Global Poker Awards - the awards, which are compared to the imaginary Oscars in the poker world, are back, and the third year will bring its gala evening in a few days. Specifically, on Friday, February 18, the World Poker elite will meet at the PokerGO studio in Las Vegas, where it will present 18 awards in various fields.

Compared to last year, this number is little bit smaller, as in March 2020 they managed to present 25 awards, which were handed over to individuals by the charming Maria Ho. Names such as Lex Veldhuis, Matt Savage, Nick Schulman, Johnny Chan, Jonathan Little, Alex Foxxen and Kristen Bicknell gradually took turns at her hands.

However, this year does not lag behind in quality and stellar staff, where well-known and lesser-known names fight for titles in categories such as industry personality, best podcaster, twitter personality, best event, most beautiful trophy, breakout player of the year, final table performance or player choice for the toughest opponent. In each category we know the names of four nominees, from whom it is sometimes very difficult to choose a clear winner.

During the gala evening, the best male and female player of the year according to the GPI year will also be awarded, where the name of the male player will probably not surprise anyone. Ali Imsirovic, a young talent who quickly and fearfully became the fear of the best players in the world and who has already credited dozens of tournament wins, became the best player. Nadya Magnus, will dethrone Kirsten Bicknell after her two consecutive wins in the female category.

Take a look now with us at the list of nominees in each category and let us know in the comments who you would most like to see with the award in their hands!

Best tournament director

• Paul Campbell
• Justin Hammer
• Ray Pulford
• Andy Tillman
   

Best final table performance

• Koray Aldemir, WSOP Main Event
• Jeremy Ausmus, WSOP PLO High Roller
• Daniel “Jungleman” Cates, WSOP 50K Poker Players Championship
• Adam Friedman, WSOP 10K Dealer’s Choice 6-Max Championship

GPI Breakout player

• Christopher Brewer
• Kyna England
• Johan Guilbert
• Vanessa Kade
   

Players choice - toughest opponent

• Michael Addamo
• Stephen Chidwick
• Ali Imsirovic
• David Peters

Best twitter personality

• Will Jaffe
• Jamie Kerstetter
• Kitty Kuo
• Kevin Mathers
   

Best vlogger

• Jaman Burton
• Ryan Depaulo
• Brad Owen
• Ethan “Rampage” Yau
   

Best streamer

• Kevin Martin “kevinmartin”
• Benjamin Spragg “Spraggy”
• Jonathan Van Fleet “apestylespoker”
• Lex Veldhuis “LexVeldhuis”

Best industry person

• Tony Burns
• Jack Effel
• Mori Eskandani
• Matt Savage
   

Best event

• Seminole Hard Rock Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Opening Event
• World Series of Poker Main Event
• Wynn Mystery Bounty (Summer 2021)
• Wynn Millions
   

Best podcast

• Poker in the Ears (James Hartigan, Joseph Stapleton)
• The Chip Race Poker Podcast (David Lappin, Dara O’Kearney)
• The Doug Polk Podcast
• The Heart of Poker

Broadcaster

• Jamie Kerstetter
• Ali Nejad
• Jeff Platt
• Joseph Stapleton
   

Best live tournament reporter

• Merom “Mickey” Doft
• Timothy Duckworth
• Chad Holloway
• Christian Zetszche

Best media content - written

• Lance Bradley (Canada) for PocketFives: Isai Scheinberg: His Company, His Legacy, and How Black Friday Impacted Both
• Alex O’Brien (Germany) for BBC: How a $10k poker win changed how I think
• D’Arcy Maine (USA) for ESPN.com: While battling brain cancer, Michael Graydon lives World Series of Poker dream
• Charles Rabin (USA) for Miami Herald: From immigration ‘cage’ to newest poker champ at Hard Rock. An Afghan refugee’s luck turns
   

Best media content - photo

• Antonio Abrego (USA) for PokerGO: Adam Friedman defeats Phil Hellmuth for 3rd straight WSOP 10K Dealers Choice title
• Hayley Hochstetler (USA): The End of an Era
• Enrique Malfavon (USA) for PokerGO: The WSOP Main Event Bubble Bursts
• Danny Maxwell (Ireland) for PokerNews/WSOP: Brandon Shack-Harris and his umbrella at WSOP

Best media content - video

• Paul Guyer & Andrew Neeme (USA): The Villain Who Stole Christmas
• Last Call Pokeridokumentii (Finland)
• Jeff Platt (USA) for PokerGO: “Stand Up for Me, Please!”
• Remko Rinkema (Netherlands) for PokerGO: Run it Back with Stefanie Ungar
• Run It Once: Meet The Jungleman
   

Peoples choice - best hand

• Daniel “Jungleman” Cates (USA) gets Leng to fold in 50K PPC
• Doug Polk (USA) makes epic fold vs. Phil Hellmuth on High Stakes Poker
• Nicholas Rigby (USA) pulls monster bluff during late stages of WSOP Main Event
• Quads over Quads on Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event (Chang Liu vs Ugur Secilmis)
   

Peoples choice - best trophy

• Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup
• MSPT South Dakota State Championship
• Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship
• WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast

Peoples choice for poker personality
 

• Johan “YoH ViraL” Guilbert
• Greg “Greg Goes All In” Liow
• Jonathan Little
• Masato Yokosawa