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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 PokerStars has withdrawn sponsorship of the once NAPT Los Angeles stop.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.

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

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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)

NAPT Los Angeles Results

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:55:04 +0000

Day 4 of the NAPT Los Angeles event has arrived and is now done, and the final table is now set. The NAPT LA final table includes (plus chip count):

1 – Jake Toole, 1,975,000
2 – Joe Tehan, 1,907,000
3 – Michael Binger, 1,670,000
4 – Anh Van Nguyen, Team PokerStars Pro, 1,058,000
5 – Jason Mercier, Team PokerStars Pro, 3,800,000
6 – Al Grimes, 982,000
7 – Ray Henson, 3,268,000
8 – Chris DeMaci, 6,283,000

Alan Myerson was the unfortuante bubble boy as the short stack shoved and ran into the pocket rockets of Ray Henson sitting in the big blind. These 8 players will come back for day 5 and the final table tomorrow.

This North American Poker Tour main event drew 701 players for a total prize pool of $3,229,857. The top 104 places were paid, and the first place winner will take home $725,000. Here is the full final table payout.

1. $725,000
2. $440,000
3. $250,000
4. $195,000
5. $145,000
6. $114,000
7. $84,857
8. $60,000

Notable final table bubbles include pokerstars online pro George Lind III in 12th and Matt Affleck (the hard luck wsop me bad beat bubbler) in 13th.

Here is the complete results of the other cashers

10 – Jimmie Guinther, $47,000

11 – Joseph Melancon, $37,000
12 – George Lind III, Team Online, $37,000

13. Matt Affleck, $27,000
14. Anthony Nardi, $27,000

15. Carlos Watanabe, $21,000
16. Thomas Young, $21,000

17. Carl Beliveau, $18,000
18. Jonathan Gagnon-Villenueve
19. Micah Raskin, $18,000
20. Mike Leah, $18,000
21. Mark De Faria, $18,000
22. James Casement, $18,000
23. Aaron Lerner, $18,000
24. Nicholas Verkaik, $18,000

25. Cary Katz, $15,000
26. Mark Ader, $15,000
27. Steve Goosen, $15,000
28. Travis Pearson, $15,000
29. Thomas Middleton, $15,000
30. Mike Sowers, $15,000
31. Steven Karp, $15,000
32. Paul Kuzmich, $15,000

33. Tyler Reiman, $13,000
34. Tomas Elexhauser, $13,000
35. Tom Lee, $13,000
36. Derek Lerner, $13,000
37. Robert Acton
38. Blake Kelso, $13,000
39. David John, $13,000
40. Romik Vartzar, $13,000

41. Nicholas Grippo, $11,000
42. Niko Deininger, $11,000
43. Chris Klodnicki, $11,000
44. Romulus Segal, $11,000
45. Tim Begley, $11,000
46. Garrett Thompson, $11,000
47. Rep Porter, $11,000
48. Robert Reyna, $11,000
49. Bryn Kenney, $11,000
50. Eric Haber, $11,000
51. Wayne Lewis, $11,000
52. Jonathan Dull, $11,000
53. Peter De Best, $11,000
54. Larry Lipman, $11,000
55. David Sesso, $11,000
56. Sebastian Saffari, $11,000

57. Carter Gill, $9,500
58. Gavin Griffin, $9,500
59. Phil Laak, $9,500
60. Steve Stolzmann, $9,500
61. Ryan Welch, $9,500
62. Joe Ebanks, $9,500
63. Christina Lindley, $9,500
64. Lawrence Hyman, $9,500
65. Brian Zimcosky, $9,500
66. Fabian Holling, $9,500
67. Aaron Donovan, $9,500
68. Zohair Karim, $9,500
69. Michele Koerner, $9,500
70. Isaac Crow, $9,500
71. Prakai Satong, $9,500
72. Josh Brikis, $9,500

73. Jeff Ahmadi, $8,500
74. Tom Marchese, $8,500
75. Shane Schleger, $8,500
76. John Bunch, $8,500
77. Ronaldo Bochi, $8,500
78. Tyler Hamads, $8,500
79. Sameer Aljanedi, $8,500
80. Jared Bleznick, $8,500
81. Alex Fitzgerald, $8,500
82. Bahbak Oboodi, $8,500
83. Joseph Elpayaa, $8,500
84. Alistair Melville, $8,500
85. Pablo Dario Martinelli, $8,500
86. Ronnie Bardah, $8,500
87. Shannon Shorr, $8,500
88. James Van Alstyne, $8,500

