Welcome to the weekly rundown of the Global Poker League here on PokerNews. In this space, all of the past week's results from the GPL will be listed, followed by league standings and a look at the following week's schedule.
Both the New York Rounders and the Sao Paulo Metropolitans were the big gainers this week in the Americas Conference, as each team posted 15 points. That enabled the Rounders to surge past the Montreal Nationals into first place with 40 points, while the Metropolitans moved out of the basement and into fifth.