Sixth annual Global Poker Awards nominees announced

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)

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