Lee Davy reaches out to Sam Razavi to learn more about the forthcoming Poker Sports League in India, and wonders whether we will see more leagues springing up in the near future?

When Alex Dreyfus decided to change the face of poker by creating the Global Poker League (GPL) I thought that was the end of that. I assumed the greatest players in the world would sign up to play, and its success would help elevate the game to the fringes of popularity currently experienced by esports athletes.

I never expected someone else to take a cookie cutter to his process, but that’s what has happened after India’s Poker Sports League (PSL) held their Season 1 draft on the weekend.

As I wrote yesterday, India has a proven track record when it comes to turning something mundane into something magical. It revolutionised the world of cricket through the Indian Premier League (IPL), and who is to say they won’t be able to do the same with poker?