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.
The NAPT was started in 2010 by PokerStars, then the largest online poker cardroom in the world. The televised series aired on ESPN2 in the United States.
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.
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. 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, had 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 showed 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.
Taking place from November 4-12, 2023, the Third Season of the NAPT featured a $1650 Main Event, a $5300 High Roller event, and a $550 PokerStars Cup at the Resorts World Las Vegas.
Results Season 1 (2010)
Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 5-11 Jan PCA 2010 $10,300Paradise Island Harrison Gimbel 11-14 Jan PCA 2010 High Roller $25,500Paradise Island William Reynolds 20-24 Feb NAPT Venetian $5,000Las Vegas / NV Tom Marchese 23-25 Feb NAPT Venetian High Roller Bounty Shootout $25,600Las Vegas / NV Ashton Griffin 7-11 April NAPT Mohegan Sun $5,000Uncasville / CT Vanessa Selbst 11-13 April NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout $25,600Uncasville / CT Jason Mercier 12-17 Nov NAPT Los Angeles $5,000Los Angeles / CA Joe Tehan
Season 2 (2011)
Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 8-15 Jan PCA 2011 $10,300Paradise Island Galen Hall 15-16 Jan PCA 2011 NAPT Bounty Shootout $5,250Paradise Island Andrew Chen 9-13 Abril NAPT Mohegan Sun $5,000Uncasville / CT Vanessa Selbst 12-14 April NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout $10,000Uncasville / CT Jason Mercier
Season 3 (2023)
Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 6-11 Nov NAPT Las Vegas $1,650Las Vegas / NV Sami Bechahed 5-7 Nov NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $10,300Las Vegas / NV Jesse Lonis 10-12 Nov NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $5,300Las Vegas / NV Samuel Laskowitz
Season 4 (2024)
Sponsored EventsMSPC - Maryland State Poker Championship (ACCESS to NAPT)Live! Casino & Hotel, Hanover, MarylandDate Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 31 Jul-4 Aug MSPC Kickoff Event $600Prizepool Guaranteed $300,000 $454,701 Nick Kocman $77,869 4 Aug MSPC 6-max Event $400Prizepool Guaranteed $50,000 $71,810 Marshall Tarzy $11,823 9-12 Aug MSPC Main Event $2,200Prizepool Guaranteed $500,000 $500,000 Ben Gazzola $110,578 PSPC - Pennsylvania State Poker Championship (ACCESS to NAPT)Live! Casino & Hotel, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDate Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 21-25 Aug PSPC Event #1 $550Prizepool Guaranteed $200,000 $412,960 Luke Rothschild $47,474 28 Aug-1 Sep PSPC Event #2 $1,100Prizepool Guaranteed $300,000 $479,040 Jonas Wexler $58,555 4-8 Sep PSPC Main Event $2,200Prizepool Guaranteed $500,000 $500,000 Max Pinnola $103,000
Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 1-4 Nov NAPT Las Vegas Mystery Bounty $550Prizepool Guaranteed $300,000Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $576,480 Šverko Gregor $66,300 4-6 Nov NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $25,000Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $1,440,600 Stephen Song $439,400 5-10 Nov NAPT Las Vegas MAIN EVENT $5,300Prizepool Guaranteed $3,000,000Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $4,340,750 Nicholas Marchington $765,200 8-10 Nov NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $10,300Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $1,649,000 Sam Soverel $385,750
Season 5 (2025)
Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 3-6 Nov PokerStars Open Las Vegas $1,100Prizepool Guaranteed $500,000Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $909,120 Nikolai Mamut $158,700 5-6 Nov PokerStars Open Las Vegas High Roller $2,200Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $403,200 Gabriel Andrade $85,180 5-7 Nov NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $50,000Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $1,115,730 Stephen Chidwick $557,930 6-12 Nov NAPT Las Vegas MAIN EVENT $5,300Prizepool Guaranteed $3,000,000Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $3,579,300 Gal Yifrach $543,025 9-10 Nov NAPT Las Vegas Women's Event $330Prizepool Guaranteed $50,000Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $50,000 Raena James $11,670 10 Nov NAPT Las Vegas Women's High Roller $1,100Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $77,760 Elaine Rawn $21,910 10-12 Nov NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $10,300Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $1,532,600 Vitalijs Zavorotnijs $358,400 10-12 Nov NAPT Las Vegas Mystery Bounty $550Prizepool Guaranteed $200,000Resorts World Las Vegas / NV $237,120with bounties Thomas Taylor $42,300with bounties
References
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