After three successful events already this season, the North American Poker Tour has added another stop: we're heading to Los Angeles! The famous Bicycle Casino will host the event, scheduled for November 12-17. That leaves plenty of time for you to make plans and try to win your seat for much less than the $5,000 entry fee. Fire up the PokerStars.net Lobby and you'll soon see freeroll qualifiers for Los Angeles, giving you the chance to win a prize package that includes tournament buy-in, hotel accommodation and expenses. NAPT Season 1 got off to a cracking start at the PCA
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Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier, winner of NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout
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Mohegan Sun
NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout: Jason Mercier notches another win
by Brad Willis and Change100 Jason Mercier is a winner. If that seems too obvious a statement, we only point it out because it happens so often, we're afraid we're caught in a recurring dream sequence in which Mercier stands there with a trophy and a big smile on his...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout: Levels 7 & 8 updates (3,000-6,000, 1,000 ante)
Mercier defeats Stein for NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout title Two hands after that last sickening hand, Stein was out. He doubled once to 40,000, and then lost on the next hand when he couldn't make 9♥3♥ beat Mercier's T♠6♣. Jason Mercier's published winnings including bounties,a $25,000 seat in the...more
NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout: Levels 4 & 5 updates (2,000-4,000, 500 ante)
7:42pm: Dinner break Players are now on dinner break until 9pm ET. Here are the heads-up chip counts Sam Stein: 426,000 Jason Mercier: 449,000 7:36pm: Stein folds to the four-bet Jason Mercier raised to 10,000 from the button and Sam Stein called from the big blind. All hell broke loose...more
Los Angeles
PokerStars.net announces NAPT Los Angeles event
After three successful events already this season, the North American Poker Tour has added another stop: we're heading to Los Angeles! The famous Bicycle Casino will host the event, scheduled for November 12-17. That leaves plenty of time for you to make plans and try to win your seat for...more
Las Vegas
NAPT Venetian: Ashton Griffin Defeats Hoyt Corkins to Claim $25K Bounty Shootout Victory
by Jenniger Newell Some invitations are simply meant to be accepted. When the parents invite you for holiday dinner, you should probably accept. If your significant other invites you on a trip to a luxurious vacation destination, thinking twice might cause you some trouble. And when PokerStars.net invites you to...more
NAPT Venetian: Tom Marchese captures first title on American soil
The arc of a poker tournament is usually hard to define. Chips move, leaders come, and leaders go. It is rare to see a story define itself as well as it did at the NAPT Venetian event. By the penultimate day, a leader had established himself, and the story...more
NAPT Venetian: Day 5, Levels 27-29 (40,000-80,000-10,000)
6:08pm: Break! Players are on a 15-minute break to celebrate the conclusion of Level 29. When we return, we'll be in a new post reflecting the level change. Find us on the main page! 6:03pm: Well, he's gotta lose this one! Sam Stein just managed to get it all-in...more
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