Global Poker League Teams and Managers Announced

The team titles and managers for poker entrepreneur Alexandre Dreyfus' Global Poker League were announced by Mediarex Sports & Entertainment on Wednesday. Dreyfus previously publicized Chris Moneymaker's participation as a franchise holder in Las Vegas; however the remaining 11 teams' information was withheld. In total, there are 12 team managers and 5 of them come from PokerStars. These individuals must select their team members no later than February 25, 2016, Draft Day, which will be mc'd by poker player Kara Scott. Also, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu have signed on to become analysts for the show. “Today is an exciting day in Global Poker League history, the confirmation of our team managers is a crucial step towards our goal. We've secured an incredible amount of talented leaders to represent our 12 franchise teams as well as strong intent from some of the world's best poker players to make themselves draftable on 25th February. We're looking forward to what the next few months and the inaugural season of the Global Poker League will bring for fans across the globe,” said Dreyfus in a press release. Team and manager list: 1. Berlin Bears Team Manager: Philipp Gruissem 2. Hong Kong Stars Team Manager: Celina Lin 3. Las Vegas Moneymakers Team Manager: Chris Moneymaker 4. London Royals Team Manager: Liv Boeree 5. Los Angeles Sunset Team Manager: Maria Ho 6. Montreal Nationals Team Manager: Marc-Andre Ladouceur 7. Moscow Wolverines Team Manager: Anataloy Filatov 8. New York Rounders Team Manager: Bryn Kenney 9. Paris Aviators Team Manager: Fabrice Soulier 10. Rome Emperors Team Manager: Max Pescatori 11. San Francisco Rush Team Manager: Faraz Jaka 12. Sao Paulo Metropolitans Team Manager: Andre Akkari