Sam Trickett’s supply of “run good†doesn’t seem to have run out just quite yet as the British poker pro dominated the
2012 British Poker Awards by taking home three trophies from the ceremonies.
Earlier this week aboard the
H.M.S. President, the crème of the British poker community convened for this year’s awards ceremonies. Trickett, who has been one of the dominant players on the international poker scene over the past year, was up for two awards that were voted on by the poker community. Trickett would take down those two awards, for
Best Tournament Player and
Best Cash Game Player, defeating the likes of
Chris Moorman,
Chris Brammer and
Roberto Romanello to take the honors.
The big award for the evening was
Player of the Year, one of the awards handed out by a select panel of judges rather than the fan vote. After his success over the past year (runner-up to
Antonio Esfandiari in the “
Big One For One Drop†at the
2012 World Series of Poker and a final table finish at the
Macau High Stakes Challenge), the easy choice for the judges was Trickett. The three awards picked up by Trickett bring his grand total to five British Poker Awards (2010 Best Newcomer and 2011 Best Cash Game Player were his previous wins).
While Moorman was shut out of the vote in the Best Tournament and Best Cash Game Player awards, he did continue his streak on another front. In picking up the trophy for the
Best Online Player, Moorman continued his winning streak in that category (he is the only person to ever win the Online Player award in the three-year history of the BPAs).
The ladies also did well during the awards ceremonies. In the difficult category of
Poker Personality of the Year,
Liv Boeree was able to defeat the previous winner of the honor,
Kara Scott, as well as perennial BPA nominees
Vicky Coren and
Neil Channing to take home the trophy.
Vanessa Selbst was chosen as the
International Player of the Year for her achievements on tables around the world, while
Kirsty Thompson of the
United Kingdom/Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) picked up the honors for
Biggest Contribution to Promoting Poker and the
Best United Kingdom Tournament (the UKIPT Nottingham was the choice of the fans).
Channing joined Trickett and Moorman in extending his run of wins at the BPAs. Channing was chosen as the winner of the
Best Blogger/Social Media User by the fans, making it the third BPA that Channing has picked up. In 2011, Channing was honored by winning the same award and, in 2010, he picked up the trophy as Best Cash Game Player.
For
Best Newcomer, the easy choice for the voters was
Chris McCorkell. Since November 2011, McCorkell has been one of the strongest new players in the game, taking down nearly a half million in tournament earnings including his first
WSOP bracelet (the $3000 NLHE Shootout) and a strong showing in the WSOP Championship Event (172nd place). Also taking down BPAs were
The Hendon Mob (for Best Poker Forum) and the
Champions Poker League (for Best Poker League).
Shut out of the awards this year was Coren, who had previously won two BPA trophies for her work in poker. While she didn’t win for either Poker Personality or Best Blogger, Coren had to be happy that her home casino, the
Grosvenor Victoria (“The Vicâ€) in London, was chosen by the fans for a BPA, however.
A part of the British Poker Festival’s month-long run of poker activities, the 2012 British Poker Awards indeed honored the best the U. K. has to offer the world of poker.
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