Gpi Poker Awards 2019
The Global Poker Index is the host of the European Poker Awards. The GPI EPA takes place every year in January and rewards the best European Poker Players and newcomers, as well as the people involved in the industry. Starting in 2015, the American Poker Awards took placee in Los Angeles, USA, and rewarded the best live poker players in America. Home » Poker News » Global Poker Awards Celebrates Best of 2019 Poker The Second Annual Global Poker Awards took place on Friday night at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA in Las Vegas. The red-carpet affair featured some a number of voter-determined awards and a few extra honors. Current GPI Standings. Could 2019 be the year of the Australian poker player? Australian poker pro Robert Campbell topped the WSOP POY race, and his fellow countryman Kahle Burns currently leads the GPI POY leaderboard. If the standings remain unchanged throughout December, Australia will have two POY titles this year. Home » Poker News » GPI Opens Fan Voting for 2020 Awards Semifinalists The process of narrowing the finalists for the Second Annual Global Poker Awards is moving forward at a solid pace. With the awards ceremony set for March 6, 2020, everything seems to be on pace.
The 2020 Global Poker Awards took place inside the PokerGO Studio on the Las Vegas Strip on Friday night and it was a who’s who from the international poker scene that was rewarded for their excellence in 2019. Before you read about all winners, check out the full list of nominees right here.
The night, hosted by Maria Ho and Drea Renee, kicked off with the Global Poker Index Player of the Year and Female Player of the Year awards, given to poker power couple Alex Foxen and Kristen Bicknell who both went back-to-back.
Other players that had outstanding years and were recognized for their play on the felt included Breakout Player of the Year Robert Campbell, Ryan Riess for his amazing 10-high call in Monte Carlo, and Stephen Chidwick for being selected by his peers as “Toughest Opponent.” Phil Hui won the award for “Final Table Performance” with his epic victory in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the 2019 WSOP. You can relive that entire final table on PokerGO right here.
In the events categories, the RunGood Poker Series was awarded “Mid-Major Tour of the Year” for the second straight year while the PokerStars Players Championship in the Bahamas took down the “Event of the Year”. Fitting into the events category as well, the Tournament Live Reporters were honored with the Award of Merit, accepted by Tim Duckworth.
Both “Miami” John Cernuto and Johnny Chan were recognized for the totality of their poker career with the former receiving the “Hendon Mob Award” and the later receiving the “Poker ICON Award.” See a full overview of all award winners in the overview below.
| Award | Winner |
| Award of Merit | Tournament Live Reporters |
| Broadcaster of the Year | Nick Schulman |
| Event of the Year | PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) Bahamas |
| Final Table Performance of the Year | Phillip Hui – WSOP Poker Players Championship |
| GPI Breakout Player of the Year | Robert Campbell |
| Hendon Mob Award | “Miami” John Cernuto |
| Industry Person of the Year | Paul Phua – Triton Poker |
| Journalist of the Year | Joey Ingram |
| Media Content of the Year Photo | Drew Amato: Dario Sammartino folds at WSOP |
| Media Content of the Year Video | Joey Ingram – Investigating Mike Postle Hand Histories |
| Media Content of the Year Written | Poker and Pop Culture, Martin Harris for D&B Publishing |
| Mid-Major Tour/Circuit of the Year | RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) |
| People’s Choice for Hand of the Year | Ryan Riess 10-high call at EPT Monte Carlo |
| People’s Choice: Personality of the Year | Jonathan Little |
| Players Choice for Toughest Opponent | Stephen Chidwick |
| Podcast of the Year | The Grid: Jennifer Shahade |
| Poker ICON Award | Johnny Chan |
| Streamer of the Year | Lex Veldhuis |
| Tournament Director of the Year | Matt Savage |
| Twitter Personality of the Year | Jamie Kerstetter |
| Vlogger of the Year | Andrew Neeme |
Relive the entire Global Poker Awards ceremony on PokerGO right here.
ByGpi Poker Awards 2019 Red Carpet
The process of narrowing the finalists for the Second Annual Global Poker Awards is moving forward at a solid pace. With the awards ceremony set for March 6, 2020, everything seems to be on pace.
Before the ceremony takes place at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA in Las Vegas, however, the poker public must be included in the voting process. That voting was revised for this year’s awards and was developed to offer the fairest method by which people play a significant role in picking the finalists for many of the categories.
The @GPI#GlobalPokerAwards are now open for fan voting!
Click the link and take a look at all the categories. There are links attached to do your own review & make an informed vote!
Looking forward to watching on @PokerGO March 6th!https://t.co/Kyc6CPADHs#pokerlife#podlife
— Chad McVean (@Veaner85) January 20, 2020
Revised Voting Process
The new Global Poker Awards voting procedures with still put big decisions in the hands of private voting panels, but the public also has a fair amount of say in the decision making. In addition, the juries are being categorized to put more experts in the various categories, and panel members will be revealed after the awards ceremony to provide full transparency.
As a reminder of the new voting process…
–1. Voting panels were vetted and chosen for each category.
–2. The GPI team and voting panels developed lists of candidates and vetted them.
–3. Panel members will each select five candidates from the lists for the official ballot.
–4. At least eight candidates in each category with the most votes are placed on the ballot.
–5. Fans vote in eligible categories, and panel members rank top three candidates in each category.
–6. The GPI team will tabulate the scores and reveal the final four nominees in each category.
The fifth step is already underway, as fans can vote on a number of categories to help choose the final four nominees.
Public Voting Now Open
All of the potential candidates are listed on this page of the Global Poker Awards website with links for further information about each, if applicable.
Semifinalists in the following categories are now listed:
–GPI Breakout Player of the Year
–Final Table Performance of the Year
–Twitter Personality of the Year
–Journalist of the Year
–Broadcaster of the Year
–Media Content of the Year (Written)
–Media Content of the Year (Photo)
–Media Content of the Year (Video)
–Vlogger of the Year
–Podcast of the Year
–Streamer of the Year
–Industry Person of the Year
–Tournament Director of the Year
–Event of the Year
–Mid-Major Circuit/Tour of the Year
As for fan voting, anyone can now go to the Global Poker Awards website and click on any of the links at the bottom under the “2019 Global Poker Awards – Fan Voting Now Open” section. Voting is only open through 8pm Pacific time on Thursday of this week, January 23.
Just to clarify since we've already seen a couple of social media messages – those appearing on the semi-final lists (congratulations!) are just that, semi-finalists!
The @gpi recognizes the final four as official nominees, those nominees will be announced on Friday – good luck!
— Eric Danis (@EricDanisPoker) January 21, 2020
Regular voting is open for public voting now for categories including streamers, vloggers, podcasts, player awards, media awards, and industry awards.
The People’s Choice Award for Poker Personality of the Year is in its write-in phase and is accepting all write-in ballots through Thursday.
The People’s Choice Award for Hand of the Year is in the preliminary phase with 18 choices available.
Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Performances
Keep in mind that there will be a final voting round opening next weekend and remaining open through January 31.
🗳️ If you wish to participate in fan voting, we suggest you vote on a desktop/laptop 💻 #GlobalPokerAwards
— Global Poker Index (@gpi) January 21, 2020
