The Global Poker League may be on ice for the moment, but GPL China is picking up momentum for 2018 with five of 12 planned franchises revealed, along with corresponding player rosters.
Whereas the original GPL was built on rosters of players drafted — and in the case of certain "wild card" competitors, recruited — by anointed team managers, Alex Dreyfus' latest venture took a far different approach. Rather than divvy up pool a group of qualified and opted in Global Poker Index ranked players, GPL China is using a qualifying system reminiscent of satellite tournaments to determine the teams that will comprise the league.