John Anthony Cernuto 2019 Global Poker Awards Winner Johnny Chan. Pete Yen Han Chen 2019 GPI National Player of the Year. LAS VEGAS, NV – March 7, 2019 – In 2019, the celebrations of poker excellence worldwide will come together at the Global Poker Awards. Poker Central and the Global Poker Index (GPI) today announced that the poker industry’s finest from around the world will be recognized in the first-ever Global Poker Awards, held at the. The Global Poker Awards were launched in 2019 by combining multiple awards programs, including the GPI’s American Poker Awards and the European Poker Awards, into one star-studded ceremony to celebrate excellence both on and off the felt. Nominees for 13 Global Poker Awards announced. The Global Poker Index and Poker Central have announced nominees for many of the categories of the 2019 Global Poker Awards, set to be held on April 5th from the PokerGo Studios in Las Vegas.

1. Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Winners
2. Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Nominees
3. Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Performances
4. Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Red Carpet

Last night, in the PokerGO studio in the Aria, Las Vegas, the Global Poker Awards ceremony was held. The inaugural event, a merger between the European Poker Awards and the American Poker Awards, awarded trophies in a total of 20 categories.

Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic won the Breakout Player of the Year award while Justin Bonomo walked away with the trophy for Moment of the Year for his capture of the Super High Roller trifecta. The award for Tournament of the Year went, once again, to the World Series of Poker Main Event. Its winner John Cynn walked away with the Tournament Performance of the Year award.

Here are the results for all the categories:

Tournament Performance: John Cynn (WSOP Main Event)

• Justin Bonomo (Super High Roller Bowl IV)
• John Cynn (WSOP Main Event)
• Maria Lampropulos (PCA Main Event)
• Dylan Linde (WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic)

ICYMI: ## @john_cynn wins the 2018 Tournament Performance of the Year Award for his @WSOP Main Event Win - Watch th… https://t.co/GQxpfeS9I2

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Breakout Player of the Year: Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic

• Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic
• Maria Konnikova
• Ping Liu
• Christopher Michael Soyza

ICYMI: ## Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic wins the award for Breakout Player of the Year - @aliImsirovic. Watch the… https://t.co/eix2JkNS8Z

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Streamer Of The Year: Lex Veldhuis

• Jeff Gross
• Jason Somerville
• Jaime Staples
• Lex Veldhuis

# The King of @TwitchPoker and 2018 #GlobalPokerAwards Streamer of the Year is: Lex @RaSZi Veldhuis https://t.co/mzFPB3c9MP

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Vlogger Of The Year: Andrew Neeme

• Marle Cordeiro
• Joe Ingram
• Andrew Neeme
• Daniel Negreanu
• Doug Polk

ICYMI: ## Andrew Neeme wins the Vlogger of the Year Award @andrewneeme. https://t.co/tlpGIueLGw

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Podcast of the Year: The Chip Race Poker Podcast

• LFG Podcast (Chad Holloway, Jamie Kerstetter)
• PokerCentral Podcast (Brent Hanks, Remko Rinkema)
• PokerNews Podcast (Sarah Herring, [Removed:139])
• The Chip Race Poker Podcast (David Lappin, Dara O’Kearney)
• The Fives a PocketFives.com Podcast (Lance Bradley, Donnie Peters)

ICYMI: ##Huge congrats to The Chip Race Poker Podcast on winning Podcast of the Year Award #GlobalPokerAwards… https://t.co/TVwaRE2QA8

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Broadcaster of the Year: Maria Ho

• Maria Ho
• Lon McEachern
• Nick Schulman
• Lex Veldhuis

ICYMI ## And the winner for Broadcaster of the Year is: @MariaHo##GlobalPokerAwards https://t.co/M0C3xUFGt9

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Poker Journalist of the Year: Sarah Herring

• Drew Amato
• Sarah Herring
• Remko Rinkema
• Christian Zetzsche

ICYMI: ## Sarah @AuntyChardonnay Herring wins the award for Poker Journalist of the Year. Congrats… https://t.co/brjygWPcM5

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Media Content of the Year: Lance Bradley (book: The Pursuit of Poker Success)

• Drew Amato (photo: Brunson bids farewell to WSOP)
• Lance Bradley (book: The Pursuit of Poker Success)
• Haley Hintze (article: Vayo v. PokerStars)
• PokerCentral/GO (Super High Roller Club: Schulman featuring Nejad)

Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Winners

#ICYMI: ## Media Content of the Year: Lance Bradley: The Pursuit of Poker Success, published by D&B Publishing… https://t.co/gnHJ5TgBWT

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Industry Person: Angelica Hael

