North American Poker Tour
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The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) is a series of international poker tournament
s held in North America
. The NAPT includes 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.. The televised series aired on ESPN2
in the United States
.
Players are able to enter the NAPT events by paying the entry fee or by playing online poker freeroll satellites on the PokerStars.net domain.
Season 1 consisted of 7 events played in 2010. Season 2 has seen 3 events played in early 2011.
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. 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 October 5, 2011, the NAPT website, and information on remaining events for Season 2, has not been updated since April 15, 2011. 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.
Poker tournament
A poker tournament is a tournament where players compete by playing poker. It can feature as few as two players playing on a single table , and as many as tens of thousands of players playing on thousands of tables...
s held in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. The NAPT includes an associated television series broadcasting the final table of some of the tournaments.
The NAPT was started in 2010 by PokerStars
PokerStars
PokerStars is the largest online poker cardroom in the world. PokerStars' satellite tournaments produced the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, Chris Moneymaker. 1983 champion Tom McEvoy, 2005 champion Joe Hachem, 2009 champion Joe Cada and 2010 champion Jonathan Duhamel and others also represent...
, then the largest online poker
Online poker
Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of poker players worldwide...
cardroom in the world.. The televised series aired on ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Players are able to enter the NAPT events by paying the entry fee or by playing online poker freeroll satellites on the PokerStars.net domain.
Season 1 consisted of 7 events played in 2010. Season 2 has seen 3 events played in early 2011.
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
Money laundering
Money laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...
laws. 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 October 5, 2011, the NAPT website, and information on remaining events for Season 2, has not been updated since April 15, 2011. The last NAPT event had concluded just 2 days earlier, on April 13, 2011, when Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst is an American professional poker player who has made five final tables, including two heads-up semi-finals, at the World Series of Poker and won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. Selbst also won the main event of the 2010 and 2011 PokerStars.net North...
defended her Season 1 NAPT Mohegan Sun victory by winning the Season 2 NAPT Mohegan Sun event.
Results
- North American Poker Tour season 1North American Poker Tour season 1Below are the results for season 1 of the North American Poker Tour .- PokerStars Caribbean Adventure:* Casino: Atlantis Resort, Bahamas* Buy-in: $10,000 + $300* 7-Day Event: January 5, 2010 to January 11, 2010...
- North American Poker Tour season 2North American Poker Tour season 2Below are the results for season 2 of the North American Poker Tour .- PokerStars Caribbean Adventure:* Casino: Atlantis Resort, Bahamas* Buy-in: $10,000 + $300* 7-Day Event: January 8, 2011 to January 15, 2011...
(as suspended April 15, 2011)