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Sixth annual Global Poker Awards nominees announced22 January 2025(PRESS RELEASE) -- The final round of voting for the 6th annual Global Poker Awards has been completed. We at GPITHM are pleased to announce the nominees from around the poker world throughout 2024. Two-time Global Poker Award winner Caitlin Comeskey leads the way with four nominations: Best X Personality, Best Short-Form Content Creator, Best Media Content: Short-Form Video, and Peoples’ Choice for Most Entertaining Player. Caitlin is defending her 2023 award for Best Short-Form Content Creator and won Rising Star in Content Creation in 2022. Fellow GPA winners Marle Spragg and Joseph Stapleton have been nominated for three awards. Marle Spragg joins Comeskey in line for Best X Personality, Short-Form Creator, and Short-Form Video. Marle will defend her Best X Personality award from last year’s GPAs. Joseph Stapleton is a two-time award winner, previously winning the GPA for Best Podcast in 2021 and Media Person of the Year at the American Poker Awards in 2016. Joe is nominated for On-Air Talent, Podcast, and Best Book this year. Barry Carter, Barny Boatman, Daniel Negreanu, Nikki Limo, Abby Merk, David Lappin, Dara O’Kearney, and the Irish Poker Open have all been nominated in two categories. Poker fans worldwide once again had their voices heard, making selections for Fans Choice in four categories: Best Hand, Best Trophy, Best Live Stream, and Most Entertaining Player. Announced winners: GPI POKER PLAYER OF THE YEAR David Coleman (USA) GPI MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR Han Feng (USA) GPI FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Cherish Andrews (USA) MOST WEEKS AT GPI #1 IN 2024 Jesse Lonis (USA) POKERGO TOUR PGT PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jeremy Ausmus (USA) List of nominees: GPI BREAKOUT PLAYER Boris Anzhelov Angelov (Bulgaria) Mark Travis Egbert (USA) Rania Nasreddine (USA) Noel Rodriguez (USA) BEST FINAL TABLE PERFORMANCE Barny Boatman (England), EPT Paris Daniel Negreanu (Canada), WSOP Poker Players Championship Stephen Song (USA), EPT Barcelona Scott Stewart (USA), WPT World Championship PLAYERS CHOICE FOR TOUGHEST OPPONENT Stephen Chidwick (England) Isaac Haxton (USA) Jason Koon (USA) Adrian Mateos (ESP) BEST X/TWITTER PERSONALITY Barry Carter (England) Caitlin Comeskey (USA) Jamie Kerstetter (USA) Marle Spragg (USA) BEST STREAMER Benjamin Spragg – Spraggy (England) Bert Stevens – girafganger7 (Belgium) Jon Van Fleet – apestylespoker (USA) Lex Veldhuis – LexVeldhuis (Netherlands) BEST VLOGGER Corey Eyring (USA) Daniel Negreanu (Canada) Brad Owen (USA) Alexander Seibt – Wolfgang Poker (USA) Masato Yokosawa (Japan) BEST SHORT-FORM CONTENT CREATOR Caitlin Comeskey (USA) Nikki Limo (USA) Gregory Liow – Greg Goes All In (Canada) Marle Spragg – Marle Poker (USA) RISING STAR IN CONTENT CREATION Václav Dušek – Lemon Poker (Czechia) Josh Kasen (USA) Abby Merk – Abby Poker (USA) David Richards – Poker With A Purpose (USA) BEST INDUSTRY PERSON Gregory Chochon (France) Matt Savage (USA) Francine Watson (England) Andy Wong (Malaysia) BEST TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR Nick O’Hara (Ireland) Ray Pulford (USA) Toby Stone (England) Luca Vivaldi (Italy) BEST DIRECTOR OF POKER OPERATIONS Ryan Beauregard (USA) Federico Brunato (Italy) Kerryjane Craigie (England) Ben Erwin (USA) BEST EVENT ClubWPT Gold $5M Invitational, Wynn Las Vegas EPT Barcelona Main Event, Casino Barcelona Irish Open Main Event, Royal Dublin Society World Series of Poker Main Event, Horseshoe Las Vegas BEST MID-MAJOR TOUR/CIRCUIT Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) WPT Prime (WPTP) WSOP Circuit (WSOPC) BEST STAND-ALONE