In Monte Carlo worden over een week de EPT Awards uitgereikt. In veel categorieën is het nog reuze spannend. Twee awards worden bepaald door de pokerspelers zelf. De ‘EPT People’s Choice Award’ en de ‘EPT Achievement of the Year’. Deelnemers aan seizoen 6 van de EPT kunnen nu hun stem uitbrengen!
Voor de ‘EPT People’s Choice Award’ zijn de stemgerechtigden volledig vrij in hun keuze. Voor de ‘EPT Achievement of the Year’ moet een stem worden uitgebracht op één van de genomineerden uit onderstaande lijst. Fatima Moreira de Melo is de enige Nederlandse genomineerde. Stemgerechtigden ontvangen een e-mail met een uitnodiging om te stemmen. De EPT Awards worden uitgereikt op de laatste avond van de EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo op 30 april.
De overige categorieën zijn EPT Player of the Year, EPT Omaha Player of the Year, EPT Mixed Game Player of the Year, EPT Online Qualifier of the Year en EPT Country of the Year. De winnaar in deze categorieen worden middels een puntensysteem bepaald. Je kunt op de site van de EPT de tussenstanden bekijken.
Genomineerden voor ‘EPT Achievement of the Year’:
William Thorson – the Swedish Team PokerStars Pro dominated Omaha in Season 6 with two significant wins
Sorel Mizzi – the Canadian pro won two back-to-back side events at EPT Snowfest
Pierre Neuville – the 68-year-old retired businessman from Belgium is a serial qualifier, having won ten seats in Season 6 – a record. He was runner-up at EPT Vilamoura.
Jan Skampa – the EPT Prague winner and Czech native made back-to-back final tables
Martin Kabrhel – the Czech pro dominated side events in Season 6, winning three including the Deauville High Roller
Fatima Moreira de Melo – the Dutch former Olympic hockey player wowed players and media alike with her enormous charm and
poker talent in her first season as a member of Team PokerStars SportStar. She came third in the €1,000 Snowfest side event.
Mike McDonald – since winning EPT Dortmund in Season 4, Canadian McDonald has been a major force on the EPT and had two major cashes in Season 6: 11th in Barcelona and third in Deauville for €295,000.
Marcel Koller – the Swiss computer programmer final tabled EPT Berlin and had another deep run at the next event, finishing 12th at Snowfest
Allan Baekke – the debonair Dane enjoyed a stunning € 445,000 victory at EPT Snowfest and followed it up with a 12th place finish at San Remo
Iika Tahkokallio – as well as finishing second in Berlin, the Finn honored a hand interrupted by the robbery even though he was losing and the option to scrap it. He also won the £1,000 in London.
Johannes Strassman – the unstoppable German Team PokerStars Pro added to his EPT record with three Season 6 cashes including third place at Snowfest
Peter Eastgate – the Danish Team PokerStars Pro had three cashes in Season 6 including runner-up in London and eighth in Deauville
Sorel Mizzi – the Canadian pro won two back-to-back side events at EPT Snowfest
Pierre Neuville – the 68-year-old retired businessman from Belgium is a serial qualifier, having won ten seats in Season 6 – a record. He was runner-up at EPT Vilamoura.
Jan Skampa – the EPT Prague winner and Czech native made back-to-back final tables
Martin Kabrhel – the Czech pro dominated side events in Season 6, winning three including the Deauville High Roller
Fatima Moreira de Melo – the Dutch former Olympic hockey player wowed players and media alike with her enormous charm and
poker talent in her first season as a member of Team PokerStars SportStar. She came third in the €1,000 Snowfest side event. Mike McDonald – since winning EPT Dortmund in Season 4, Canadian McDonald has been a major force on the EPT and had two major cashes in Season 6: 11th in Barcelona and third in Deauville for €295,000.
Marcel Koller – the Swiss computer programmer final tabled EPT Berlin and had another deep run at the next event, finishing 12th at Snowfest
Allan Baekke – the debonair Dane enjoyed a stunning € 445,000 victory at EPT Snowfest and followed it up with a 12th place finish at San Remo
Iika Tahkokallio – as well as finishing second in Berlin, the Finn honored a hand interrupted by the robbery even though he was losing and the option to scrap it. He also won the £1,000 in London.
