After 2 days of the inaugral event of the NAPT at The Venetian in Las Vegas there are 149 players remaining.  Here are the main leaders:

Andrew Lichtenberger (LuckyChewy)  618700  
Andy Seth (BKice) 602600 
Steve Billirakis (MrSmokey1)   591200 
Jason Dewitt   482900 
Mark Ketteringham   460000  
Tom Marchese   378500  
Men Nguyen (The Master)  378400  
Nam Le   364100
Dwyte Pilgrim   359000  
Jonathan Aguiar   327700 
Fabrice Soulier   321700  
Vanessa Rousso (LadyMaverick) 313600 
Steve O’Dwyer   307100   
Bill Chen  304200 
Danny Wong   296700 
John Cernuto   292500  
Greg Raymer (Fossilman) 242200   

Notable Others:
James Mackey (mig.com) 198800
Jimmy Fricke (Gobboboy) 90100
Jon Turner (Pearljammer) 85100
Blair Hinkle 68000

128 players get paid.  Here is the prize structure:

1 $ 827,648   
2 $ 522,306  
3 $ 309,366  
4 $ 241,064  
5 $ 184,816  
6 $ 144,639  
7 $ 104,461  
8 $ 60,266 
9-10 $ 44,195 
11-12 $ 34,151
13-14 $ 28,526 
15-16 $ 23,303
17-24 $ 20,089 
25-32 $ 18,080  
33-40 $ 16,071   
41-48 $ 14,866   
49-56 $ 13,660   
57-64 $ 12,857  
65-72 $ 12,053  
73-88 $ 11,250   
81-88 $ 10,446   
89-96 $ 9,643  
97-104 $ 8,839   
105-112 $ 8,035  
113-128 $ 7,232  

The NAPT (North Amercian Poker Tour) comprises of 3 events in this the first season.  The next event of the season takes place at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut between 7th April and 11th April.   If you fancy trying to qualify then signup to Pokerstars with a bonus of up to $600.

PokerStars 40th Billion Hand Celebrations

It only seems like yesterday that Pokerstars had a player base of 2 men and a sheep, and now look at it, 150,000 players online 24/7 and rapidly approaching 40 Billion hands played.

To celebrate this milestone Pokerstars have loads of things going on including a $4 million guaranteed tournament this coming Sunday, with $1 million of that guaranteed for the winner.

There are also special F40 SNGs (you see them in pink in the SNG lobby) which are 40-seaters.  Every winner during this week shares in a $40,000 prize.

And one of the biggest things is the milestone hands.  Every million hands on the lead up to 40 Billion they are giving cash out to people playing at the table where the hand is dealt.

For the actual 40 Billionth hand the prize is 400 times the frequent player points you earnt at that table in the preceeding 40 hands.   So this could be anything up to $120,000  (400×7.5×40)

If you fancy getting into the action then signup to Pokerstars with a deposit bonus up to $600

No fewer than 19377 entrants lined up for last nights PokerStars Sunday Million, giving it a astronomical prizepool of $3.875 million.  3150 of those players got paid, with the money starting at $266.03.    After 12 hours of play OX45AL took down the $550,011.29 first prize.  

1st OX45AL $550,011.29
2nd celofyz33 $333,540.00
3rd eMarkM $244,616.42
4th OBVAMENTS $166,270.00
5th S.Takmaziyan $133,016.00
6th Kostya 77777 $99,762.00
7th Gmelkonyan $66,508.00
8th austinlewis $44,227.82
9th hunter10999 $29,928.60

OX45AL has an ABI (average buy-in) of just $13 so this win will no doubt propel him upwards into the bigger buy-in tourneys. Good luck to him