FESTIVAL/SERIES Irish Poker Open, Royal Dublin Society Malta Poker Festival, Portomaso Casino Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Wynn Millions Poker Series, Wynn Las Vegas BEST EPISODIC POKER SERIES GALFOND – Poker Docuseries Inside the Mind of a Pro (Dans la tête d’un pro) by Winamax No Gamble, No Future by PokerGO The Big Game on Tour by PokerStars BEST ON-AIR TALENT Ali Nejad (USA) Jeffrey Platt (USA) Nick Schulman (USA) Joseph Stapleton (USA) BEST PODCAST Poker in the Ears (James Hartigan & Joseph Stapleton for PokerStars) PokerNews Podcast (Chad Holloway, Kyna England, Mike Holtz) The Chip Race (David K Lappin, Dara O’Kearney for Unibet Poker) Thinking Poker (Andrew Brokos, Carlos Welch) BEST POKER BOOK Beyond GTO: Poker Exploits Simplified (Dara O’Kearney, Barry Carter) On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything (Nate Silver for Penguin Press) Poker Pioneer: The Autobiography of Tom McAvoy (Tom McAvoy, Brad Smith) Trapped (Joseph Stapleton, Neil Gibson for Twister Comics) BEST MEDIA CONTENT: WRITTEN A Further Investigation into the Existence of the BotFarm Corporation (Jonathan Raab for Poker Pro) Cancer Fight Didn’t Stop John Bird from His Golden Passport Moment (Lance Bradley for WPT) I’ve lost all my other hobbies – Ari Engel opens up on poker and a torn heart (Paul Oresteen for Pokerorg) Music Icon Steve Albini’s Death Puts Fabled 20-Year Poker Home Game on Pause (Connor Richards for PokerNews) BEST MEDIA CONTENT: VIDEO Behind the Swings: The Legend of Isuldur1 (Miikka Antonen, Phil Galfond, Matti Harju) Davidi Kitai: Life of a Genius (La vie du Génie) (Winamax) The Four Rules of the Poker Kings (Greg Clark, BBC Scotland) The Ultimate Stack (POKER films) BEST MEDIA CONTENT: SHORT-FORM VIDEO Jesse Fullen (USA) – Jack Binion reminisces about the World Series of Poker Marle Spragg (USA) – That one dealer who runs a tight ship Nikki Limo (USA) – What’s it like playing poker as a woman Caitlin Comeskey, Abby Merk (USA) – Who tf is Jared Jaffee? BEST MEDIA CONTENT: PHOTO Drew Amato (USA) – The ghost of Jason Mercier Enrique Malfavon (USA) – The thrill of victory! Danny Maxwell (Ireland) – Barny GOATMAN Rachel Kay Winter (USA) – Misery, Not Mystery BEST JOURNALIST Sarah Herring (USA) Nick Jones (England) David Lappin (Ireland) Brad Willis (USA) BEST LIVE TOURNAMENT REPORTER Mickey Doft (USA) BJ Nemeth (USA) David Salituro (Canada) Christian Zetzsche (Germany) The final four nominees have also been announced for the Fans Choice Awards. Fans will have one final shot at voting starting later this week. Fans Choice votes from the first round will carry-over to the final round and everyone is once again able to vote in each category. BEST HAND (FANS CHOICE) Barny Boatman makes hero call on way to EPT victory on PokerStars Live Beer is raining down on him! Bracelet on the line on PokerGO The Keating Show – 2.4M pot during Million Dollar Game on Hustler Casino Live Xuan Liu stars in wild hand at The Lodge MOST ENTERTAINING PLAYER (FANS CHOICE) Caitlin Comeskey (USA) Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo (Argentina) Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek (USA) Seth “Sethy Poker” Moeller (USA) MOST ORIGINAL TROPHY DESIGN (FANS CHOICE) Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup PGT Texas Poker Open Belt Buckle Triton Poker Series Trophy World Series of Poker Main Event Bracelet BEST POKER LIVE STREAM (FANS CHOICE) King’s Resort Live Poker at The Lodge PokerGO Triton Poker BEST POKER ROOM (FANS CHOICE) ARIA Las Vegas, USA Asia Poker Arena/CTP Club, Taiwan King’s Resort Live Rozvadov, Czechia Playground Poker Club Montreal, Canada
Sixth annual Global Poker Awards nominees announced
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