Poker Personality Of The Year

Last night, in the PokerGO studio in the Aria, Las Vegas, the Global Poker Awards ceremony was held. The inaugural event, a merger between the European Poker Awards and the American Poker Awards, awarded trophies in a total of 20 categories.

Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic won the Breakout Player of the Year award while Justin Bonomo walked away with the trophy for Moment of the Year for his capture of the Super High Roller trifecta. The award for Tournament of the Year went, once again, to the World Series of Poker Main Event. Its winner John Cynn walked away with the Tournament Performance of the Year award.

The tribe has spoken, and the final four nominees for Poker Personality of the Year are Jonathan Little, Brad Owen, Johnnie Moreno and Lex Veldhuis. The People's Choice Award is the poker community's chance to influence the outcome of the GPI Global Poker Awards, which will be held Friday, April 5 in Las Vegas and streamed on PokerGO. Rob Gardner Memorial Award for the Poker Personality of the Year. Rob Gardner Memorial Award for the Poker Personality of the Year has been presented to 4 players. See other awards. Roger Hairabedian 2013 Rob Gardner Memorial Award for the Poker Personality of the Year Kara Scott.

Here are the results for all the categories:

Tournament Performance: John Cynn (WSOP Main Event)

Justin Bonomo (Super High Roller Bowl IV)
John Cynn (WSOP Main Event)
Maria Lampropulos (PCA Main Event)
Dylan Linde (WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic)

ICYMI: ## @john_cynn wins the 2018 Tournament Performance of the Year Award for his @WSOP Main Event Win - Watch th… https://t.co/GQxpfeS9I2

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Breakout Player of the Year: Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic

Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic
Maria Konnikova
Ping Liu
Christopher Michael Soyza

ICYMI: ## Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic wins the award for Breakout Player of the Year - @aliImsirovic. Watch the… https://t.co/eix2JkNS8Z

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Streamer Of The Year: Lex Veldhuis

Jeff Gross
Jason Somerville
Jaime Staples
Lex Veldhuis

# The King of @TwitchPoker and 2018 #GlobalPokerAwards Streamer of the Year is: Lex @RaSZi Veldhuis https://t.co/mzFPB3c9MP

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Vlogger Of The Year: Andrew Neeme

Marle Cordeiro
Joe Ingram
Andrew Neeme
Daniel Negreanu
Doug Polk

ICYMI: ## Andrew Neeme wins the Vlogger of the Year Award @andrewneeme. https://t.co/tlpGIueLGw

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Podcast of the Year: The Chip Race Poker Podcast

LFG Podcast (Chad Holloway, Jamie Kerstetter)
PokerCentral Podcast (Brent Hanks, Remko Rinkema)
PokerNews Podcast (Sarah Herring, Jeff Platt)
The Chip Race Poker Podcast (David Lappin, Dara O’Kearney)
The Fives a PocketFives.com Podcast (Lance Bradley, Donnie Peters)

ICYMI: ##Huge congrats to The Chip Race Poker Podcast on winning Podcast of the Year Award #GlobalPokerAwards… https://t.co/TVwaRE2QA8

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Broadcaster of the Year: Maria Ho

Maria Ho
Lon McEachern
Nick Schulman
Lex Veldhuis

ICYMI ## And the winner for Broadcaster of the Year is: @MariaHo##GlobalPokerAwards https://t.co/M0C3xUFGt9

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Poker Journalist of the Year: Sarah Herring

Drew Amato
Sarah Herring
Remko Rinkema
Christian Zetzsche

ICYMI: ## Sarah @AuntyChardonnay Herring wins the award for Poker Journalist of the Year. Congrats… https://t.co/brjygWPcM5

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Media Content of the Year: Lance Bradley (book: The Pursuit of Poker Success)

Drew Amato (photo: Brunson bids farewell to WSOP)
Lance Bradley (book: The Pursuit of Poker Success)
Haley Hintze (article: Vayo v. PokerStars)
PokerCentral/GO (Super High Roller Club: Schulman featuring Nejad)

#ICYMI: ## Media Content of the Year: Lance Bradley: The Pursuit of Poker Success, published by D&B Publishing… https://t.co/gnHJ5TgBWT

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Industry Person: Angelica Hael

Angelica Hael (World Poker Tour)
Cary Katz (Poker Central)
Matt Savage (WPT, TDA, more)
Ty Stewart (World Series of Poker)
Rob Yong (Dusk Till Dawn, partypoker)

ICYMI: ## Angelica Hael (World Poker Tour) wins the award for 2018 Industry Person of the Year! #GlobalPokerAwards… https://t.co/lRDSW2PdeW

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Tournament Director of the Year: Paul Campbell (ARIA)

Tony Burns (Seminole Hard Rock)
Paul Campbell (ARIA)
Jack Effel (WSOP)
Kenny Halleart (Unibet Open)

# ICYMI: ##@TDPaulCampbell wins Tournament Director of the Year Category. Thank you for all the great work you do f… https://t.co/ACiNjyo6Ry

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Mid-Major Tour/Circuit of the Year: RUNGOOD Poker Series

888poker Live
RUNGOOD Poker Series
Unibet Open
WPTDeepStacks
WSOP Circuit

# RunGood Series takes down the award for Mid-Major Circuit of the Year #GlobalPokerAwards @RGPokerSeries https://t.co/3gLEaDmLgi

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Event Of The Year: WSOP Main Event

partypoker Caribbean Poker Party Main Event
Super High Roller Bowl IV
WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
WSOP Main Event

ICYMI: ## And the Award for Event of Year goes to WSOP Main Event #GlobalPokerAwards @WSOP https://t.co/QTBxEIziqR

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Moment Of The Year: Justin Bonomo wins Big One for One Drop, completing Super High Roller Streak

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Jeremy Hilsercop receives PSPC Platinum Pass (with help from Joe Ingram, Arlie Shaban, PokerStars, and the poker community) as video of wife gifting him a trip to WSOP on Christmas day goes viral
Joe Cada wins WSOP The Closer; registering for the event moments after a remarkable 5th place finish in WSOP Main Event
Doyle Brunson plays his final WSOP event
Justin Bonomo wins Big One for One Drop, completing Super High Roller Streak (SHRB China, SHRB IV, One Drop)

#ICYMI: ## @JustinBonomo wins the Moment of the Year Trophy #GlobalPokerAwards https://t.co/h1skBsZGzG

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Other Trophies Presented

2018 GPI Poker Player of the Year: Alex Foxen
2018 GPI Female Player of the Year: Kristen Bicknell
Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poker: Doyle Brunson
Charitable Initiative: Robbie Strazynski for his Run Well Campaign
Jury Prize: Drew Amato
PocketFives Legacy Award: Chris Moorman
People’s Choice Award for Poker Personality of the Year: Brad Owen

# ICYMI: ## The 2018 Jury Prize goes to Drew Amato! #GlobalPokerAwards - @drew_amato https://t.co/PVwitOXkmo

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

## You may have noticed, the Lifetime Achievement Award wasn't handed out on the stream, but we're incredibly honou… https://t.co/KPRmLKblN8

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— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

## Chris @Moorman1 Moorman receives @PocketFives Legacy Award, presented to an online legend who has made outstand… https://t.co/j29dCMAXbd

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

ICYMI: ## With over 50% of the votes and ten of thousands of unique voters, the 2018 People Choice Award goes to Br… https://t.co/hfzswG2qpD

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Your GPI Player & Female Player of the Year @WAFoxen & @krissyb24poker https://t.co/rnrY8cKQF7