On February 25th, the second Annual GPI American Poker Awards will take place at the SLS in Beverly Hills. This time, over 80 influential members of the poker world including players, executives and media have been selected as nominees in 11 different categories. The winners of each category will be chosen via jury vote.
Poker fans have been waiting to find out who the nominees are. Well, no need to wait anymore. Below you can find which categories and who are they nominees per category.
- Media Content of the Year
Brad Willis – BUST, Underground Poker in Greenville
Faraz Jaka – Homeless Poker Millionaire, CNN
Jason Somerville – Twitch Broadcast during WCOOP
Joe Giron – Photos of Daniel Negreanu on the floor after his WSOP elimination
- Poker Initiative of the Year
Poker Central – 24/7 Poker TV Network
SHRPO – Livestreaming of 4 final tables at the same time
WSOP – Online Bracelet Event
WSOP – Colossus
- Poker Presenter of the Year
David Tuchman
Joseph Stapleton
Kara Scott
Sarah Herring
- Media Person of the Year
Donnie Peters
Jason Somerville
Joey Ingram
Kevin Mathers
- Charitable Initiative of the Year
Chad Brown Memorial Tournament
Charity Series of Poker
Tiger’s Poker Night
WSOP One Drop High Roller
- Industry Person of the Year
Jack Effel – WSOP
John Pappas – WPT
Matt Savage – WPT
William Mason – Seminole Hard Rock Poker
- Event of the Year – Buy-in Over $2,000
Super High Roller Bowl, Las Vegas
WSOP Main Event, Las Vegas
WSOP One Drop High Roller, Las Vegas
WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, Hollywood
- Event of the Year – Buy-in Up to $2,000
WPT500, Las Vegas
WPTDeepstacks DSPT Championship, Calgary
WSOP Millionaire Maker, Las Vegas
WSOP The Colossus, Las Vegas
- Breakout Performance of the Year
Asher Conniff
Cate Hall
Joshua Beckley
Kelly Minkin
- Moment of the Year
Anthony Zinno wins back to back major events
Negreanu ends up in 11th place in WSOP Main Event
Phil Hellmuth, beats his own record and wins 14th career bracelet
WSOP Colussus has more than 22,000 players
- Tournament Performance of the Year
Anthony Zinno – WPT LA Poker Classic
Joseph McKeehen – WSOP Main Event
Jonathan Duhamel, WSOP One Drop High Roller
Mike Gorodinsky, WSOP Poker Players’ Championship
In addition, Byron Kaverman and Kelly Minkin will win respectively the 2015 GPI Player of the Year and 2015 Female Player of the Year Trophies.
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