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

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.[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 seriesredirecting 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

Season 1

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

Season 2

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

Season 3

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
November 6 to 11, 2023 United States NAPT Las Vegas
Las Vegas / NV
1,095
$1,609,650
United States Sami Bechahed[18]
$268.945
November 10 to 12, 2023 United States NAPT Las Vegas
High Roller
Las Vegas / NV
150
$727,500
United States Samuel Laskowitz[19]
$180,850

References

  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. "Joe Tehan Wins NAPT LA Main Event". www.pokernewsdaily.com.
  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. "Samuel Laskowitz Wins $5,300 NAPT High Roller ($180,850)". www.pokernews.com.
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