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The stage is set for the 2019 Global Poker Awards which will be held in Las Vegas at the PokerGO Studio on March 6th. A total of 12 nations will be represented at the Global Poker Awards with 16 former winners joining an impressive list of first-time nominees.
Leading the way is video content producer Joey Ingram. The former award recipient and multiple time nominee is back this year with an impressive four nominations. His work in the Mike Poste situation certainly did not go unnoticed as his “Investigating Mike Postle Hand Histories from Stones Live” is up for Media Content: Video. Ingram also has nominations for his Poker Life Podcast, Journalist of the Year and People’s Choice for Poker Personality of the Year.
Other multiple nominees include multiple GPI Award winner Lance Bradley with three nods (Journalist, Media Content: Written and Podcast alongside Donnie Peters) and five double nominees: Daniel Negreanu (Vlogger and Podcast with his DAT Poker Podcast teammates), Matt Savage (Industry Person and Tournament Director), Jamie Kerstetter (Broadcaster and Twitter Personality), Lex Veldhuis, Streamer of the Year winner at last year’s ceremony (Streamer, People’s Choice for Poker Personality) and newcomer Hayley Hochstetler, who’s up for Photo of the Year and is co-credited with Aleeyha Jadavji for Media Content: Written.
Ingram, Negreanu, Savage, and Veldhuis join Ali Imsirovic, Andrew Neeme, Brad Owen, Bryn Kenney, Cary Katz, Joe Giron, Joe Stapleton, Kevin Mathers, Nick Schulman, Paul Campbell, Alex Foxen and Baryn Boatman as former GPI Award winners who could add some more hardware on March 6th on PokerGO.
Boatman joins Kerstetter, Mathers and Kitty Kuo in Twitter Personality of the Year Award, one of eight new categories for this year’s awards. Boatman’s The Hendon Mob are also featured in Paul Seaton’s “The Unabridged Story of The Hendon Mob”, which is a finalist in the Media Content: Written category.
The players have their say this year as members of the GPI100 have voted as to who was their toughest opposition in 2019. The final four have been revealed as defending Breakout Player of the Year Ali Imsirovic is joined by the current and former GPI National Australia PoYs Kahle Burns and Michael Addamo and former GPI Global #1 and 2019 GPI European Player of the Year Stephen Chidwick.
Meanwhile, the fans still have some work to do. Final four voting is now open in each of the People’s Choice categories: Poker Personality and Best Hand. Fans have until January 31st at 8pm PT in order to submit their votes. Those who voted in the initial round of voting can also submit another ballot in this round.
Poker Personality ballot
Hand of the Year ballot
| Global Poker Awards 2019 Nominees |
| 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 |
| Seaton |
| 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 |
Congratulations to all the nominees and see you in Las Vegas on March 6th!
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