2019 Global Poker Awards Ceremony Takes Place Tonight
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Tonight at 5 p.m. PT, the nominees for the 2019 Global Poker Awards will finally learn who emerges victorious in their respective categories. Maria Ho and Drea Renee will host the awards ceremony, which will be available to watch for free on PokerGO.
Among those to be honored are Poker Hall of Famer Johnny Chan, who will receive the Poker ICON award, and "Miami" John Cernuto, who becomes the second recipient of the Hendon Mob Award.
If you recall, PokerNews received three nominations across two categories: Media Content: Written and Media Content: Video.
Aleeyah Jadavji is co-nominated with photographer Hayley Hochstetler, for their touching piece on poker player and sarcoma-victim Kevin Roster is nominated in the first category. Roster competed at the 2019 World Series of Poker raising awareness of his battle with the illness before ultimately choosing to end his own life through California's 'death with dignity' laws.
Also nominated in that category is Paul Seaton's four-part series on The Hendon Mob, arguably one of the most famous groups of poker players in history.
Rounding out the trio of PokerNews nominees is photographer Anthony Abrego for his shot of Ryan Laplante deep in thought during the 2019 World Series of Poker.
Here we take a look at a few of the big stories from this year's nominees:
Joey Ingram Nominated for Four Awards incl. Mike Postle Coverage
The Mike Postle scandal was arguably the story of the year, and it is the coverage of which that has helped net Joey Ingram for nominations in the Global Poker Awards. Not only is his “Investigating Mike Postle Hand Histories from Stones Live” up for Media Content: Video, but Ingram is also nominated in the Podcast category, Journalist of the Year and People’s Choice for Poker Personality.
Triton Poker Emerge as Force to be Reckoned With
After receiving zero nominations at the 2018 Global Poker Awards, Triton have burst onto the scene with four nominations in a variety of different categories. Paul Phua is nominated in Industry Person of the Year, with Bryn Kenney's Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro win nominated in Final Table Performance.
It came as no surprise that the inaugural Triton Million for Charity was nominated in Event of the Year, with the final nomination coming in the People's Choice for Hand of the Year, with Sam Trickett's fold against Stephen Chidwick in the same event getting the nod.
WSOP Features Heavily
Four WSOP Events are nominated across two categories, with the WSOP Main Event and Big 50 shortlisted for Event of the Year, and Hossein Ensan's win in the Main Event and Phil Hui's triumph in the Poker Player's Championship nominated for Final Table Performance.
WSOP POY Robert Campbell is nominated in Breakout Player of the Year, with the WSOP's Jack Effel nominated in the Tournament Director category.
The results of the 2019 Global Poker Awards will be revealed on Friday 6th March, broadcasted live from the PokerGO Studio, Las Vegas.
Negreanu Nominated Once Again
Daniel Negreanu is nominated in two categories. Nominated for the second consecutive year in the Vlogger category, the DAT Poker Podcast is his second nomination. He is nominated alongside Terrence Chan, Ross Henry and Adam Schwartz.
Full List of Nominees
Breakout Player
Final Table Performance
- Hossein Ensan - WSOP Main Event
- Alex Foxen - WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
- Phil Hui (pictured) - WSOP Poker Players Championship
- Bryn Kenney - Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro
Twitter Personality
- Barny Boatman
- Jamie Kerstetter
- Kitty Kuo (pictured)
- Kevin Mathers
Player's Choice for Toughest Opponent
Streamer
Vlogger
- Jaman Burton
- Andrew Neeme
- Daniel Negreanu (pictured)
- Brad Owen
Podcast
- DAT Poker Podcast: Terrence Chan, Ross Henry, Adam Schwartz, Daniel Negreanu
- Poker Life Podcast: Joey Ingram
- The Fives, a PocketFives Podcast: Lance Bradley, Donnie Peters
- The Grid: Jennifer Shahade (pictured)
Industry Person
- Phil Galfond - Run it Once Poker
- Cary Katz (pictured) - Poker Central/PokerGO
- Paul Phua - Triton Poker
- Matt Savage - WPT/TDA
Tournament Director
- Tony Burns - Seminole Hard Rock
- Paul Campbell - Aria
- Jack Effel (pictured) - World Series of Poker
- Matt Savage - WPT/TDA
Event of the Year
- PokerStars Players Championship Bahamas (pictured)
- Triton London Million for Charity
- World Series of Poker Main Event
- World Series of Poker BIG 50
Mid-Major Tour/Circuit
Journalist
- Lance Bradley
- Haley Hintze
- Joey Ingram
- Nick Jones
Broadcaster
- Jamie Kerstetter
- [Removed:139] (pictured)
- Nick Schulman
- Joe Stapleton
Media Content: Written
- A Fight for Fatherhood: The Biggest Win of Jason Young’s Life, Lance Bradley for PocketFives
- Kevin Roster Spreads Sarcoma Awareness at WSOP, Wants to End Life on His Terms, Aleeyah Jadavji, Hayley Hochstetler for PokerNews
- Poker and Pop Culture, Martin Harris for D+B Publishing
- The Unabridged Story of The Hendon Mob, Paul Seaton for PokerNews
Media Content: Photo
- Antonio Abrego: Ryan Laplante in deep thought at the WSOP (PokerNews)
- Drew Amato: Dario Sammartino folds at the WSOP (Poker Central)
- Joe Giron: WPT Champion Frank Stepuchin is lifted in victory (WPT)
- Hayley Hochstetler: Doyle Brunson and Jack Binion at WSOP celebration (WSOP)
Media Content: Video
- Investigating Mike Postle Hand Histories from Stones Live, Joey Ingram
- Legends of the Game – Stu Ungar (PokerGO)
- The Big Blind w/ [Removed:139] featuring Mike Matusow, Norman Chad, Sarah Herring (PokerGO)
- Who Makes Money from Professional Poker, Sam Rega for CNBC
People's Choice for Poker Personality
People's Choice for Hand of the Year
- Bryce Yockey takes a historic hit against Josh Arieh in the WSOP Poker Players Championship (pictured)
- Ryan Riess makes 10-high all-in call at EPT Monte Carlo final table
- Sam Trickett makes Stephen Chidwick fold best hand at Triton London £1,000,000 event
- Thi Xoa Nguyen folds full house to Athanasios Polychronopoulos at PSPC
pictures courtesy of Global Poker Index
Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.
