La finale de la Global Poker League à Wembley, le calendrier complet du GPL

31 Mars 2016

Mediarex Entertainment, la compagnie d'Alexandre Dreyfus qui gère aussi Hendon Mob et le Global Poker Index, vient de publier le calendrier complet de la Global Poker League et quelques précisions sur le format de la compétition. Les premiers affrontements online auront donc lieu le 5 avril, la grande finale est elle prévue à Londres, au stade de Wembley !

Le communiqué de presse explique que le canal de diffusion principal des manifestations sera la GPL.tv et une application mobile qui sera lancée durant l'été 2016. La compagnie a signé des partenariats avec USA Today Sports mais aussi avec DouyU.com, "une plateforme chinoise qui permet de pénétrer le marché chinois et d'atteindre des utilisateurs qui n'ont pas accès à Twitch" ou encore Poker Central.

La première saison de la GPL s'étalera sur 7 mois entre avril et le 23 novembre 2016. Le calendrier contient quatre phases et débute avec la saison régulière. Viennent ensuite les Summer Series, les playsoffs et les Finales.

La saison régulière, du 5 avril au 22 septembre

Six rounds de parties disputées en 6-Max impliquant les 12 franchises divisées en deux conférences auront lieu online. Le premier round se déroule à partir du mardi 5 avril.

Ensuite, chaque semaine pendant 8 semaines, des matchs auront lieu les mardi, mercredi et jeudi jusqu'au 26 mai.

Selon le calendrier officiel, des Tables de 6-Max auront lieu le mardi. Le mercredi sera réservé au head's up opposant les joueurs de la conférence EurAsia alors que la conférence Américaine disputera ses duels le jeudi.

La saison régulière sera mise en pause le 27 mai afin de laisser de la place aux Summer Series. Les joueurs joueront en direct du studio Mediarex installé à Las Vegas en marge des World Series Of Poker 2016.

A partir du 16 août, la seconde moitié de la saison régulière reprend sur les tables virtuelles avec trois matches par semaines, toujours les mardi, mercredi et jeudi.

Le 22 septembre marquera la fin de la saison régulière. "Quand vous lancez un nouveau contenu, vous voulez éviter la compétition direct. Les gros événements sportifs ont lieu le week-end donc nous avons décidé de nous positionner sur des jours moins compétitifs comme les mardi, mercredi et jeudi. C'est aussi un moyen de créer une demande des bookmakers car il y a peu de choix pour placer des paris", explique Alexandre Dreyfus qui devra donc convaincre les passionnées de foot d'abandonner la Champion's League.

Pour cela, l'entrepreneur français compte sur la qualité des commentaires qui seront réalisés par les meilleurs joueurs du monde. "Griffin Benger et Sam Grafton commenteront les matches durant la première moitié de la saison régulière. La prise d'antenne commencera 30 minutes avant le début des matches car il y a beaucoup à partager", a indiqué Alex Dreyfus.

Summer Series, du 6 juin au 8 juillet

Les GPL Summer Series sont des séries de head's up filmé live dans les studios de Mediarex dans le Nevada. Pendant 33 jours de suite, les joueurs des 12 franchises s'affronteront sous vos yeux.

Cette phase de compétition permet de ne pas rentrer en confrontation directe avec les WSOP mais ne semble avoir aucune incidence sur la composition des équipes amenées à faire les playoffs.

Les dates des playoffs pas encore connues

Les playoffs de la Global Poker League ne concerneront que les 8 premières équipes de la ligue. Les quatre plus mauvaises franchises ne disputeront pas la phase de post-saison. Ces play-offs se dérouleront dans un lieu pas encore annoncé (probablement en AMérique du Nord, ndlr) et la compétition s'étalera sur deux jours. A l'issue de cette compétition, quatre franchise seront encore en course pour remporter le titre.

Global Poker League Finals, les 22 et 23 novembre 2016 à Wembley

Grosse annonce pour la Global Poker League avec la tenue des Finales de la ligue à la SSE Arena de Wembley à Londres. La GPL annonce un "gros show" pour conclure sa première saison. "Nous voulons connecter les joueurs avec les fans mais aussi les fans entre eux", ajoute Alexandre Dreyfus.

Les Finales seront donc jouées dans The Cube. "Wembley c'est une énorme opportunité, un endroit superbe pour accueillir un événement mondial. Londres est une ville très cosmopolite où nous avons déjà une grosse présence avec Hendon Mob et la famille Mediarex,cela va nous aider à remplir cette arène", explique le patron français du GPL.

"La législation ici nous aide à mettre en place des expériences innovantes et un véritable show pour les fans. Ne vous attendez pas à vous assoir et à regarder, les fans seront engagés et immergés dans l'action", ajoute-t-il.

