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The 5th Annual Global Poker Awards was held in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, on Saturday, February 24, with 29 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 Bin Weng winning GPI Player of the Year and Kristen Foxen winning GPI Female Player of the Year for the fourth time in her poker career. Nick Pupillo won GPI Mid-Major Player of the Year, while Isaac Haxton was crowned the PGT Player of the Year for topping the 2023 PGT leaderboard with four wins, 14 cashes, and $7,243,295 in PGT winnings.
Jeff Platt and Drea Renee hosted the awards, while many other guests presented awards throughout the night, such as Poker.Org's Sarah Herring, RUNGOOD Poker Series' Tana Karn, content creator Seth Moeller, poker playerBen Ludlow, poker vlogger Brad Owen, GPI's Eric Danis and Roland Boothby, and PokerGO's Tim Duckworth. Platt was nominated once again for Best Broadcaster, but missed out as Ali Nejad won the final award of the evening.
Among those in attendance to accept their awards were Best Final Table Performance winner Daniel Sepiol, Best Short-Form Content Creator winner Caitlin Comeskey, and Best Industry Person winner Adam Pliska. The WPT received honors for Best Mid-Major Tour/Circuit for WPT Prime, while the Wynn Millions won Best Stand-Alone Festival/Series. The WSOP Main Event won Best Event, while PokerGO won Best Media Content: Video for Doyle Brunson's Celebration of Life.
Watch the 5th Annual Global Poker Awards here.
Categories and Winners for the 5th Annual Global Poker Awards
| 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 |
| PGT 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 |
| Poker ICON | Doyle Brunson |
| Players' Choice for Toughest Opponent | Stephen Chidwick |
| Best X/Twitter Personality | Marle Spragg |
| Charitable/Community Initiative | Nadya Magnus |
| 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 |
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