GPL Results, Standings, and Schedule After Week 7: Montreal Nationals Shine

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 Montreal Nationals entered Week 7 four points back of the first-place New York Rounders in the Americas Conference, but by week’s end they changed that in a big way as a big 15-point showing propelled them to first place and a six-point lead. It was mainly due to Team Manager Mike McDonald, as the legendary tournament grinder nominated himself to sit in for a couple of six-max matches. He turned in a win and a second-place showing, coming only a heads-up loss to Scott Ball of the Las Vegas Moneymakers from sweeping the board. Then, Pascal Lefrançois fell to San Francisco Rush’s Jonathan Jaffe but did salvage three points in a 2-1 loss.

The flip side of that …

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