[B]Saison Régulière[B]TABLE width="100"]*Date|Ga.m.e|Location|Teams|Time (PST)| Time (CET)*
April 5|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|9 a.m.|6 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|10:40 a.m.|7:40 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|2:10 p.m.|11:10 p.m.
| | | | |
April 6|Heads-Up|Online|Hong Kong vs. Moskow|9 a.m.|6 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Berlin vs. Paris|11:30 a.m.|8:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Rome vs. London|2:00 p.m.|11 p.m.
| | | | |
April 7|Heads-Up|Online|Los Angeles vs. Sao Paulo|10 a.m.|7 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Montreal vs. San Francisco|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|New York vs. Las Vegas|3 p.m.|12 p.m.
| | | | |
April 12|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|9 a.m.|6 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|10:40 a.m.|7:40 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|2:10 p.m.|11:10 p.m.
| | | | |
April 13|Heads-Up|Online|London vs. Kong Kong|9 a.m.|6 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Paris vs. Rome|11:30 a.m.|8:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Moscow vs. Berlin|2 p.m.|11 p.m.
| | | | |
April 14|Heads-Up|Online|Sao Paulo vs. Montreal|10 a.m.|7 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|San Francisco vs. New York|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Las Vegas vs. Los Angeles|3 p.m.|12 a.m.
| | | | |
April 19|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|9:00 a.m.|12:00 p.m.|6:00 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|10:40 a.m.|1:40 p.m.|7:40 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|12:30 p.m.|3:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|2:10 p.m.|5:10 p.m.|11:10 p.m.
| | | | |
April 20|Heads-Up|Online|Berlin - Hong Kong|9:00 a.m.|12:00 p.m.|6:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|London - Paris|11:30 a.m.|2:30 p.m.|8:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Rome - Moskow|2:00 p.m.|5:00 p.m.|11:00 p.m.
| | | | |
April 21|Heads-Up|Online|Sao Paulo - Las Vegas|10:00 a.m.|1:00 p.m.|7:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|LA Sunset - San Francisco|12:30 p.m.|3:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|New York - Montreal|3:00 p.m.|6:00 p.m.|12:00 a.m.
| | | | |
April 26|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|9:00 a.m.|12:00 p.m.|6:00 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|10:40 a.m.|1:40 p.m.|7:40 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|12:30 p.m.|3:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|2:10 p.m.|5:10 p.m.|11:10 p.m.
| | | | |
April 27|Heads-Up|Online|Paris - Hong Kong|9:00 a.m.|12:00 p.m.|6:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Moscow - London|11:30 a.m.|2:30 p.m.|8:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Rome - Berlin|2:00 p.m.|5:00 p.m.|11:00 p.m.
| | | | |
April 28 |Heads-Up|Online|San Francisco - Sao Paulo|10:00 a.m.|1:00 p.m.|7:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|LA Sunset - New York|12:30 p.m.|3:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Las Vegas - Montreal|3:00 p.m.|6:00 p.m.|12:00 a.m.
| | | | |
May 3|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|9:00 a.m.|12:00 p.m.|6:00 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|10:40 a.m.|1:40 p.m.|7:40 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|12:30 p.m.|3:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|2:10 p.m.|5:10 p.m.|11:10 p.m.
| | | | |
May 4|Heads-Up|Online|Hong Kong - Rome|9:00 a.m.|12:00 p.m.|6:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Berlin - London|11:30 a.m.|2:30 p.m.|8:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Paris - Moskow|2:00 p.m.|5:00 p.m.|11:00 p.m.
| | | | |
May 5|Heads-Up|Online|New York - Sao Paulo|10:00 a.m.||7:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Montreal - LA Sunset|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Las Vegas - San Francisco|3:00 p.m.|12:00 a.m.
| | | | |
May 10|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|9:00 a.m.|6:00 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|10:40 a.m.|7:40 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|2:10 p.m.|11:10 p.m.
| | | | |
May 11|Heads-Up|Online|Hong Kong - London|9:00 a.m.|6:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Berlin - Moskow|11:30 a.m.|8:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Rome - Paris|2:00 p.m.|11:00 p.m.
| | | | |
May 12|Heads-Up|Online|New York - San Francisco|10:00 a.m.|7:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Montreal - Sao Paulo|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|LA Sunset - Las Vegas|3:00 p.m.|12:00 a.m.
| | | | |
May 17|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|9:00 a.m.|6:00 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|10:40 a.m.|7:40 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|2:10 p.m.|11:10 p.m.
| | | | |
May 18|Heads-Up|Online|Moscow - Hong Kong|9:00 a.m.|6:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|London - Rome|11:30 a.m.|8:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Paris - Berlin|2:00 p.m.|11:00 p.m.
| | | | |
May 19|Heads-Up|Online|Las Vegas - New York|10:00 a.m.|7:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Sao Paulo - LA Sunset|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|San Francisco - Montreal|3:00 p.m.|12:00 a.m.
| | | | |
May 24|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|9:00 a.m.|6:00 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Eurasia Conf.|10:40 a.m.|7:40 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|6-Max|Online|Americas Conf.|2:10 p.m.|11:10 p.m.
| | | | |
May 25|Heads-Up|Online|Hong Kong - Paris|9:00 a.m.|6:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|London - Moskow|11:30 a.m.|8:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Berlin - Rome|2:00 p.m.|11:00 p.m.
| | | | |
May 26|Heads-Up|Online|Sao Paulo - San Francisco|10:00 a.m.|7:00 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|Montreal - Las Vegas|12:30 p.m.|9:30 p.m.
|Heads-Up|Online|New York - LA Sunset|3:00 p.m.|12:00 a.m.
[/TABLE]

Summer Series

GPL Regular Season - Second Half

GPL Playoffs

GPL Finals

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With only six days to go before the first-ever Global Poker League kicks off, Mediarex Entertainment — parent company of the event and of other international brands like the Global Poker Index and the Hendon Mob — finally released the league's official schedule, and it includes a league final to be held at Wembley Arena in London, England.

