Nominations for the 3rd Global Poker Awards

The nominations for the 3rd Global Poker Awards were announced this night. A panel of poker insiders, media and fans nominated four candidates each in numerous categories in two rounds of voting.

The awards will be presented on 18 February and prizes will be awarded in 26 categories. Among them are three People’s Choice Awards, which are determined exclusively by a vote from the fans.
The three winners, who will be determined via the GPI ranking, have already been announced:

• GPI Player of the Year: Ali Imsirovic
• GPI Player of the Year: Nadya Magnus
• GPI Mid Major Player of the Year: David Mzareulov

All Nominees

Players

Best Final Table Performance

• Koray Aldemir (Germany), WSOP Main Event
• Jeremy Ausmus (USA), WSOP PLO High Roller
• Daniel “Jungleman” Cates (USA), WSOP 50K Poker Players Championship
• Adam Friedman (USA), WSOP 10K Dealer’s Choice 6-Max Championship

Breakout Player

• Christopher Brewer (USA)
• Kyna England (USA)
• Johan Guilbert (France)
• Vanessa Kade (Canada)

Players Choice: Toughest Opponent

• Michael Addamo (Australia)
• Stephen Chidwick (England)
• Ali Imsirovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
• David Peters (USA)

Media

Twitter Personality

• Will Jaffe (USA)
• Jamie Kerstetter (USA)
• Kitty Kuo (Taiwan)
• Kevin Mathers (USA)

Best Streamer

• Kevin Martin “kevinmartin” (Canada)
• Benjamin Spragg “Spraggy” (England)
• Jonathan Van Fleet “apestylespoker” (USA)
• Lex Veldhuis “LexVeldhuis” (Netherlands)

Best Vlogger

• Jaman Burton (USA)
• Ryan Depaulo (USA)
• Brad Owen (USA)
• Ethan “Rampage” Yau (USA)

Best Podcast

• Poker in the Ears (James Hartigan, Joseph Stapleton for PokerStars)
• The Chip Race Poker Podcast (David Lappin, Dara O’Kearney for Unibet Poker)
• The Doug Polk Podcast (Doug Polk)
• The Heart of Poker (Kara Scott)

Best Broadcaster

• Jamie Kerstetter (USA)
• Ali Nejad (USA)
• Jeff Platt (USA)
• Joseph Stapleton (USA)

Best Live Reporter

• Merom “Mickey” Doft (USA)
• Timothy Duckworth (Australia)
• Chad Holloway (USA)
• Christian Zetszche (Germany)

Best Media Content: Written

• Lance Bradley (Canada) for PocketFives: Isai Scheinberg: His Company, His Legacy, and How Black Friday Impacted Both
• Alex O’Brien (Germany) for BBC: How a $10k poker win changed how I think
• D’Arcy Maine (USA) for ESPN.com: While battling brain cancer, Michael Graydon lives World Series of Poker dream
• Charles Rabin (USA) for Miami Herald: From immigration ‘cage’ to newest poker champ at Hard Rock. An Afghan refugee’s luck turns

Best Media Content: Photo

• Antonio Abrego (USA) for PokerGO: Adam Friedman defeats Phil Hellmuth for 3^rd straight WSOP 10K Dealers Choice title
• Hayley Hochstetler (USA): The End of an Era
• Enrique Malfavon (USA) for PokerGO: The WSOP Main Event Bubble Bursts
• Danny Maxwell (Ireland) for PokerNews/WSOP: Brandon Shack-Harris and his umbrella at WSOP

Best Media Content: Video

• Paul Guyer & Andrew Neeme (USA): The Villain Who Stole Christmas
• Last Call Pokeridokumentii (Finland)
• Jeff Platt (USA) for PokerGO: “Stand Up for Me, Please!”
• Remko Rinkema (Netherlands) for PokerGO: Run it Back with Stefanie Ungar
• Run It Once: Meet The Jungleman

Industry

Best Industry Person

• Tony Burns (USA)
• Jack Effel (USA)
• Mori Eskandani (Iran/USA)
• Matt Savage (USA)

Best Tournament Director

• Paul Campbell (USA)
• Justin Hammer (USA)
• Ray Pulford (USA)
• Andy Tillman (USA)

Best Event

• Seminole Hard Rock Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Opening Event
• World Series of Poker Main Event
• Wynn Mystery Bounty (Summer 2021)
• Wynn Millions

Fans Choice

Best Hand

• Daniel “Jungleman” Cates (USA) gets Leng to fold in 50K PPC
• Doug Polk (USA) makes epic fold vs. Phil Hellmuth on High Stakes Poker
• Nicholas Rigby (USA) pulls monster bluff during late stages of WSOP Main Event
• Quads over Quads on Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event (Chang Liu vs Ugur Secilmis)

Best Trophy

• Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup
• MSPT South Dakota State Championship
• Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship
• WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast

Poker Personality

• Johan “YoH ViraL” Guilbert (France)
• Greg “Greg Goes All In” Liow (Canada)
• Jonathan Little (USA)
• Masato Yokosawa (Japan)

» Vote for the Poker Personality here until Jan 26th