Global Poker Awards 2021 - Nomeados

Os Global Poker Awards 2021 regressam com mais de 20 troféus para entregar aos melhores da indústria em 2021. A cerimónia terá lugar a 18 de e será transmitida em directo  a partir dos estúdios da PokerGo, no Aria Resort & Casino, em Las Vegas.

Devido à pandemia Covid-19, a cerimónia dos Global Poker Awards não se concretizou em 2021, mas com a realização de vários festivais de poker ao vivo em todo o mundo, incluindo as World Series of Poker e as World Series of Poker Europe, o evento regressa para galardoar os melhores do ano no que diz respeito ao poker.

A terceira edição dos Global Poker Awards deu a conhecer os nomeados em 18 categorias, sendo que uma delas, Poker Personality, ainda está aberta a votações do público para se saber quem será o vencedor.

Outras quatro categorias já conhecem os respectivos vencedores. Ali Imsirovic vai receber o GPI Player of the Year 2021 e o PokerGO Tour Player of the Year, e ainda pode acrescentar mais um troféu caso vença a categoria de "oponente mais difícil" nas mesas. Os outros troféus que já tem dono são o de Nadya Magnus, vencedora do GPI Female Player of the Year 2021, e o de David Mzareulov, que venceu o novo ranking GPI Player of The year Mid-Major.

No que diz respeito às nomeações, cinco nomes surgem em duas categorias. Jamie Kerstetter, Joe Stapleton, Jeff Platt, Doug Polk e Johan "YoH ViraL" Guilbert. Aqui em baixo podes ficar a conhecer todos os nomeados de 2021:

Best Final Table Performance

• Koray Aldemir - WSOP Evento #67: $10,000 Main Event
• Jeremy Ausmus - WSOP Evento #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
• Dan "Jungleman" Cates - WSOP Evento#60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
• Adam Friedman - WSOP Evento #36: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice 6-Max Championship

GPI Breakout Player

• Chris Brewer
• Kyna England
• Johan Guilbert
• Vanessa Kade

Players Choice for Toughest Opponent

• Michael Addamo
• Stephen Chidwick
• Ali Imsirovic
• David Peters

Best Streamer

• Kevin "kevinmartin" Martin
• Ben "Spraggy" Spragg
• Jonathan "apestylespoker" Van Fleet
• Lex "LexVeldhuis" Veldhuis

Best Live Reporter

• Mickey Doft
• Tim Duckworth
• Chad Holloway
• Christian Zetszche

Fans Choice: Best Trophy

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

Best Event

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

Best Vlogger

• Jaman Burton
• Ryan Depaulo
• Brad Owen
• Ethan "Rampage" Yau

Twitter Personality

• Will Jaffe
• Jamie Kerstetter
• Kitty Kuo
• Kevin Mathers

Best Industry Person

• Tony Burns
• Jack Effel
• Mori Eskandani
• Matt Savage

Best Tournament Director

• Paul Campbell
• Justin Hammer
• Ray Pulford
• Andy Tillman

Best Podcast

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

Best Broadcaster

• Jamie Kerstetter
• Ali Nejad
• Jeff Platt
• Joe Stapleton

Best Media Content: Written

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

Best Media Content: Photo

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

Best Media Content: Video

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

Fans Choice: Best Hand

• Daniel "Jungleman" Cates gets Leng to fold in 50K PPC
• Doug Polk makes epic fold vs. Phil Hellmuth on High Stakes Poker
• Nicholas Rigby 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)

Fans Choice: Poker Personality

• Johan "YoH ViraL" Guilbert
• Greg "Greg Goes All In" Liow
• Jonathan Little
• Masato Yokosawa

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