Welcome to Day 2 of the Global Poker Masters, the Day A Champion is Crowned
After a hectic but exciting playoff day yesterday, today it's time to play down to a champion. Team United States guaranteed themselves a place in the semis, and so skip the quarter-finals stage where the format is heads up. Team United Kingdom won't return today, they performed the poorest in the playoffs yesterday, and won't return.
The Quarter-Finals (12:00 p.m. - 3 p.m.)
With Team United Kingdom already eliminated yesterday, and Team United States leapfrogging directly into the semi-finals, we are now left with the 6 remaining teams in the quarter-finals all playing each other in a series of “Best out of 3” Heads-Up matches to determine which 5 teams will move onto the semi-finals and which team will be eliminated.
| Team Germany | (2nd | vs. | 7th) | Team Canada |
| Team Italy | (3rd | vs. | 6th) | Team Ukraine |
| Team Russia | (4th | vs. | 5th) | Team France |
Each Heads-Up match will be played by a different player of each competing team. This means each competing country will need to deliberate and decide which 3 of its teammates will represent them during Heads-Up play. At this stage, we don't know who will play for each country.
After a total of 9 Heads-Up matches, quarter-final points are tallied and combined with playoffs points to determine the semi-final chip count. The team with the lowest amount of point after the Playoffs & Quarter-finals is eliminated from the competition.
The Semi-Finals (3:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.)
After the Heads-Up quarter-finals are done, it's time for stage 3 of the Global Poker Masters. The Semi-Finals will start around 3:30 p.m. and play out as a 6-max sit-n-go’s, with 1 player each representing their nation & play down to a champion.
- The remaining 6 Nations each select a player to represent their team in the semi-finals. Play begins as normal deep stacked 6-Max action with each team’s starting stack dictated by how many points (chips) they were able to win as a team during the Playoffs & Quarterfinals.
- The semi-finals will last for 4 hours of play – or until action gets down to Heads-Up play.
- TBD: Teams may be able to “tag” one another in and out of play during the Semifinals.
The Finals (9:30 - midnight)
Once semifinal play gets down to heads-up action play pauses and all 10 remaining players split off into 5 heads-up matches simultaneously, each using their teams’ stack as it was at the conclusion of the semifinals.
- All remaining players participate concurrently, playing Heads-Up against opposing Team members w/ each side using their Teams’ end-of 6-Max Semifinal chip stacks to play.
- The GPM Finals play out until one of the 2 remaining Teams’ players have won 3 out of 5 concurrent Heads-Up matches - this team is crowned Champion of the 2015 Global Poker Masters.
Again, there's a live stream available the entire day via Twitch.tv. Of course PokerNews.com will be on sight to give you all the updates you can ask for. Play starts in about an hour time from now.