2nd Annual Global Poker Awards: todos os premiados de 2019
O estúdio PokerGO foi o local onde a cerimónia de entrega do 2nd Annual Global Poker Awards, com a lista de nomeados conhecida e disponível para votação desde Janeiro deste ano, com primeiro destaque para a revalidação pelo casal Alex Foxen e Kristen Bicknell dos títulos de POY masculino e feminino, respectivamente, pelo segundo ano consecutivo. Para além do power couple, também Lex Veldhuis, Andrew Neeme e Drew Amato revalidaram os prémios de há um ano, com o circuito RUNGOOD Poker Series a também voltar a receber o prémio Mid-Major Tour/Circuit.
Nos novos prémios, Jamie Kerstetter foi a mais votada no Twitter Personality, Stehpen Chidwick o mais votado no Toughest Opponent e Ryan Riess recebeu o primeiro Hand of the Year, por este call. Mas o destaque principal poderá ficar com Joey Ingram, único vencedor de múltiplos prémios, acumulando Journalist of the Year e Media Content award para vídeo.
Antes de listarmos todos os vencedores, nota final para a escolha de Johnny Chan para o receber o primeiro Poker ICON award de Mori Enskandani.
2nd Annual Global Poker Awards
GPI BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- Robert Campbell (AUS)
- Ramon Colillas (ESP)
- Ben Farrell (UK)
- George Wolff (USA)
FINAL TABLE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
- Hossein Ensan (GER), WSOP Main Event
- William Alex Foxen (USA), WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
- Phillip Hui (USA), WSOP Poker Players Championship
- Bryn Kenney (USA), Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro
TWITTER PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
- Barny Boatman (UK)
- Jamie Kerstetter (USA)
- Kitty Kuo (TAI)
- Kevin Mathers (USA)
PLAYERS CHOICE FOR TOUGHEST OPPONENT
- Michael Addamo (AUS)
- Kahle Burns (AUS)
- Stephen Chidwick (UK)
- Ali Imsirovic (BIH)
STREAMER OF THE YEAR
- Hristivoje Pavlovic (AUS)
- Benjamin Spragg (UK)
- Matthew Staples (CAN)
- Lex Veldhuis (NED)
VLOGGER OF THE YEAR
- Jaman Burton (USA)
- Andrew Neeme (USA)
- Daniel Negreanu (CAN)
- Brad Owen (USA)
PODCAST OF THE YEAR
- DAT Poker Podcast: Terrence Chan, Ross Henry, Adam Schwartz, Daniel Negreanu (CAN)
- Poker Life Podcast: Joey Ingram (USA)
- The Fives, a PocketFives Podcast: Lance Bradley (CAN), Donnie Peters (USA)
- The Grid: Jennifer Shahade (USA)
INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE YEAR
- Phil Galfond (USA), Run it Once Poker
- Cary Katz (USA), Poker Central/PokerGO
- Paul Phua (MAS), Triton Poker
- Matt Savage (USA), WPT/TDA
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
- Tony Burns (USA), Semionle Hard Rock
- Paul Campbell (USA), Aria
- Jack Effel (USA), World Series of Poker
- Matt Savage (USA), WPT/TDA
EVENT OF THE YEAR
- PokerStars Players Championship Bahamas
- Triton London Million for Charity
- World Series of Poker Main Event
- World Series of Poker BIG 50
MID-MAJOR TOUR/CIRCUIT OF THE YEAR
- Road to PSPC
- RUNGOOD Poker Series
- WPTDeepStacks
- WSOP Circuit
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
- Lance Bradley (CAN)
- Haley Hintze (USA)
- Joey Ingram (USA)
- Nick Jones (UK)
BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
- Jamie Kerstetter (USA)
- Jeff Platt (USA)
- Nick Schulman (USA)
- Joseph Stapleton (USA)
MEDIA CONTENT OF THE YEAR: WRITTEN
- A Fight for Fatherhood: The Biggest Win of Jason Young’s Life, Lance Bradley (CAN) for PocketFives
- Kevin Roster Spread Sarcoma Awareness at WSOP, Wants to End Life on His Terms, Aleeyah Jadavji (CAN), Hayley Hochstetler (USA) for PokerNews
- Poker and Pop Culture, Martin Harris (USA) for D+B Publishing
- The Unabridged Story of The Hendon Mob, Paul Seaton (UK) for PokerNews
MEDIA CONTENT OF THE YEAR: PHOTO
- Antonio Abrego (USA): Ryan Laplante in deep thought at the WSOP (PokerNews)
- Drew Amato (USA): Dario Sammartino folds at the WSOP (Poker Central)
- Joe Giron (USA): WPT Champion Frank Stepuchin is lifted in victory (WPT)
- Hayley Hochstetler (USA): Doyle Brunson and Jack Binion at WSOP celebration (WSOP)
MEDIA CONTENT OF THE YEAR: VIDEO
- Investigating Mike Postle Hand Histories from Stones Live, Joey Ingram (USA)
- Legends of the Game – Stu Ungar (PokerGO)
- The Big Blind w/Jeff Platt featuring Mike Matusow, Normand Chad, Sarah Herring (PokerGO)
- Who Makes Money from Professional Poker, Sam Rega (USA) for CNBC
PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR POKER PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
- Joey Ingram (USA)
- Jonathan Little (USA)
- Ryan DePaulo (USA)
- Lex Veldhuis (NED)
PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR HAND OF THE YEAR
- Bryce Yockey takes a historic hit against Josh Arieh in the WSOP Poker Players Championship
- Ryan Riess makes 10-high all-in call at EPT Monte Carlo final table
- Sam Trickett makes Stephen Chidwick fold best hand at Triton London 1M event
- Thi Xoa Nguyen folds full house to Athanasios Polychronopoulos at PSPC
