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The 6th Annual Global Poker Awards was held in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, on Saturday, February 222, with 37 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.
Multiple categories were already determined, with David Coleman winning GPI Player of the Year and Cherish Andrews winning GPI Female Player of the Year for the second time in her poker career. Han Feng won GPI Mid-Major Player of the Year, while Jeremy Ausmus was crowned the PGT Player of the Year for topping the 2024 PGT leaderboard with two wins, 27 cashes, and $6,491,016 in PGT earnings. Jesse Lonis was also awarded a Global Poker Award for Most Weeks at GPI #1 in 2024.
Jeff Platt and Drea Renee hosted the awards, while many other guests presented awards throughout the night, including WPT's Matt Savage, Poker.Org's Eric Hollreiser, PokerStars' Steve Preiss, PokerNews' Yori Epskamp, PokerStars' James Hartigan, MGM's Sean McCormack, PGT's Tim Duckworth, RunGood Poker Series' Tana Karn, Lance Bradley, Ali Nejad, PokerGO's Mori Eskandani, and GPI's Eric Danis and Roland Boothby.
Among those in attendance to accept their awards were GPI Breakout Player winner Rania Nasreddine, Best Industry Person winner Francine Watson, Best Director of Poker Operations winner Ryan Beauregard, Beest On-Air Talent winner Jeff Platt, Rising Star in Content Creation winner Abby Merk, and Best Media Content: Short-Form Video winner Nikki Limo. The WSOP Main Event won Best Event, the BSOP won Best Mid-Major Tour/Circuit, and the Irish Poker Open won Best Stand-Alone Festival/Series. The PGT received honors for the Most Original Trophy with the Texas Poker Open belt buckle.
Watch the 6th Annual Global Poker Awards here.
Categories and Winners for the 6th Annual Global Poker Awards
| Category | Winner |
| GPI Poker Player of the Year | David Coleman |
| GPI Female Player of the Year | Cherish Andrews |
| GPI Mid-Major Player of the Year | Han Feng |
| PGT Player of the Year | Jeremy Ausmus |
| Most Weeks at GPI #1 in 2024 | Jesse Lonis |
| GPI Breakout Player | Rania Nasreddine |
| Best Final Table Performance | Barny Boatman - EPT Paris |
| The Hendon Mob Award | Dominick French |
| Players' Choice for Toughest Opponent | Adrian Mateos |
| Best X/Twitter Personality | Barry Carter |
| Charitable/Community Initiative | Poker Gives |
| Best Streamer | Benjamin Spragg |
| Best Vlogger | Brad Owen |
| Rising Star in Content Creation | Abby Merk |
| Best Short-Form Content Creator | Marle Spragg |
| Best Industry Person | Francine Watson - PokerStars |
| Best Tournament Director | Luca Vivaldi - Triton Poker Series |
| Best Director of Poker Operations | Ryan Beauregard - Wynn |
| Best Event | WSOP Main Event |
| Best Stand-Alone Festival/Series | Irish Poker Open |
| Best Mid-Major Tour/Circuit | BSOP |
| Best Episodic Poker Series | The Big Game on Tour - PokerStars |
| Best On-Air Talent | Jeff Platt |
| Best Podcast | The Chip Race |
| Best Poker Book | Dara O'Kearney and Barry Carter - Beyond GTO: Poker Exploits Simplified |
| Best Media Content: Written | Jonathan Raab - A Further Investigation into the Existence of the BotFarm Corporation |
| Best Media Content: Video | Greg Clark - The Four Rules of the Poker Kings |
| Best Media Content: Short-Form Video | Nikki Limo - What's It Like Playing Poker as a Woman |
| Best Media Content: Photo | Danny Maxwell |
| Best Journalist | Brad Willis - Poker.Org |
| Best Live Tournament Reporter | Mickey Doft |
| Fans Choice: Best Hand | Xuan Liu Stars in Wild Hand at the Lodge |
| Fans Choice: Best Trophy | PGT's Texas Poker Open Belt Buckle |
| Fans Choice: Best Livestream Production | Poker at the Lodge |
| Fans Choice: Most Entertaining Player | Alejandro "Papo MC" Lococo |
| Fans Choice: Best Poker Room | Playground Montreal |
| GPI Award of Merit | Gene Calden |
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