As the curtain is about to rise on the draft for the first ever Global Poker League, we take a look at this new innovation in the world of poker and the Asian pros who will be taking part. In order to be draft eligible, players in the top 1,000 of the GPI needed to confirm their interest in joining the GPL. The draft will be hosted on february 25th. There are 203 players eligible and available for the draft, worldwide, with 12 teams looking to draft in their team of pros. This represents an exciting turnout of players who will represent 33 different countries.
12 teams and 203 players in position to be drafted
7 Asian pros in position to be drafted
Celina Lin has already been announced as team manager of the Hong Kong Stars, and the following Asian pros remain open to be drafted by Lin, or any other team captain – Phong “Turbo” Nguyen, Weiyi Zhang, Terry Fan, Diwei “Bryan” Huang, Li-Ta Hsu, Kitty Kuo, and Raiden Kan.
Read more about the 12 teams: Global Poker League: 12 teams and managers announced
Read more about the Global Poker league: Will the Global Poker League change televised poker forever?
Here's the full list of the 203 draft-eligible players:
| Player | Nationality | GPI Rank | Live Earnings | Online Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Kaverman | USA | 1 | $6,757,855 | — |
| Anthony Zinno | USA | 3 | $5,337,383 | — |
| Kevin MacPhee | USA | 5 | $5,424,937 | $7,118,382 |
| Jason Mercier | USA | 6 | $16,356,296 | $2,001,750 |
| Fedor Holz | GER | 9 | $7,549,491 | — |
| Davidi Kitai | BEL | 10 | $6,757,706 | $448,657 |
| Dominik Nitsche | GER | 13 | $5,164,231 | $3,398,488 |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | POL | 16 | $4,190,393 | — |
| Mike McDonald | CAN | 18 | $12,949,811 | $2,940,067 |
| Jonathan Duhamel | CAN | 21 | $17,592,802 | — |
| Thomas Marchese | USA | 24 | $12,404,012 | — |
| Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 25 | $2,613,573 | $327,067 |
| Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 31 | $5,497,875 | $4,203,118 |
| Sam Greenwood | CAN | 33 | $2,798,230 | $3,653,541 |
| Igor Yaroshevskyy | UKR | 34 | $1,695,666 | — |
| Darren Elias | USA | 35 | $3,505,319 | $3,646,815 |
| Jason Wheeler | USA | 36 | $2,298,881 | — |
| Brian Rast | USA | 38 | $16,313,290 | — |
| Dario Sammartino | ITA | 39 | $3,251,024 | — |
| Niall Farrell | SCO | 41 | $1,939,694 | $2,456,781 |
| Vladimir Troyanovskiy | RUS | 42 | $4,199,228 | — |
| Scott Clements | USA | 44 | $6,975,297 | $3,717,126 |
| Ankush Mandavia | USA | 45 | $2,316,280 | $2,773,923 |
| Mike Leah | CAN | 48 | $5,040,388 | $2,762,255 |
| Jared Jaffee | USA | 49 | $2,730,423 | — |
| Ismael Bojang | AUT | 51 | $1,870,754 | — |
| Hans Winzeler | USA | 53 | $2,009,527 | — |
| David Yan | NZL | 57 | $1,580,140 | $829,705 |
| Shannon Shorr | USA | 59 | $6,052,301 | — |
| Michael Wang | USA | 66 | $1,433,921 | $1,001,503 |
| Andrew Chen | CAN | 67 | $4,652,583 | $1,993,787 |
