North American Poker Tour Explained

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 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

Season 1 (2010)

See main article: North American Poker Tour season 1.

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
5-11 Jan				Harrison Gimbel[7]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=38499
11-14 Jan				William Reynolds[8]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=38561
20-24 Feb	NAPT Venetian $5,000 Las Vegas / NV			Tom Marchese[9]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=41300
23-25 Feb	NAPT Venetian High Roller Bounty Shootout $25,600 Las Vegas / NV			Ashton Griffin[10]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=42868
7-11 April	NAPT Mohegan Sun $5,000 Uncasville / CT			Vanessa Selbst[11]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=42794
11-13 April	NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout $25,600 Uncasville / CT			Jason Mercier[12]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=42807
12-17 Nov	NAPT Los Angeles $5,000 Los Angeles / CA			Joe Tehan[13]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=47819

Season 2 (2011)

See main article: North American Poker Tour season 2.

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
8-15 Jan				Galen Hall[14]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=49014
15-16 Jan				Andrew Chen[15]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=49055
9-13 Abril	NAPT Mohegan Sun $5,000 Uncasville / CT			Vanessa Selbst[16]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=53697
12-14 April	NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout $10,000 Uncasville / CT			Jason Mercier[17]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=53709

Season 3 (2023)

See main article: North American Poker Tour season 3.

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
6-11 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas $1,650 Las Vegas / NV			Sami Bechahed[18]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=975867
5-7 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $10,300 Las Vegas / NV			Jesse Lonis[19]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=975873
10-12 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $5,300 Las Vegas / NV			Samuel Laskowitz[20]		https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=975873

Season 4 (2024)

Sponsored Events
MSPC - Maryland State Poker Championship (ACCESS to NAPT) Live! Casino & Hotel, Hanover, Maryland
Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
31 Jul-4 Aug	MSPC Kickoff Event $600 Prizepool Guaranteed $300,000		$454,701	Nick Kocman[21]	$77,869	https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1081853
4 Aug	MSPC 6-max Event $400 Prizepool Guaranteed $50,000		$71,810	Marshall Tarzy[22]	$11,823	https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1081875
9-12 Aug	MSPC Main Event $2,200 Prizepool Guaranteed $500,000		$500,000	Ben Gazzola[23]	$110,578	https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1081897
PSPC - Pennsylvania State Poker Championship (ACCESS to NAPT) Live! Casino & Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
21-25 Aug	PSPC Event #1 $550 Prizepool Guaranteed $200,000		$412,960	Luke Rothschild[24]	$47,474	https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1095903
28 Aug-1 Sep	PSPC Event #2 $1,100 Prizepool Guaranteed $300,000		$479,040	Jonas Wexler[25]	$58,555	https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1095929
4-8 Sep	PSPC Main Event $2,200 Prizepool Guaranteed $500,000		$500,000	Max Pinnola[26]	$103,000	https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1095945

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
1-4 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas Mystery Bounty $550 Prizepool Guaranteed $300,000 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV		$576,480	Šverko Gregor[27]	$66,300	https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1106655
4-6 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $25,000 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV		$1,440,600	Stephen Song[28]	$439,400	https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1106673
5-10 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas MAIN EVENT $5,300 Prizepool Guaranteed $3,000,000 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV		$4,340,750	Nicholas Marchington[29]	$765,200	https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1072095
8-10 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $10,300 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV		$1,649,000	Sam Soverel[30]	$385,750	https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=1106735

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External links

• Official site