The Montreal Nationals and LA Sunset have become the first two teams of the Global Poker League to be guaranteed a place in the playoffs in Las Vegas that start on November 29 at 3pm (EDT).
The Montreal Nationals, led by team manager Marc-Andre Ladouceur, sit comfortably at the top of the standings, 11 points ahead of LA Sunset which is managed by Maria Ho.
Two playoff places remain in the Americas division. The Sao Paulo Mets, New York Rounders and San Francisco Rush will all need to battle hard to secure their place—the Las Vegas Moneymakers sit at the bottom of the division and have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.
You can catch the full replay of the 6-max matches in the Americas Conference here in which Jason Mercier (New York Rounders), Chance Kornuth (LA Sunset), Anton Wigg (San Francisco Rush), Mike McDonald (Montreal Nationals), Darren Elias (Sao Paulo Mets) and Chris Moneymaker (Las Vegas Moneymakers) all face off.
Re-cap here on this memorable play by Jonathan Little vs. Phil Galfond.
Elsewhere, the battle for the Eurasia division is still playing out. Here you can catch some of the highlights from the heads-up matches. With the season drawing to a close, the Moscow Wolverines have a 9 point lead on the London Royals.
WATCH: Randy “nanonoko” Lew of the Hong Kong Stars and Igor Kurganov of the London Royals battle it out:
Here George Danzer of the Paris Aviators and Timothy Adams of the Rome Emperors go head to head:
And the full replay of the heads-up matches between Daniel “Jungleman” Cates of the Berlin Bears vs. Andrey Pateychuk of the Moscow Wolverines is here.
Americas Division
1. Montreal Nationals – 187 points
2. LA Sunset – 176 points
3. Sao Paulo Mets – 168 points
4. San Francisco Rush – 149 points
5. New York Rounders – 149 points
6. Las Vegas Moneymakers – 122 points
Eurasia Division
1. Moscow Wolverines – 156 points
2. London Royals – 147 points
3. Hong Kong Stars – 146 points
5. Berlin Bears – 145 points
4. Paris Aviators – 144 points
6. Rome Emperors – 142 points
