PokerStars Announces North American Poker Tour

PokerStars announced today that they are launching a live poker tour in the United States. The tour is called the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) and it is being called the ‘first major poker tour in North America created by poker players, for poker players, with accessible buy-ins, expectations for massive prize pools, and thousands of players from around the world all competing for millions of dollars.”

The PCA in the Bahamas is the tour’s first event and PokerStars has announced two new venues for the tour. The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada as well as the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut will be stops on the tour.

Kathy Raymond the executive director of poker operations at the Venetian commented: “I am both pleased and excited about our new relationship with the North American Poker Tour and PokerStars. I believe that the Venetian poker room will serve as the perfect home to the hottest new poker tour in North America.”

“We are extremely excited and honored to partner with such an amazing brand, PokerStars,” said Bruce Dixon, director of poker operations for Mohegan Sun.