When Bryn Kenney called his name during the draft for the first-ever Global Poker League (GPL) on Feb. 25, the selection came as surprise for Kevin MacPhee, the two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet winner.
"I didn't chat with Kenney about that prior to the draft, and I knew that he was not going to waste his first pick on me," MacPhee told PokerNews while in Tallinn, Estonia, to play in the Kings of Tallinn event. "I wouldn't have done that as well.