NAPT - North American Poker Tour

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 Mohegan Sun Title Defenses

admin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:57:39 +0000

In a remarkably stunning turn of events both Vanesa Selbst and Jason Mercier have successfully defended their NAPT Mohegan Sun titles! Both PokerStars Pros, Vanessa Selbst won the NAPT Mohegan Sun main event for $450,000 and moments later Jason Mercier won the NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout again for $246,000.

Vanessa bested a field of 387 players including a tough final table. Heads-up she battled the entertaining Dan Shak and eventually took him out with her K7, good for 2 pair over the lone pair for Shak.

Jason Mercier won the final table by beating Eugene Katchalov heads-up at the final table. He also finished the tournament with the lead in bounties with 8, the next best were Katchalov and Joe Sweeney with 5.

Stay tuned for next’s season North American Poker Tour event and perhaps watch as these 2 great poker players go for a three-peat!

NAPT Los Angeles is no more

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:42:28 +0000

Breaking News, only a few days before the scheduled Bicycle Casino stop of the NAPT, the NAPT part has been dropped. PokerStars has withdrawn sponsorship of the once NAPT Los Angeles stop. The March 5th event will also lose the ESPN exposure though the Bounty Shootout on March 20 is still planned to be televised. The new series will now be called the Big Event and will still proceed as planned.

It has been revealed that the sponsorship withdrawing had everything to do with California gaming regulators and the link to online poker. Though the Los Angeles stop is now gone, this does not restrict other California stops to become potential NAPT targets though.

The next NAPT stop is scheduled for April 9th to 13th at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut and still looks ok to go.

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.

Galen Hall wins 2011 PCA Main Event

admin — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:08:05 +0000

Galen Hall is your newest PCA (and NAPT) main event champion. The 24 year old from San Francisco entered heads-up vs the erratic Chris Oliver with a 4:1 chip deficit. But he managed to fight his way to the title, cracking QQ with A8s on the final hand, and pocketing $2.4 million.

This event was the first time a NAPT event was streamed live on ESPN. There was a one hour tape delay, but viewers were able to catch all the action and not just editor cuts.

Also William Molson of Canada bested out 150 other players to take home the 2011 PCA High Rollers Event. This $25,000 buy-in had a prize pool of almost $4 million, and with the first place Will Molson won over $1.072 million, the biggest win of his career.

Another Canadian, Andrew Chen also took home a PCA title by winning the $5,000 Bounty Shootout for a total of $269,000. On the final hand, Chen knocked out both Shaun Deeb and Michael Binger to win it all.

This marked the end of the 2011 PCA, 2012 PCA should be even bigger. Here is hoping that the next NAPT event will be announced soon as well.

Eugene Katchalov wins 2011 PCA Super High Roller

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:56:16 +0000

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is the first major tournament series of the year and the first event in the new NAPT season. The PCA started with a huge bang, the super high roller event featuring an enormous $100,000 buyin. 37 players ponied up the 6 figure buyin, and the eventual winner … Eugene Katchalov who earned himself a cool $1,500,000. Eugene bested PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu in a 6 hour epic heads-up duel to claim the top prize. It was a bitter sweet day for Kid Poker though, with his 2nd place and $1,000,000 prize money, he moved himself ahead of Phil Ivey to become #1 on the All Time poker tournament money list.

Here are the top 5 payouts

1. Eugene Katchalov, United States, $1,500,000
2. Daniel Negreanu, Canada, $1,000,000
3. Bryn Kenney, United States, $643,000
4. Nick Schulman, United States, $400,000
5. Humberto Brenes, Costa Rica, $200,000

The PCA Super High Roller event will be televised on ESPN later this year. The PCA main event is also running right now.

ESPN to air the PCA live!

admin — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:56:23 +0000

The next stop on the North American Poker Tour is the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), and the great news is that the main event will air live on ESPN! There will be a 1 hour tape delay but it will be uncut, which means that the full final table will be shown to its entirety. All the walks, blind steals, checks to showdowns, and all that great stuff that usually gets cut will be on air.

Matt Volk, ESPN manager of programming and acquisitions said, “For the first time viewers at home will see a poker telecast from start to finish, with all the strategy of world-class poker players playing in real time and completely unedited,”

The main event final table (Day 6) should happen on Friday January 14. Records should be broken this year in regards to the prize pool. Last year the PCA champion was Harrison Gimbel who took home $2,200,000.

Who will be the 2011 PCA Champion? See it live on ESPN2 and ESPN3.

Previous PCA Champions

2004 Gus Hansen $455,780
2005 John Gale $890,600
2006 Steve Paul-Ambrose $1,388,600
2007 Ryan Daut $1,535,255
2008 Bertrand Grospellier $2,000,000
2009 Poorya Nazari $3,000,000
2010 Harrison Gimbel $2,200,000

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.

