European Poker Awards – Mustapha Kanit in nomination per la Tournament Performance Of The Year

Con le premiazioni di Kara Scott, Daniel Negreanu, Joshua Beckley e compagnia, gli American Poker Awards sono ormai andati; l’occhio si sposta sulla cornice europea, dove sono state stilate le nomination per gli European Poker Awards.

Un anno fa nella stessa occasione, Giuliano Bendinelli ha stretto tra le mani la coppa di MVP GPM, conquistata meritatamente sul campo, e con lui Mustapha Kanit è stato incoronato Player Of The Year 2014.

Musta torna in campo anche in questa occasione, assieme ad Adrian Mateos, Barry Boatman e Fedor Holz, in lizza per la Tournament Performance Of The Year.

Curioso il fatto che qualche anno fa anche Rocco Palumbo ambiva allo stesso titolo, che alla fine è andato tra le mani di Davidi Kitai… che Mustacchione sia lì per la rivincita?

A difendere i colori azzurri nelle nomination di quest’anno anche il TD Luca Vivaldi, in gara per il titolo di Industry Person, unico award conteso da 5 giocatori, a causa di un pareggio di voti nella selezione.

Ecco l’elenco completo delle nomination EPA:

Breakout Player OF The Year

Charles Carrel
Dzmitry Urbanovich
Fedor Holz
Rainer Kempe

Innovation/Initiative

Norwegian Championship broadcast (sport style)
PokerStars Play Along App – Interactive Poker on TV
PokerStars using superstars (athletes) for global campaign
WSOP Europe rempote Twitch broadcasts

Event Low Buyin (below €2.000)

Estrellar Poker Tour Barcelona
Norwegian Championships Norway Cup
PokerListings Battle Of Malta
WPT500 at Dusk Till Dawn

Event High Buyin (€2.000 and more)

EPT Barcelona Main Event
EPT Grand Final Main Event
EPT Prague Main Event
WSOPE Main Event

Media Content

“The Future of Poker in the Post-Boom Era”, Sam Grafton Blog
“The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Defeat”, Neil Stoddart’s picture captures Montury consoling Messina at EPT Malta
Devilfish: A Friend with a Hearth of Gold, PokerNews article (Jesse May, Mickey May)
Remko Report, PokerNews Podcast, August 2015 – Eli Elezra talks time in Israli Army and High Stakes with legends

Media Person

Frank Op de Woerd
Lee Davy
Neil Stoddart
Remko Rinkema

Industry Person 

Edgar Stuchly
Hermance Blum
Luca Vivaldi
Rob Yong
Thomas Lamatsch

Moment 

Dzmitry Urbanovich wins Crazy Pineapple tourney ad EPT Malta – 4th win of series
Epic Hand between Mateos and Lodden at EPT Grand Final (Negreanu on stream “We’re seeing some high-level poker”)
John Gale returns from three years off (because of brain tumor) to win WSOP bracelet #2
Pierre Neauville qualifies for the WSOP November Nine – after declaring he wasn’t done (at 2014 Euro Awards)

Tournament Performance

Adrian Mateos wins the 2015 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Barny Boatman wins second career WSOP bracelet at WSOP Europe
Fedor Holz wins WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas
Mustapha Kanit wins EPT Barcelona 10K High Roller