• Angelica Hael (World Poker Tour)
• Cary Katz (Poker Central)
• Matt Savage (WPT, TDA, more)
• Ty Stewart (World Series of Poker)
• Rob Yong (Dusk Till Dawn, partypoker)

ICYMI: ## Angelica Hael (World Poker Tour) wins the award for 2018 Industry Person of the Year! #GlobalPokerAwards… https://t.co/lRDSW2PdeW

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Tournament Director of the Year: Paul Campbell (ARIA)

• Tony Burns (Seminole Hard Rock)
• Paul Campbell (ARIA)
• Jack Effel (WSOP)
• Kenny Halleart (Unibet Open)

# ICYMI: ##@TDPaulCampbell wins Tournament Director of the Year Category. Thank you for all the great work you do f… https://t.co/ACiNjyo6Ry

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Mid-Major Tour/Circuit of the Year: RUNGOOD Poker Series

• 888poker Live
• RUNGOOD Poker Series
• Unibet Open
• WPTDeepStacks
• WSOP Circuit

# RunGood Series takes down the award for Mid-Major Circuit of the Year #GlobalPokerAwards @RGPokerSeries https://t.co/3gLEaDmLgi

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Event Of The Year: WSOP Main Event

• partypoker Caribbean Poker Party Main Event
• Super High Roller Bowl IV
• WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
• WSOP Main Event

ICYMI: ## And the Award for Event of Year goes to WSOP Main Event #GlobalPokerAwards @WSOP https://t.co/QTBxEIziqR

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Moment Of The Year: Justin Bonomo wins Big One for One Drop, completing Super High Roller Streak

• Jeremy Hilsercop receives PSPC Platinum Pass (with help from Joe Ingram, Arlie Shaban, PokerStars, and the poker community) as video of wife gifting him a trip to WSOP on Christmas day goes viral
• Joe Cada wins WSOP The Closer; registering for the event moments after a remarkable 5th place finish in WSOP Main Event
• Doyle Brunson plays his final WSOP event
• Justin Bonomo wins Big One for One Drop, completing Super High Roller Streak (SHRB China, SHRB IV, One Drop)

#ICYMI: ## @JustinBonomo wins the Moment of the Year Trophy #GlobalPokerAwards https://t.co/h1skBsZGzG

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Other Trophies Presented

• 2018 GPI Poker Player of the Year: Alex Foxen
• 2018 GPI Female Player of the Year: Kristen Bicknell
• Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poker: Doyle Brunson
• Charitable Initiative: Robbie Strazynski for his Run Well Campaign
• Jury Prize: Drew Amato
• PocketFives Legacy Award: Chris Moorman
• People’s Choice Award for Poker Personality of the Year: Brad Owen

# ICYMI: ## The 2018 Jury Prize goes to Drew Amato! #GlobalPokerAwards - @drew_amato https://t.co/PVwitOXkmo

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

## You may have noticed, the Lifetime Achievement Award wasn't handed out on the stream, but we're incredibly honou… https://t.co/KPRmLKblN8

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

## Chris @Moorman1 Moorman receives @PocketFives Legacy Award, presented to an online legend who has made outstand… https://t.co/j29dCMAXbd

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

ICYMI: ## With over 50% of the votes and ten of thousands of unique voters, the 2018 People Choice Award goes to Br… https://t.co/hfzswG2qpD

Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Nominees

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

Your GPI Player & Female Player of the Year @WAFoxen & @krissyb24poker https://t.co/rnrY8cKQF7

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

# Robbie Strazynski wins the Charitable Initiative Award for his amazing Run Well campaign. Congrats… https://t.co/8WwVR5Ztnz

— Global Poker Index (@gpi)

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• »Aussie Campbell Wins GPI Breakout Player of 2019

Former comedian and esports businessman Robert Campbell played poker casually for many years, live and online. In the past several years, the Melbourne-based pro increased his live play and associated results. His best poker year by far was 2019, and his standout performances at the World Series of Poker earned him quite a bit of recognition, including a Global Poker Award for Breakout Player of the Year.

Buildup to 2019

Campbell’s interest in card games dated back to his childhood, as his grandmother was his inspiration. He not only invested in her to win her $0.20 Friday night games but played in poker rooms like Crown Melbourne from the time he was 18 years old.

A loss during a game with friends motivated him to learn more about the game, and he began to study, improve, and move up in stakes. He began playing poker online in 2007 under the screen name of SonicJaxx, and he built his bankroll from there.

Meanwhile, Campbell took interest in esports and became the CEO of NeonEsports, a Dota 2 team from the Philippines that competes in esports tournaments in the Asia-Pacific region.