2011 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Schedule

admin — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:47:59 +0000

The next stop for the NAPT goes back to the beginning, the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure or better known as the PCA. The 2011 PCA takes place from January 7-16, with the main event beginning on January 8th. There will be 2 day 1s for the $10,000 buyin main event which has an estimated prize pool of $20,000,000. The PCA also consists of a $100,000 buyin high roller event, the grand final of the World Cup of Poker, as well as a Ladies only tournaments.

You can qualify for the 2011 only on PokerStars where there are numerous satellites happening daily now. PCA satellites include rebuys, FPP satellites, $700 10 seat guaranteed entries on Sundays, and daily $33r turbos.

Here is the full 2011 PCA schedule consisting of 47 events

Time	Event #	Event	Buy In
Daily
12:00		Cash Games and Sit & Go’s
12:00		1 Table Sats to All Side Events
12:00		Battleship Events
13:00		Any tournaments remaining from previous night
January 5, Wednesday
TBA		Fish and Chips – Fishing Derby – Day 1	TBA
January 6, Thursday
TBA		Fish and Chips – Fishing Derby – Final Day	TBA
12:00	1	NL – Hold’em – Super High Roller Day 1 -TV	$100,000 + $500
January 7, Friday
12:00		NL – Hold’em – Super High Roller Final Day – TV (Day 3 if necessary)	$100,000 + $500
14:00	2	NL – Hold’em – Fish and Chips Poker – Day 1	TBA
18:00	3	NL – Super Satellite to Main Event	$1,040 + $60
20:00	4	NL – Turbo	$270 + $30
January 8, Saturday
12:00	5	Main Event Day 1A	$10,000 + $300
13:00		NL – Hold’em – Super High Roller – Final Day (if needed)	$100,000 + $500
13:00		NL – Hold’em – Fish and Chips Poker – Final Day	Unknown
16:00	6	NL – Turbo – Randomized Bounties	$800 + $200 + $100
18:00	7	NL – One Rebuy Super Satellite to Main Event	$1,040 + $60
20:00	8	PLO – Turbo	$270 + $30
January 9, Sunday
12:00		Main Event Day 1B	$10,000 + $300
16:00	9	NL – Turbo – Randomized Bounties	$800 + $200 + $100
18:00	10	NL – One Rebuy Super Satellite to $5,000 NL (Event #14)	$550 + $50
20:00	11	PLO8 – Turbo	$270 + $30
January 10, Monday
12:00		Main Event Day 2	$10,000 + $300
13:00	12	NL – Hold’em – Day 1	$1,000 + $100
14:00	13	PokerStars PLO Championships – ‘8 Max’ – Day 1	$5,000 + $250
16:00	14	H. O. E. (Hold’em, Omaha 8, Stud – Day 1	$1,000 + $100
18:00	15	NL – One Rebuy Super Satellite to $5,000 NL (Event #18)	$550 + $50
20:00	16	NL – Turbo	$270 + $30
January 11, Tuesday
12:00		Main Event Day 3	$10,000 + $300
12:00	17	NL – Hold’em – ‘6 Max’ – Day 1	$5,000 + $250
13:00		NL – Hold’em – Final Day	$1,000 + $100
13:00		PokerStars PLO Championships – ‘8 Max’ – Final Day	$5,000 + $250
13:00		H. O. E. (Hold’em, Omaha 8, Stud – Final Day	$1,000 + $100
14:00	18	NL – Hold’em – Day 1	$2,000 + $150
18:00	19	Fiple Draw (A-5, 2-7, Badugi, Baduci, Badacey) – Day 1	$550 + $50
20:00	20	NL – Turbo – Bounty	$270 + $100 + $30
January 12, Wednesday
12:00		Main Event Day 4 – play down to 24 players	$10,000 + $300
12:00	21	PokerStars Heads-Up Championships – Day 1	$5,000 + $250
12:00	22	NL – Hold’em – ‘6 Max’ – Day 1	$1,000 + $100
13:00		NL – Hold’em – ‘6 Max’ – Final Day	$5,000 + $250
13:00		NL – Hold’em – Final Day	$2,000 + $150
13:00		Fiple Draw (A-5, 2-7, Badugi, Baduci, Badacey) – Final Day	$550 + $50
16:00	23	PS.net Big Game Tourney – PL Pre – NL Post – Hold’em – Day 1	$550 + $50
16:00	24	NL – Super Satellite to 25K High Roller (Event #27)	$2,850 + $150
18:00	25	8 Game – Day 1	$1,000 + $100
20:00	26	NL – Turbo – One Rebuy	$270 + $30
January 13, Thursday
12:00		Main Event Day 5	$10,000 + $300
12:00	27	NL – Hold’em – High Roller – Day 1	$25,000 + $500
12:00	28	NL – Hold’em – Day 1	$2,000 + $150
13:00		PokerStars Heads-Up Championships – Final Day	$5,000 + $250
13:00		NL – Hold’em – ‘6 Max’ – Final Day	$1,000 + $100
13:00		PS.net Big Game Tourney – PL Pre – NL Post – Hold’em – Final Day	$550 + $50
13:00		8 Game – Final Day	$1,000 + $100
16:00	29	Omaha 8 / Stud 8 – Day 1	$550 + $50
18:00	30	NL – Hold’em – Charity Event – Unlimited Rebuys	$550 + $50
19:00	31	NL – Super Satellite to Ladies NL (Event #35)	$180 + $20
20:00	32	NL – Turbo – Bounty	$270 + $100 + $30
January 14, Friday
12:00		Main Event Day 6 – Final Table	$10,000 + $300
12:00		NL – Hold’em – High Roller – Day 2	$25,000 + $500
12:00	33	NL – Heads-Up – 64 Player Cap – Day 1	$1,000 + $100
12:00	34	Two Plus Two – Choice Event – Day 1	Unknown
13:00		NL – Hold’em – Final Day	$2,000 + $150
13:00		Omaha 8 / Stud 8 – Final Day	$550 + $50
14:00	35	NL – Hold’em – Ladies Event – Day 1	$1,000 + $100
16:00	36	PLO – ‘8 Max’ – Day 1	$1,000 + $100
16:00	37	PokerStars 8 Game Championships – Day 1	$5,000 + $250
18:00	38	NL – One Rebuy Super Satellite to 5K Bounty Shootout (Event #40)	$550 + $50
20:00	39	NL – Turbo – One Rebuy	$270 + $30
January 15, Saturday
12:00	40	NAPT Bounty Shootout – Day 1 – TV	$5,000 + $250
12:00		NL – Hold’em – High Roller – Day 3	$25,000 + $500
12:00	41	NL – Hold’em – Day 1	$1,500 + $100
13:00		NL – Heads-Up – 64 Player Cap – Final Day	$1,000 + $100
13:00		Two Plus Two – Choice Event – Final Day	Unknown
13:00		NL – Hold’em – Ladies Event – Final Day	$1,000 + $100
13:00		PLO – ‘8 Max’ – Final Day	$1,000 + $100
13:00		PokerStars 8 Game Championships – Final Day	$5,000 + $250
14:00	42	NL – Hold’em – Ladies Event	$270 + $30
16:00	43	NLH / PLO – ‘8 Max’ – Day 1	$550 + $50
18:00	44	Chinese Poker (1/2 High – 1/2 Low) – Day 1 (2nd day if necessary)	$1,000 + $100
20:00	45	NL – Turbo	$270 + $30
January 16, Sunday
12:00		NAPT Bounty Shootout – Final -TV	$5,000 + $250
12:00		NL – Hold’em – High Roller – Final Day	$25,000 + $500
12:00		NL – Hold’em – Final Day	$1,500 + $100
12:00		NLH / PLO – ‘8 Max’ – Final Day	$550 + $50
12:00		Chinese Poker (1/2 High – 1/2 Low) – Final Day if necessary	$1,000 + $100
12:00	46	NL – Hold’em – Unlimited Rebuys + Add on – $100K Guaranteed	$90 + $10
14:00	47	NL – Turbo – ‘6 Max’ High Roller	$10,000 + $200

