The Global Poker League GPL announced on Monday that it will host GPL Draft Day on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2016 in Los Angeles. The event will be live streamed and feature an "NHL-style draft experience." Each of the 12 GPL franchises will have representatives live on the floor at the event, allowing for draft picks to be announced in person from the podium.
The host venue will be the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, home to the inaugural American Poker Awards. Also announced was that the second edition of the American Poker Awards will take place following GPL Draft Day.