Competition & Event Schedule

GPM Timeline final

March 20th 2015

12:00 PM – 1:30 AM – The Playoffs Commence
- Playoff Round 1: 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM
- Playoff Round 2: 2:45 PM – 5:15 PM
- Playoff Round 3: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Playoff Round 4: 8:15 PM – 10:45 PM
- Playoff Round 5: 11:00 PM – 1:30 AM

1:30 AM – 1:45 AM – All Point totals totaled, end-of-day team rankings announced and following are decided:
- Playoffs Winner – This team advances directly to The Semifinals & collects the Playoffs Winner’s Bonus.
- Playoffs Elimination – The Team which comes 8th in points is officially eliminated from the 2015 Global Poker Masters.
- Official Quarterfinals (Heads-Up Matches) Bracket Released – Bracket follows a standard ‘seed’ sports tournament structure based off of remaining Teams’ finishing positions at the conclusion of The Playoffs (w/ the exclusion of the Playoffs’ Winner – who receives a ‘bye’ directly into The Semifinals). Heads-Up Matches will be organized as such:
  - 2nd place Team vs. 7th place Team (concurrent ‘best of 3’ Heads up matches)
  - 3rd place Team vs. 6th place Team (concurrent ‘best of 3’ Heads up matches)
  - 4th place Team vs. 5th place Team (concurrent ‘best of 3’ Heads up matches)

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM – Seat draws for Quarterfinal Heads-Up Matches:
- 2nd place Team vs. 7th place Team
- 3rd place Team vs. 6th place Team
- 4th place Team vs. 5th place Team

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Quarterfinals play begins. This is a single timed Heat – all Players will have 3 Hours total to finish

3:05 PM – 3:20 PM – Quarterfinals play concludes. All Point totals totalled and following announcements made:
- Quarterfinals Winners – These teams advance to The Semifinals (6-Max Final Table).
- Quarterfinals Elimination – The Team which comes 8th in points is officially eliminated from the 2015 Global Poker Masters.

3:30 PM – 7:30 PM – Semifinals play begins. This is a single timed Heat – players will have 4 Hours total to play. The Semifinals continue until:
- Scenario 1: Action is Heads-Up w/ 2 players left.
- Scenario 2: The 4 hour time limit for the Semifinals is reached. In this case the top 2 stacks will continue on to the Global Poker Masters Finals – with all other Teams Eliminated.

7:45 PM – End of Event – The Finals begin and run until one of the 2 remaining Teams’ players have won 3 out of 5 concurrent Heads-Up matches – this team is crowned Champion of the 2015 Global Poker Masters.