Lee Davy brings you his usual weekly round up of poker news including more news on the Global Poker League, the World Series of Poker contracting PokerFirma to look after Berlin, and much more.

Alexander Dreyfus and his team are about to change the face of poker. The Global Poker League (GPL) is looming large over the horizon. Every love is unique, and that’s a good thing. Dreyfus is in love with turning poker into an entertaining sport. He has his gloves on. It’s time to go to work.

The GPL will feature 12 teams, 60 players, 2 conferences; players will be paid to play, prize pools will be created based on revenue and merchandise sales, gameplay will be placed into fast forward mode, and the action will take place standing up, in a 20ft cube, in some of the greatest sporting and gaming arenas around the world.

“We need to create a poker product that focuses on the fans, not only on the players. We need to create poker fans and keep them engaged.” Said Dreyfus.