GPL China is in the home stretch of it’s pre-season, with the final leg of qualifiers all going down around the nation now. Most recently it was Hong Kong that played host to China’s first-ever poker league pre-season, with a live qualifier tournament to determine which lucky 8 would become the first ever line-up for [...]

Vikram Kumar was selected to head up Chennai’s GPL India franchise; a good fit that goes beyond the simple fact that Kumar calls the city home – he’s also one of its most prominent rising stars in Poker. It’s been a fast rise to success for Kumar, who first discovered poker in 2008 playing for [...]

A Bengaluru native, Vidwath Shetty burst onto the Indian poker scene with a win in one of the nation’s most high profile events – the Deltin Poker Tour 100k High Roller. Along with it pocketing over $55,000 USD for the win, Shetty got India’s tightknit poker community to do a collective double take. He didn’t [...]

The best word to describe Nipun Java’s place in Indian poker is – pioneer. He’s the first player from his home country to have tasted success at the WSOP with a bracelet win and far and away one of the most successful tournament pros the nation has ever bred with over $2.2 million in lifetime [...]

In a game that’s historically been male dominated Muskan Sethi has wasted no time breaking the mold. The young Indian pro & Delhi native is currently the highest ranked female poker pro in all of India (according to the GPI India National Rankings). Further, she actually holds the distinction of being India’s first fully fledged [...]

Everything seemed to revolve around friendship and positivity as the night wound down on GPL China’s 8th live team qualification event in the southwestern Chinese metropolis of Kunming. The winning team, a self-professed group of best friends from the region’s ‘Winner Poker Club’ were visibly elated as they put the finishing touches on their opponents [...]

Following the Global Poker League’s (GPL) success in pushing expansion within regional/ emerging markets in its rollout of GPL China earlier this year, the League’s parent company – Mediarex S&E – has announced it’s entry into another one of poker’s prime growth areas with the introduction of GPL India. This regional league will take 6 [...]

Everything came up Chendu this week as GPL China unveiled its qualifiers’ champions – who will represent the capital of the province of Sichuan in their nation’s first ever poker league. The 7th team included over all, we only have 5 qualification tournaments around China left until GPL China Season 1 is officially able to [...]

Make it an even 6 now for GPL China Season 1 as the Xi’an Warriors have chosen their squad ahead of the inaugural season’s start. This selection announcement – made following following yet another successfully attended live qualification event – puts GPL China at its midway point in terms of full team inclusion, with a [...]