89. Eric Baldwin, $7,500
90. Mehrdad Yousefzadeh, $7,500
91. Joseph Curcio, $7,500
92. Adam Junglen, $7,500
93. Evan Schwartz, $7,500
94. Kristy Gazes, $7,500
95. Mathieu Belle-Isle, $7,500
96. Joel Tetlow, $7,500
97. Kevin Eyster, $7,500
98. Brian Hawkins, $7,500
99. Getty Mattingsley, $7,500
100. Elizabeth Pagliarini, $7,500
101. Mikkail Timoshin, $7,500
102. Daniel Schreiber, $7,500
103. Eric Hershler, $7,500
104. Marcello Del Grosso, Team PokerStars Pro, $7,500

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.

New NAPT stop … The Bike

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:36:20 +0000

The PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour (NAPT) today announced the addition of a new stop to its Season 1 schedule. The NAPT will visit beautiful sunny Southern California for NAPT Los Angeles, a festival scheduled for November 12 – 17, 2010 at one of the largest poker rooms in the world, the incredible Bicycle Casino, aka ‘The Bike’.

The festival will feature a five-day Main Event with a US$5,000 buy-in. There will also be a broad range of fun and exciting side events catering to players of all bankroll levels. Unfortunately the NAPT Los Angeles ME at the bike will be a non-televised event.

Satellites for the NAPT Los Angeles are happening right now online at PokerStars

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Here is the Full NAPT Los Angeles schedule

TIME	#	EVENT	BUY IN
November 8 – Monday
12:00	1	NL – Unl. RB Super Sat to Main (1 Seat GTD!)	$50 + $10
16:00	2	NL – Unl. RB Super Sat to Main (2 Seat GTD!)	$100 + $15
20:00	3	NL – One Re Buy Super Satellite to Main Event (2 Seat GTD!)	$500 + $35
November 9 – Tuesday
12:00	4	NL – Unl. RB Super Sat to Main (1 Seat GTD!)	$50 + $10
16:00	5	NL – Unl. RB Super Sat to Main (2 Seat GTD!)	$100 + $15
20:00	6	NL – One Re Buy Super Satellite to Main Event (2 Seat GTD!)	$500 + $35
November 10 – Wednesday
17:00	7	NL – Bounty	$500 + $100 + $45
20:00	8	NL – Unlimited Re Buys Super Satellite to Main Event	$200 + $20
November 11 – Thursday
13:00	9	NL – Heads Up – 64 Player Cap – Day 1	$4,750 + $250
13:00	10	NL – Super Satellite to Main Event	$1,000 + $50
17:00	11	8 Game	$500 + $45
20:00	12	NL – One Re Buy Super Satellite to Main Event	$300 + $35
November 12 – Friday
13:00	9	NL – Heads Up – 64 Player Cap – Final Day	$4,750 + $250
13:00	13	Main Event Day 1A	$4,750 + $250
14:00	14	NL – Super Satellite to Main Event Day 1B	$1,000 + $50
20:00	15	NL – One Re Buy Super Satellite to Main Event Day 1B	$500 + $35
November 13 – Saturday
13:00	13	Main Event Day 1B	$4,750 + $250
16:00	16	NL – Turbo – Randomized Bounties	$800 + $200 + $70
20:00	17	NL – One Re Buy Super Satellite to 3K (Event 18)	$300 + $35
November 14 – Sunday
13:00	18	NL – Holdem – “LIPS “Tour Event – Must have Invitation to enter – http://www.lipstour.com	$300 + $35
13:00	13	Main Event Day 2	$4,750 + $250
17:00	19	NL – Holdem – Day 1	$3,000 + $100
20:00	20	NL – Turbo Bounty	$500 + $100 + $45
November 15 – Monday
13:00	13	Main Event Day 3	$4,750 + $250
14:00	21	NL – Holdem – “6 Max” – Day 1	$2,000 + $100
17:00	19	NL – Holdem – Final Day	$3,000 + $100
20:00	22	NL – Super Satellite for 5K HORSE (Event 22)	$500 + $35
November 16 – Tuesday
13:00	13	Main Event Day 4	$4,750 + $250
13:00	23	H-O-R-S-E – Day 1	$4,750 + $250
14:00	24	NL – Holdem – Day 1	$1,000 + $70
14:00	21	NL – Holdem – “6 Max” – Final Day	$2,000 + $100
18:00	25	PLO – One Re Buy – Day 1	$1,000 + $70
November 17 – Wednesday
13:00	13	Main Event Day – Final Table	$4,750 + $250
13:00	23	H-O-R-S-E – Day 2	$4,750 + $250
14:00	24	NL – Holdem – Final Day	$1,000 + $70
14:00	26	NL – Turbo – Randomized Bounties	$800 + $200 + $70
17:00	27	NL – One Re Buy Super Sat to 2011 PCA – One Package GTD.	$500 + $35
20:00	28	NL – Turbo	$500 + $45
November 18 – Thursday
13:00	23	H-O-R-S-E – Final Day	$4,750 + $250
13:00	29	NL – Holdem – Day 1	$1,000 + $70
18:00	30	NL – Holdem – 200K GTD – Re – Entry – Day 1A	$500 + $45
20:00	31	Limit Omaha 8 or Better – Day 1	$500 + $45
November 19 – Friday
13:00	29	NL – Holdem – Final Day	$1,000 + $70
13:00	32	NL – Heads Up – 128 Player Cap – Day 1	$1,000 + $70
18:00	30	NL – Holdem – 200K GTD – Re – Entry – Day 1B	$500 + $45
November 20 – Saturday
13:00	32	NL – Heads Up – 128 Player Cap – Day 2	$1,000 + $70
18:00	30	NL – Holdem – 200K GTD – Re – Entry – Day 1C	$500 + $45
20:00	33	NL – Turbo Bounty Super Sat to 1K Turbo Bounty (Event 33)	$200 + $100 + $35
November 21 – Sunday
12:00	32	NL – Heads Up – 128 Player Cap – Final Day	$1,000 + $70
15:00	34	NL – Turbo – Randomized Bounties	$800 + $200 + $70
17:00	35	NL – One Re Buy Super Sat to 2011 PCA – One Package GTD.	$500 + $35
13:00	30	NL – Holdem – 200K GTD – Re – Entry – Final Day	$500 + $45