>>> Click here to qualify for the 2011 PCA <<<

Joe Tehan wins NAPT Los Angeles

admin — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:24:46 +0000

Congratulations goes out to Joe Tehan who becomes the inaugural winner of the NAPT Los Angeles main event. In a very impressive performance from the newest NAPT champion, Tehan managed to eliminate every single player on the final table!!! For his effort, Joe takes home the top prize of $725,000.

Here are the NAPT Los Angeles results of the final table:

Place	Player	Prize Money
1	Joe Tehan	$725,000
2	Chris DeMaci	$440,000
3	Al Grimes	$250,000
4	Anh Van Nguyen, Team PokerStars Canada	$195,000
5	Ray Henson	$145,000
6	Michael Binger	$114,000
7	Jason Mercier, Team PokerStars USA	$84,857
8	Jake Toole	$60,000

In the North American Poker Tour Bounty Shootout Event Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin was victorious headsup against his best friend Justin Young.

Bounty ShootOut

1. Eric Baldwin ($134,280 + $20,000 + $3,000 in bounties)
2. Justin Young ($20,000 + $6,000 in bounties)
3. David Williams ($20,000 + $4,000 in bounties)
4. Mohsin Charania ($20,000 + $5,000 in bounties)
5. Tom Marchese ($20,000 + $4,000 in bounties)
6. Clint Coffee ($20,000 + $3,000 in bounties)
7. Pat Pezzin ($20,000 + $2,000 in bounties)
8. Michael Mizrachi ($20,000+ $4,000 in bounties)
9. Kevin MacPhee ($20,000 + $3,000 in bounties)