C'era anche un pezzo d'Italia, l'unico, nei Global Poker Awards che sono stati assegnati in fretta e furia lo scorso weekend. A ritirare il premio con Jack Effel e Gregory Chochon, c'era il manager italiano delle World Series Of Poker, Simone Ricci, di Caesars Entertainment nel board delle competizioni mondiali, diretto da Ty Stewart. Hanno riscosso l'evento dell'anno, il main Wsop, appunto, battendo la concorrenza di eventi importanti come Partypoker Caribbean Poker Party Main Event, Super High Roller Bowl IV e WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic. Ma difficile davvero togliere questo premio al main Wsop.
Poche le sorprese, quasi tutti i favoriti in nomination hanno ottenuto i loro premi riscossi negli studios di PokerGO a Las Vegas.
Ecco tutti i premi:
Tournament Performance
Justin Bonomo (Super High Roller Bowl IV)
John Cynn (WSOP Main Event)
Maria Lampropulos (PCA Main Event)
Dylan Linde (WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic)
Winner: John Cynn
Breakout Player
Ali Imsirovic
Maria Konnikova
Ping Liu
Michael Soyza
Winner: Ali Imsirovic
Streamer of the Year
Jeff Gross
Jason Somerville
Jaime Staples
Lex Veldhuis
Winner: Lex Veldhuis
Vlogger of the Year
Marle Cordeiro
Joe Ingram
Andrew Neeme
Daniel Negreanu
Doug Polk
Vlogger of the Year: Andrew Neeme
Podcast
LFG Podcast (Chad Holloway, Jamie Kerstetter)
Poker Central Podcast (Brent Hanks, Remko Rinkema)
PokerNews Podcast (Sarah Herring, Jeff Platt)
The Chip Race Podcast (Dave Lappin, Dara O’Kearney)
The Fives (Lance Bradley, Donnie Peters)
Winner: The Chip Race
Broadcaster
Maria Ho
Lon McEachern
Nick Schulman
Lex Veldhuis
Winner: Maria Ho
Poker Journalist
Drew Amato
Sarah Herring
Remko Rinkema
Christian Zetsche
Winner: Sarah Herring
Media Content
Drew Amato (Photo: Brunson Bids Farewell to WSOP)
Lance Bradley (Book: The Pursuit of Poker Success)
Haley Hintze (Article: Vayo v PokerStars)
Poker Central/Poker GO (Super High Roller Club: Schulman & Nejad)
Winner: Lance Bradley
Industry Person
Angelica Hael (World Poker Tour)
Cary Katz (Poker Central)
Matt Savage (World Poker Tour)
Ty Stewart (World Series of Poker)
Rob Yong (Dusk till Dawn, partypoker)
Winner: Angelica Hael
Tournament Director
Tony Burns (Seminole Hard Rock)
Paul Campbell (ARIA)
Jack Effel (WSOP)
Kenny Hallaert (Unibet Open)
Winner: Paul Campbell
Mid-Major Tour/Circuit
888Live
RUNGOOD Poker Series
Unibet Open
WPTDeepStacks
WSOP Circuit
Winner: RUNGOOD Poker Series
Event of the Year
Partypoker Caribbean Poker Party Main Event
Super High Roller Bowl IV
WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
WSOP Main Event
Winner: WSOP Main Event
Moment of the Year
Jeremy Hilsercop receives PSPC Platinum Pass
Joe Cada wins WSOP The Closer
Doyle Brunson plays his final WSOP event
Justin Bonomo wins Big One for One Drop, completing Super High
Roller Streak of SHRB China, SHRB and One Drop.
Winner: Justin Bonomo
Altri trofei:
2018 GPI Poker Player of the Year – Alex Foxen
2018 GPI Female Poker Player of the Year – Kristen Bicknell
Lifetime Achievement in Poker – Doyle Brunson
Charitable Initiative – Robbie Strazynski
Jury Prize – Drew Amato
PocketFives Legacy Award – Chris Moorman
Poker Personality of the Year – Brad Owen