| Mohsin Charania | USA | 71 | $4,724,869 | — |
| Jeremy Ausmus | USA | 75 | $4,788,806 | — |
| Sylvain Loosli | FRA | 76 | $4,857,533 | — |
| Samuel Chartier | CAN | 77 | $2,455,530 | — |
| Jeff Madsen | USA | 80 | $5,147,837 | — |
| Brian Yoon | USA | 81 | $2,788,075 | — |
| Scott Davies | USA | 86 | $1,536,893 | — |
| Nipun Java | IND | 87 | $1,654,477 | — |
| Justin Bonomo | USA | 88 | $9,690,053 | — |
| Vladimir Dobrovolskiy | RUS | 90 | $803,830 | — |
| Christian Harder | USA | 99 | $3,616,452 | $3,239,083 |
| Kiryl Radzivonau | BLR | 103 | $1,534,334 | $868,103 |
| Jonathan Little | USA | 106 | $6,257,741 | $1,053,162 |
| Sorel Mizzi | CAN | 110 | $11,148,823 | — |
| Govert Metaal | NED | 115 | $2,117,699 | — |
| Andrey Pateychuk | RUS | 116 | $2,873,717 | — |
| Ben Yu | USA | 121 | $1,582,932 | $42,575 |
| Matthew Glantz | USA | 133 | $6,021,692 | — |
| Igor Kurganov | RUS | 137 | $10,218,893 | — |
| Jussi Nevanlinna | FIN | 140 | $1,843,978 | — |
| Ricardo Alvarado | USA | 143 | $434,651 | — |
| Oliver Price | ENG | 145 | $1,465,232 | — |
| Upeshka De Silva | USA | 149 | $1,010,803 | — |
| Aaron Mermelstein | USA | 150 | $1,326,382 | — |
| Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 151 | $1,791,157 | — |
| Sam Stein | USA | 153 | $4,601,497 | $1,611,926 |
| Jake Schwartz | USA | 154 | $985,822 | — |
| Erwann Pecheux | FRA | 155 | $1,169,511 | — |
| Allen Kessler | USA | 163 | $3,229,616 | — |
| Aleksandr Gofman | RUS | 169 | $873,576 | — |
| Justin Young | USA | 172 | $3,651,893 | — |
| Max Silver | USA | 175 | $2,358,622 | — |
| Alex Rocha | USA | 186 | $763,079 | — |
| Jose Carlos Garcia | POL | 189 | $1,183,077 | $1,973,897 |
| Bertrand Grospellier | FRA | 192 | $10,922,427 | — |
| Jeffrey Gross | USA | 193 | $2,450,671 | $522,393 |
| David Baker | USA | 197 | $3,767,257 | — |
| Christopher DeMaci | USA | 198 | $2,026,257 | — |
| Justin Liberto | USA | 204 | $1,833,347 | $147,690 |
| George Danzer | GER | 205 | $2,249,980 | — |
| Rep Porter | USA | 206 | $2,900,670 | — |
| Dani Stern | USA | 210 | $2,733,207 | $1,763,804 |
| David Vamplew | SCO | 215 | $3,599,940 | $1,970,537 |
| Justin Oliver | USA | 216 | $911,087 | — |
| Raiden Kan | HKG | 220 | $866,303 | — |
| Javier Zarco | ESP | 223 | $1,204,811 | — |
| Chance Kornuth | USA | 228 | $3,241,176 | $1,762,732 |
| Noah Bronstein | USA | 230 | $526,940 | — |
| Timothy Reilly | USA | 232 | $821,795 | $1,171,445 |
| Christopher Tryba | USA | 235 | $1,655,716 | — |
| Iliodoros Kamatakis | GRE | 239 | $623,682 | — |
| Walter Treccarichi | ITA | 249 | $819,052 | — |
| Thomas Butzhammer | GER | 250 | $1,124,432 | — |
| Tobias Peters | NED | 256 | $851,826 | — |
| Chris Hunichen | USA | 264 | $1,201,785 | $8,136,397 |
| Iaron Lightbourne | ENG | 266 | $1,208,280 | — |
| Benjamin Keeline | USA | 268 | $562,337 | — |
| Leo Wolpert | USA | 272 | $1,631,600 | $992,529 |
| Martin Jacobson | SWE | 273 | $15,045,724 | — |
| Matthew Salsberg | CAN | 277 | $1,948,129 | — |
