{"id":3156,"date":"2019-03-20T08:15:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T08:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moneypokersites.com\/news\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2020-07-02T01:01:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T01:01:06","slug":"gpi-releases-list-of-global-poker-awards-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moneypokersites.com\/news\/gpi-releases-list-of-global-poker-awards-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"GPI Releases List of Global Poker Awards Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A little over a week ago the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpokerindex.com\/rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Global Poker Index (opens in a new tab)\">Global Poker Index<\/a> announced the dates for its inaugural Global Poker Awards. This announcement came a little while after the organization revealed that it was merging the American Poker Awards with the European Poker Awards. Now, the Global Poker has released the list of nominees for the event which is scheduled for April 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nominees for the different categories are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tournament Performance<\/li><li>Justin Bonomo (Super High Roller Bowl IV)<\/li><li>John Cynn (WSOP Main Event)<\/li><li>Maria Lampropulos (PCA Main Event)<\/li><li>Dylan Linde (WPT Five Diamond World Poker\nClassic)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Breakout Player<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ali Imsirovic<\/li><li>Maria Konnikova<\/li><li>Ping Liu<\/li><li>Michael Soyza<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Streamer of the Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jeff Gross<\/li><li>Jason Somerville<\/li><li>Jaime Staples<\/li><li>Lex Veldhuis<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Vlogger of the Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Marle Cordeiro<\/li><li>Joe Ingram<\/li><li>Andrew Neeme<\/li><li>Daniel Negreanu<\/li><li>Doug Polk<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Podcast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>LFG Podcast (Chad Holloway, Jamie Kerstetter)<\/li><li>Poker Central Podcast (Brent Hanks, Remko\nRinkema)<\/li><li>PokerNews Podcast (Sarah Herring, Jeff Platt)<\/li><li>The Chip Race Podcast (Dave Lappin, Dara\nO\u2019Kearney)<\/li><li>The Fives (Lance Bradley, Donnie Peters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadcaster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Maria Ho<\/li><li>Lon McEachern<\/li><li>Nick Schulman<\/li><li>Lex Veldhuis<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Poker Journalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Drew Amato<\/li><li>Sarah Herring<\/li><li>Remko Rinkema<\/li><li>Christian Zetsche<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Media Content<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Drew Amato (Photo: Brunson Bids Farewell to\nWSOP)<\/li><li>Lance Bradley (Book: The Pursuit of Poker\nSuccess)<\/li><li>Haley Hintze (Article: Vayo v PokerStars)<\/li><li>Poker Central\/Poker GO (Super High Roller Club:\nSchulman &amp; Nejad)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Industry Person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Angelica Hael (World Poker Tour)<\/li><li>Cary Katz (Poker Central)<\/li><li>Matt Savage (World Poker Tour)<\/li><li>Ty Stewart (World Series of Poker)<\/li><li>Rob Yong (Dusk till Dawn, partypoker)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tournament Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tony Burns (Seminole Hard Rock)<\/li><li>Paul Campbell (ARIA)<\/li><li>Jack Effel (WSOP)<\/li><li>Kenny Hallaert (Unibet Open)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mid-Major Tour\/Circuit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>888Live<\/li><li>RUNGOOD\nPoker Series<\/li><li>Unibet Open<\/li><li>WPTDeepStacks<\/li><li>WSOP Circuit<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Event of the Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Partypoker Caribbean Poker Party Main Event<\/li><li>Super High Roller Bowl IV<\/li><li>WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic<\/li><li>WSOP Main Event<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Moment of the Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jeremy Hilsercop receives PSPC Platinum Pass<\/li><li>Joe Cada wins WSOP The Closer<\/li><li>Doyle Brunson plays his final WSOP event<\/li><li>Justin Bonomo wins Big One for One Drop,\ncompleting Super High<\/li><li>Roller Streak of SHRB China, SHRB and One Drop.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other Trophies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2018 GPI Poker Player of the Year \u2013 Alex Foxen<\/li><li>2018 GPI Female Poker Player of the Year \u2013\nKristen Bicknell<\/li><li>Lifetime Achievement in Poker<\/li><li>Charitable Initiative<\/li><li>Jury Prize<\/li><li>PocketFives Legacy Award<\/li><li>Poker Personality of the Year<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"criticism-ensues\">Criticism Ensues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of nominees has been generally received quite well but poker fans have expressed a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/calvinayre.com\/2019\/03\/19\/poker\/the-global-poker-awards-inaugural-nomination-panel-shows-some-leaks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"displeasure with particular categories (opens in a new tab)\">displeasure with particular categories<\/a> \u2013 the fans believed that some of the nominees in certain categories are undeserving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first one is the Vlogger of the Year category that has\nDoug Polk as one of the nominees. A number of poker fans have stated that poker\nplayer is not exactly a vlogger since the last time he published a vlog was in\nWSOP 2017. Apparently, the members of the Nomination Panel were not aware of\nthis fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Streamer of the Year category has also been criticized for including a Jason Sommerville who, in 2018 (the period that the awards are based on), was not really an active streamer. While Sommerville remains to be one of the top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneypokersites.com\/news\/jeff-gross-joins-partypoker-team-online\/\">poker ambassadors<\/a>, poker fans believed that there were more deserving streamers that did not make the cut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A little over a week ago the Global Poker Index announced the dates for its inaugural Global Poker Awards. This announcement came a little while after the organization revealed that it was merging the American Poker Awards with the European Poker Awards. 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