it was in violation of federal bank fraud and money laundering laws.[4] The company subsequently stopped allowing players from the United States to play real money games and temporarily moved the main company website to Pokerstars.eu.

As of February 13, 2012, the NAPT website, and information on remaining events for Season 2, has not been updated since the April 15, 2011 seizure. The last NAPT event had concluded just 2 days earlier, on April 13, 2011, when Vanessa Selbst defended her Season 1 NAPT Mohegan Sun victory by winning the Season 2 NAPT Mohegan Sun event.

As of March 3, 2012 (possibly earlier), the NAPT website no longer shows the North American series—redirecting instead to information regarding the Latin American Poker Tour.

On August 30, 2023, PokerStars announced that the North American Poker Tour would return to the US with a stop in Las Vegas, Nevada, in November.[5]

Taking place from November 4-12, 2023, the Third Season of the NAPT will feature a $1650 Main Event, a $5300 High Roller event, and a $550 PokerStars Cup at the Resorts World Las Vegas.[6]

Results edit

Season 1 (2010) edit

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
5-11 Jan   PCA 2010 $10,300
Paradise Island
1,529
$14,831,300
  Harrison Gimbel[7]
$2,200,000
[1]
11-14 Jan   PCA 2010 High Roller $25,500
Paradise Island
84
$2,057,998
  William Reynolds[8]
$576,240
[2]
20-24 Feb   NAPT Venetian $5,000
Las Vegas / NV
872
$4,017,740
  Tom Marchese[9]
$827,648
[3]
23-25 Feb   NAPT Venetian High Roller Bounty Shootout $25,600
Las Vegas / NV
49
$1,240,000
  Ashton Griffin[10]
$560,000
[4]
7-11 April   NAPT Mohegan Sun $5,000
Uncasville / CT
716
$3,365,200
  Vanessa Selbst[11]
$750,000
[5]
11-13 April   NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout $25,600
Uncasville / CT
35
$875,000
  Jason Mercier[12]
$475,000
[6]
12-17 Nov   NAPT Los Angeles $5,000
Los Angeles / CA
701
$3,229,857
  Joe Tehan[13]
$725,000
[7]

Season 2 (2011) edit

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
8-15 Jan   PCA 2011 $10,300
Paradise Island
1,560
$15,132,000
  Galen Hall[14]
$2,300,000
[8]
15-16 Jan   PCA 2011 NAPT Bounty Shootout $5,250
Paradise Island
216
$838,100
  Andrew Chen[15]
$263,100
[9]
9-13 Abril   NAPT Mohegan Sun $5,000
Uncasville / CT
387
$1,764,330
  Vanessa Selbst[16]
$450,000
[10]
12-14 April   NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout $10,000
Uncasville / CT
78
$780,000
  Jason Mercier[17]
$246,600
[11]

Season 3 (2023) edit

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
6-11 Nov   NAPT Las Vegas $1,650
Las Vegas / NV
1,095
$1,609,650
  Sami Bechahed[18]
$268.945
[12]
5-7 Nov   NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $10,300
Las Vegas / NV
59
$572,300
  Jesse Lonis[19]
$174,550
[13]
10-12 Nov   NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $5,300
Las Vegas / NV
150
$727,500
  Samuel Laskowitz[20]
$180,850
[14]

Season 4 (2024) edit

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
1-4 Nov   NAPT Las Vegas Mystery Bounty $550
Resorts World Las Vegas / NV
[15]
4-6 Nov   NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $25,000
Resorts World Las Vegas / NV
[16]
5-10 Nov   NAPT Las Vegas MAIN EVENT $5,300
Resorts World Las Vegas / NV
[17]
8-10 Nov   NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $10,300
Resorts World Las Vegas / NV
[18]

References edit

  1. ^ "PokerScout.com: PokerStars". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  2. ^ ESPN to broadcast 16 hours of the North American Poker Tour
  3. ^ "Poker Online | Play Poker Games at PokerStars.net".
  4. ^ Ben Rooney (April 15, 2011). "Online poker companies indicted for fraud". CNNMoney.com.
  5. ^ "PokerStars Confirms NAPT Revival with Las Vegas 2023 Live Event".
  6. ^ "PokerStars Confirms NAPT Revival with Las Vegas 2023 Live Event".
  7. ^ "Harrison Gimbel Wins 2010 PCA". www.cardplayer.com.
  8. ^ "William Reynolds Wins the PCA High Roller Championship". www.cardplayer.com.
  9. ^ "Tom Marchese Wins PokerStars.net NAPT Venetian Main Event". www.cardplayer.com.
  10. ^ "Ashton Griffin Wins NAPT High-Roller Shootout". www.cardplayer.com.
  11. ^ "Vanessa Selbst Wins the North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun Main Event". www.cardplayer.com.
  12. ^ "Jason Mercier Wins NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout". www.cardplayer.com.
  13. ^ Cypra, Dan (2010-11-18). "Joe Tehan Wins NAPT LA Main Event". Poker News Daily. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  14. ^ "Galen Hall crowned 2011 PCA champion". www.espn.com.
  15. ^ "Andrew Chen Wins 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $5,000 NAPT Bounty Shootout". www.pokernews.com.
  16. ^ "Vanessa Selbst Goes Back-to-Back at NAPT Mohegan Sun". www.pokernewsdaily.com.
  17. ^ "Jason Mercier Wins NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout". www.cardplayer.com.
  18. ^ "Poker Dealer & Soon-to-Be-Father Sami Bechahed Wins PokerStars NAPT Main Event ($268,945)". www.pokernews.com.
  19. ^ ""It Feels Like The Triple Crown": Jesse Lonis Wins $10,300 NAPT Super High Roller For $174,550". www.pokernews.com.
  20. ^ "Samuel Laskowitz Wins $5,300 NAPT High Roller ($180,850)". www.pokernews.com.

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