| Joseph Ebanks | USA | 278 | $3,107,576 | — |
| John Holley | USA | 279 | $1,391,384 | — |
| Scott Baumstein | USA | 281 | $1,477,398 | — |
| David Paredes | USA | 309 | $2,270,126 | — |
| Felix Bleiker | SWI | 291 | $545,508 | — |
| Michael Laake | USA | 293 | $704,645 | — |
| Diogo Cardoso | POR | 294 | $532,175 | — |
| Joseph Couden | USA | 295 | $1,090,210 | — |
| Jordan Cristos | USA | 297 | $613,355 | $1,064,411 |
| David Tuthill | ENG | 300 | $1,448,234 | — |
| Seth Berger | USA | 301 | $1,005,125 | — |
| Jonathan Karamalikis | AUS | 304 | $2,567,014 | $5,812,977 |
| Isaac Baron | USA | 305 | $5,364,815 | — |
| Anton Wigg | SWE | 306 | $1,995,352 | $6,178,797 |
| Kitty Kuo | TAI | 308 | $1,091,426 | — |
| Noah Schwartz | USA | 316 | $5,264,152 | $780,358 |
| Eugene Katchalov | UKR | 317 | $8,669,109 | — |
| Yung Hwang | USA | 319 | $1,731,468 | — |
| Vanessa Selbst | USA | 321 | $11,728,256 | — |
| Ryan Van Sanford | USA | 323 | $840,175 | — |
| Chad Eveslage | USA | 325 | $667,597 | $3,304,103 |
| Matthew Affleck | USA | 333 | $1,782,928 | — |
| Manig Loeser | GER | 337 | $1,563,516 | — |
| Darren Rabinowitz | USA | 340 | $1,164,160 | $87,935 |
| Kelly Minkin | USA | 342 | $779,519 | — |
| Natasha Barbour | CAN | 347 | $688,855 | — |
| Christopher Klodnicki | USA | 353 | $8,286,614 | — |
| Rocco Palumbo | ITA | 354 | $1,693,398 | $3,373,454 |
| Timothy Adams | CAN | 355 | $2,546,978 | $1,403,178 |
| Iacopo Brandi | ITA | 356 | $337,148 | — |
| Xuan Liu | CAN | 359 | $1,649,190 | — |
| Mike Gorodinsky | USA | 361 | $2,616,750 | — |
| Konstantin Puchkov | RUS | 362 | $2,364,898 | — |
| Jake Cody | ENG | 363 | $4,132,822 | $697,494 |
| Dong Guo | CHN | 372 | $554,374 | — |
| Daniel Weinman | USA | 373 | $1,211,132 | — |
| Thiago Nishijima | BRA | 374 | $1,784,213 | — |
| Bryan Paris | USA | 380 | $705,804 | — |
| Nick Pupillo | USA | 381 | $635,441 | — |
| Justin Schwartz | USA | 384 | $1,123,924 | $3,042 |
| Jason Les | USA | 403 | $1,029,967 | — |
| Antonio Buonanno | ITA | 405 | $2,345,771 | — |
| Adam Owen | UK | 408 | $305,147 | — |
| Andrea Dato | ITA | 409 | $1,719,798 | — |
| Samuel Panzica | USA | 411 | $731,845 | — |
| Emil Patel | USA | 427 | $670,937 | — |
| Pieter de Korver | NED | 432 | $4,075,231 | — |
| Antonio Esfandiari | USA | 434 | $26,495,567 | — |
| Alexander Ivarsson | SWE | 438 | $391,513 | — |
| Ben Winsor | ENG | 450 | $622,568 | — |
| Jesse Sylvia | USA | 451 | $5,987,767 | — |
| Nikolay Fal | RUS | 468 | $224,411 | $635,168 |
| Li-Ta Hsu | TPE | 471 | $313,665 | — |
| Esther Taylor-Brady | USA | 481 | $556,610 | — |
| Diwei Bryan Huang | SIN | 486 | $854,703 | $335,550 |
| Alexandru Masek | USA | 492 | $1,306,752 | — |
| Joao Pires Simao | BRA | 493 | $508,033 | — |
| James Rann | ENG | 494 | $550,886 | $221,883 |
| Ray Henson | USA | 517 | $2,019,553 | — |
| Anthony Gregg | USA | 522 | $10,476,457 | — |
| Jared Griener | USA | 533 | $383,117 | — |
| Maxx Coleman | USA | 534 | $1,201,594 | — |
