The early goings of the Global Poker Masters World Cup have been slow, as expected. The value of having chips, and hanging around in the middle of the pack, is very valuable when looking at finishing in the Top 4.

After the first team will get knocked out, and therefor another will have a lot of chips, the pace of the play will obviously pick up as then there will be something to fight for. Busting out first may be the worst thing that can happen, but finishing in fifth will get you an equal amount of points.

Accumulating chips will become progressively more important as we get closer and closer to the end of the first heat, but for now it's a waiting game between the eight different countries.