PokerOrg’s editor-in-chief Brad Willis won Best Journalist at the 6th Annual Global Poker Awards in Las Vegas on Saturday night. He beat off stiff competition from PokerOrg’s Head of Instant, Sarah Herring, who was nominated alongside David Lappin and Nick Jones. You can watch Brad's acceptance speech above but be warned, there may be tears.
That trophy was one of 38 handed out during awards week in an expanded lineup that saw several other members of the PokerOrg family honored at the PokerGO Studio at Aria Resort.
PokerOrg Player Advisory Board member Jeremy Ausmus won PokerGO Tour PGT Player of the Year. Abby Merk took home the gong for Rising Star in Content Creation and Nikki Limo won Best Media Content: Short-Form Video for What’s it like playing poker as a woman?
Good night for the Spraggs
Others missed out. Caitlin Comeskey was nominated for four awards but came away empty-handed, with Marle Spragg taking the title of Best Short-Form Content Creator. It was a good night all round for the Spraggs, with Benjamin ‘Spraggy’ Spragg taking home the award for best streamer, beating out fellow Player Advisory Board member Lex Veldhuis.
Paul Oresteen repped PokerOrg in the Best Written Content category with his up-close-and-personal piece about poker pro Ari Engel. Jonathan Raab took this trophy with his brilliant add-on to the Bloomberg bot farm story.
Corey Eyring was nominated for Best Vlogger, which was won by Brad Owen, marking his third GPA. Alejandro ‘Papo MC’ Lococo won Most Entertaining Player ahead of our most entertaining player, Seth Moeller.
Here are the rest of the winners from the 6th Annual Global Poker Awards:
- 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)
- 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 Industry Person: Francine Watson (England)
- Best Tournament Director: Luca Vivaldi (Italy)
- Best Director of Poker Operations: Ryan Beauregard (USA)
- Best Event: World Series Of Poker Main Event, Horseshoe Las Vegas
- Best Mid-Major Tour/Circuit: Brazilian Series Of Poker (Bsop)
- Best Stand-Alone Festival/Series: Irish Poker Open, Royal Dublin Society
- Best Episodic Poker Series: The Big Game On Tour – Pokerstars
- Best On-Air Talent: Jeff Platt (USA)
- Best Podcast: The Chip Race (David Lappin, Dara O’Kearney for Unibet Poker)
- Best Poker Book: Beyond GTO: Poker Exploits Simplified (Dara O’Kearney, Barry Carter)
- Best Media Content (Video): The Four Rules of the Poker Kings (Greg Clark, BBC Scotland)
- Best Media Content (Photo): Danny Maxwell (Ireland) – Barny Goatman
- Best Live Tournament Reporter: Mickey Doft (USA)
- Best Hand (Fans Choice): Xuan Liu Stars in Wild Hand at The Lodge
- 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 Club Montreal, Canada
- GPI Award Of Merit: Gene Calden
- The Hendon Mob Award: Dominick French
- Charitable/Community Initiative: Poker Gives
You can watch the full Global Poker Awards ceremony again on the PokerGO YouTube channel.