Also PokerStars pro Vanessa Rousso will be holding “The Art of Poker: An Intermediate Guide to Tournament Theory” workshop.

So the NAPT is going back to the west coast to continue their series. It was widely rumoured that an LA stop was a must, but the problem with the date is

1) It’s sooooo late, the wsop series is ending mid July (not including the final table). Even if players take August off, what happened to stops in September or October?

2) This completely interferes with the British Columbia Poker Championships (BCPC) which usually runs during the same time period. This puts dampers on the prospect of a 2010 North American Poker Tour stop in Canada.

Perhaps I am overlooking the fact that this is simply “a new” stop and not the next stop, then hopefully there will also be a Vancouver stop before or after NAPT Los Angeles or NAPT The Bike whatever this event will be nicknamed.

Jason Mercier wins the NAPT Mohegan Sun $25k High Roller Shootout

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:49:31 +0000

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier is the newest NAPT event winner by taking down the 2010 NAPT Mohegan Sun $25,000 High Roller Bounty Shootout event. Jason will take home $350,000 (plus $125,000 in bounties) for winning the final table which also consisted of Sam Stein, Luis Vazquez, Matt Glantz, Faraz Jaka, and Shawn Buchanan. Note that this is Stein’s second NAPT headsup loss after finishing second in the inaugural NAPT Venetian main event.

The headsup match was pretty much decided by one crucial flip, as Mercier’s 33 manged to hold against Stein’s AJs even after Sam spiked a Jack on the flop. Turn and river completed a six high straight for Jason and the match ended a couple of hands later. The win marks Mercier’s second high roller title in as many years. The 23-year-old also won the 2008 EPT London High Roller Event (£516,000) and came close to winning a third high roller title back in February at the L.A. Poker Classic (3rd – $141,780).

Congrats again to the newest North American Poker Tour winner Jason Mercier.

PokerStars has also announced that The next stop on the inaugural season of the North American Poker Tour will be announced soon. Stay tuned!