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04-07-2015 , 04:26 PM

Daveshoelace

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 354

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2015/0...ague-21174.htm

Bit confused about the premise but $5m to be invested. Cliffs:

- 8 franchises, with a roster of 7 players (draft), including 2 online & live qualifiers.
- 10 week season, including online component.
- leveraging GPI/HendonMob relationship with 1,400 casinos in 95 countries

Not much else released yet but seems to be a hybrid of team poker and a poker league. No buy-in data, dates etc yet. Bit skeptical of team poker/such a top heavy 'pro only' series, but the online qualifier bit might be ok.

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04-08-2015 , 07:48 AM

Alex Scott

adept

Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 966

I think it's cool. Team Poker can work really well if structured correctly, it creates a lot of banter and camaraderie. Problems only really arise when you have people from the same team playing at the same tables, so as long as that is kept to a minimum I think it can work well.

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04-08-2015 , 08:24 AM

Invertible

old hand

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,348

Says in the article, there is no buyin, like the GPM

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04-08-2015 , 10:27 AM

adreyfus

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 171

A shorter version : http://pokerfuse.com/news/live-and-o...rly-september/

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04-08-2015 , 08:41 PM

GamblinRick

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Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 171

This is interesting. It's a tough concept but I think Dreyfus is a good guy to make a run at it. So many people have tried this kind of thing and they've pretty much all failed miserably with horrible consequences to the poker community. From everything I've heard though, this guy is pretty solid and squared away.

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04-21-2015 , 03:01 AM

adreyfus

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 171

thanks

http://www.pokerlistings.com/global-...-of-gold-51428

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04-29-2015 , 10:33 PM

dzikijohnny

old hand

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,216

Too organized. It be like going to a convention of anarchists.

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06-10-2017 , 04:30 PM

greep

centurion

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 126

Does anyone know when season 2 starts?

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06-10-2017 , 05:25 PM

BlackpoolRock

newbie

Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 36

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Originally Posted by greep

Does anyone know when season 2 starts?

in between season 1 and 3

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06-10-2017 , 08:04 PM

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Yogg-Saron

centurion

Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 140

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Originally Posted by greep

Does anyone know when season 2 starts?

Hopefully never. It made for poor viewing tbh.

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06-10-2017 , 08:05 PM

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Yogg-Saron

centurion

Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 140

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Originally Posted by greep

Does anyone know when season 2 starts?

Hopefully never. It made for poor viewing tbh. Its essentially zynga but with people who aren't just clicking buttons as much.

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06-10-2017 , 08:07 PM

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.isolated

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 21,495

It should be dead and buried after the video made by Doug.

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06-10-2017 , 08:17 PM

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TreadLightly

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 3,722

entrepreneur life doesn't sleep

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06-11-2017 , 01:28 AM

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MacauChris

centurion

Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 168

http://www.chinagpl.com/intro

GPL has expanded into China with 12 teams and Championship team gets 1mil RMB and represents China to play in the finals in Vegas as stated in website above.

http://www.chinagpl.com/schedule

Next we see from the schedule the championship team will be born on Nov. 18th.

I guess Season 2 needs to start up soon if there's supposed to be a China team playing in the finals in Las Vegas? But i guess they can also hold off indefinitely...i mean the Championship team could represent China but with no time line set this could be done in 202x and they are still true to their word.

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06-11-2017 , 10:11 PM

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Wilbury Twist

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Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,406

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Originally Posted by TreadLightly

entrepreneur life doesn't sleep

haha nice

Sounds like the ChinaGPL is to the GPL what the Caribbean Winter Leagues are to the Major League Baseball season, then? Greep, it's probably hard to find that info because that info has not been made official/public.

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