| Daniel Strelitz | USA | 538 | $1,038,680 | $1,412,310 |
| Jonas Lauck | GER | 540 | $1,137,266 | $733,646 |
| Valentin Vornicu | ROM | 558 | $482,454 | $178,360 |
| Shawn Buchanan | CAN | 566 | $5,902,874 | — |
| Dara O'Kearney | IRL | 571 | $747,503 | $1,884,206 |
| Nicolau Villa-Lobos | BRA | 573 | $1,160,434 | — |
| Jason Mo | USA | 589 | $1,806,754 | — |
| Phil Galfond | USA | 594 | $2,339,619 | — |
| Oleksandr Gnatenko | URK | 600 | $574,052 | $868,763 |
| Felipe "Mojave" Ramos | BRA | 606 | $969,051 | $701,286 |
| Sergey Lebedev | RUS | 612 | $1,087,222 | — |
| Kou Vang | USA | 616 | $892,601 | $82,883 |
| Terry Fan | TAI | 624 | $715,496 | — |
| Jerry Wong | USA | 641 | $1,299,996 | — |
| Olov Jansson | SWE | 645 | $153,367 | — |
| Keith Lehr | USA | 649 | $2,736,773 | — |
| Cate Hall | USA | 651 | $420,675 | — |
| Kenneth Aldridge | USA | 656 | $1,280,877 | $30,538 |
| Fabrizio Gonzalez Cataldi | ARG | 660 | $1,175,430 | — |
| Dmitry Vitkind | RUS | 672 | $1,290,923 | $628,228 |
| Jason Helder | USA | 703 | $1,717,441 | — |
| James Collopy | USA | 713 | $1,251,342 | — |
| David Nowling | USA | 720 | $184,692 | — |
| Matthew Schultz | USA | 733 | $406,720 | $584 |
| Gianluca Escobar | ITA | 747 | $243,329 | $923,354 |
| Aaron Overton | USA | 748 | $678,478 | — |
| William Foxen | USA | 757 | $183,920 | $552,446 |
| Brian Benhamou | FRA | 762 | $616,564 | — |
| Jonathan Roy | CAN | 765 | $2,087,523 | — |
| Peter Eichhardt | SWE | 769 | $820,570 | — |
| Carlos Chadha | USA | 785 | $471,832 | — |
| Chris Moorman | ENG | 793 | $4,107,768 | $12,963,272 |
| Guillaume Diaz | FRA | 795 | $372,351 | — |
| Weiyi Zhang | CHN | 823 | $253,446 | — |
| Andrey Kotelnikov | RUS | 834 | $200,126 | — |
| Phong 'Turbo' Nguyen | USA | 836 | $980,570 | — |
| Romain Lewis | FRA | 847 | $216,455 | — |
| William Reynolds | USA | 871 | $1,808,446 | $1,698,059 |
| Muhamet Perati | ALB | 875 | $416,232 | — |
| Clyde Tjauw For | NED | 885 | $517,335 | — |
| Fatima Moreira de Melo | NED | 891 | $440,228 | — |
| Gregory Marcus | USA | 906 | $329,253 | — |
| Mark Radoja | CAN | 908 | $1,906,952 | — |
| Dylan Hortin | USA | 915 | $651,514 | — |
| Phillip Mcallister | ENG | 944 | $540,467 | $2,052,592 |
| Joe Tehan | USA | 955 | $4,287,302 | — |
| Guy Taylor | ENG | 961 | $136,769 | $337,208 |
| Luis Ferreira | BRA | 972 | $456,789 | — |
| Petr Jelinek | CZE | 987 | $343,023 | — |
Louis Hartwell
Graduated in Media Communication at the University of Lausanne, Louis Hartman is a co-founder of somuchpoker.com. He began his career in Cambodia as freelance journalist. In same time he was making his living by playing poker every night at that time. Intense learner, he read dozens of poker strategy books to improve his skills during many years. With a strong interest about poker "behind the scene" in Asia and his communication skills, Louis launched Somuchpoker in 2014.
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