Players, industry leaders, and operators from the 2014 North American Poker World have now been honored. Featured awards include those for best poker venues, best poker events, best online initiatives, and best poker innovations, media, best player of the year, and many others. To review the full list of awards and information on each specific category please visit the Award Categories page.
Without further ado the winners are:
GPI Player of the Year
Presented by:
Awarded to the 2014 American GPI POY Ranking Leader
Awarded to the American or Canadian poker player to have accumulated the most points on the worldwide live tournament poker circuit during the 2014 poker season as determined by the Global Poker Index’s exclusive scoring formula.
The winner of the Player of the Year award is determined by taking a player’s best 13 scoring results in all qualifying tournaments played between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014. Point distribution is based on the Global Poker Index’s exclusive scoring formula.
Winner: Dan Colman
Media Person of the Year
Presented by:
Awarded by Nomination Vote & Jury
Award presented to the American or Canadian media person judged to have been a leading personality in poker media during the 2014 poker season. Media members are an integral part of the poker world. The best media members have the ability to connect poker fans with the poker world through articles, blogs, photographs or through other means.
The Media Person of the Year award looks to highlight those in North America who shine the brightest in the media world.
The Media Person of the Year will be awarded based on nomination panel’s list of nominees and a final jury vote.
| NOMINEES FOR MEDIA PERSON OF THE YEAR |
Winner: Chris Grove Kevin Mathers Rich Ryan |
Industry Person of the Year
Presented by:
Awarded by Nomination Vote & Jury
Awarded to the American or Canadian casino employee, tournament staff member or tour operating worker deemed to have gone over and beyond for the game of poker during the 2014 poker season, as judged by the panel and jury members.
| NOMINEES INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE YEAR |
Winner: Adam Pliska, WPT President Matt Savage, WPT Executive Tour Director & TDA Founder Ty Stewart, WSOP Executive Director |
Breakout Player of the Year
Awarded by Nomination Vote & Jury
Awarded to the American or Canadian poker player without a major poker title* heading into 2014 who enjoyed a breakout year on the live tournament circuit this season as judged by the nomination panel and the members of the jury.
Furthermore, players who have won a WPT or EPT Main Event and/or a WSOP bracelet or any High Roller or Super High Roller tournament prior to Dec, 31 2013 do not qualify for this category.
| NOMINEES FOR BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
Mukul Pahuja Jake Schindler Winner: Brandon Shack-Harris |
Tournament Performance of the Year
Awarded by Nomination Vote & Jury
Awarded to the American or Canadian player judged to have had the single best tournament performance on the worldwide live circuit during the 2014 poker season.
| NOMINEES FOR TOURNAMENT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR |
Daniel Colman, Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event Winner Darren Elias, WPT Borgata Poker Open Winner Winner: Mark Newhouse, WSOP Main Event, 9th |
Event of the Year (category buy-in over $2,000)
Awarded by Nomination Vote & Jury
Award presented to the event judged to have been the best single tournament event presented in Canada or the United States of America carrying a buy-in over $2,000 USD.
| NOMINEES FOR EVENT OF THE YEAR (BUY-IN OVER $2,000) |
Winner: WSOP Main Event (Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas) WPT Montreal (Playground Poker Club, Montreal) WPT World Championship (Borgata, Atlantic City) |
Event of the Year (category buy-in up to $2,000)
Awarded by Nomination Vote & Jury
Award presented to the event judged to have been the best single tournament event presented in Canada or the United States of America carrying a buy-in less $2,000 USD.
| NOMINEES FOR EVENT OF THE YEAR (BUY-IN UP TO $2,000) |
WPT500 at Aria (ARIA Resort & Casino, Las Vegas) WSOP Millionaire Maker (Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas) Winner: WSOP Monster Stack (Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas) |
Poker Innovation or Initiative of the Year
Awarded to Successful Applicant by Nomination Vote & Jury
Presented to the American or Canadian industry contributor or organization to have come up with the best poker innovation or initiative serving poker’s interest in 2014, such as the creation of a new circuit, a new tournament format, as well as a technological innovation, the signature of a commercial partnership or the organization of an unprecedented event.
| NOMINEES FOR POKER INNOVATION OR INITIATIVE |
Poker Night in America WPT’s successful partnerships with DeepStacks, Hublot, DraftKings & Monster The WSOP Monster Stack |
Charitable Initiative of the Year
Awarded by Nomination Vote & Jury
Presented to the tournament or tournament series to have done the best job at raising awareness as well as raising funds for a noteworthy charitable organization.
| NOMINEES FOR CHARITABLE INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR |
Charity Series of Poker REG (Raising for Effective Giving) Charity The WSOP One Drop Partnership |
Poker Media Content of the Year
Awarded by Nomination Vote & Jury
Awarded to the best poker article, blog post, picture, video, podcast or interview during the 2014 poker season published by an American or Canadian journalist, industry member, blogger, or media contributor.
| NOMINEES FOR POKER MEDIA CONTENT OF THE YEAR |
Winner: Brad Willis, “WSOP 2014: Stages / Never stop fighting” Pokernews Live Reporting at the WSOP Jason Somerville for Run It UP! |
GPI Female Player of the Year
Awarded to the 2014 American GPI POY Womens Ranking Leader
Awarded to the top scoring female poker player from Canada or the United States of America during the 2014 poker season as determined by the Global Poker Index’s exclusive scoring formula.
Winner: Vanessa Selbst
Poker’s Best Ambassador
Awarded by People’s Choice
Award presented to the poker player from Canada or the United States of America judged to have been the game’s best ambassador in 2014, making a positive impact on poker while engaging its fans. Just what makes a great poker ambassador? It’s not just a popularity contest, that’s for sure. The best ambassador works hard not only on the felt, but also off it, promoting the game.
Poker’s best ambassador is also a player who connects with the fans and works at helping to find new players to play the game that we all love so much.
The public has spoken – Winner: Daniel Negreanu
Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poker
Awarded by GPI
The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the American or Canadian deemed to have had provided the greatest contributions to the game of poker over his or her career.
For his contributions & founding the World Poker Tour, Winner: Steve Lipscomb
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