Although not without its hiccups, the inaugural Global Poker Masters was voted a successful first foray into sportified, team based poker by the competition’s legion of fans, the poker media and – perhaps most importantly for its sustainability &#
After more than two hours of heads-up action between Team Italy & Team Russia it was the all-star Italian line-up of Dario Sammartino, Mustapha Kanit, Rocco Palumbo, Andrea Dato and Giulliano Bendinelli of Italy that took advantage of their 4-1 chip
The Finals are here. Team Italy and Team Russia are the last two teams standing, with Team Russia coming in as the short stacks at only 148,100 per man and Team Italy sitting as the favorite with 404,900 in chips. Heads up play starts soon! Final Chipc
The Global Poker Masters’ Quarterfinal round is in the book and there was no shortage of drama as the competition’s middle 6 Teams battled heads up for a spot in the Semis. France was the eventual victim – losing all 3 heads up rounds against Te
The Playoffs are done & the official winner is Team USA, while Team UK’s run has been cut short before the Quarterfinals as they exit in 8th Place on day 1. Check out the standings below and get ready for Quarterfinal Heads Up competition tomorr
The 5th and Final Round of the Global Poker Masters’ Playoffs is underway and the biggest story from Round 4 was a surprise resurgence by Team Ukraine who was able to catapult out of the #8 spot via 2 outright victories from Oleksandr Gnatenko &
Germany continues its dominant Playoff turn heading into Round 4 with a leaderboard topping 45,000 points. Italy now the sole 2nd place holder while Team Russia slips into 4th position behind Canada. Outlook continues to look bleak for Team Ukraine though
Action heated up in Round 2 of the Playoffs at the 2015 Global Poker Masters, with multiple tables finishing ahead of schedule. Team Germany has eclipsed Team Italy for the number 1 spot on the leaderboard, with Italy falling into 2nd and now in a dead he
Round 1 of the Playoffs at the Global Poker masters is in the books. Check out the updated team standings below to see which Nations are early frontrunners in the competition, whose settled into the middle of the pack & who’s at risk early. Ital
36 of the 40 players entered in this weekend’s Global Poker Masters – including a fashionable late Ole Schemion – were joined by their peers and some of poker’s elite in what was a packed house as GPI Chief Executive Officer, with