GPI Announces 2020 Global Poker Awards Finalists
The Global Poker Index and parent company Mediarex Group have announced the list of finalists in 18 categories for the upcoming 2020 Global Poker Awards, to be presented in Las Vegas in early March. Each of the 18 categories’ four finalists remain following two earlier rounds of preliminary and intermediate voting, which featured as many as 25 initial nominees.
According to the GPI, the 18 categories and 72 finalist nominations represent 12 different countries (though they are again US-centric), along with 16 former award winners. Seven people have been named as finalists in more than one Global Poker Awards category, including Joey Ingram, Lance Bradley, Daniel Negreanu, Matt Savage, Jamie Kerstetter, Lex Veldhuis, and Hayley Hochstetler. Ingram, Negreanu, Savage, and Veldhuis are former GPA winners, and they join Ali Imsirovic, Andrew Neeme, Brad Owen, Bryn Kenney, Cary Katz, Joe Giron, Joe Stapleton, Kevin Mathers, Nick Schulman, Paul Campbell, Alex Foxen and Barny Boatman as 2020 category finalists.
These 18 categories (complete list of finalists) below, are among the 25 total categories for which winners will be honored on March 6. Included are two special categories — Poker Personality and Hand of the Year — which are decided by the public, and voting for those two categories remains open through January 31, 2020. Interested voters can choose from finalists via these two links:
Poker Personality ballot:
https://www.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?tt=gfZXFHwhVDI%3D
Hand of the Year ballot:
https://www.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?tt=T9JJKVIhzN4%3D
Seven additional GPA categories are either determined by 2019 tournament performance or are selected by the GPA itself. Here are the
GLOBAL POKER AWARDS – OFFICIAL LIST OF FINALISTS
BREAKOUT PLAYER
- Robert Campbell (AUS)
- Ramon Colillas (ESP)
- Ben Farrell (UK)
- George Wolff (USA)
FINAL TABLE PERFORMANCE
- 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
- 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
- Hristivoje Pavlovic (AUS)
- Benjamin Spragg (UK)
- Matthew Staples (CAN)
- Lex Veldhuis (NED)
VLOGGER
- Jaman Burton (USA)
- Andrew Neeme (USA)
- Daniel Negreanu (CAN)
- Brad Owen (USA)
PODCAST
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Road to PSPC
- RUNGOOD Poker Series
- WPTDeepStacks
- WSOP Circuit
JOURNALIST
- Lance Bradley (CAN)
- Haley Hintze (USA)
- Joey Ingram (USA)
- Nick Jones (UK)
BROADCASTER
- Jamie Kerstetter (USA)
- Jeff Platt (USA)
- Nick Schulman (USA)
- Joseph Stapleton (USA)
MEDIA CONTENT: WRITTEN
- A Fight for Fatherhood: The Biggest Win of Jason Young’s Life, Lance Bradley (CAN) for PoketFives
- 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: 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: 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
- 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
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