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GPI Reveals 5th Annual Global Poker Awards Nominees

Following two rounds of preliminary voting by an industry panel, the Global Poker Index has revealed the nominees for the 5th Annual Global Poker Awards.

Several awards not listed below have already been determined. Bin Weng has won GPI Poker Player of the Year, Kristen Foxen picks up her fourth GPI Female Poker Player of the Year, and Nick Pupillo has won the Mid-Major Player of the Year. All three awards were determined by the final 2023 GPI rankings.

GGPoker’s Game of Gold has also won the GPI Award of Merit and several other trophies will be handed out for categories on Tuesday’s published list.

Final voting for the GPI Fans Choice Awards has also begun for Best Hand, Best Trophy, Best Live Stream, and Poker Personality, and will close next Wednesday.

Below are the finalists for the Global Poker Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees!

Players Choice for Toughest Opponent

Stephen Chidwick

Alex Foxen

Isaac Haxton

Jason Koon

Best Final Table Performance

Padraig O’Neill, EPT Prague

Erik Seidel, WSOP Paradise Super High Roller

Daniel Sepiol, WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas

Daniel Weinman, WSOP Main Event

GPI Breakout Player

Jans Arends

William Kopp

Samuel Laskowitz

Santosh Suvarna

Best X/Twitter Personality

Caitlin Comeskey

Will Jaffe

Jamie Kerstetter

Marle Spragg

Best Streamer

Kevin Martin “kevinmartin”

Benjamin Spragg “Spraggy”

Bert Stevens “girafganger7”

Lex Veldhuis “LexVeldhuis”

Best Vlogger

Jaman Burton “TheDrawingDeadVlog”

Corey Eyring “corey_eyring”

Daniel Negreanu “dnegspoker”

Brad Owen “BradOwenPoker”

Alexander Seibt “Wolfgang_Poker”

Best Short-Form Content Creator

Caitlin Comeskey

Gregory Liow “Greg Goes All In”

Marle Spragg

Alexander Seibt“Wolfgang Poker”

Best Industry Person

Ryan Beauregard

Mori Eskandani

Adam Pliska

Francine Watson

Best Tournament Director

Jack Effel

Ray Pulford

Matt Savage

Toby Stone

Best Event

Irish Poker Open Main Event

World Series of Poker Main Event

WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas

WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas

Best Mid-Major Circuit/Tour

Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP)

RUNGOOD Poker Series (RGPS)

World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC)

WPT Prime (WPTP)

Best Stand-Alone Festival/Series

Irish Poker Open

Malta Poker Festival

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open

Wynn Millions Poker Series

Best Broadcaster

Henry Kilbane

Ali Nejad

Jeffrey Platt

Nick Schulman

Best Podcast

Only Friends Podcast (Matt Berkey, Melissa Schubert, Landon Tice and friends)

Poker in the Ears (James Hartigan, Joseph Stapleton for PokerStars)

The Chip Race Poker Podcast (David K Lappin, Dara O’Kearney, Barry Carter for Unibet Poker)

Thinking Poker (Andrew Brokos, Carlos Welch)

Best Media Content: Written

The Tales of Billy Baxter: The Final Days of Stu Ungar (David Hill for WPT.com)

The Truth Detective: A Poker Player’s Guide to a Complex World (Alex O’Brien)

He Played At An Elite Level For Seven Decades: Doyle Brunson Remembered During WSOP By His Peers (Connor Richards for PokerNews)

PokerGO might have just saved televised poker (Brad Willis for Poker.org)

Best Media Content: Video

Caitlin Comeskey: A love letter to the million dollar game @HCLPokerShow

Phil Galfond, Matti Harju: What Makes Phil Ivey the GOAT? [Untold Stories] (Phil Galfond, Matti Harju)

PokerGO: Doyle Brunson Celebration of Life

Marle Spragg: ICM

Best Media Content: Photo

Matthew Berglund: “Inconsolable”

Hayley Hochstetler: “Weinman Wins”

Rachel Kay Winter: “Schulman Cool”

Danny Maxwell: “On the Bubble”

Fans Choice: Poker Personality

Gregory Liow “Greg Goes All In”

Seth Moeller “SethyPoker”

Jonathan Rand “Slow Poker”

Alexander Seibt “Wolfgang Poker”

Fans Choice: Best Live Stream

Hustler Casino Live

Poker at the Lodge

PokerGO

PokerStars Live

Triton Poker

Fans Choice: Best Hand

Bill Perkins goes ALL-IN, but he’s late for a flight on Poker at the Lodge

Craziest Pre-Flop Action of ALL-TIME at Triton Poker Series London

Dwan vs Polk in 1.13M Pot in Million Dollar Game on Hustler Casino Live

Dwan vs Wesley in the biggest pot in televised poker history on Hustler Casino Live

Fans Choice: Best Trophy

Asian Poker Tour Taipei Lion Trophy

Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup

NAPT Las Vegas Main Event Trophy

Poker Dream Malaysia Dragon Trophy

World Series of Poker Main Event Bracelet

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