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The 4th Annual Global Poker Awards was held in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, on Friday, March 3, with 27 trophies awarded throughout the evening. The show was broadcast exclusively on PokerGO.com, with the PokerGO Studio full of industry members, poker players, poker personalities, and many more.
Four categories were already determined, with Cherish Andrews winning GPI Female Player of the Year and Stephen Song winning both GPI Player of the Year and GPI Mid-Major Player of the Year. Stephen Chidwick was crowned the PGT Player of the Year for topping the 2022 PGT leaderboard with six wins, 32 cashes, and more than $6.3 million in earnings.
The awards were hosted by last year’s Global Poker Award winning Best Broadcaster, Jeff Platt and Drea Renee with a slew of other guests presenting awards throughout the night, such as Joe Stapleton, Ben Ludlow, and multiple Global Poker Award winner Ethan "Rampage" Yau. Platt was nominated once again for Best Broadcaster, but fell short to James Hartigan who took home the award this year.
Among those in attendance to accept their awards were Rising Star in Content Creation Caitlin Comeskey, Best Final Table Performance winner Dan Cates, and this year’s Best Industry Person Jack Effel.
Angela Jordison finished second to Cherish Andrews in the race for GPI Female Player of the Year, but was able to take home one award this year when she won Breakout Player of 2022. Jordison received a standing ovation from the crowd when giving her acceptance speech and dedicating the award to her father, who she used to play poker with.
For the third time the RUNGOOD Poker Series earned the award for Best Mid-Major Tour, while the WPT received honors for Best Event with their WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. Matt Berkey and the crew from the Only Friends Podcast accepted the final award for the night when they took home the trophy for Best Podcast.
Category | Winner |
GPI Poker Player of the Year | Stephen Song |
GPI Female Player of the Year | Cherish Andrews |
GPI Mid-Major Player of the Year | Stephen Song |
PGT Player of the Year | Stephen Chidwick |
GPI Breakout Player | Angela Jordison |
Best Final Table Performance | Daniel Cates - WSOP $50k Poker Players Championship |
Poker ICON | Gabe Kaplan |
Players' Choice for Toughest Opponent | Stephen Chidwick |
Comeback Player | Phil Ivey |
Best Twitter Personality | Will Jaffe |
Charitable Initiative | The Star Entertainment Group for raising funds for the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital on behalf of Shane Warne |
Best Streamer | Kevin Martin |
Best Vlogger | Ethan Yau |
Rising Star in Content Creation | Caitlin Comeskey |
Best Industry Person | Jack Effel - WSOP |
Best Tournament Director | Ray Pulford - Wynn Las Vegas |
Best Event | WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas |
Best Mid-Major Tour/Festival | RUNGOOD Poker Series |
Best Broadcaster | James Hartigan |
Best Podcast | Only Friends Podcast - Matt Berkey, Melissa Schubert, Landon Tice, and others for Solve4Why |
Best Media Content: Written | Jennifer Shahade - "How Becoming a Poker Pro Helped Me Accept a Personal Tragedy" for The Wall Street Journal |
Best Media Content: Video | Gregory Liow - "Poker vlogger who doesn't understand that the voice over is done in post" |
Best Media Content: Photo | Hayley Hochstetler - "Glantz Pulls Million Dollar Bounty" for PokerNews |
Fans Choice: Poker Personality | Ethan Yau |
Fans Choice: Best Hand | Wild J4 vs 89 hand between Robbie Jade Lew and Garrett Adelstein |
Fans Choice: Best Trophy | WSOP Main Event Bracelet |
Fans Choice: Fave Live Stream | Hustler Casino Live |
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