(PRESS RELEASE) -- The final round of voting for the 6th annual Global Poker Awards has been completed. We at GPITHM are pleased to announce the nominees from around the poker world throughout 2024.
Two-time Global Poker Award winner Caitlin Comeskey leads the way with four nominations: Best X Personality, Best Short-Form Content Creator, Best Media Content: Short-Form Video, and Peoples’ Choice for Most Entertaining Player. Caitlin is defending her 2023 award for Best Short-Form Content Creator and won Rising Star in Content Creation in 2022.
Fellow GPA winners Marle Spragg and Joseph Stapleton have been nominated for three awards. Marle Spragg joins Comeskey in line for Best X Personality, Short-Form Creator, and Short-Form Video. Marle will defend her Best X Personality award from last year’s GPAs.
Joseph Stapleton is a two-time award winner, previously winning the GPA for Best Podcast in 2021 and Media Person of the Year at the American Poker Awards in 2016. Joe is nominated for On-Air Talent, Podcast, and Best Book this year.
Barry Carter, Barny Boatman, Daniel Negreanu, Nikki Limo, Abby Merk, David Lappin, Dara O’Kearney, and the Irish Poker Open have all been nominated in two categories.
Poker fans worldwide once again had their voices heard, making selections for Fans Choice in four categories: Best Hand, Best Trophy, Best Live Stream, and Most Entertaining Player.
Announced winners:
GPI POKER PLAYER OF THE YEAR
David Coleman (USA)
GPI MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Han Feng (USA)
GPI FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Cherish Andrews (USA)
MOST WEEKS AT GPI #1 IN 2024
Jesse Lonis (USA)
POKERGO TOUR PGT PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jeremy Ausmus (USA)
List of nominees:
GPI BREAKOUT PLAYER
Boris Anzhelov Angelov (Bulgaria)
Mark Travis Egbert (USA)
Rania Nasreddine (USA)
Noel Rodriguez (USA)
BEST FINAL TABLE PERFORMANCE
Barny Boatman (England), EPT Paris
Daniel Negreanu (Canada), WSOP Poker Players Championship
Stephen Song (USA), EPT Barcelona
Scott Stewart (USA), WPT World Championship
PLAYERS CHOICE FOR TOUGHEST OPPONENT
Stephen Chidwick (England)
Isaac Haxton (USA)
Jason Koon (USA)
Adrian Mateos (ESP)
BEST X/TWITTER PERSONALITY
Barry Carter (England)
Caitlin Comeskey (USA)
Jamie Kerstetter (USA)
Marle Spragg (USA)
BEST STREAMER
Benjamin Spragg – Spraggy (England)
Bert Stevens – girafganger7 (Belgium)
Jon Van Fleet – apestylespoker (USA)
Lex Veldhuis – LexVeldhuis (Netherlands)
BEST VLOGGER
Corey Eyring (USA)
Daniel Negreanu (Canada)
Brad Owen (USA)
Alexander Seibt – Wolfgang Poker (USA)
Masato Yokosawa (Japan)
BEST SHORT-FORM CONTENT CREATOR
Caitlin Comeskey (USA)
Nikki Limo (USA)
Gregory Liow – Greg Goes All In (Canada)
Marle Spragg – Marle Poker (USA)
RISING STAR IN CONTENT CREATION
Václav Dušek – Lemon Poker (Czechia)
Josh Kasen (USA)
Abby Merk – Abby Poker (USA)
David Richards – Poker With A Purpose (USA)
BEST INDUSTRY PERSON
Gregory Chochon (France)
Matt Savage (USA)
Francine Watson (England)
Andy Wong (Malaysia)
BEST TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR
Nick O’Hara (Ireland)
Ray Pulford (USA)
Toby Stone (England)
Luca Vivaldi (Italy)
BEST DIRECTOR OF POKER OPERATIONS
Ryan Beauregard (USA)
Federico Brunato (Italy)
Kerryjane Craigie (England)
Ben Erwin (USA)
BEST EVENT
ClubWPT Gold $5M Invitational, Wynn Las Vegas
EPT Barcelona Main Event, Casino Barcelona
Irish Open Main Event, Royal Dublin Society
World Series of Poker Main Event, Horseshoe Las Vegas
BEST MID-MAJOR TOUR/CIRCUIT
Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP)
RunGood Poker Series (RGPS)
WPT Prime (WPTP)
WSOP Circuit (WSOPC)
