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NAPT in Jeopardy of being no more

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:01:03 +0000

Due to the recent unjust actions by the U.S. Department of Justice, there is a good chance that the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) will be cancelled in its entirety. There’s also a very good chance that the Mohegan Sun NAPT events will no longer be aired on ESPN, which is a damned shame because of the great performances by Jason Mercier and Vanessa Selbst. Friday April 15 was a very sad day for poker indeed, hopefully there will be better news in the future.

NAPT Season 2 Announced

admin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:23:52 +0000

During the closing ceremonies of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in Bahamas, PokerStars announced that the North Amercan Poker Tour (NAPT) will go ahead and run fully for Season 2. The NAPT Season 2 schedule has not been completely set yet but two returning stops will definately be at The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles from March 5-10 and The Mohegan Sun in Connecticut from April 8-13, 2011. Both events drew over 700+ players for the main events.

Based on the success of the recent PCA events, both of these stops will also be televised, ESPN in the United States as well as TSN in Canada and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.

It is expected that PokerStars will make an official Press Release about the NAPT Season 2 sometime this week.

Win a FREE NAPT Prize Package with ESPN

admin — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:47:57 +0000

ESPN Poker Club has relaunched and partnered up with PokerStars. As part of the celebration they will be offering a freeroll to all players who download and register before Sunday November 28 at 8pm EST. The freeroll that night will award one lucky player a NAPT prize package including flight, accommodations, and of course a main event buyin. Best of all this is completely free! Simply head over to ESPN Poker and download the new application to begin.

NAPT partners with Canterbury Park Forge

admin — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:08:20 +0000

The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) / PokerStars have recently announced a new partnership agreement with the Canterbury Park Racetrack and Card Casino. The Shakopee Minnesota casino, and its featured poker room, though did not announce any event taking place there. Instead they have announced that they will hold several super satellites tournaments for NAPT events. This includes a satellite for the main event for the NAPT Los Angeles stop which takes place at the Bicycle casino from Nov 12-17, 2010. One $7000 NAPT LA main event package will be awarded for every $7000 in buyins. The super sat has a $100+20 entry fee. The first satellite will take place October 21, during the Canterbury Park’s Fall Poker Classic tournament series.

NAPT Season 1 will be aired on ESPN 2

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:58:19 +0000

Season 1 of the North American Poker Tour finally has a television broadcasting partner, ESPN2. Beginning in April, 16 hours of programming will be broadcasted. This includes the 2010 PCA (Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure), the Mohegan Sun events, and the NAPT Venetian happening right now. Not only will the main event be shown, so will the $25k high rollers event. PokerStars.tv will also be showing live feeds of various napt related events.

There is also a rumour that Amanda Leatherman will host the NAPT shows on ESPN2. You may remember Amanda from WPT and PokerRoad fame. So will they have a ESPN and a NAPT host? (Joanna Krupa)

No word yet on where to watch NAPT in Canada yet. Nothing else on the Canada NAPT front either, though there is a rumour that the WPT (World Poker Tour) will hold 2 events in Canada in 2010. Go Party Poker. Stay tuned.

Here is the current ESPN schedule:

April 19: Venetian $25,000 high-roller bounty shootout (9-11 pm. ET)
April 26: Venetian $25,000 high-roller bounty shootout (9 pm ET)
April 26: Venetian $5,000 main event (10 pm ET)
May 3: Mohegan Sun shootout (9-11 pm ET)
May 10: Mohegan Sun shootout (9 pm ET)
May 10: Mohegan Sun $5,000 main event (10 pm ET)
May 17: PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 high-roller (9-11 pm ET)

NAPT Satellites on Poker Stars

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:51:27 +0000

NAPT online satellites are now available on Poker Stars

NAPT Satellites – Qualify Now

Cash: from $2.22 |FPPs: from 100 |Steps: from $7.50 or 500 FPPs

Satellites for NAPT Venetian are running now – giving you the chance to win a prize package that includes tournament buy-in, hotel accommodation and expenses.

To register, open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Events’ & ‘Special’ or ‘Events’ & ‘NAPT’.

Official NAPT Annoucement

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:52:48 +0000

Here is the official annoucement for the PokerStars NAPT North American Poker Tour … PokerStars Blog

When your morning begins looking into the eyes of Joanna Krupa, it’s pretty certain it’s going to be a good day. When she announces she is the host of a brand new PokerStars tour, you feel it might be a good month. When you learn that tour is going to hit places like Las Vegas’ Venetian and Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun, mark it down as a red letter year.

