2021 Global Poker Awards Finalists Revealed

After skipping last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Global Poker Awards are back. This year, the winners will be announced during a ceremony on Friday, February 18, at Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, streamed live by PokerGO.

On Tuesday, the Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob, which produce the Global Poker Awards, announced the finalists in each category. A voting panel will select the winners, though fans can still vote through January 26 for their favorite “poker personality.”

Best Final Table Performance

Koray Aldemir – WSOP Main Event
Jeremy Ausmus – WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Daniel “Jungleman” Cates – WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Adam Friedman – WSOP $10,000 Dealer’s Choice 6-Max Championship

GPI Breakout Player

Christopher Brewer
Kyna England
Johan Guilbert
Vanessa Kade

Players’ Choice for Toughest Opponent

Michael Addamo
Stephen Chidwick
Ali Imsirovic
David Peters

Twitter Personality

Will Jaffe
Jamie Kerstetter
Kitty Kuo
Kevin Mathers

Best Streamer

Kevin “kevinmartin” Martin
Ben “Spraggy” Spragg
Jonathan “apestylespoker” Van Fleet
Lex “LexVeldhuis” Veldhuis

Best Vlogger

Jaman Burton
Ryan Depaulo
Brad Owen
Ethan “Rampage” Yau

Best Industry Person

Tony Burns
Jack Effel
Mori Eskandani
Matt Savage

Best Tournament Director

Paul Campbell
Justin Hammer
Ray Pulford
Andy Tillman

Best Event

Seminole Hard Rock Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Opening Event
World Series of Poker Main Event
Wynn Mystery Bounty
Wynn Millions

Best Podcast

Poker in the Ears (James Hartigan & Joseph Stapleton for PokerStars)
The Chip Race Poker Podcast (David Lappin & Dara O’Kearney for Unibet Poker)
The Doug Polk Podcast (Doug Polk)
The Heart of Poker (Kara Scott)

Best Live Reporter

Mickey Doft
Tim Duckworth
Chad Holloway
Christian Zetszche

Best Broadcaster

Jamie Kerstetter
Ali Nejad
Jeff Platt
Joe Stapleton

Best Media Content: Written

Lance Bradley for PocketFives: Isai Scheinberg: His Company, His Legacy, and How Black Friday Impacted Both
Alex O’Brien for BBC: How a $10k poker win changed how I think
D’Arcy Maine for ESPN.com: While battling brain cancer, Michael Graydon lives World Series of Poker dream
Charles Rabin for Miami Herald: From immigration ‘cage’ to newest poker champ at Hard Rock. An Afghan refugee’s luck turns

Best Media Content: Photo

Antonio Abrego for PokerGO: Adam Friedman defeats Phil Hellmuth for 3rd straight WSOP 10K Dealers Choice title
Hayley Hochstetler: The End of an Era
Enrique Malfavon for PokerGO: The WSOP Main Event Bubble Bursts
Danny Maxwell for PokerNews/WSOP: Brandon Shack-Harris and his umbrella at WSOP

Best Media Content: Video

Paul Graydon & Andrew Neeme: The Villain Who Stole Christmas
Last Call Pokeridokumentii
Jeff Platt for PokerGO: “Stand Up for Me, Please!”
Remko Rinkema for PokerGO: Run it Back with Stefanie Ungar
Run It Once: Meet The Jungleman

Fans’ Choice: Best Hand

Daniel “Jungleman” Cates gets Leng to fold in 50K PPC
Doug Polk makes epic fold vs. Phil Hellmuth on High Stakes Poker
Nicholas Rigby pulls monster bluff during late stages of WSOP Main Event
Quads over Quads on Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event (Chang Liu vs Ugur Secilmis)