Fri, 03/25/2011 – 20:08 – PokerPages Staff

The PokerStars North American Poker Tour is set to return to the small screen next month with coverage of the stops to air on ESPN2.

Action from the NAPT legs in the Bahamas, Mohegan Sun and Los Angeles will begin on Monday April 18.

Joe Stapleton and James Hartigan will provide the commentary, replacing regular duo Lon McEachern and Norman Chad who take a brief hiatus before the 2011 World Series of Poker coverage returns later this year.

The first episode, which will air at 10pm (ET), features action from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller Final Table. A second episode will air directly afterwards at 11pm (ET).

The elite $100,000 buy in event attracted 38 of the world’s finest players with Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu and Eugene Katchalov, Andrew Lichtenberger, James Obst and Dan Cates among those riding the final table bubble.

Coverage from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Bounty Shootout Final Table will air a week later in the same two hour time slots.

The Los Angeles Bounty Shootout and Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout will the follow in later episodes and the final episode will air on May 16.

The 2011 PokerStars NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event is set to kick off in Connecticut on April 9. The final table will play down to the wire on April 13.

For more news and information about the PokerStars NAPT and all tournament visit the PokerPages Tournament Database.