The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) was a series of international poker tournaments held in

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. The NAPT included an associated television series broadcasting the

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of some of the tournaments. The NAPT was started in 2010 by

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, then the largest

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cardroom in the world. The televised series aired on

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in the

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. Players were 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 saw 3 events played in early 2011 before competition was suspended. 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

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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 February 13, 2012, the NAPT website, and information on remaining events for Season 2, has not been updated since the April 15, 2011 seizure. The last NAPT event had concluded just 2 days earlier, on April 13, 2011, when

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defended her Season 1 NAPT Mohegan Sun victory by winning the Season 2 NAPT Mohegan Sun event. As of March 3, 2012 (possibly earlier), the NAPT website no longer shows the North American series—redirecting instead to information regarding the

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Results

* North American Poker Tour season 1 * North American Poker Tour season 2 (as suspended April 15, 2011)

References

External links

Official site
{{Major Poker Tournaments Poker tournaments ESPN2 original programming Poker in North America