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Global Poker Awards 2024 Winners
The poker world gathered at the PokerGO studio in Las Vegas for the presentation of the Global Poker Awards 2024. This article tells you the most interesting of the 34 nominations.
Player of the Year
The winners of this award were announced at the end of 2024 since it is determined based on the results of the Card Player and Global Poker Index formulas, not by voting. According to the GPA, the best players of 2024 were David Coleman and Cherish Andrews.
*The Global Poker Index considers the results of all tournaments with a buy-in of $1,000 or more and a minimum of 21 participants.
David Coleman accumulated 4,383 points, beating Jesse Lonis by just 9 points. In 2024 David:
- Cashed in 48 live tournaments.
- Was in the TOP-10 28 times.
- Won 6 tournaments.
- He cashed $5,200,000 in five countries and updated the top of his best results.
Sixth place in the Triton Paradise $100k Main Event on December 10, his best cash of $980,000. Thanks to this result, Coleman managed to surpass Lonis.
Curiously, David also plays quite a bit online. For example, in 3 weeks in January 2024, he won over $600k by winning 3 tournaments with buy-ins of $1k-$5k.
As for Cherish, only she has managed to compete in recent years for first place in the Global Poker Index with Kristen Foxen.
Like Coleman, Andrews managed to win the position only at the end of the year, winning over $200k in two tournaments in Las Vegas.
Cherish also came second in the nomination for “Best Mid-Stakes Player” (tournaments with buy-ins of up to $2.5k), which was won by Han Feng.
Recording of the Global Poker Awards 2024:
Toughest opponent
Based on the votes of his rivals, the Spaniard Adrian Mateos was recognized as the toughest opponent, which is confirmed by his results.
In 2024, Adrian joined the club of eight members, who won over $50M in live tournaments. Mateos did it faster than anyone else, in 4,369 days, as the leader of this ranking, Bryn Kenney, needed 95 more days.
Curiously, 2024 was a year with many second places for Adrian, who was eliminated in second and third place 10 times.
Breakthrough of the Year
Before 2024, Rania Nasreddine's best result was an 8th-place finish in a $25k WPT tournament, cashing $87,750.
But in April and September of last year, she made the final tables of the EPT Monte Carlo and Barcelona Main Events. Although Rani finished third and fourth, she won more than $1M. Nasreddine believes that her life experience was decisive. As a mother and lawyer, she knows how to build harmonious relationships at the poker tables.
Best Photo
Danny Maxwell took home this award for his work at EPT Paris. The Scot took a series of black and white photos of the series' main event winner, Barny Boatman, recognized by those who have been in the industry for over 20 years.
Barny was one of the founders of the Hendon Mafia, four players who traveled around the world and played the World Series of Poker, among other popular events. The legacy of these four legends is The Hendon Mob, a site that compiles results from poker festivals worldwide.
Best Poker Video
The documentary The Four Rules of the Poker Kings tells the life of top Scottish player Niall Farrell and was produced from December 2021 to July 2022, when the BBC team traveled with Niall to EPT Prague, EPT Monte Carlo, UKIPT Dublin, and WSOP Las Vegas.
The film introduces another character, David Doherty, who, at 35, still lives with his parents and has no children or wife. Farrell and Doherty travel to Las Vegas with one dream: to win the WSOP Main Event.
Director Greg Clark managed to objectively show what the life of a professional poker player is like and how to balance daily life.
The documentary can be watched for free (in English) on the BBC player.
Best Tournament
Most viewers had no doubt about the winner of this category. The WSOP 2024 Main Event broke all records and attracted 10,122 players. This event was won by Jonathan Tamayo, who cashed in for $10,000,000.
Best Hand
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According to the results of the online voting, Xuan Liu took home this award for a hand played at Lodge Card Club.
