Epic Poker League

[1] The League was exclusionary in that it was only open to poker players who met certain qualification criteria for multimillion-dollar lifetime earnings, multiple wins and/or cashes at high level tournaments, and who were supposed to maintain adherence to a specifically defined Code of Conduct.

In addition to the players who have a membership card, the final 9 finishers of each Pro-Am won entry into that tournament's Main Event.

While David Rheem won the first event on August 12, 2011, his membership in the league was placed on probation[7] one week later in light of chronic financial irresponsibility.

The season was scheduled to culminate in a League Championship in February 2012, which was due to feature the top 27 money winners from the first four tournaments.

At the time of entering into Chapter 11, both of the commissioners, Jeffrey Pollack and Annie Duke, stressed that the filing was a "reorganisation, not a liquidation," which would allow them to keep both the Epic Poker and GPI score assets.