American Poker Awards Nomination Jury & Voting
The Global Poker Index American Poker Awards Nomination Panel consist of over 70 of the foremost experts of the poker industry and the live tournament circuit. Panel members include members of the poker media, casino staff, tournament directors and organizers, sports media members and poker event sponsors. Panel members have been asked to provide a maximum of two names for each category, namely:
- Breakout Performance of the Year
- Event of the Year
- Industry Person of the Year
- Media Content of the Year
- Media Person of the Year
- Mid-major Circuit of the Year
- Moment of the Year
- Podcast of the Year
- Tournament Performance of the Year
MEMBERS OF THE JURY
3rd GPI American Poker Awards jury members:
Garry Gates, Live Events Consultant, PokerStars
Christian Harder, 2017 PSC Bahamas Champion
Joe Ingram, Host, Poker Life Podcast
Kevin Mathers, Community Manager, Pocketfives
Kelly Minkin, 2016 GPI Female Player of the Year
Sam Simmons, Vice President of Content, Poker Central
Eric Danis, Head of Poker Content, GPI
Alexandre Dreyfus, CEO, GPI
The Award Nomination Panel
The GPI Third American Poker Awards nomination panel can be found below:
| Anne Albrecht | Lee Athias | Roland Boothby |
| Michael Boyle | Lance Bradley | Tony Burns |
| Earl Burton | Mohsin Charania | Gregory Chochon |
| Eric Danis | Merom Doft | Alexandre Dreyfus |
| Tim Duckworth | Jack Effel | Dan Fleyshman |
| John Griffo | Chris Grove | James Guill |
| Angelica Hael | Justin Hammer | Brent Hanks |
| Christian Harder | Martin Harris | Sarah Herring |
| Maria Ho | Chad Holloway | Fedor Holz |
| Joey Ingram | Faraz Jaka | Linda Johnson |
| Randall Kasper | Jamie Kerstetter | Allen Kessler |
| Marc-Andre Ladouceur | Tommy LaRosa | Mike Leah |
| Jonathan Little | Scott Long | Ryan Lucchesi |
| Craig Lumpp | Pamela Maldonado | William Mason |
| Kevin Mathers | Sean McCormack | Dan Michalski |
| Daniel Negreanu | Jennifer Newell | Will O’Connor |
| Paul Oresteen | Vineet Pahuja | Seth Palansky |
| Matthew Parvis | Donnie Peters | Adam Pliska |
| Allen Rash | Remko Rinkema | Eric Rosenberger |
| Martin Roy | Steven Ruddock | Richard Ryan |
| Matt Savage | Adam Schwartz | Kara Scott |
| Matt Showell | Sam Simmons | Lupe Soto |
| Joe Stapleton | Ty Stewart | Robbie Strazynski |
| Chris Torina | Jessica Welman | Lane Anderson |