Just a few minutes ago, Krupa and PokerStars’ global events head Jeffrey Haas stood before the assembled media here at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and announced the formation of a brand new poker tour.

Officially, the 2010 PCA marks the first event of the North American Poker Tour. From here, the NAPT will head to the Venetian in Las Vegas. As many of you know, the Venetian is famous for its Deep Stack Extravaganza series. February 20-24, the main event of the Deep Stack Extravaganza will be a $5,000 NAPT event.

“I’m excited to play,” Daniel Negreanu told us this morning. “It’s going to be nice to have some events at home in Vegas.”

From there, the NAPT will head to the three million square feet of the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut for a 20-event poker festival in the spring with buy-ins ranging from $200 to $25,000. The $5,000 main event will run April 7-11.

Haas told us this morning that these are just the first events on the schedule and we should expect more announcements in the coming weeks and months.

“We are going to a lot of beautiful places and going to put on some great tournaments,” he said.

Haas and Krupa announce the NAPT

Like the EPT, APPT, LAPT, and other PokerStars tours before it, the NAPT will be supported by online PokeStars satellites to the main events. EPT creator John Duthie recalled this morning how humbly his tour began in Season 1 and how quickly it exploded with PokerStars’ support.

“I think the NAPT has a huge future,” Duthie said. “As a player, I am very excited.”

Haas said today that PokerStars has already signed up top television production company 441 (the same group that produces ESPN’s coverage of the WSOP) to produce a brand new NAPT series. What’s more, a television deal is in the works.

“We do have a first tier broadcast partner that will hopefully be announced in the next two weeks,” he said.

And of course, when the show hits television, it will be hosted by Ms. Krupa.

Stay tuned for more details, future NAPT dates, and how you can qualify online at PokerStars.

NAPT is alive!!! Annoucement TODAY!

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:16:15 +0000

According to Poker Stars Twitter http://twitter.com/PokerStars_com

We’re proud to announce the NAPT. Our new North American Poker Tour kicks off in the Venetian in Las Vegas in February, more news to follow.

5k NAPT main event at the Venetian Deep Stack.

Mohegan Sun in April will be another stop on the tour.

This year’s PCA is the first NAPT event.

Wow this all came out of nowhere. After it appeared that the North American Poker Tour was dead after all the missed opportunities, looks like it is back and will go forward with strength. Curious to see wehn the first Canadian stop will be though, as of right now it doesn’t appear as if the Fallsview Poker Classic this weekend will be a NAPT stop.

Check out the pokerstars store to pickup your very own NAPT playing cards

NAPT Annoucement

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:50:17 +0000

As confirmed by the Poker Stars VIP team, the Poker Stars NAPT (North American Poker Tour) will be announced sometime in October. No other information was provided. What this means is that chances are that the BCPC will be part of the NAPT might be slimmer, as it doesn’t leave a lot of time between October and November to fully promote that event. But who knows, I guess we have to wait then.

In the mean time, enjoy the WCOOP on Poker Stars in September . The extreme WCOOP satellites are a hit, and extremely soft.

NAPT – The North American Poker Tour

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:23:56 +0000

The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) is a new poker tour from the creation of PokerStars. Official annoucement was made Jan 6, 2010 that this is a definate go. 4 stops have been annouced so far with the NAPT starting off with the 2010 PCA. Now the NAPT Season 2 has officially been announced so the tour has survived the first season and moved on to a new one, though so far only 3 stops have survived the cut. There is good insider information that the NAPT is still very interested in securing stops in Canada and are in talks right now. Other than the NAPT here are the other poker stars sponsored events:

Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT)
European Poker Tour (EPT)
Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT)
Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT)
Italian Poker Tour (IPT)
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA)

Schedule

The following information is subject to change. Keep a look out for more events being announced soon.

Event	Date (Main Event)	Venue	Buy-In
PCA	January 8-14, 2011	Atlantis, Bahamas	$10,000 + 300
NAPT Mohegan Sun	April 9-13, 2011	Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT	$4,700 + 300
NAPT Los Angeles	March 5-10, 2011	The Bike, Los Angeles, CA	$4,700 + 300

Right now the only way to satellite into NAPT events is through Poker Stars

They are holding satellites giving away $5,500 prize packages which can be used for North American Poker Tour events. Also passport money may also be possibly used for NAPT packages, for SuperNova players.

Stay here for all the latest news regarding the North American Poker Tour, NAPT events, satellites to the NAPT …

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