Johannes Strassman – the unstoppable German Team PokerStars Pro added to his EPT record with three Season 6 cashes including third place at Snowfest
Peter Eastgate – the Danish Team PokerStars Pro had three cashes in Season 6 including runner-up in London and eighth in Deauville
Jeff Sarwer – the former child chess champion from Canada came from nowhere to take the EPTs by storm during Season 6, racking up two finals – tenth in Warsaw; third in Vilamoura, runner-up in the Berlin high roller and, only last night, first in the EPT San Remo €330 turbo.
Luca Pagano – the Italian Team PokerStars Pro spent Season 6 breaking his own EPT records. He came fourth in Warsaw, sixth in Prague and cashed in Deauville. He now has 14 EPT cashes and six EPT final tables..
Dario Alioto – has enjoyed multiple cashes in Omaha events and is runner-up to William Thorson in EPT Omaha Player award
Carter Philips – has qualified multiple times and had two final table
appearances in PCA Main Event and PCA High Roller + 1 EPT win
Liv Boeree – first woman to make an EPT final table since Sandra Naujoks – at the time of writing, she is chip leader heads-up!
Kevin MacPhee – despite huge distractions (an armed robbery), MacPhee managed to keep his cool and take down EPT Berlin for a €1,000,000 first prize
Max Lykov – stormed to victory in the first event of the season and the first ever held in a CIS country.. also came 13th in Snowfest, won a $1,000 PCA side event and came ninth in a Prague side event.
Alfio Battisti – became a member of the new Team Online and enjoyed deep runs in both Warsaw and San Remo
Vadim Markushevski– the new Belarus Team PokerStars Pro has had four cashes this season, including a final table in Kyiv
Harrison Gimbel – the PCA champion also enjoyed a deep run in San Remo
Morten Guldhammer – won a $1 online event with some 10,000 entrants for his Copenhagen seat and rode it to right to the final
Jim Collopy– two deep runs in Vilamoura and Snowfest, and arguably the most entertaining player on the tour
Shaun Deeb – the online legend made his first ever live event final in Kyiv when he bested a field of three (yes, three) to take down the EPT Kyiv High Roller event. Officially “retired” at EPT Vilamoura and then came out of retirement shortly after to compete at NAPT Venetian.
Luca Pagano – the Italian Team PokerStars Pro spent Season 6 breaking his own EPT records. He came fourth in Warsaw, sixth in Prague and cashed in Deauville. He now has 14 EPT cashes and six EPT final tables..
Dario Alioto – has enjoyed multiple cashes in Omaha events and is runner-up to William Thorson in EPT Omaha Player award
Carter Philips – has qualified multiple times and had two final table
appearances in PCA Main Event and PCA High Roller + 1 EPT win
Liv Boeree – first woman to make an EPT final table since Sandra Naujoks – at the time of writing, she is chip leader heads-up!
Kevin MacPhee – despite huge distractions (an armed robbery), MacPhee managed to keep his cool and take down EPT Berlin for a €1,000,000 first prize
Max Lykov – stormed to victory in the first event of the season and the first ever held in a CIS country.. also came 13th in Snowfest, won a $1,000 PCA side event and came ninth in a Prague side event.
Alfio Battisti – became a member of the new Team Online and enjoyed deep runs in both Warsaw and San Remo
Vadim Markushevski– the new Belarus Team PokerStars Pro has had four cashes this season, including a final table in Kyiv
Harrison Gimbel – the PCA champion also enjoyed a deep run in San Remo
Morten Guldhammer – won a $1 online event with some 10,000 entrants for his Copenhagen seat and rode it to right to the final
Jim Collopy– two deep runs in Vilamoura and Snowfest, and arguably the most entertaining player on the tour
Shaun Deeb – the online legend made his first ever live event final in Kyiv when he bested a field of three (yes, three) to take down the EPT Kyiv High Roller event. Officially “retired” at EPT Vilamoura and then came out of retirement shortly after to compete at NAPT Venetian.
