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Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008

PokerStars launches EPT Awards

Daniel Negreanu
Happiest poker award host around.

By Sarah Polson

The European Poker Tour will be kicking off its fifth season next month with the Barcelona Open, and to help close out Season 4, PokerStars has launched the first European Poker Tour Awards.

The awards will be held on the eve of the EPT opening event in Barcelona with a ceremony that will honor the best players from the entire EPT Season 4. PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu will host the ceremony alongside Gloria Balding.

The EPT Awards will give out awards in seven categories. Five of those categories will be decided by a panel of judges, but two will be selected by a vote.

The five categories being judged are Best Newcomer, Best Performance, Best Overseas Player, Best PokerStars Qualifier and Player of the Year. The players in consideration for each category are:

Best Newcomer

  • Trond Erik Eidsvig
  • Denes Kalo
  • Jason Mercier
  • Annette Obrestad
  • Mike McDonald

Best Performance

  • Jason Mercier
  • Julian Thew
  • Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
  • Glen Chorny
  • Mike McDonald

Best Overseas Player

  • Tim Vance
  • Isaac Baron
  • Raymond Rahme
  • Danny Ryan
  • Mike McDonald

Best PokerStars Qualifier

  • Mike McDonald
  • Glen Chorny
  • Christian Harder
  • Isaac Baron
  • Danny Ryan

Player of the Year

  • Luca Pagano
  • Trond Erik Eidsvig
  • Johannes Straussman
  • Jan Heitman
  • Thierry Van der Berg

The judges on the panel to determine the winners are John Duthie, EPT executive producer; Lee Jones, former PokerStars cardroom manager; Victoria Coren, writer, TV presenter and Team PokerStars Pro; and John Caldwell.

The general public will be voting to determine the People's Choice Award at the EPT.com Web site; the media will also vote on the Poker Writers' Award through the site.

John Duthie described the People's Choice Awards as "the public's chance to pick any player who competed in EPT Season 4 to win this special award."

The Poker Writers' Award allows accredited media members to vote for the player from Season 4 they most enjoyed writing about or interviewing in the course of the season. Voting is open until Aug. 29.

The awards ceremony will take place Sept. 9 in the Opium Mar in Barcelona. The EPT Barcelona Open will begin Sept. 10 at the Gran Casino Barcelona and play until Sept. 14.

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