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