PokerStars announced the long-rumored (see our September 2008 article) North American Poker Tour (NAPT). The initial stops are the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (underway now), the Venetian in February, and Mohegan Sun in April. Two more events will be announced later. Joanna Krupa will be the hostess. Television production company 441 (the same group that produces ESPN's WSOP coverage) will be producing the NAPT series. PokerStars's Jeffrey Haas says "We do have a first tier broadcast partner that will hopefully be announced in the next two weeks."
This is PokerStars's 9th tournament series (see the list). Their European Poker Tour is the world's leading poker tour, having long ago passed out the World Poker Tour.
Below are an interview with and picture of hostess Krupa.
Hellmuth and Negreanu have said that an ESPN crew was filming the PCA. That suggests that ESPN will be the network the NAPT airs on, but they could just be assuming it because of the production company.
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