Poker When Possible

Most of Campbell’s first major poker tournament cashes and wins happened at home in Melbourne. He made final tables of various tournaments from 2007 onward and won his first tournament at the 2013 Aussie Millions in an 8-Game Mix event.

Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Performances

When the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific (WSOP APAC) hit Melbourne that same year, he played and final tabled the mixed-game event…and seemed to have caught the WSOP bug.

Campbell traveled to Las Vegas in 2015 to play the WSOP and finished second in the $1,500 HORSE event for more than $148K. The following year, he cashed in five WSOP events, two of those resulting in final table finishes. And in 2017, he cashed in three events, two of which were final tables. Three more cashes in Las Vegas in 2018 made him a regular at the Series.

Breakout Year of 2019

With his primary focus on esports, Campbell began the year with some poker tournaments at the Crown Poker Championship in April and took fourth place in an 8-Game event. Then, he set out to play a few WSOP events in Las Vegas in 2019, as he had in years past.

Gpi Poker Awards 2019 Red Carpet

Campbell later told PokerNews that his run at the Las Vegas WSOP was “probably the hottest I’ve ever run in my entire life.” These were his results there:

• $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed = 8^th place ($13,681)
• $10K Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better Championship = 5^th place ($102,868)
• $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw = 1^st place ($144,027)
• $1,500 Razz = 7^th place ($12,837)
• $1,500 PLO 8-or-Better = 63^rd place ($4,083)
• $1,500 Omaha Mix = 101^st place ($2,249)
• $10K Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better Championship = 1^st place ($385,763)
• $3K PLO 6-Handed = 33^rd place ($10,351)
• $1,500 NLHE Closer = 174^th place ($3,500)

Campbell became the only player to win two WSOP gold bracelets last summer, and he was in a prime spot to win the WSOP Player of the Year race. With that in mind, he traveled to Rozvadov in the Czech Republic in October for the WSOP Europe. There, he achieved these results:

• €550 PLO 8-Handed = 48^th place (€908)
• €1,350 NLHE Mini Main Event = 50^th place (€2,596)
• €25,500 NLHE Platinum High Roller = 8^th place (€59,189)
• €550 NLHE Colossus = 148^th place (€1,325)

With that, Campbell accumulated $753,668 in poker earnings for the year and won the WSOP Player of the Year honor. It was not without drama, as the WSOP initially declared Daniel Negreanu the POY, but a Russian poker journalist discovered a calculation error that led to a correction. And Campbell won.

Excitement to Kick Off 2020

The start of 2020 delivered more poker action. Campbell did well at the Australian Poker Tour in Brisbane, where he finished fifth in a NLHE event and won the $1K 8-Game Mix event.

Soon after, CoinPoker announced that Campbell joined its player roster as an ambassador of the online poker site alongside well-known players like Tony G, Isabelle Mercier, and Viktor Blom.

On March 6, the GPI and Poker Central hosted the Global Poker Awards in Las Vegas. Campbell was one of four nominees for Breakout Player of the Year Award, a category that included Ramon Colillas of Spain, Ben Farrell of the UK, and George Wolff of the United States.

Last year’s winner, Ali Imsirovic, presented the nominees and announced Campbell as the winner. Having been notified before the ceremony of his victory, Campbell sent a video that can be found in the this video of the entire ceremony at the timer marker of 01:17:23.

“Hey guys. How are ya? Look, I can still remember when I was nominated for this award earlier this year. I got a call from Kahle Burns; he called me up and said, ‘Hey, Rob, you’ve been nominated for Breakout Player of the Year, and I’ve been nominated for Toughest Opponent. How ‘bout I vote for you, you vote for me, we’ll do a bit of the swapsy-voties.’ I said, ‘No problem, Kahle. Sounds great.’ I hung up the phone and then I voted for Chidwick because… But seriously, thanks so much, Global Poker Index. This is fantastic. I’m so honored to be here even though I’m not here; sorry about that. It’s great. I really couldn’t be happier. A lot of people are asking me, ‘Rob, what are you gonna do next year with all this great stuff that’s happened to you?’ Well, I’m gonna try to win another bracelet because, ya know, this necklace is pretty tight. See ya later guys. Have a great evening.”

Awards host Maria Ho then added, “In this day and age when No Limit Hold’em is king, it is really nice to see somebody who dabbles a lot in the mixed game streets to win that award, so congratulations.”

Just landing in Sydney now. Found out from @LynnGilmartin as I was taking off. WOW! Really appreciate the award @gpi thank you so much! Hope to see you all in Las Vegas this summer! ✈️?? https://t.co/77AKwZbBE6

— Rob Campbell (@SonicJaxx2019) March 7, 2020