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Global Poker Awards Finalists Announced

The Global Poker Awards returns on March 6th and will award the best and brightest in the poker industry. This year, 18 categories will award poker players, media, and industry superstars from the previous year.

Fans and a select panel of voters will make their final selections from now until the end of the month. Today we will take a quick list of the nominees.

Ingram and Bradley Among Those Nominated

This year’s Global Poker Awards will be held on March 6th exclusively on PokerGO. According to a press release from the Global Poker Index, at least 12 nations are being represented in this year’s voting.

Among the most notable nominees are Joey Ingram and Lance Bradley. Ingram is being nominated in four different categories, with a lot of focus being placed on the cheating scandal involving Mike Postle. Media member Lance Bradley is being nominated in three categories for Media Content, Podcast, and Journalist.

Other nominees include Daniel Negreanu, Matt Savage, Jamie Kerstetter, Lex Veldhuis, and media member Haley Hintze. Categories range from Breakout Player to Twitter Personality, Final Table Performance, and more.

Fans Can Still Vote Until January 31st.

Final panelist and fan voting is underway and will continue until January 31st. Fans can vote in the People’s Choice categories of Best Hand and Poker Personality. The votes will be tallied and the winners will be announced in March at the PokerGO studio in Las Vegas.

Below is a list of nominees from each category.

BREAKOUT PLAYER

Robert Campbell
Ramon Colillas
Ben Farrell
George Wolff

FINAL TABLE PERFORMANCE

Hossein Ensan – WSOP Main Event
William Alex Foxen – WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Phillip Hui – WSOP Poker Players Championship
Bryn Kenney – Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro

TWITTER PERSONALITY

Barny Boatman
Jamie Kerstetter
Kitty Kuo
Kevin Mathers

PLAYERS CHOICE FOR TOUGHEST OPPONENT

Michael Addamo
Kahle Burns
Stephen Chidwick
Ali Imsirovic

STREAMER

Hristivoje Pavlovic
Benjamin Spragg
Matthew Staples
Lex Veldhuis

VLOGGER

Jaman Burton
Andrew Neeme
Daniel Negreanu
Brad Owen

PODCAST

DAT Poker Podcast – Terrence Chan, Ross Henry, Adam Schwartz, Daniel Negreanu
Poker Life Podcast – Joey Ingram
The Fives, a PocketFives Podcast – Lance Bradley, Donnie Peters
The Grid – Jennifer Shahade

INDUSTRY PERSON

Phil Galfond – Run it Once Poker
Cary Katz – Poker Central/PokerGO
Paul Phua – Triton Poker
Matt Savage – WPT/TDA

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR

Tony Burns – Seminole Hard Rock
Paul Campbell – Aria
Jack Effel – World Series of Poker
Matt Savage – 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
Haley Hintze
Joey Ingram
Nick Jones

BROADCASTER

Jamie Kerstetter
Jeff Platt
Nick Schulman
Joseph Stapleton

MEDIA CONTENT: WRITTEN

A Fight for Fatherhood: The Biggest Win of Jason Young’s Life – Lance Bradley for PoketFives

Kevin Roster Spread Sarcoma Awareness at WSOP, Wants to End Life on His Terms – Aleeyah Jadavji, Hayley Hochstetler for PokerNews

Poker and Pop Culture – Martin Harris for D+B Publishing

The Unabridged Story of The Hendon Mob – Paul Seaton for PokerNews

MEDIA CONTENT: PHOTO

Antonio Abrego – Ryan Laplante in deep thought at the WSOP (PokerNews)
Drew Amato – Dario Sammartino folds at the WSOP (Poker Central)
Joe Giron – WPT Champion Frank Stepuchin is lifted in victory (WPT)
Hayley Hochstetler – Doyle Brunson and Jack Binion at WSOP celebration (WSOP)

MEDIA CONTENT: VIDEO

Investigating Mike Postle Hand Histories from Stones Live – Joey Ingram
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 for CNBC

PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR POKER PERSONALITY

Joey Ingram
Jonathan Little
Ryan DePaulo
Lex Veldhuis

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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