Jack Salter rising up the UK ranks once again
Those expecting a drop in performance for Jack Salter (GPI#17) following a fantastic 2014 poker campaign will have to wait a little longer as the 2015 GPI Poker Wor ...
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Former November Niner and 2014 #TeamFrance member Sylvain Loosli wins big in Barca
French National Sylvain Loosli (GPI#55), who represented his country at the GPI Poker World Cup this past March in Malta, moved to #1 on the GPI French National Poke ...
#TeamUK star Jack Salter wins side event at EPT Barcelona Festival
It wasn’t the best of times for #TeamUK at the inaugural GPI Poker World Cup last March in Malta, but that doesn’t mean that the team wasn’t loaded ...
Top 4 confirmed for Team Russia at Global Poker Masters.
Team Russia has confirmed that its Top 4 players have committed for the 2015 Global Poker Masters. The team will be led by the nation’s #1 ranked player Anatoly Filatov (GPI#28). The 26-year-old enjoyed a career year in 2014, earning over $1
Eugene Katchalov confirmed; will lead Team Ukraine.
If there is one nation qualified for the Global Poker Masters that can easily select a Team Captain it has to be the Ukraine. Eugene Katchalov (GPI#48) is, by far, the most successful Ukrainian poker player of all-time, and this coming March in Malta, he
Team USA confirms Dan Smith, Bryn Kenney, Jacob Schindler’s participation at GPM.
You can call them the “Power Trio”. Team USA confirms that former World #1 Dan Smith (GPI#5), Bryn Kenney (GPI#6) and Jacob Schindler (GPI#7) will play the Global Poker Masters. The US will be the only team fielding a trio of players currently
Simon Deadman, Oliver Price to play for Team UK.
The first two members of Team UK have confirmed their participation in the Global Poker Masters as Simon Deadman (GPI#35) and 2014 UK National Player of the Year Oliver Price (GPI#39) have booked their flights to Malta this March. Each player enjoy
WSOP Main Event Champ Duhamel to play Global Poker Masters.
With Mike McDonald (GPI#12) unable to commit to playing the Global Poker Masters due to a possible scheduling conflict, the door was left wide open for a WSOP Main Event winner to take his at the GPM … and that’s exactly what 2010 Champion Jon
Team Italy taking shape as Top 3 confirmed.
The Top 3 players in Italy are in! Dario Sammartino (GPI#13), Mustapha Kanit (GPI#37) and Andrea Dato (GPI#54) will all be wearing Italian colors in Malta this March trying to win the inaugural Global Poker Masters for their homeland. The trio has
French National invitees confirmed.
Team France is the first country to confirm its first four participants for this year’s Global Poker Masters. The team will be led by rising star Erwann Pecheux (GPI#58), who sits atop the French National rankings and won the National PoY title i
Mighty US team could field All-Top 10 team.
There is no doubt that Team USA will be one of the teams to beat at the Global Poker Masters, no matter who plays. Even with Player of the Year Daniel Colman announcing that he will not be in Malta for the GPM, the US could still field the only World Top
Team Ukraine to take on role of underdog.
It’s only natural to think of Team Ukraine, the last country to qualify for the Global Poker Masters, as the underdogs heading into March, however, with the likes of poker superstar Eugene Katchalov (GPI#48) and EPT Champion Oleksii Khoroshenin (GPI#253
Chidwick could be key for young UK squad.
The current list of invited players for Team UK includes rising stars Jack Salter, Simon Deadman and UK National Player of the Year Oliver Price, but it’s GPI Top 10 contender Stephen Chidwick (GPI#11) who could be the key contributor on this young team
Past two National Players of the Year to represent Italy.
Team Italy is set to be represented by its country’s past two National Players of the Year, Dario Sammartino (GPI#13), who won the PoY in 2013, and Mustapha Kanit (GPI#37), who recently wrapped up a Top 10 season on the live tournament circuit. W
Unstoppable Schemion looks to be player to beat.
The latest release of the Global Poker Index World Poker Rankings saw Ole Schemion extend his lead at the top. Sitting comfortably in first place for the third week in a row, Schemion looks to enter the Global Poker Masters as the man to beat when play be
Pecheux ready to take on the big boys in Malta.
You would have been hard pressed to find a Erwann Pecheux (GPI#58) fan outside of France just a year ago. Twelve months later, Pecheux is the man that will lead Team France at the Global Poker Masters in March. Pecheux enjoyed a breakout year in 2
Kanit holds huge lead atop Italy’s PoY standings.
Mustapha Kanit (GPI#40) is in total control of Italy’s Player of the Year race with just a few months left to the 2014 poker season. With close to a 1,000 point lead on Andrea Dato (GPI#73), Kanit can start to breathe a little easier, although he
WCOOP winner Fedor Holz needs huge finish to qualify for Germany.
The World Cup of Online Poker (WCOOP) wrapped up on Monday with GPI Poker Player of the Month for August Fedor Holz (GPI#378) taking home the big $1.3M top prize. Although he’s been hot of late with a successful trip to EPT Barcelona prior to
Young guard look to carry Union Jack to Global Poker Masters.
The United Kingdom poker landscape has certainly changed in recent years. Gone are the days of the “old school” grinders topping the charts, it’s a young person’s game now it seems and the players ranked atop the GPI National UK st
Chances of ElkY qualifying for France at Global Poker Masters slipping away.
He’s the best poker player to ever come out of France. He’s one of the most popular players in the world. For years, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier (GPI#122) has been one of the best, spending a considerable amount of time atop the GP
Less than a point separates Nitsche and Bojang in heated German race.
It can’t get any closer than the race for third in the GPI National race in Germany. Two elite players, World Series of Poker standouts Dominik Nitsche (GPI#35) and Ismael Bojang (GPI#36), are separated by less than a point in what has to be the clo
Dan Smith in total control of his Team USA destiny.
It’s simple really. Dan Smith (GPI#1) is in total control of his own destiny heading into the final month of the poker season. Smith holds a respectable lead in the both the GPI300 and GPI Player of the Year races and it certainly looks locks he sho
Global Poker Masters Top Ranked Team is USA.
The Global Poker Masters is a purely competitive arena where Poker’s top countries can compete for global dominance without gimmicks; with national teams chosen solely on the merit of player’s results, and the advantage of a structure created to showc
Introducing the World Cup of Poker.
On Friday, the Global Poker Index (GPI) announced the launch of the Global Poker Masters, a brand new $10,000 buy-in invitation-only poker tournament set to bring the best 36 players in the world to represent their countries in what GPI’s CEO Alex D