GPL Results After Week 9: Moneymakers Languish, Wolverines Continue Leading

Mo Nuwwarah

Sep 23, 2016 4 min read Last updated Apr 21, 2020

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 top-scoring team in the Americas Conference was the New York Rounders, and it was none other than World Series of Poker superstar Jason Mercier leading the way for his team. In two six-max matches, Mercier came first and second, with only a heads-up loss to Maria Ho in the first game costing him the maximum points. Tom Marchese was selected for the heads-up round, and he had a matchup with Byron Kaverman, whom Mercier bested to win his six-max. This time, the Sao Paulo Mets got the better of the Rounders in a 2-1 win, so Marchese only salvaged three points.

The Las Vegas Moneymakers came into the week occupying the basement in the conference, and that's where they remain after a five-point performance, only this time they're 13 points behind the fifth-place San Francisco Rush. Top poker streamer Scott Ball was the team's six-max competitor. He managed just a fourth-place finish for a couple of points before bombing out in sixth in the second match. Jake Cody didn't fare much better in a 2-1 loss to Jonathan Jaffe, falling despite taking the first of three matches. The Moneymakers are now more than 50 points behind the first-place Montreal Nationals.

The rich got richer in the Eurasia Conference as the first-place Moscow Wolverines slightly broadened their lead over the London Royals, putting up 14 to the Royals' 13. Igor Yaroshevsky put in a solid effort with a third and a second, falling to Guo Dong heads up in the second six-max. Then, team captain Anatoly Filatov bested George Danzer of the Paris Aviators 2-1 to keep his team out in front of the field and even increase their lead.

In the middle of the Eurasia pack, the Hong Kong Stars had a chance to shorten the gap between their third-place squad and the clear top two teams, but a seven-point week derailed those hopes. All seven came courtesy of the aforementioned Dong, who needed that win to salvage a basement finish in the other six-max. Weiyi Zhang got swept by Timothy Adams in the heads-up round, so that Dong victory in the six-max was truly a saving grace for this team. Without that win, the team would have slipped behind the Aviators in the standings.

Week 9 Results

Place	Player	Team	Points
Match 1	6-Max
1	Dominik Nitsche	Berlin Bears	7
2	Dario Sammartino	Rome Emperors	5
3	Igor Yaroshevsky	Moscow Wolverines	3
4	Liv Boeree	London Royals	2
5	Alex Luneau	Paris Aviators	1
6	Guo Dong	Hong Kong Stars	0


Match 2	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Guo Dong	Hong Kong Stars	7
2	Igor Yaroshevsky	Moscow Wolverines	5
3	Alex Luneau	Paris Aviators	3
4	Liv Boeree	London Royals	2
5	Dominik Nitsche	Berlin Bears	1
6	Dario Sammartino	Rome Emperors	0


Match 3	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Maria Ho	L.A. Sunset	7
2	Jason Mercier	New York Rounders	5
3	Byron Kaverman	Sao Paulo Mets	3
4	Scott Ball	Las Vegas Moneymakers	2
5	Kitty Kuo	San Francisco Rush	1
6	Xuan Liu	Montreal Nationals	0


Match 4	6-Max
Place	Player	Team	Points
1	Jason Mercier	New York Rounders	7
2	Byron Kaverman	Sao Paulo Mets	5
3	Maria Ho	L.A. Sunset	3
4	Xuan Liu	Montreal Nationals	2
5	Kitty Kuo	San Francisco Rush	1
6	Scott Ball	Las Vegas Moneymakers	0


Match 5	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Weiyi Zhang	Hong Kong Stars	0	0
Timothy Adams	Rome Emperors	3	9


Match 6	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
George Danzer	Paris Aviators	1	3
Anatoly Filatov	Moscow Wolverines	2	6


Match 7	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Dominik Nitsche	Berlin Bears	0	0
Justin Bonomo	London Royals	3	9


Match 8	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Olivier Busquet	L.A. Sunset	1	3
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	Montreal Nationals	2	6


Match 9	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Tom Marchese	New York Rounders	1	3
Byron Kaverman	Sao Paulo Mets	2	6


Match 10	Heads-Up
Player	Team	Wins	Points
Jake Cody	Las Vegas Moneymakers	1	3
Jonathan Jaffe	San Francisco Rush	2	6

Standings

Place	Team	Points	Wins
Americas Conference
1	Montreal Nationals	153	16
2	L.A. Sunset	147	15
3	Sao Paulo Mets	126	10
4	New York Rounders	123	10
5	San Francisco Rush	113	11
6	Las Vegas Moneymakers	100	7

Eurasia Conference
Place	Team	Points	Wins
1	Moscow Wolverines	136	12
2	London Royals	122	12
3	Hong Kong Stars	113	8
4	Paris Aviators	111	10
5	Rome Emperors	110	8
6	Berlin Bears	100	7

Next Week's Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Match
Sept. 27	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
Sept. 28	12 p.m.	Berlin Bears vs. Hong Kong Stars
	2:30 p.m.	Rome Emperors vs. Moscow Wolverines
	5 p.m.	London Royals vs. Paris Aviators
Sept. 29	1 p.m.	Sao Paulo Mets vs. Las Vegas Moneymakers
	3:30 p.m.	Montreal Nationals vs. New York Rounders
	6 p.m.	L.A. Sunset vs. San Francisco Rush