The Global Poker League announced the launch of GPL China Dec. 12, which is scheduled for after the league’s spring festival.
This comes after the recent finish of the Global Poker League Championship, where the Montreal Nationals beat the Berlin Bears.
This Asia-exclusive poker league will feature eight teams, each from a city within China, for Season 1.
According to a press release from the Global Poker League’s CEO Alexandre Dreyfus, this league will operate apart from the central league and is an effort to make poker into an e-sport and mind sport in China by using a team-based Texas hold’em format.