GPL Results, Standings and Schedule After Week 12

October 14, 2016

Mo Nuwwarah

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.

In both the Americas and the Eurasia Conference, this was a week for the downtrodden.

Starting in the Americas, the San Francisco Rush deployed Anton Wigg in both six-max matches. The Swedish online star and former European Poker Tour champion crushed it, coming out on top of both matches with wins against Mike McDonald and Darren Elias when things got heads up.

Another online superstar, this time of the cash variety, was used in the heads-up match. Phil Galfond fell to Jonathan Little of the Las Vegas Moneymakers but it didn't stop the Rush from a conference-best 17 points. With that, they moved into playoff position in fourth place, surpassing the New York Rounders.

On the flip side, it was Chance Kornuth week for the L.A. Sunset as he played every hand the team was dealt. Kornuth may be on a high-roller rampage, winning yet another $25,000 event at the World Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville High Roller, but he flopped in GPL action. He managed just a third-place finish for three points and a basement finish in the six-max games.

After that, he took to the felt against Thiago Nishijima for a heads-up match but got rolled over 3-0. The second-place Sunset had a golden opportunity to gain ground on the Montreal Nationals, who only got six points themselves, but ended up farther back than they started the week.

On the Eurasia side, the last place Rome Emperors are suddenly within striking distance of a playoff spot. They still remain in sixth but tallied a huge week with 17 points and now sit just three back of the fourth-place Berlin Bears.

Team manager Max Pescatori stepped up to the plate in the six-max rounds. He didn't light the world on fire but put up two solid efforts with a second and a third for eight points total. Then, Timothy Adams wiped out four-time bracelet winner George Danzer 3-0, taking one of his wins in just a single hand.

The Hong Kong Stars tallied six points this week. They deployed Team Manager Celina Lin, but she was less successful than Pescatori in her one six-max match, grabbing just a single point for fifth place. Bryan Huang was the selection for the second six-max but he could only do one better with a fourth-place finish.

Randy Lew brought success to the team the previous week in heads up. He tried to duplicate his win but failed in a 2-1 loss to Igor Kurganov of the London Royals. The Stars were in second after a monster Week 11 but slipped into third as the Royals surpassed them by a point. The Moscow Wolverines also only got six points but saw their position stay roughly the same — they're now nine points up on second instead of 10.

Week 12 Results

Place	Player	Team	Points
Match 1	6-Max
1	George Danzer	Paris Aviators	7
2	Max Pescatori	Rome Emperors	5
3	Andrey Pateychuk	Moscow Wolverines	3
4	Dominik Nitsche	Berlin Bears	2
5	Celina Lin	Hong Kong Stars	1
6	Vanessa Selbst	London Royals	0


Match 2	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Liv Boeree	London Royals	7
2	Dominik Nitsche	Berlin Bears	5
3	Max Pescatori	Rome Emperors	3
4	Bryan Huang	Hong Kong Stars	2
5	Bertrand Grospellier	Paris Aviators	1
6	Andrey Pateychuk	London Royals	0


Match 3	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Anton Wigg	San Francisco Rush	7
2	Mike McDonald	Montreal Nationals	5
3	Chance Kornuth	L.A. Sunset	3
4	Chris Moneymaker	Las Vegas Moneymakers	2
5	Jason Mercier	New York Rounders	1
6	Darren Elias	Sao Paulo Mets	0


Match 4	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Anton Wigg	San Francisco Rush	7
2	Darren Elias	Sao Paulo Mets	5
3	Chris Moneymaker	Las Vegas Moneymakers	3
4	Jason Mercier	New York Rounders	2
5	Mike McDonald	Montreal Nationals	1
6	Chance Kornuth	L.A. Sunset	0


Match 5	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Igor Kurganov	London Royals	2	6
Randy Lew	Hong Kong Stars	1	3


Match 6	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Timothy Adams	Rome Emperors	3	9
George Danzer	Paris Aviators	0	0


Match 7	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Andrey Pateychuk	Moscow Wolverines	1	3
Daniel Cates	Berlin Bears	2	6


Match 8	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Xuan Liu	Montreal Nationals	0	0
Jason Wheeler	New York Rounders	3	9


Match 9	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Chance Kornuth	L.A. Sunset	0	0
Thiago Nishijima	Sao Paulo Mets	3	9


Match 10	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Phil Galfond	San Francisco Rush	1	3
Jonathan Little	Las Vegas Moneymakers	2	6

Standings

Place	Team	Points	Wins
Americas Conference
1	Montreal Nationals	187	18
2	L.A. Sunset	176	18
3	Sao Paulo Mets	168	14
4	San Francisco Rush	149	17
5	New York Rounders	149	12
6	Las Vegas Moneymakers	122	11

Eurasia Conference
Place	Team	Points	Wins
1	Moscow Wolverines	156	12
2	London Royals	147	14
3	Hong Kong Stars	146	11
4	Berlin Bears	145	12
5	Paris Aviators	144	13
6	Rome Emperors	142	10

Next Week's Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Match
Oct. 18	12 p.m.	Paris Aviators vs. Hong Kong Stars
	2:30 p.m.	Rome Emperors vs. Moscow Wolverines
	5 p.m.	London Royal vs. Berlin Bears
Oct. 19	12 p.m.	London Royals vs. Moscow Wolverines
	2:30 p.m.	Paris Aviators vs. Berlin Bears
	5 p.m.	Rome Emperors vs. Hong Kong Stars
Oct. 20	1 p.m.	New York Rounders vs. San Francisco Rush
	3:30 p.m.	Montreal Nationals vs. Sao Paulo Mets
	6 p.m.	Las Vegas Moneymakers vs. L.A. Sunset