GPL Results, Standings, and Schedule After Week 7

May 21, 2016

Mo Nuwwarah

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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.

The Montreal Nationals entered Week 7 four points back of the first-place New York Rounders in the Americas Conference, but by week's end they changed that in a big way as a big 15-point showing propelled them to first place and a six-point lead. It was mainly due to Mike McDonald, as the legendary tournament grinder nominated himself to sit in for a couple of six-max matches. He turned in a win and a second-place showing, coming only a heads-up loss to Scott Ball of the Las Vegas Moneymakers from sweeping the board. Then, Pascal Lefrançois fell to San Francisco Rush's Jonathan Jaffe but did salvage three points in a 2-1 loss.

The flip side of that surge by the Nationals was a down week from the Rounders, as they secured a conference-low eight points, contributing greatly to their slippage. Tyler Kenney took just two points away from a pair of six-max matches, finishing fourth and sixth. Jason Wheeler righted the ship somewhat with a 2-1 victory over Jake Cody of the Las Vegas Moneymakers.

Hong Kong Stars remain in fourth place in Eurasia Conference, but a 16-point week has them moving from 24 points back of the conference lead to just 13 points back. They trotted out Dong Guo, who has been on a nice little run since a 29th-place finish in the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2014, and he delivered in a pair of six-max matches. He was unable to secure a victory, but going runner-up to Alex Luneau and Chris Moorman netted him 10 points. Then, Weiyi Zhang topped Andrey Pateychuk for 2-1 for another six points.

As with Americas, the low-scoring team this week in Eurasia was actually the first-place squad, in this case the Moscow Wolverines. Igor Yaroshevsky was unable to make much headway in the six-max portion of the week as he booked a fourth and a sixth for a total of two points. Pateychuk didn't fare any better in his 2-1 loss to Zhang in the aforementioned match, bringing the team's total to five points. As a result, the Wolverines saw their lead in the conference shrink from 14 points to eight over the London Royals.

Week 7 Results

Place	Player	Team	Points
Match 1	6-Max
1	Alexandre Luneau	Paris Aviators	7
2	Dong Guo	Hong Kong Stars	5
3	Sorel Mizzi	Berlin Bears	3
4	Igor Yaroshevsky	Moscow Wolverines	2
5	Chris Moorman	London Royals	1
6	Todd Brunson	Rome Emperors	0


Match 2	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Chris Moorman	London Royals	7
2	Dong Guo	Hong Kong Stars	5
3	Alexandre Luneau	Paris Aviators	3
4	Sorel Mizzi	Berlin Bears	2
5	Todd Brunson	Rome Emperors	1
6	Igor Yaroshevsky		Moscow Wolverines


Match 3	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Scott Ball	Las Vegas Moneymakers	7
2	Mike McDonald	Montreal Nationals	5
3	Fedor Holz	L.A. Sunset	3
4	Tyler Kenney	New York Rounders	2
5	Phil Galfond	San Francisco Rush	1
6	Felipe Ramos	Sao Paulo Mets	0


Match 4	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Mike McDonald	Montreal Nationals	7
2	Fedor Holz	L.A. Sunset	5
3	Phil Galfond	San Francisco Rush	3
4	Felipe Ramos	Sao Paulo Mets	2
5	Scott Ball	Las Vegas Moneymakers	1
6	Tyler Kenney	New York Rounders	0


Match 5	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Weiyi Zhang	Hong Kong Stars	2	6
Andrey Pateychuk	Moscow Wolverines	1	3


Match 6	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Dario Sammartino	Rome Emperors	2	6
Igor Kurganov	London Royals	1	3


Match 7	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Sorel Mizzi	Berlin Bears	3	9
Davidi Kitai	Paris Aviators	0	0


Match 8	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Jason Wheeler	New York Rounders	2	6
Jake Cody	Las Vegas Moneymakers	1	3


Match 9	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Olivier Busquet	LA Sunset	1	3
Felipe Ramos	Sao Paulo Mets	2	6


Match 10	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Pascal Lefrançois	Montreal Nationals	1	3
Jonathan Jaffe	San Francisco Rush	2	6

Standings

Place	Team	Points	Wins
Americas Conference
1	Montreal Nationals	87	8
2	New York Rounders	81	7
3	L.A. Sunset	79	6
4	Sao Paulo Metropolitans	70	5
5	Las Vegas Moneymakers	63	3
6	San Francisco Rush	61	6

Eurasia Conference
Place	Team	Points	Wins
1	Moscow Wolverines	87	8
2	London Royals	79	8
3	Paris Aviators	78	8
4	Hong Kong Stars	74	5
5	Berlin Bears	64	3
6	Rome Emperors	58	2

Next Week's Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Match
May 24	12 p.m.	Eurasia 6-Max
	1:40 p.m.	Eurasia 6-Max
	3:30 p.m.	Americas 6-Max
	5:10 p.m.	Americas 6-Max
May 25	12 p.m.	Paris Aviators vs. Hong Kong Stars
	2:30 p.m.	London Royals vs. Moscow Wolverines
	5 p.m.	Rome Emperors vs. Berlin Bears
May 26	1 p.m.	Sao Paulo Mets vs. San Francisco Rush
	3:30 p.m.	Montreal Nationals vs. Las Vegas Moneymakers
	6 p.m.	L.A. Sunset vs. New York Rounders