January 19, 2022 Business & Industry

Global Poker Awards Nominees Announced

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The Global Poker Index released its list of nominees for the third installment of the Global Poker Awards, which will be streamed live from the PokerGO Studio at Aria on Friday, Feb. 18.

The nominees for the best poker personality are…. (Image: GPI)

Twenty-six awards will be given out by the GPI, which announced the finalists in 18 categories, including Best Final Table Performance, Best Twitter Personality, Best Streamer, and more. The awards honor recipients from across the poker world and will provide fans with the opportunity to see many familiar faces on the live stream, as well as some new ones, like breakout player of the year nominee Kyna England and Twitter personality of the year nominee Kitty Kou.

Preliminary voting to determine the nominees was conducted by individual panels consisting of a cross-section of poker-industry insiders. Poker fans were also encouraged to weigh in on some of the awards, including the Fan’s Choice Best Hand and Best Trophy. While voting is closed in those categories, fans can still cast their votes online for their favorite poker personality, through Jan. 26.

And now, (in our best Oscar voice), the nominees are:

Best Final Table Performance

Koray Aldemir, WSOP Main Event
Jeremy Ausmus, WSOP PLO High Roller
Daniel Cates, WSOP $50K Poker Players Championship
Adam Friedman, WSOP $10K Dealer’s Choice 6-Max

GPI Breakout Player

Christopher Brewer
Kyna England
Johan Guilbert
Vanessa Kade

Players Choice for Toughest Opponent

Michael Addamo
Stephen Chidwick
Ali Imsirovic
David Peters

Twitter Personality

Will Jaffe
Jamie Kerstetter
Kitty Kuo
Kevin Mathers

Best Streamer

Kevin Martin
Benjamin Spragg
Jonathan Van Fleet
Lex Veldhuis

Best Vlogger

Jaman Burton
Ryan DePaulo
Brad Owen
Ethan Yau

Best Industry Person

Tony Burns
Jack Effel
Mori Eskandani
Matt Savage

Best Tournament Director

Paul Campbell
Justin Hammer
Ray Pulford
Andy Tillman

Best Event

Seminole Hard Rock Rock ’n’ Roll Poker Open
WSOP Main Event
Wynn Mystery Bounty
Wynn Millions

Best Podcast

Poker in the Ears — James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton
The Chips Race Poker Podcast — David Lappin, Dara O’Kearney
The Doug Polk Podcast — Doug Polk
The Heart of Poker — Kara Scott

Best Broadcaster

Jamie Kerstetter
Ali Nejad
Jeff Platt
Joe Stapleton

Best Live Reporter

Mickey Doft
Timothy Duckworth
Chad Holloway
Christian Zetszche

Best Media Content Written

Lance Bradley: Isai Scheinberg: His Company, His Legacy, and How Black Friday Impacted Both
Alex O’Brien: How a $10K poker Win Changed How I Think
D’Arcy Maine: While Battling Brain Cancer, Michael Graydon Lives World Series of Poker Dream
Charles Rabin: From Immigration ‘Cage’ to Newest Poker Champ at Hard Rock. An Afghan Refugee’s Luck Turns

Best Media Content Photo

Antonio Abrego: Adam Friedman defeats Phil Hellmuth
Hayley Hochstetler: The End of an Era
Enrique Malfavon: The WSOP Main Event Bubble Bursts
Danny Maxwell: Brandon Shack-Harris and his umbrella at WSOP

Best Media Content Video

Paul Graydon and Andrew Neeme: The Villian Who Stole Christmas
Last Call Pokeridokumentii
Jeff Platt: Stand Up for Me, Please!
Remko Rinkema: Run it Back with Stephanie Ungar
Run it Once: Meet the Jungleman

Fan’s Choice Best Hand

Daniel Cates gets Ryan Leng to fold
Doug Polk makes epic fold against Phill Hellmuth on “High Stakes Poker”
Nicolas Rigby’s monster WSOP Main Event bluff
Quads over quads at WSOP Main Event

Fan’s Choice Best Trophy

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

Fan’s Choice Poker Personality

Johan Guilbert
Greg Liow
Jonathan Little
Masato Yokasawa

Written by

Bob Pajich

Bob Pajich is a poker news reporter, creative writer, and poker player who never met suited connectors he didn't like. If you liked what he is writing about, give him a follow on Twitter: @PondHockey2.