Key Takeaways
- The Global Poker League matches will take place in “The Cube” – an enclosure where the players cannot see nor hear the audience, but the audience can fully observe.
- Season 1 kicks of in Q1 of 2016 with 12 teams competing in two separate conferences.
- As is the case with traditional sports and eSports, players will no longer pay to play. As a result, the activity will no longer be considered gambling. Instead, players will be paid to play and will earn additional money for winning.
The full scope of Alex Dreyfus’ vision for poker is now clear.
As the owner of the Global Poker Index (GPI), Dreyfus first announced the concept of a Global Poker League (GPL) almost a year ago. Now he has announced that matches will take place within “The Cube.”
“We’ve been talking and working tirelessly for a long time about how ‘We Sportify Poker’ and the launch of the Global Poker League is a great stepping stone on our route to achieving that,” Dreyfus stated in a press release.
“This isn’t going to be ‘yet another poker event’—we’ll be bringing something new and exciting to the table.”
