Nominees Revealed for 17 Global Poker Awards

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on February 6th, 2023

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The 4^th Annual Global Poker Awards are little less than a month away. GPI (Global Poker Index) and THM (The Hendon Mob) will present the ceremony in coordination with PokerGO. And it will take place at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. In total, members of the poker community will receive 29 awards. Several award winners have already been determined. The GPI rankings already revealed Stephen Song as the Player of the Year and the Mid-Major Player of the Year, and Cherish Andrews earned the Female Player of the Year award. Other awards will go to people chosen by a group of individuals with GPI and THM with decades of experience in the game. They will decide the Poker ICON, GPI Award of Merit, The Hendon Mob Award, and Best Charitable Initiative.

By the Fans

Public voting is a big part of the Global Poker Awards. Four categories are decided by public votes, and they are open for voting now. One category is the People’s Choice for Poker Personality. That one is still in the submission round. Anyone can write in a nomination for their favorite poker personality of last year, and the voting will end at 11pm Pacific Time on Monday, February 6. The four people with the most votes will then go to a public round of voting February 7-13. There are then three more categories that need to be whittled down to just a handful of finalists. Those are currently:

Best Trophy: -EPT Main Event -LAPC Remington -PGT Stairway to Millions -Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open -Triton Poker -WPA -WPT Mike Sexton Champions Cup -WSOP Main Event bracelet -Wynn Millions Main Event Best Hand: -Alan Keating wins biggest pot in US broadcast history -Daniel Negreanu hits runner-runner quads in SHRB -David Diaz folds monster on WSOP Main Event Day 7 -Patrick Antonius makes hero call at Triton -Jorstad and Attenborough play heads-up in WSOP Main Event -Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, and Patrik Antonius play on High Stakes Poker -PapoMC bluffs in WSOP Main Event -Phil Hellmuth goes all-in against Alex Foxen -Robbi Jade Lew and Garrett Adelstein play J-4 hand -YoH Viral folds AA to KK in 200K pot Favorite Livestream: -EPT Live -Hustler Casino Live -King’s Casino -Live at the Bike -Poker at the Lodge -PokerGO -Triton Poker -World Poker Tour

There are links to all of these awards for voting (and for viewing videos and seeing pictures of trophies) on this GPI page.

Voting Panel Finalists

For 17 of the awards categories, a voting panel – comprised of poker media, executives, and players – determined the finalists. These categories’ winners will be revealed at the Global Poker Awards on March 5. And the nominees are:   https://twitter.com/gpi/status/1621155284424224768?s=20&t=d9Vt0hUpJrcsh55lTK0RGg