The stage is set for the 2019 Global Poker Awards which will be held in Las Vegas at the PokerGO Studio on March 6th. A total of 12 nations will be represented at the Global Poker Awards with 16 former winners joining an impressive list of first-time nominees. Leading the way is video content producer Joey Ingram. BY Lee Davy ON March 13, 2019. TAGs: global poker awards. In the past, the GPI has hosted two annual poker awards ceremonies and conferences in the shape of the American Poker Awards (APA). In 2013, he placed seventh on the GPI’s Poker Player of the Decade list – an impressive honor. Manig Loeser With 25 wins in 2019 so far, Loeser has had quite a good year, but he’s only managed to land one first-place prize.
- Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Red Carpet
- Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Performances
- Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Nominees
- Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Winners
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The 2020 Global Poker Awards took place inside the PokerGO Studio on the Las Vegas Strip on Friday night and it was a who’s who from the international poker scene that was rewarded for their excellence in 2019. Before you read about all winners, check out the full list of nominees right here.
The night, hosted by Maria Ho and Drea Renee, kicked off with the Global Poker Index Player of the Year and Female Player of the Year awards, given to poker power couple Alex Foxen and Kristen Bicknell who both went back-to-back.
Other players that had outstanding years and were recognized for their play on the felt included Breakout Player of the Year Robert Campbell, Ryan Riess for his amazing 10-high call in Monte Carlo, and Stephen Chidwick for being selected by his peers as “Toughest Opponent.” Phil Hui won the award for “Final Table Performance” with his epic victory in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the 2019 WSOP. You can relive that entire final table on PokerGO right here.
In the events categories, the RunGood Poker Series was awarded “Mid-Major Tour of the Year” for the second straight year while the PokerStars Players Championship in the Bahamas took down the “Event of the Year”. Fitting into the events category as well, the Tournament Live Reporters were honored with the Award of Merit, accepted by Tim Duckworth.
Both “Miami” John Cernuto and Johnny Chan were recognized for the totality of their poker career with the former receiving the “Hendon Mob Award” and the later receiving the “Poker ICON Award.” See a full overview of all award winners in the overview below.
| Award | Winner |
| Award of Merit | Tournament Live Reporters |
| Broadcaster of the Year | Nick Schulman |
| Event of the Year | PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) Bahamas |
| Final Table Performance of the Year | Phillip Hui – WSOP Poker Players Championship |
| GPI Breakout Player of the Year | Robert Campbell |
| Hendon Mob Award | “Miami” John Cernuto |
| Industry Person of the Year | Paul Phua – Triton Poker |
| Journalist of the Year | Joey Ingram |
| Media Content of the Year Photo | Drew Amato: Dario Sammartino folds at WSOP |
| Media Content of the Year Video | Joey Ingram – Investigating Mike Postle Hand Histories |
| Media Content of the Year Written | Poker and Pop Culture, Martin Harris for D&B Publishing |
| Mid-Major Tour/Circuit of the Year | RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) |
| People’s Choice for Hand of the Year | Ryan Riess 10-high call at EPT Monte Carlo |
| People’s Choice: Personality of the Year | Jonathan Little |
| Players Choice for Toughest Opponent | Stephen Chidwick |
| Podcast of the Year | The Grid: Jennifer Shahade |
| Poker ICON Award | Johnny Chan |
| Streamer of the Year | Lex Veldhuis |
| Tournament Director of the Year | Matt Savage |
| Twitter Personality of the Year | Jamie Kerstetter |
| Vlogger of the Year | Andrew Neeme |
Relive the entire Global Poker Awards ceremony on PokerGO right here.
We’ve seen plenty of activity on the 2019 GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard. Players have been swapping places constantly, and it really is anyone’s game this year. There are 10 very talented players at the top of the leaderboard in 2019, each with an impressive number of large cashes behind them. As 2019 comes to a close, it will be very exciting to see where these talented players end up on this prestigious list.
What is the GPI?
The Global Poker Index is an international leaderboard that ranks nearly 500,000 tournament players. Players earn points every time they finish a poker tournament and, at the end of the year, the player with the most points is named Player of the Year.
When it comes to calculating the points, it isn’t just the position a player finishes in that determines how many GPI points they receive for a tournament. There is a very complicated system at work when it comes to how points are calculated for the Global Poker Index. It is a patent-pending formula that takes into consideration the age of the events, field difficulties, and field sizes.
