National Deaf Poker Tour Wraps Season at Venetian
Friday, July 25th, marked the final day of the 2007-2008 National Deaf Poker Tour (NDPT) season. The Venetian in Las Vegas played host to the last of four stops on the NDPT’s 2007-2008 schedule. The Venetian stop consisted of four events, including the $200 buy-in Main Event.
The Main Event was open to deaf players only, but the other three events welcomed interpreters and people who are learning sign language. The NDPT’s goal is not only to give hearing impaired players a place to play, but to create a world where all players can communicate clearly with one another. A total of 136 players showed up for the Main Event, generating a $20,672 prize pool. Jonathan Collins and Matthew Erickson made it to heads-up play and decided to chop the remaining cash, nearly $6,000 a piece.
The NDPT was created in 2006 by six hearing impaired players; James Rydstrom, Joey Seifner, Nathan Montoya, Jarrod Musano, Alok Doshi, and Andy Foster. In 2006, the group put together the inaugural NDPT tournament at Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal.
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