North American Poker Tour

Series of international poker tournaments

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

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### Season 1 (2010)

[edit]

Main article: North American Poker Tour season 1

Date  | Event / City  | Players  | Prize Pool  | Winner  | Prize  | Results

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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 |

$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 |

$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 |

$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]

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

| [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 |

$780,000

|  Jason Mercier[17] |

$246,600

| [11]

### Season 3 (2023)

[edit]

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

| [12]
5-7 Nov  |  NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $10,300
Las Vegas / NV |

$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]

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  | [15]
4 Aug  |  MSPC 6-max Event $400
Prizepool Guaranteed $50,000  |

215

| $71,810  |  Marshall Tarzy[22] | $11,823  | [16]
9-12 Aug  |  MSPC Main Event $2,200
Prizepool Guaranteed $500,000  |

245

| $500,000  |  Ben Gazzola[23] | $110,578  | [17]
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  | [18]
28 Aug-1 Sep  |  PSPC Event #2 $1,100
Prizepool Guaranteed $300,000  |

499

| $479,040  |  Jonas Wexler[25] | $58,555  | [19]
4-8 Sep  |  PSPC Main Event $2,200
Prizepool Guaranteed $500,000  |

243

| $500,000  |  Max Pinnola[26] | $103,000  | [20]

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  | [21]
4-6 Nov  |  NAPT Las Vegas Super High Roller $25,000
Resorts World Las Vegas / NV |

| $1,440,600  |  Stephen Song[28] | $439,400  | [22]
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  | [23]
8-10 Nov  |  NAPT Las Vegas High Roller $10,300
Resorts World Las Vegas / NV |

170

| $1,649,000  |  Sam Soverel[30] | $385,750  | [24]

### Season 5 (2025)

[edit]

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 |

|  |  |  | [25]
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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