All five players on Team Canada are big names and top talents in poker. You might think this would bode well for the team, but heading into the GPM only Sorel Mizzi has been in any sort of form as of late.

Ami Barer and Andrew Chen both recorded their last live tournament cash in the Aussie Millions Main Event at the end of January, and Jonathan Duhamel's last big result was a win in a side event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure that same month. Duhamel did cash in the World Poker Tour Fallsview event in the middle of February, but he seems to have taken a step back from the world of high-stakes poker tournaments in recent months. With so many of the competitors regularly involved in the world of high-stakes tournament poker, this could put Duhamel at a disadvantage.

Marc-Andre Ladouceur's last live tournament result was back in November of last year, as he's mainly been sticking to his virtual guns as a member of Team PokerStars Pro Online.

The question we can't help but ask in regards to Team Canada is, do they care about this event? With so much poker action going on in Malta involving plenty of big buy-in events and a happening party scene on the island, it wouldn't surprise us if Canada took this event a bit less seriously than the others and was eliminated after the first day.