In this week’s poker news roundup we bring you up to speed on changes from the Global Poker League, Marcel Luske taking PokerStars to court, and Poker Central signing three new ambassadors.

The Global Poker League (GPL) Playoffs will not take place in San Diego, and the Championships won’t be at Wembley. Alex Dreyfus has told PokerNews that the two events will switch to Las Vegas and that the dates of the third chapter of the inaugural GPL will also change.

There are many reasons for the changes. Amongst them must be the costs and logistics of heaving a giant Cube around the world and the availability of the GPL stars and audience. Dreyfus told PokerNews that the Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) ‘smashed’ them during the spring resulting in a need to avoid future confrontations of a similar nature.

With all the major online poker sites hosting their biggest festivals in September, the European Poker Tour (EPT) festival in Barcelona, and the impending Burning Man festival, the GPL would have ended up woefully short of players.