Doyle Brunson Honored, WPT and PokerStars Win Big at the 5th Annual Global Poker Awards
The PokerGO Studio was a mix of pokers brightest stars and the industrys biggest contributors as the Fifth Annual Global Poker Awards handed out 29 trophies on Saturday night, including big wins for the World Poker Tour and PokerStars.
Jeff Platt and Drea Renee led the ceremony, which handed out a mix of industry awards, fans choice winners, and special accolades including the Poker Icon Award for the late Doyle Brunson, which was accepted by longtime friend Mori Eskandani. Joining Brunson as a special award recipient was Nadya Magnus, who was recognized for her efforts to increase the representation of women in major poker events.
The PokerGO broadcast paid tribute to the years best performances, with Bin Weng picking up the GPI Player of the Year and Nick Pupillo winning the Mid-Major counterpart of the season-long points race. Kristen Foxen won as well, scoring her fourth trophy for sitting atop the womens points race. Isaac Haxton was the PokerGO Tour Player of the Year, with 14 cashes for over $7 million in a year on the PGT that included four wins.
Jans Arends won the award for GPI Breakout Player, while Casey Kastle earned The Hendon Mob Award for being the first player to pick up a cashing finish in 50 different countries on the popular database website.
Big Tours Dominate
It was a big year for the big poker tour, as World Poker Tour and PokerStars won muliple awards. The WPT picked up the Best Mid-Major Circuit/Tour honor for their Prime series and WPT President Adam Pliska beat a tough field to win Best Industry Person. The WPT was also represented in with Dan Sepiols award for his performance at the WPT World Championship final table.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, PokerStars Toby Stone, who has led explosive growth on the European Poker Tour, was voted Best Tournament Director. Likewise, the PokerStars LIVE crew picked up the trophy for the Best Stream. Neither was on hand to accept the award, however, as the EPT Paris Main Event was in full swing all weekend.
Not to be outdone, the WSOP Main Event picked up the award for Best Event, and the Best Stand-Alone Series went to Wynn Millions.
Creators Break Through in Content Awards
The Best Content and Personality categories recognized pokers best creators from the previous year, and Marle Spragg led the way with her award for Best X/Twitter Personality. Spragg beat out a category that included Caitlin Comeskey, who was nonetheless honored as the Best Short-Form Content Creator.
Greg Greg Goes All In Liow won the Fans Choice for Poker Personality and Ali Nejad beat Platt, Nick Schulman, and Henry Kilbane to win Best Broadcaster. The Best Vlogger was Jaman Burton for his TheDrawingDeadVlog and the Best Media Content: Video award went to PokerGOs Doyle Brunson Celebration of Life, while The Chip Race Poker Podcast won for Best Podcast.
The award for Best Written Content went to David Hills The Tales of Billy Baxter: The Final Days of Stu Ungar from his standout series about the gambling legend, while Rachel Winter won the Best Media Content: Photo award for her winners picture of Schulman from the 2023 WSOP. It was a stacked category with PokerNews stalwarts Matthew Berglund, Hayley Hochstetler, and Danny Maxwell joining Winter in the top four.
Check out a full list of the winners below:
5th Annual Global Poker Award Winners
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| GPI Poker Player of the Year | Bin Weng |
| GPI Female Player of the Year | Kristen Foxen |
| GPI Mid-Major Player of the Year | Nick Pupillo |
| PokerGO Tour Player of the Year | Isaac Haxton |
| GPI Breakout Player | Jans Arends |
| Best Final Table Performance | Daniel Sepiol - WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas |
| The Hendon Mob Award | Casey Kastle |
| Players' Choice for Toughest Opponent | Stephen Chidwick |
| Best X/Twitter Personality | Marle Spragg |
| Best Streamer | Bert Stevens |
| Best Vlogger | Jaman Burton |
| Best Short-Form Content Creator | Caitlin Comeskey |
| Best Industry Person | Adam Pliska - WPT |
| Best Tournament Director | Toby Stone |
| Best Event | WSOP Main Event |
| Best Stand-Alone Festival/Series | Wynn Millions |
| Best Mid-Major Tour/Circuit | WPT Prime |
| Best Broadcaster | Ali Nejad |
| Best Podcast | The Chip Race |
| Best Media Content: Written | David Hill - The Tales of Billy Baxter: The Final Days of Stu Ungar |
| Best Media Content: Video | PokerGO - Doyle Brunson Celebration of Life |
| Best Media Content: Photo | Rachel Winter |
| Fans Choice: Poker Personality | Greg "Greg Goes All-In" Liow |
| Fans Choice: Best Hand | Craziest Pre-Flop Action of ALL-TIME at Triton Poker Series London |
| Fans Choice: Best Trophy | Asian Poker Tour Taipei Lion Trophy |
| Fans Choice: Best Livestream Production | PokerStars Live |
| GPI Award of Merit | Game of Gold - GGPoker |
| Poker Icon | Doyle Brunson |
| Charitable/Community Initiative | Nadya Magnus |
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