BEST STAND-ALONE FESTIVAL/SERIES
Irish Poker Open, Royal Dublin Society
Malta Poker Festival, Portomaso Casino
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood
Wynn Millions Poker Series, Wynn Las Vegas
BEST EPISODIC POKER SERIES
GALFOND – Poker Docuseries
Inside the Mind of a Pro (Dans la tête d’un pro) by Winamax
No Gamble, No Future by PokerGO
The Big Game on Tour by PokerStars
BEST ON-AIR TALENT
Ali Nejad (USA)
Jeffrey Platt (USA)
Nick Schulman (USA)
Joseph Stapleton (USA)
BEST PODCAST
Poker in the Ears (James Hartigan & Joseph Stapleton for PokerStars)
PokerNews Podcast (Chad Holloway, Kyna England, Mike Holtz)
The Chip Race (David K Lappin, Dara O’Kearney for Unibet Poker)
Thinking Poker (Andrew Brokos, Carlos Welch)
BEST POKER BOOK
Beyond GTO: Poker Exploits Simplified (Dara O’Kearney, Barry Carter)
On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything (Nate Silver for Penguin Press)
Poker Pioneer: The Autobiography of Tom McAvoy (Tom McAvoy, Brad Smith)
Trapped (Joseph Stapleton, Neil Gibson for Twister Comics)
BEST MEDIA CONTENT: WRITTEN
A Further Investigation into the Existence of the BotFarm Corporation (Jonathan Raab for Poker
Pro)
Cancer Fight Didn’t Stop John Bird from His Golden Passport Moment (Lance Bradley for WPT)
I’ve lost all my other hobbies – Ari Engel opens up on poker and a torn heart (Paul Oresteen for
Pokerorg)
Music Icon Steve Albini’s Death Puts Fabled 20-Year Poker Home Game on Pause (Connor
Richards for PokerNews)
BEST MEDIA CONTENT: VIDEO
Behind the Swings: The Legend of Isuldur1 (Miikka Antonen, Phil Galfond, Matti Harju)
Davidi Kitai: Life of a Genius (La vie du Génie) (Winamax)
The Four Rules of the Poker Kings (Greg Clark, BBC Scotland)
The Ultimate Stack (POKER films)
BEST MEDIA CONTENT: SHORT-FORM VIDEO
Jesse Fullen (USA) – Jack Binion reminisces about the World Series of Poker
Marle Spragg (USA) – That one dealer who runs a tight ship
Nikki Limo (USA) – What’s it like playing poker as a woman
Caitlin Comeskey, Abby Merk (USA) – Who tf is Jared Jaffee?
BEST MEDIA CONTENT: PHOTO
Drew Amato (USA) – The ghost of Jason Mercier
Enrique Malfavon (USA) – The thrill of victory!
Danny Maxwell (Ireland) – Barny GOATMAN
Rachel Kay Winter (USA) – Misery, Not Mystery
BEST JOURNALIST
Sarah Herring (USA)
Nick Jones (England)
David Lappin (Ireland)
Brad Willis (USA)
BEST LIVE TOURNAMENT REPORTER
Mickey Doft (USA)
BJ Nemeth (USA)
David Salituro (Canada)
Christian Zetzsche (Germany)
The final four nominees have also been announced for the Fans Choice Awards. Fans will have one final shot at voting starting later this week. Fans Choice votes from the first round will carry-over to the final round and everyone is once again able to vote in each category.
BEST HAND (FANS CHOICE)
Barny Boatman makes hero call on way to EPT victory on PokerStars Live
Beer is raining down on him! Bracelet on the line on PokerGO
The Keating Show – 2.4M pot during Million Dollar Game on Hustler Casino Live
Xuan Liu stars in wild hand at The Lodge
MOST ENTERTAINING PLAYER (FANS CHOICE)
Caitlin Comeskey (USA)
Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo (Argentina)
Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek (USA)
Seth “Sethy Poker” Moeller (USA)
MOST ORIGINAL TROPHY DESIGN (FANS CHOICE)
Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup
PGT Texas Poker Open Belt Buckle
Triton Poker Series Trophy
World Series of Poker Main Event Bracelet
BEST POKER LIVE STREAM (FANS CHOICE)
King’s Resort Live
Poker at The Lodge
PokerGO
Triton Poker
BEST POKER ROOM (FANS CHOICE)
ARIA Las Vegas, USA
Asia Poker Arena/CTP Club, Taiwan
King’s Resort Live Rozvadov, Czechia
Playground Poker Club Montreal, Canada