Global Poker Index Awards

It was bound to happen eventually. For the first time ever, the world of poker will gather together at one time to celebrate the excellence of the community and the achievements of its players. On April 5, the First Annual Global Poker Awards will be held and will be broadcast live over the streaming PokerGO channel.

20 Awards, Worldwide Recognition

A grand total of 20 awards will be given out at these ceremonies, although there isn’t a solid list of the awards as of yet. Prior to the awards, a panel will nominate the players and/or contributors who will be the potential recipients of the awards, with another “jury made up of industry representatives” determining who will win the final awards. The end results? The awards show, the Global Poker Awards, which will be handed out on April 5.

“We’re thrilled to deliver streaming coverage of the first-ever Global Poker Awards show live from the PokerGO Studio,” said Sam Simmons, president of Poker Central. “We look forward to celebrating the achievements of the industry’s best and brightest while providing PokerGO subscribers a front row seat for all the festivities.”

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“Our global initiatives behind the European Poker Awards and the American Poker Awards come together starting this year,” said Eric Danis, Global Poker Index president. “We’re excited to bring recognition to the poker world’s best players and most prominent industry contributors on an unprecedented scale.”

You Read That Right…No More European or American Poker Awards

Danis’ comment is spot on in that the history that was covered in the European Poker Awards – and the building of a prestigious award in the American Poker Awards – will be destroyed by this move in that they will no longer be awarded.

This is particularly saddening in the case of the European Poker Awards. Those awards date back to 2001 and have honored a venerable “Who’s Who” of the European poker community. As European players have routinely been given short shrift by their American counterparts (are you listening, Poker Hall of Fame?), the European Poker Awards was something that the continent’s superstars could hang their hats on. Now, it is no more.

Such notables as Pascal Perrault (the first ever winner of the European Poker Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2001), multiple European Poker Award winners Marcel Luske, Rob Hollink and Victoria Coren-Mitchell, Gus Hansen, and the late Dave Colclough and David Ulliott all have European Poker Awards on their respective mantles. And since poker seems to have a difficulty in honoring its history, the European Poker Awards were something that aficionados of the game could hang onto since it had been awarded for almost two decades; the World Series of Poker and the Irish Poker Open are the only other things that can count such longevity.

The American Poker Awards was also on its way to building up a nice historical frame of reference. Awarded since 2015 in ceremonies held in Los Angeles, the American Poker Awards were becoming something that North American players and industry contributors were looking forward to as an honor. Multiple American Poker Awards recipients included Jason Mercier, tournament director Matt Savage, Mike Sexton, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Selbst and a host of media personalities who have covered the game for the fans.

Alas, these separate awards – and their histories – have now come to an end.

Perhaps Some Excitement Will Build…

Global Poker Index Awards 2019

Whereas there used to be a huge buzz over the European version and the American version would have been scheduled for its ceremonies this month (the last four years saw it at the end of February/beginning of March), the announcement of the change to the Global Poker Awards brought little commentary from the very people they are looking to honor. Perhaps that will change once the GPI actually come up with nominees and maybe hold it in some area that isn’t a television studio on April 5…but it also may not be able to capture the magic that the old European and American ceremonies generated.

After an extensive vetting and nominationprocess, the Global Poker Index has announced the nominations for the 2020Global Poker Awards. Now in its second year (and following the success of theAmerican and European Poker Awards), the Global Poker Awards looks to honor achievementsin the game by the organizations, players and industry personnel for a calendaryear. With their 2020 selections, the GPI has certainly put a qualified fieldof candidates forward for consideration.

Ingram Leads the Nomination List

Leading the way for the nominees is podcaster/investigator Joey Ingram, once known for his prowess in online poker. Instead of playing the game, Ingram has been feted for his extensive research into the Mike Postle Investigation, where he broke down video from those infamous Stones Gambling Hall streaming sessions (among other things). Ingram earned four nominations in the Global Poker Awards for that work, including taps for Best Media Content (Video), Podcast of the Year (“Poker Life Podcast”), Journalist of the Year and the People’s Choice Award for Poker Personality of the Year.

The only person coming close to Ingram’snumber is a multiple Global Poker Award (or its previous incarnations) winner.Lance Bradley has earned three nominations in 2020 and some of those will runup against Ingram. Bradley earned nominations in Best Media Content (Written),Journalist of the Year and Podcast of the Year; the last two will see Bradleyand Ingram square off against each other.

Global Poker Index Awards 2020

There are several double nominees who madethe grade in 2020. Perennial favorite Daniel Negreanu was nominated for twoawards (Vlogger of the Year and Podcast of the Year), tournament directorextraordinaire Matt Savage (Industry Person of the Year, Tournament Director ofthe Year), Jamie Kerstetter (Broadcaster of the Year and Twitter Personality ofthe Year), 2019 Streamer of the Year Lex Veldhuis (Streamer of the Year, People’sChoice for Poker Personality of the Year) and a newcomer to the game HayleyHochstetler (Photo of the Year and Best Media Content (Written)).

Others who will be up for awards includeBarney Boatman, Joe Stapleton, Kevin “kevmath” Mathers, Ali Imsirovic and BrynKenney.

Revamped Nomination Process = Better AwardWinners

Global Poker Index Awards Winners

The 2020 Global Poker Awards underwent a massiverevamp of its nomination and election process. For the 2019 version of theawards, many in the poker community were critical of the GPI for nominating peoplewho weren’t qualified for certain awards due to the lack of qualified materialfor the year. The GPI listened to the community and completely reworked theirprocedures before even starting the process.

In the past, the Global Poker Awards winnerswere chosen by a committee after polling industry members, players and othersto make a nomination list. That committee is gone now, and the nomination listis limited to people who have experience in that particular realm. For example,if someone was unknowing about the Podcast of the Year situation, then theywouldn’t be polled for a vote on that subject.

A list was sent out for nominations to those who were qualified and, after those ballots were returned, then another list with the respective nominees for each category was sent out to actually vote for the individual winners. That process ended on Thursday (writer’s note: this writer took part in both segments of the voting), with the nominees being announced – but not the winners – on Friday. The results of that vote will be revealed on March 6 during ceremonies conducted from the PokerGO studios in Las Vegas.

A full list of the nominees for each award, as well as the option for the Fan Vote for the People’s Choice Awards, can be found at the Global Poker Awards website. Good luck to all the nominees – it will be an agonizing wait until March to see who will win the kudos for achievement at the 2020 Global Poker Awards!