North American Poker Tour

North American Poker Tour

Sport	Texas Hold 'em
Founded	2010
CEO	Kevin Harrington
Country	North America
Official website	napt.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 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)

Main article: North American Poker Tour season 1

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

Season 2 (2011)

Main article: North American Poker Tour season 2

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
15-16 Jan	PCA 2011 NAPT Bounty Shootout $5,250 Paradise Island	216	$838,100	Andrew Chen [15]	$263,100
9-13 Abril	NAPT Mohegan Sun $5,000 Uncasville / CT	387	$1,764,330	Vanessa Selbst [16]	$450,000
12-14 April	NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout $10,000 Uncasville / CT	78	$780,000	Jason Mercier [17]	$246,600

Season 3 (2023)

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	1,095	$1,609,650	Sami Bechahed [18]	$268.945
5-7 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $10,300 Las Vegas / NV	59	$572,300	Jesse Lonis [19]	$174,550
10-12 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $5,300 Las Vegas / NV	150	$727,500	Samuel Laskowitz [20]	$180,850

Season 4 (2024)

Main article: North American Poker Tour season 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	892	$454,701	Nick Kocman [21]	$77,869
4 Aug	MSPC 6-max Event $400 Prizepool Guaranteed $50,000	215	$71,810	Marshall Tarzy [22]	$11,823
9-12 Aug	MSPC Main Event $2,200 Prizepool Guaranteed $500,000	245	$500,000	Ben Gazzola [23]	$110,578
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	890	$412,960	Luke Rothschild [24]	$47,474
28 Aug-1 Sep	PSPC Event #2 $1,100 Prizepool Guaranteed $300,000	499	$479,040	Jonas Wexler [25]	$58,555
4-8 Sep	PSPC Main Event $2,200 Prizepool Guaranteed $500,000	243	$500,000	Max Pinnola [26]	$103,000

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	1,201	$576,480	Šverko Gregor [27]	$66,300
4-6 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $25,000 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV	60	$1,440,600	Stephen Song [28]	$439,400
5-10 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas MAIN EVENT $5,300 Prizepool Guaranteed $3,000,000 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV	895	$4,340,750	Nicholas Marchington [29]	$765,200
8-10 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $10,300 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV	170	$1,649,000	Sam Soverel [30]	$385,750

Season 5 (2025)

Main article: North American Poker Tour season 5

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
3-6 Nov	PokerStars Open Las Vegas $1,100 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV
5-6 Nov	PokerStars Open Las Vegas High Roller $2,200 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV
5-7 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $50,000 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV					+info
6-12 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas MAIN EVENT $5,300 Prizepool Guaranteed $3,000,000 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV
9-10 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas Women's Event $330 Prizepool Guaranteed $50,000 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV
10 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas Women's High Roller $1,100 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV
10-12 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $10,300 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV
10-12 Nov	NAPT Las Vegas Mystery Bounty $550 Prizepool Guaranteed $200,000 Resorts World Las Vegas / NV

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External links

• Official site