GPL Results, Standings, and Schedule After Week 2: Paris and Montreal In Front
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.
Week 2 saw the biggest positive moves come from the Montreal Nationals in the Americas Conference and the Moscow Wolverines in the EurAsia Conference. Both jumped two spots in their respective conference standings, and each jump meant different things. For Montreal, the team went from the middle of the pack to a nice lead. For Moscow, the team went from the bottom portion of its conference up to third.
Montreal's jump was a turnaround effort by the squad, after it started off with just one point from a fifth-place finish in the conference's first six-max match on Tuesday. Xuan Liu was the player competing for the Nationals and rebounded in the second match with a win for seven points. Then in the heads-up portion on Thursday, Pascal Lefrancois won all three matches against Thiago Nishijima for nine total points.
Although Moscow moved the most places in the EurAsia Conference, it was the Paris Aviators with another good week, banking 15 points total and moving into first place. The Hong Kong Stars got off to a strong start in Week 1, but after a lackluster Week 2 coupled with Paris' success, Celina Lin's squad dropped to seven points behind Paris.
Another big development involved the Berlin Bears, who failed to earn any points in the EurAsia's two six-match matches from Week 1, both times Dan Cates finished in sixth for a big, fat zero. In Week 2, Berlin turned to Dominik Nitsche, and he guided the team to a win in the first match for seven points, then a second-place finish in the second match for five points. Berlin added another six points in the heads-up portion of Week 2 and is now ahead of the Rome Emperors, who had the No. 1 pick in the draft.
Week 2 Results
| Place | Player | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1 | 6-Max | ||
| 1 | Dominik Nitsche | Berlin Bears | 7 |
| 2 | Mike Leah | Paris Aviators | 5 |
| 3 | Mustapha Kanit | Rome Emperors | 3 |
| 4 | Bryan Huang | Hong Kong Stars | 2 |
| 5 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Moscow Wolverines | 1 |
| 6 | Justin Bonomo | London Royals | 0 |
| Match 2 | 6-Max | ||
| Place | Player | Team | Points |
| 1 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Moscow Wolverines | 7 |
| 2 | Dominik Nitsche | Berlin Bears | 5 |
| 3 | Mike Leah | Paris Aviators | 3 |
| 4 | Mustapha Kanit | Rome Emperors | 2 |
| 5 | Justin Bonomo | London Royals | 1 |
| 6 | Dong Guo | Hong Kong Stars | 0 |
| Match 3 | 6-Max | ||
| Place | Player | Team | Points |
| 1 | Kitty Kuo | San Francisco Rush | 7 |
| 2 | Joao Pires Simao | Sao Paulo Metropolitans | 5 |
| 3 | Fedor Holz | Los Angeles Sunset | 3 |
| 4 | Jonathan Duhamel | Las Vegas Moneymakers | 2 |
| 5 | Xuan Liu | Montreal Nationals | 1 |
| 6 | Kevin MacPhee | New York Rounders | 0 |
| Match 4 | 6-Max | ||
| Place | Player | Team | Points |
| 1 | Xuan Liu | Montreal Nationals | 7 |
| 2 | Chance Kornuth | Los Angeles Sunset | 5 |
| 3 | Jake Cody | Las Vegas Moneymakers | 3 |
| 4 | Kitty Kuo | San Francisco Rush | 2 |
| 5 | Joao Pires Simao | Sao Paulo Metropolitans | 1 |
| 6 | Kevin MacPhee | New York Rounders | 0 |
| Match 5 | Heads-Up | ||
| Player | Team | Wins | Points |
| Sam Trickett | London Royals | 2 | 6 |
| Randy Lew | Hong Kong Stars | 1 | 3 |
| Match 6 | Heads-Up | ||
| Player | Team | Wins | Points |
| Alex Luneau | Paris Aviators | 2 | 6 |
| Dario Sammartino | Rome Emperors | 1 | 3 |
| Match 7 | Heads-Up | ||
| Player | Team | Wins | Points |
| Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Moscow Wolverines | 2 | 6 |
| Dominik Nitsche | Berlin Bears | 1 | 3 |
| Match 8 | Heads-Up | ||
| Player | Team | Wins | Points |
| Pascal Lefrancois | Montreal Nationals | 3 | 9 |
| Thiago Nishijima | Sao Paulo Metropolitans | 0 | 0 |
| Match 9 | Heads-Up | ||
| Player | Team | Wins | Points |
| Jason Mercier | New York Rounders | 3 | 9 |
| Phil Galfond | San Francisco Rush | 0 | 0 |
| Match 10 | Heads-Up | ||
| Player | Team | Wins | Points |
| Olivier Busquet | New York Rounders | 2 | 6 |
| Jonathan Duhamel | Las Vegas Moneymakers | 1 | 3 |
Standings
| Place | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas Conference | |||
| 1 | Montreal Nationals | 29 | 3 |
| 2 | New York Rounders | 25 | 3 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Sunset | 23 | 2 |
| 4 | Las Vegas Moneymakers | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | San Francisco Rush | 15 | 2 |
| 6 | Sao Paulo Metropolitans | 13 | 0 |
| EurAsia Conference | |||
| Place | Team | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Paris Aviators | 30 | 3 |
| 2 | Hong Kong Stars | 23 | 2 |
| 3 | Moscow Wolverines | 19 | 2 |
| 4 | London Royals | 19 | 2 |
| 5 | Berlin Bears | 18 | 1 |
| 6 | Rome Emperors | 17 | 0 |
Next Week's Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Match |
|---|---|---|
| April 19 | 12 p.m. | Eurasia 6-Max |
| 1:40 p.m. | Eurasia 6-Max | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Americas 6-Max | |
| 5:10 p.m. | Americas 6-Max | |
| April 20 | 12 p.m. | Berlin Bears vs. Hong Kong Stars |
| 2:30 p.m. | London Royals vs. Paris Aviators | |
| 5 p.m. | Rome Emperors vs. Moscow Wolverines | |
| April 21 | 1 p.m. | Sao Paulo Metropolitans vs. Las Vegas Moneymakers |
| 3:30 p.m. | Los Angeles Sunset vs. San Francisco Rush | |
| 6 p.m. | New York Rounders vs. Montreal Nationals |
For full match replays or highlight videos, check out the official GPL website.
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