GPI and THM Reveal Global Poker Awards Nominees
The Hendon Mob (THM) and Global Poker Index (GPI) announced the final nominees for most categories in the upcoming Global Poker Awards. The initial nominations and collections of potential nominees was vetted, voting panel members participated in the preliminary voting round, and then they submitted their final votes.
Why are we only seeing nominees and not the winners here?
Winners will be announced at the Global Poker Awards on February 18 at the PokerGO Studio. It’s a pretty big part of the ceremony.
Anyway, let’s take a look at the nominees as we know them now.
| 2021 Awards | Nominees |
| GPI Breakout Player | Christopher Brewer (USA) |
| Kyna England (USA) | |
| Johan Guilbert (France) | |
| Vanessa Kade (Canada) | |
| Best Final Table Performance | Koray Aldemir (Germany) WSOP Main Event |
| Jeremy Ausmus (USA) WSOP PLO High Roller | |
| Daniel Cates (USA) WSOP Poker Players Championship | |
| Adam Friedman (USA) WSOP Dealer’s Choice Championship | |
| Best Event | SHRPO Main Event |
| WSOP Main Event | |
| Wynn Mystery Bounty | |
| Wynn Millions | |
| Best Twitter Personality | Will Jaffe (USA) |
| Jamie Kerstetter (USA) | |
| Kitty Kuo (Taiwan) | |
| Kevin Mathers (USA) | |
| Best Industry Person | Tony Burns (USA) |
| Jack Effel (USA) | |
| Mori Eskandani (Iran/USA) | |
| Matt Savage (USA) | |
| Best Tournament Director | Paul Campbell (USA) |
| Justin Hammer (USA) | |
| Ray Pulford (USA) | |
| Andy Tillman (USA) | |
| Best Streamer | Kevin Martin (Canada) |
| Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg (England) | |
| Jonathan “apestylespoker” Van Fleet (USA) | |
| Lex Veldhuis (Netherlands) | |
| Best Vlogger | Jaman Burton (USA) |
| Ryan Depaulo (USA) | |
| Brad Owen (USA) | |
| Ethan “Rampage” Yau (USA) | |
| Best Podcast | Poker in the Ears (James Hartigan & Joe Stapleton) |
| Chip Race Poker Podcast (David Lappin & Dara O’Kearney) | |
| Doug Polk Podcast (Doug Polk) | |
| Heart of Poker (Kara Scott) | |
| Best Broadcaster | Jamie Kerstetter (USA) |
| Ali Nejad (USA) | |
| Jeff Platt (USA) | |
| Joe Stapleton (USA) | |
| Best Live Tournament Reporter | Mickey Doft (USA) |
| Tim Duckworth (Australia) | |
| Chad Holloway (USA) | |
| Christian Zetszche (Germany) | |
| Best Media Content: Photo | Antonio Abrego (USA) for PokerGO: WSOP Dealers Choice |
| Hayley Hochstetler (USA): End of Era (Rio) | |
| Enrique Malfavon (USA) for PokerGO: WSOP ME bubble | |
| Danny Maxwell (Ireland) for PokerNews/WSOP: Shack-Harris | |
| Best Media Content: Written | Lance Bradley (Canada) for PocketFives: Isai Scheinberg |
| Alex O’Brien (Germany) for BBC: $10K poker win | |
| D’Arcy Maine (USA) for ESPN: Michael Graydon | |
| Charles Rabin (USA) for Miami Herald: Afghan refugee | |
| Best Media Content: Video | Paul Graydon & Andrew Neeme: Villain Who Stole Xmas |
| Last Call Pokeridokumentii (Finland) | |
| Jeff Platt (USA) for PokerGO: Stand up for me | |
| Remko Rinkema (Netherlands) for PokerGO: Run It Back | |
| Players Choice: Toughest Opponent | Michael Addamo (Australia) |
| Stephen Chidwick (England) | |
| Ali Imsirovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) | |
| David Peters (USA) | |
| People’s Choice: Poker Personality | Johan “YoH Viral” Guilbert (France) |
| Greg “Greg Goes All In” Liow (Canada) | |
| Jonathan Little (USA) | |
| Masato Yokosawa (Japan) | |
| Fan Choice: Best Hand | Daniel Cates v Ryan Leng: WSOP PPC |
| Doug Polk v Hellmuth: High Stakes Poker | |
| Nicholas Rigby: WSOP Main Event | |
| Chang Liu v Ugur Secilmis: WSOP Main Event | |
| Fan Choice: Best Trophy | Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup |
| MSPT South Dakota State Championship | |
| Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship | |
| WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast |
The last two events labeled “Fan Choice” are truly chosen by the fans. One of them remains open for final voting through January 26at 11pm PT. The poker personality category page provides the options and voting mechanism.
♣️🏆 Final Four Voting Started – Best Poker Personality:
🔸@YoHViral 🇫🇷
🔸@GREGGOESALLIN 🇨🇦
🔸@JonathanLittle 🇺🇸
🔸@MasatoYokosawa 🇯🇵
🗳️ Vote Now: https://t.co/VXXo4ccNxD pic.twitter.com/ZsLT0MRKbk— Global Poker Index (@gpi) January 18, 2022
Winners Already Known
The winners in these categories are determined by rankings. When leaderboards closed for the 2021 year, the winners were clear. Those people are as follows:
| 2021 Awards | Winners |
| GPI Poker Player of the Year | Ali Imsirovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) |
| GPI Female POY | Nadya Magnus (USA) |
| GPI Mid-Major POY | David Mzareulov (Azerbaijan) |
| PokerGO Tour Player of the Year | Ali Imsirovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) |
Mystery Categories
The categories themselves are not mysterious, but the people who will win the awards in those categories are a mystery. Special teams at THM and GPI will determine these winners. The public will discover the winners when they are announced at the Global Poker Awards.
| 2021 Awards |
| Poker ICON |
| GPI Award of Merit |
| THM Achievement Award |
| Best Charitable Initiative |
The voting process for all of the award categories is public and detailed on the GPI’s Global Poker Awards website.
Big congrats to all of this year's nominees!!!!! Please note that we'll be reaching out to each and everyone of you very shortly – please give us a little time!
Congratulations to all! #GlobalPokerAwards https://t.co/xHI3yjEXYE
— Eric Danis (@EricDanisPoker) January 18, 2022
