• Montreal Nationals dominate 2nd Americas Conference week
    9 years ago
    The Montreal Nationals team have dominated this second week in the Americas Conference. In one of the two 6-max Sit and Go‘s, we saw Xuan Liu victorious earning six points for her team. On Thursday Pascal LeFrancois added nine more points to the score with a 3-0 win over Thiago Nishijima of the Sao Paulo Mets. [...]
  • Aviators on top of the EurAsian Conference after Week 2
    9 years ago
    The Paris Aviators have taken the number one spot in the EurAsian Conference after a very intense week with great performances from Mike Leah in the 6-max Sit and Go’s for a total of eight points. Alexandre Luneau added 6 points to the teams total score with two heads-up victories against Rome Emperors’ Dario Sammartino. After [...]
  • Aaron Paul joins professional poker team Los Angeles Sunset of the Global Poker League
    9 years ago
    Press Release – Los Angeles, April 11th 2016 GPL, Poker’s first esports inspired League which has brought together a diverse pool of 12 franchises from around the world – the New York Rounders, Las Vegas Moneymakers and Paris Aviators to name a few – welcomes Emmy, Saturn and Critic’s Choice award winning actor Aaron Paul [...]
  • Key moments of the week
    9 years ago
    We’ve seen some brilliant Week 1 poker action from the players of the twelve teams in the first matches of the Global Poker League season. Great bluffs, incredible folds, banter from players and from the commentary booth. We had access into the minds of the best poker players in the world. Even football legend Neymar Jr [...]
  • Enhance your GPL Experience with Replays, Highlights, Key moments and Bust-outs
    9 years ago
    The first week of the Global Poker League is over, and in this week, we have learned a lot from your feedback. Not only to make the streams more fun and exciting but also you asked for more information and videos on the website and on our social media platforms like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. [...]
  • Bad Boys of Poker New York Rounders lead Americas Conference after the first week
    9 years ago
    Described as the Bad Boys of Poker, the New York Rounders and it’s manager Bryn Kenney, must be delighted to be the early leaders in the Americas Conference after the first week of 6-max sit-and-go and heads-up matches. Right from the start of Global Poker League Americas Conference play, Jason Wheeler came out blasting with [...]
  • Hong Kong Stars take an early lead in EurAsia Conference
    9 years ago
    The first week of 6-max and heads-up matches are behind us, and we have seen some surprising actions, plays, and run-outs of boards. Besides the gameplay, we’ve also enjoyed the banter between both players and our commentary duo Sam Grafton and Griffin Benger. In the EurAsia conference, we see the Hong Kong Stars taking the [...]
  • Highlights of the first GPL matches
    9 years ago
    GPL held its first ever matches in the Eurasian and Americas Conference on April 5th – the culmination of a years’+ worth of planning to begin a sports formatted poker league. With Sam Grafton and Griffin Benger in the commentary booth and tens of thousands of viewers on various streaming platforms, we kicked off the inaugural [...]
  • Format & Regular Season Point Structures
    9 years ago
    Online 6-Max Structure Online / Summer Series Heads-Up Structure Regular Season Points Structure Home vs. Away Teams (in HU and in 6-Max) – Rules Online 6-Max Structure Game Clock: 13 minutes per player with no time bank per Sit-N-Go. Hot Seat: If a player reaches 0 seconds on their game clock they are put into [...]
  • Paris, London, Rome and Moscow announce their Wildcard players.
    9 years ago
    With just six more days until the start of the first season of the Global Poker League, four team managers have already announced their Wildcard picks. Paris Aviators – Alexandre Luneau & Fabrice Soulier The first team to announce their picks was the Paris Aviators of team manager Fabrice Soulier. Fabrice will join his own [...]