The Global Poker League Summer Series sees LA Sunset player Aaron Paul make his debut against Paris Aviator Team Manager Fabrice Soulier, and Olivier Busquet is the league’s most valuable player at the end of Week 8.

The Global Poker League (GPL) moves into its second phase this week as Alex Dreyfus and the team set up camp in Las Vegas for a six-week program known as The Summer Series.

The GPL is huge. It might well be the future of our sport. But the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will always occupy the diaries of the top professional players in the game until Elon Musk eventually ships most of them to Mars to start learning how to plant potatoes.

The players were always going to be here, and so it made sense for the GPL HQ to move here. And move here they have (Check out Alex Dreyfus Twitter Account for all the photos) with the creation of The Cube. A soundproof glass box where the fans can see and hear the players, but the players can’t see or hear the fans.