2019 PotY Rankings
The current top ten players on the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard for 2019 are as follows:
Global Poker Index Ranking 2019
| Ranking | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Sean Winter | 3,425.57 pts |
| #2 | Rainer Kempe | 3,402.80 pts |
| #3 | Stephen Chidwick | 3,385.95 pts |
| #4 | Sam Greenwood | 3,294.67 pts |
| #5 | Bryn Kenney | 3,254.17 pts |
| #6 | Shannon Shorr | 3,117.65 pts |
| #7 | Manig Loeser | 3,078.52 pts |
| #8 | Almed “Ali” Imsirovic | 3,040.60 pts |
| #9 | Daniel Chi Tang | 2,993.56 pts |
| #10 | James Romero | 2,993.02 pts |
Sean Winter
Sean Winter has had a great year so far, with 15 cashes and three first-place finishes. His biggest win of the year came in August, during the $5,250 No Limit Hold’em event at the SHR Poker Open. He netted a prize worth $698,175 and over 560 GPI points, which pushed him into the Number 1 spot.
For a few weeks, Winter was at the top of the GPI Player of the Year list but he’s now over 500 points away from Chidwick. He’ll need to earn another big win in order to keep himself in the running.
Rainer Kempe
Rainer Kempe is currently in 22nd place on Hendon Mob’s All Time Money List, having earned over $20 million in tournament prizes over the course of his career. Currently, he has 24 cashes under his belt in 2019, four of which are first-place finishes. The biggest of the bunch was his first-place win in the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which earn him over $908,000.
Stephen Chidwick
This year, Stephen Chidwick has spent quite a bit of time in the #1 spot in the GPI rankings, at an impressive five weeks. He’s currently in the Top 10 of Hendon Mob’s All-Time Money List with total career earnings of $32.1 million.
He recently found himself at the top of the GPI list after winning over £200,000 in the £25,000 PLO event of the British Poker Open. Even though Chidwick keeps losing his top spot, he always seems to find a way to get back to Number 1.
Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood has 16 wins to his name so far this year, landing him in fourth place. He started the year off on a high, landing his biggest win for 2019 with a $1.7 million prize at the $100,000 No Limit Hold’em event in the PCA.
Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Red Carpet
Bryn Kenney
Earning a huge win worth $20.5 million, Bryn Kenney shot to the top of the All-Time Money List in August – but the event didn’t actually earn him any points in the Global Poker Index. Instead, it’s been his 12 other wins this year that have landed him in such a favorable position in the Player of the Year race.
Shannon Shorr
Shannon Shorr lands near the bottom of the Top 10 of the GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard this year, but he has an impressive record for 2019. He has cashed in over 20 events, nine of which were during the WSOP. In fact, he’s played in over 50 WSOP events over the course of his career. In 2013, he placed seventh on the GPI’s Poker Player of the Decade list – an impressive honor.
Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Performances
Manig Loeser
With 25 wins in 2019 so far, Loeser has had quite a good year, but he’s only managed to land one first-place prize. It came during the EPT Monte Carlo, where he earned over €600,000. The prize game with over 500 GPI points and, unless he lands another similarly huge payout, it’s unlikely that he’ll make it into the Top 5 this year.
Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Nominees
Ali Imsirovic
Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Winners
Although he’s earned 28 cashes this year, none of Imsirovic’s wins have earned him enough points to break into the Top 5. He probably won’t see him in the Number 1 spot this yet but, if he continues cashing lots of tournaments in 2020, he could be a contender.
Daniel Chi Tang
Born in 1992, Daniel Chi Tang is the youngest player in the 2019 GPI PotY Top Ten. For a 27-year-old, he has had a very impressive tournament poker career so far and has what it takes to be a hugely successful player. So, while he only rounds out the Top 10 this year, we could see him take the Number 1 spot in coming years.
James Romero
Romero has cashed in an impressive 30 tournaments this year, making him the most prolific player on the list. He doesn’t have any first-place cashes in 2019, but he did come second in two of the three events he placed at the Paradise Poker Series in South Korea. His biggest cash of the year was also a second-place win, earning him over $250,000.
This is a very esteemed title among tournament poker players, and it is coveted by the best in business. Some of the biggest names have made it to the top of the list, including Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Selbst and Jason Mercier. So, we can’t wait to see who comes out on top this year.
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