The PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour is putting up some very impressive numbers in its first season. The NAPT stop in Los Angeles is the latest tour stop to top 700 players –with a total of 701 players registering over the course of the two Day 1 flights. With Day 1a and 1b officially in the books, a number of top pros have workedRead Full Article

The fourth stop on the PokerStars North American Poker Tour has been announced, and the latest addition to the highly successful poker tour will be The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, affectionately referred to as The Bike. It will be interesting to see how many stops are added by the end of the year; currently the NAPT is flying by the seat of itsRead Full Article

In a very long heads-up battle, that lasted nearly 4 hours, Jason Mercier outlasted a very game Sam Stein to capture the PokerStars North American Poker Tour High-Roller title –and the $350,000 that went to the winner. In what was one of the better heads-up battle in a long-time the two poker pros were up and down in chips and both remained extremely patientRead Full Article

With a lower than expected turnout for the PokerStars North American Poker Tour High-Roller Bounty Shootout the structure was changed to a 6-max event; with 5 tables of 6 players and a single table of 5 players. Looking for a turnout in the high 70’s to low 80’s, tournament officials will likely be unimpressed with the 35 players that registered for the event –OneRead Full Article

With the inevitable ups and downs in poker it’s a rare site to see a player top the leader-board on 5 consecutive days of play, but that is exactly what PokerStars pro and Deuces Cracked instructor Vanessa Selbst was able to accomplish. Selbst turned in one of the most dominating performances in recent poker history finishing in the top 3 on every single dayRead Full Article

With three days of play in the books at the North American Poker Tour stop at Mohegan Sun, PokerStars pro and Deuces Cracked instructor Vanessa Selbst leads the remaining 24 players with 2.285 million chips. Selbst has been in the top 3 chip counts at the conclusion of each day thus far. The top 10 is full of big name players, including Scott SeiverRead Full Article

Prior to the tournament PokerStars was hoping for about 600 entrants for the North American Poker Tour Main Event being held at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. With 60 tables setup in the main ballroom they were prepared to easily handle 600 players, but as registrations kept coming, tournament officials did a great job of creating a second area in the main pokerRead Full Article

The North American Poker Tour is on its way to Connecticut, and it will be Mohegan Sun (the other casino in the Connecticut woods) and not Foxwoods that will be hosting the festivities. The NAPT tournament kicks off on March 27th with a $550 “Deep-Stacks” tournament, and will conclude on April 13th. Among the tournaments will be the $5,000 Main Event, a $25,000 High-RollerRead Full Article

Marchese is a well known commodity in the world of online poker, but the man known as “KingofCards” to his online fans has had zero success in live tournaments. That was until he won the first-ever NAPT event at the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas. Marchese and 871 other poker hopefuls put up the $5,000 entrants-fee to be part of the first ever NAPTRead Full Article

PokerStars has announced that the inaugural North American Poker Tour event, taking place at the Venetian in Las Vegas, will conclude with a $25k buy-in High-Roller tournament with a twist; certain pro players will have a $5,000 bounty on their head, and the player collecting the most bounties will receive an additional $100k from PokerStars! Another unique feature of the tournament will be theRead Full Article