December 6, 2017
The Chengdu Pandas team has bested eleven other teams from across China in the inaugural Global Poker League China, winning the one million Chinese Yuan (approx. $151,000) champions prize. After battling through series of tough competitions, the Pandas found themselves facing the Hong Kong Treasure Ships in the best-of-three finals featuring six-max, heads-up and “2v2” […]
September 7, 2017
Following the completion of the inaugural international Global Poker League Season last December, and the launch of the League’s first regional tour in China, GPL is now planning a second regional initiative in India. In a statement Tuesday, the League revealed that the Indian GPL will involve six teams from India’s “largest and most poker-friendly” […]
March 17, 2017
Global Poker League parent group Mediarex Sports & Entertainment, has sealed its previously reported collaborative five-year agreement with JuzhongJoy in Beijing, which will see the Chinese firm managing GPL China’s operations, distribution and sponsorships. GPL China, was launched last December (see previous InfoPowa report) and initially comprises eight teams. Peng Zhang, chief executive officer of […]
December 12, 2016
On the back of concluding its opening Season in Las Vegas, The Global Poker League, through parent company Mediarex Sport and Entertainment, will expand into China during 2017. The inaugural GPL China season one will launch with eight teams representing cities across China: Beijing Great Dragons, Shanghai Golden Tigers, Guanghzou Pioneers, Shenzhen Eagles, Hangzhou Legends, […]
December 3, 2016
The inaugural season of the Global Poker League Championship played out this week with the Montreal Nationals besting the Berlin Bears across 11 games to claim the $100,000 main prize. This series has seen a number of high profile poker players in the various GPL teams, including Faraz Jaka, Phil Galfond, Maria Ho, Olivier Busquet, […]
September 30, 2016
Alex Dreyfus’s Global Poker League has received a significant boost from the announcement by Dreyfus’s Mediarex Sports and Entertainment company Friday that online poker’s biggest operator, Pokerstars, has signed on as lead and exclusive GPL sponsor. In a statement Friday, Dreyfus said that the deal reinforces Mediarex’s goal of transitioning poker from a player experience […]
August 11, 2016
The inaugural Global Poker League series is now well into its stride, with the final play-offs and the final championships scheduled for November 29 and 30, and December 1 respectively….but both elements will now be held in Las Vegas, according to organiser Alex Dreyfus. The original plan was to hold the play-offs in San Diego […]
July 19, 2016
The Global Poker League is eyeing expansion into the social and real money poker environment through a new vehicle titled PlayGPL, and has issued a Request for Proposal from social operators like Zynga, Pokerist, Boyaa, Tencent and DragonPlay, according to media reports. It is at present not known which real money online poker operators it […]
April 19, 2016
Alex Drefus, founder of The Global Poker League (GPL) has announced a major new agreement with Chinese online sports platform Sina Sports, which will become the official digital media partner of the League in China. The agreement includes extensive publicity coverage and more than 400 hours of streamed GPL competitions via Sina Sports’ dedicated poker […]
April 3, 2016
Alex Dreyfus’ Global Poker League has published the schedule for its first international season, which begins on April 4, outlining the route that the 12 international teams comprising top global players will take to ultimate victory in a grand finale to be held at London’s Wembley Arena November 22 and 23 this year. Our readers […]