Ingram, Chidwick & Kerstetter Among 2nd Annual Global Poker Award Winners

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Mar 07, 2020 6 min read Last updated Mar 10, 2020

On Friday, March 6, the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas played host to the second annual Global Poker Awards. The ceremony, which was hosted by Maria Ho and Drea Renee, recognized players, media and industry professionals for their accomplishments in 2019.

Poker Hall of Famer Johnny Chan was honored with the inaugural Poker ICON award, while "Miami" John Cernuto, became the second recipient of the Hendon Mob Award.

Here��s a look at all those who claimed Global Poker Awards (a full list of nominees appears at the bottom of this article)

Repeat Winners

The awards kicked off with Kristen Bicknell claiming the GPI Female Player of the Year award for the third year in a row, while her significant other Alex Foxen took GPI POY for the second straight year.

The power couple wasn��t the only back-to-back winners. Lex Veldhuis and Andrew Neeme both won again for ��Streamer of the Year�� and ��Vlogger of the Year�� respectively, while the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) claimed ��Mid-Major Tour/Circuit of the Year�� after doing so in 2018.

Finally, poker photographer Drew Amato was victorious for ��Photo of the Year�� to claim an award for the second year in a row.

Joey Ingram Claims Two Awards

The Mike Postle scandal was arguably the story of the year, and it is the coverage of which that has helped net Joey Ingram four nominations in the Global Poker Awards. His ��Investigating Mike Postle Hand Histories from Stones Live�� won for Media Content: Video, and he also claimed the award for Journalist of the Year

Full List of Winners

Here��s a look at all the categories with the winners of each award bolded.

Breakout Player

• Robert Campbell
• Ramon Colillas
• Ben Farrell
• George Wolff

Final Table Performance

• Hossein Ensan - WSOP Main Event
• Alex Foxen - WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
• Phil Hui - WSOP Poker Players Championship
• Bryn Kenney - Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro

Twitter Personality

• Barny Boatman
• Jamie Kerstetter
• Kitty Kuo
• Kevin Mathers

Player's Choice for Toughest Opponent

• Michael Addamo
• Kahle Burns
• Stephen Chidwick
• Ali Imsirovic

Streamer

• Hristivoje Pavlovic
• Benjamin Spragg
• Matthew Staples
• Lex Veldhuis

Vlogger

• Jaman Burton
• Andrew Neeme
• Daniel Negreanu
• Brad Owen

Podcast

• DAT Poker Podcast: Terrence Chan, Ross Henry, Adam Schwartz, Daniel Negreanu
• Poker Life Podcast: Joey Ingram
• The Fives, a PocketFives Podcast: Lance Bradley, Donnie Peters
• The Grid: Jennifer Shahade

Industry Person

• Phil Galfond - Run it Once Poker
• Cary Katz - Poker Central/PokerGO
• Paul Phua - Triton Poker
• Matt Savage - WPT/TDA

Tournament Director

• Tony Burns - Seminole Hard Rock
• Paul Campbell - Aria
• Jack Effel - World Series of Poker
• Matt Savage - WPT/TDA

Event of the Year

• PokerStars Players Championship Bahamas
• Triton London Million for Charity
• World Series of Poker Main Event
• World Series of Poker BIG 50

Mid-Major Tour/Circuit

• Road to PSPC
• RUNGOOD Poker Series
• WPTDeepStacks
• WSOP Circuit

Journalist

• Lance Bradley
• Haley Hintze
• Joey Ingram
• Nick Jones

Broadcaster

• Jamie Kerstetter
• Jeff Platt
• Nick Schulman
• Joe Stapleton

Media Content: Written

• A Fight for Fatherhood: The Biggest Win of Jason Young��s Life, Lance Bradley for PocketFives
• Kevin Roster Spreads Sarcoma Awareness at WSOP, Wants to End Life on His Terms, Aleeyah Jadavji, Hayley Hochstetler for PokerNews
• Poker and Pop Culture, Martin Harris for D+B Publishing
• The Unabridged Story of The Hendon Mob, Paul Seaton for PokerNews

Media Content: Photo

• Antonio Abrego: Ryan Laplante in deep thought at the WSOP (PokerNews)
• Drew Amato: Dario Sammartino folds at the WSOP (Poker Central)
• Joe Giron: WPT Champion Frank Stepuchin is lifted in victory (WPT)
• Hayley Hochstetler: Doyle Brunson and Jack Binion at WSOP celebration (WSOP)

Media Content: Video

• Investigating Mike Postle Hand Histories from Stones Live, Joey Ingram
• Legends of the Game �C Stu Ungar (PokerGO)
• The Big Blind w/ Jeff Platt featuring Mike Matusow, Norman Chad, Sarah Herring (PokerGO)
• Who Makes Money from Professional Poker, Sam Rega for CNBC

People's Choice for Poker Personality

• Joey Ingram
• Jonathan Little
• Ryan DePaulo
• Lex Veldhuis

People's Choice for Hand of the Year

• Bryce Yockey takes a historic hit against Josh Arieh in the WSOP Poker Players Championship
• Ryan Riess makes 10-high all-in call at EPT Monte Carlo final table
• Sam Trickett makes Stephen Chidwick fold best hand at Triton London ��1,000,000 event
• Thi Xoa Nguyen folds full house to Athanasios Polychronopoulos at PSPC

_{Pictures courtesy of Global Poker Index}

PR & Media Manager for PokerNews, Podcast host & 2013 WSOP Bracelet Winner.

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Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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