Nominations Announced for 4th Global Poker Awards

Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob have announced nominees in 17 categories for the 4^th Global Poker Awards after voting panel have completed the voting process.

Three poker players are nominated in two categories as Jamie Kerstetter will defend her Best Twitter Personality title and she has also earned nomination in the Best Broadcaster category. WSOP champ Espen Jorstad is nominated as the Breakout player and his Main Event achievement. Double nominee is also Marle Spragg for Media Content and Best Twitter Personality.

Ethan “Rampage” Yau on the other hand has three nominations to his name as he will compete against Espen as the best Breakout Player of the year and of course in Best Vlogger category. On top of that he is one of the four finalists for Fan’s Choice for Poker Personality

Three categories already have a recipient as Stephen Song was declared winner for GPI Player of the Year and GPI Mid-Major Player of the Year, while GPI Female Player of the Year goes to Cheris Andrews.

The last four remaining categories are GPA Fans Choice Awards that have reached the finals and four finalists have been announced in each. You can place your final votes here.

People’s Choice for Poker Personality

• Ryan DePaulo
• Felipe Mojave Ramos
• Lex Veldhuis
• Ethan “Rampage” Yau

Fans Choice – Best Trophy

• EPT Main Event Trophy
• PGT Stairway to Millions Trophy
• WPA – Women’s Poker Association
• WSOP Main Event Bracelet

Fans Choice: Fave Livestream

• EPT Live – PokerStarsLive
• King’s Casino Livestream
• Hustler Casino Live
• Poker at the Lodge

Fans Choice – Best Hand

• Daniel Negreanu hits runner-runner quads on way to SHRB victory
• David Diaz lays down absolute monster on Day 7 of WSOP Main Event
• PapoMC pulls monster bluff in WSOP Main Event
• Wild J4 vs 89 hand between Robbi Jade Lew and Garrett Adelstein

Catch the Global Poker Awards live on PokerGO on Friday, March 3rd, 2023, starting at 8:30pm ET / 2:30 am CET.

All nominees listed alphabetically:

PLAYERS CHOICE FOR TOUGHEST OPPONENT

• Brian Altman (USA)
• Stephen Chidwick (England)
• Alex Foxen (USA)
• Stephen Song (USA)

BEST FINAL TABLE PERFORMANCE

• Daniel “Jungleman” Cates (USA), WSOP 50K Poker Players Championship
• Espen Uhlen Jørstad (Norway), WSOP Main Event
• Daniel Negreanu (Canada), Super High Roller Bowl VII
• Stephen Song (USA), WPT Prime Championship

GPI BREAKOUT PLAYER

• Angela Jordison (USA)
• Espen Uhlen Jørstad (Norway)
• Alejandro Lococo “PapoMC” (Argentina)
• Punnat Punsri (Thailand)
• Ethan “Rampage” Yau (USA)

COMEBACK PLAYER

• Phil Ivey (USA)
• Alex Keating (USA)
• Taylor von Kriegenbergh (USA)
• Daniel Weinman (USA)

TWITTER PERSONALITY

• Phil Galfond (USA)
• Will Jaffe (USA)
• Jamie Kerstetter (USA)
• Marle Spragg (USA)

BEST STREAMER

• Kevin Martin “kevinmartin” (Canada)
• Benjamin Spragg “Spraggy” (England)
• Jon Van Fleet “apestylespoker” (USA)
• Lex Veldhuis “LexVeldhuis” (Netherlands)

BEST VLOGGER

• Jaman Burton (USA)
• Mariano Grandoli (ARG)
• Brad Owen (USA)
• Ethan “Rampage” Yau (USA)

RISING STAR IN CONTENT CREATION

• Natalie Bode (USA)
• Caitlin Comeskey (USA)
• Jesse Fullen (USA)
• Lexy Gavin-Mather (USA)

BEST INDUSTRY PERSON

• Ryan Beauregard (USA)
• Jack Effel (USA)
• Mori Eskandani (Iran/USA)
• Tana Karn (USA)

BEST TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR

• Paul Campbell (USA)
• Ray Pulford (USA)
• Matt Savage (USA)
• Toby Stone (England)

BEST EVENT

• EPT Barcelona Main Event
• Triton Poker Coin Rivet Invitational
• World Series of Poker Main Event
• WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas

BEST MID-MAJOR CIRCUIT/TOUR

• RUNGOOD Poker Series (RGPS)
• Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT)
• World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC)
• WPT Prime (WPTP)

BEST BROADCASTER

• James Hartigan (Ireland)
• Jamie Kerstetter (USA)
• Jeff Platt (USA)
• Nick Schulman (USA)

BEST PODCAST

• Only Friends Podcast (Matt Berkey (USA), Melissa Schubert (USA), Landon Tice (USA) & Friends)
• Poker in the Ears (James Hartigan (Ireland), Joseph Stapleton (USA) for PokerStars)
• PokerGO Podcast (Timothy Duckworth (Australia), Donnie Peters (USA), Remko Rinkema (Netherlands) for PokerGO)
• The Chip Race Poker Podcast (David Lappin (Ireland), Dara O’Kearney (Ireland), Barry Carter (United Kingdom) for Unibet Poker)

BEST MEDIA CONTENT: WRITTEN

• Tim Fiorvanti (USA) for WPT.com: Andrew Moreno Made Good on a 15-Year Dream
• Connor Richards (USA) for PokerNews: The Endlessly Creative Side of Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel
• Jennifer Shahade (USA) for the Wall Street Journal: How Becoming a Poker Pro Helped Me Accept a Personal Tragedy
• Robbie Strazynski (Israel/USA) for Cardplayer Lifestyle: In the Name of the Father, the Son… and the Poker

BEST MEDIA CONTENT: VIDEO

• Caitlin Comeskey (USA): A love letter to the investigation parody
• Joey Ingram (USA): Emergency Investigation: Garrett vs Robbi on Hustler Live
• Gregory “Greg Goes All In” Liow (Canada): Poker vlogger who doesn’t understand that the voice over is done in post
• Marle Spragg (USA): Solvers.

BEST MEDIA CONTENT: PHOTO

• Antonio Abrego (USA) for PokerGO: “Oooooooooooo yeah!”
• Hayley Hochstetler (USA): Glantz Pulls Million Dollar Bounty
• Alec Rome (USA) for PokerNews/WSOP: Schindler Wins First WSOP Bracelet
• Spenser Sembrat (USA) for PokerNews/WSOP: “That First Bracelet Feeling”