"While the bulk of the league's content distribution will be via GPL.tv and its own mobile applications (set to be launched during the summer of 2016), Mediarex Sports & Entertainment — GPL's parent company — has built an extensive distribution network distribution to ensure maximum exposure for the league across outlets such as USA Today Sports," the press release said. "We also recently signed a deal with DouyU.com, a Chinese platform that will allow us to penetrate the Chinese market and reach a user base that has no access to Twitch."

The inaugural GPL season will take place from April 5 through November 23, 2016. The first season of the GPL is a large one and split into four different phases.: the Regular Season, Summer Series, Playoffs, and Finals.

GPL Regular Season: April 5-Sept. 22

The GPL Regular Season officially kicks off at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday, April 5, with the first of four six-max events involving players from all 12 franchises that compose the league. The 12 franchises are divided up into two conferences, America and EurAsia, and this first part of the season will take place online.

Then, with three match days every week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the Regular Season will feature three games a day until May 26, which means eight weeks of GPL action.

According to GPL's official schedule, both conferences will play six-max events on Tuesdays. The teams in the EurAsia Conference will then play heads-up matches on Wednesdays while the ones from the Americas will do the same on Thursdays.

Starting on May 27, the Regular Season will go on a two-month break to leave the schedule open for the Summer Series stage that will run in Las Vegas alongside the 2016 World Series of Poker. These events will be played at Mexiarex new studio in Las Vegas.

Then on August 16, the second half of the Regular Season will hit the virtual felt again with three matches a day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until Sept. 22.

"When you launch a new sport or a new content proposition like the GPL, you want to avoid competing with everybody else," Alex Dreyfus, CEO of Mediarex, told PokerNews. "Most big sporting events happen during the weekend already, so we decided to aim for less competitive days like Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. This also creates more appetite for the sports books, since that's when their live-betting offer usually has a smaller choice."

With all the matches part of the GPL Regular Season taking place online, people will be able to follow on different platforms.

"We will be everywhere, from Twitch.tv to Poker Central," Dreyfus continued.

Additionally, the press release regarding the schedule added that the GPL "signed a deal with DouyU.com, a Chinese platform that will allow us to penetrate the Chinese market and reach a user base that has no access to Twitch."

Dreyfus also anticipated that commentary of the matches will be left in the hands of some of the best poker players in the world.

"Griffin Benger and Sam Grafton will be the commentators of the matches during the first half of the Regular Season," he shared. "There's going to be a lot of content about each match, that's why all the live streams will start 30 minutes before the beginning of the actual matches."

Summer Series: June 6-July 8

The summer is when poker players from all across the globe will be in Southern Nevada for the 2016 WSOP, and it's also when the GPL will launch its GPL Summer Series. This part of the season will be a series of heads-up battles to be filmed live in Mediarex studio in Las Vegas.

During these 33 days of action, players from all 12 franchises in the GPL will engage in a battle that will start every day at 11 a.m. PST that will be streamed online via Twitch and Poker Central, and available of other platforms and outlets.

GPL Playoffs: To Be Announced

The GPL Playoffs will consist of the top eight teams from the 12-team league. The bottom four will be eliminated from post-season play.

"At the end of the Regular Season, we will lose four teams," Dreyfus explained. "This means that the eight teams left will join the playoffs".

The 2016 GPL Playoffs are sent to take place in a two-day event that will fall in a location to be announced soon. It is likely that this location will be in North America. During the two-day event, the eight playoffs teams will play down to four.

The GPL Finals: November 22-23

The GPL Finals will take place at the iconic SSE Arena, Wembley in London, United Kingdom. This portion of the season promises to be not only a great poker event where four franchises still in the game will play down to a winner, but also an amazing show.

"We want fans to connect with players and with each other, and that's why are preparing a great show for this event," Dreyfus said.

The finals are to be played in The Cube, a 20-foot, one-way soundproof glass box. Players from the top four teams in the GPL will battle for the inaugural title in front of what Dreyfus hopes is a full Wembley Arena.

"While the playoffs are likely to take place in North America, we decided to have the finals at Wembley because that's a great opportunity for us," Dreyfus said. "Not only is it an amazing venue that has been used to host some of the world's biggest events, but London is a true cosmopolite city where we have a large presence thanks to the Hendon Mob, also part of the MediaRex family. This can help us fill up the arena."

And that's not all, because the French entrepreneur explained another reason why Wembley was selected.

"The gambling regulation in the U.K. helps us to create more innovative experiences and a real show for our fans," he said. "The experience is more than just sit and watch — its full engagement."

[B]Saison Régulière GPL[B]

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