International Poker Index celebrated the perfect of the poker trade for the sixth time in Las Vegas on Saturday with its awards present. Emceed by Jeff Platt and Drea Renee, 38 trophies had been handed out to the perfect performers of 2024 at PokerGO Studios on the Aria.
David Coleman earned sufficient GPI factors by 2024 to earn its Poker Participant of the 12 months Prize. Coleman had a breakout yr, cashing 48 occasions, and profitable six occasions — the one six victories of his profession.
Coleman completed a razor-thin 9.32 factors forward of Jesse Lonis, who received the award for Most Weeks at GPI #1.
Lonis would have scooped two awards, however fell out of high spot in December by the slimmest margin simply earlier than Christmas when Colman earned 217.32 factors for finishing 11th in a $1,400 event on the World Poker Tour Championships.
Han Feng took the Mid-Main Participant of the 12 months award for his stellar 2024.
And Cherish “Dumptruck69” Andrews received her second GPI Feminine Participant of the 12 months, inching out Kristen Foxen by 199.52 factors. She was additionally the runner-up behind Feng within the Mid-Majors class.
A number of gamers already owned a GPI trophy, however there have been fairly a number of newbies within the combine. They had been: Adrian Mateos, Rania Nasreddine, Jeremy Ausmus, Jesse Lonis, Abby Merk, Francine Watson, Luca Vivaldi, Ryan Beauregard, Nikki Limo, and Danny Maxwell.
And in the perfect emcee voice, “and the winners are”:
GPI POKER PLAYER OF THE YEAR
David Coleman (USA)
GPI MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Han Feng (USA)
GPI FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Cherish Andrews (USA)
MOST WEEKS AT GPI #1 IN 2024
Jesse Lonis (USA)
POKERGO TOUR PGT PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jeremy Ausmus (USA)
Checklist of Winners:
GPI BREAKOUT PLAYER
Rania Nasreddine (USA)
BEST FINAL TABLE PERFORMANCE
Barny Boatman (England), EPT Paris
PLAYERS CHOICE FOR TOUGHEST OPPONENT
Adrian Mateos (Spain)
BEST X/TWITTER PERSONALITY
Barry Carter (England)
BEST STREAMER
Benjamin Spragg – Spraggy (England)
BEST VLOGGER
Brad Owen (USA)
BEST SHORT-FORM CONTENT CREATOR
Marle Spragg – Marle Poker (USA)
RISING STAR IN CONTENT CREATION
Abby Merk – Abby Poker (USA)
BEST INDUSTRY PERSON
Francine Watson (England)
BEST TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR
Luca Vivaldi (Italy)
BEST DIRECTOR OF POKER OPERATIONS
Ryan Beauregard (USA)
BEST EVENT
World Collection of Poker Important Occasion, Horseshoe Las Vegas
BEST MID-MAJOR TOUR/CIRCUIT
Brazilian Collection of Poker (BSOP)
BEST STAND-ALONE FESTIVAL/SERIES
Irish Poker Open, Royal Dublin Society
BEST EPISODIC POKER SERIES
The Massive Sport on Tour by PokerStars
BEST ON-AIR TALENT
Jeffrey Platt (USA)
BEST PODCAST
The Chip Race (David Okay Lappin, Dara O’Kearney for Unibet Poker)
BEST POKER BOOK
Past GTO: Poker Exploits Simplified (Dara O’Kearney, Barry Carter)
BEST MEDIA CONTENT: WRITTEN
A Additional Investigation into the Existence of the BotFarm Company (Jonathan Raab for Poker Professional)
BEST MEDIA CONTENT: VIDEO
The 4 Guidelines of the Poker Kings (Greg Clark, BBC Scotland)
BEST MEDIA CONTENT: SHORT-FORM VIDEO
Nikki Limo (USA) – What’s it like taking part in poker as a girl
BEST MEDIA CONTENT: PHOTO
Danny Maxwell (Eire) – Barny GOATMAN
BEST JOURNALIST
Brad Willis (USA)
BEST LIVE TOURNAMENT REPORTER
Mickey Doft (USA)
BEST HAND (FANS CHOICE)
Xuan Liu stars in Wild Hand at The Lodge
MOST ENTERTAINING PLAYER (FANS CHOICE)
Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo (Argentina)
MOST ORIGINAL TROPHY DESIGN (FANS CHOICE)
PGT Texas Poker Open Belt Buckle
BEST POKER LIVE STREAM (FANS CHOICE)
Poker at The Lodge
BEST POKER ROOM (FANS CHOICE)
Playground Poker Membership Montreal, Canada
GPI AWARD OF MERIT
Gene Calden
THE HENDON MOB AWARD
Dominick French
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