It’s Over: The Global Poker Index Pulls Plug on Global Poker Awards

After greater than twenty years, the International Poker Awards are ending.

Eric Davis, the president of International Poker Index, despatched poker media the dangerous information through electronic mail immediately:

“It’s with combined feelings that we announce the tip of the International Poker Awards. The Awards have been my child for over 10 years now, nevertheless it’s time to maneuver on. I’ve connected the press launch in your evaluation. A BIG thanks to all who’ve supported our mission all through the years.”

It’s been in Davis’ palms the final 10 years, however a type of the awards has been occurring since 2001 in Europe. Because the award ceremony grew, it moved first to Los Angeles in 2014, and have become the poker social gathering of the yr in 2019, when it moved to Las Vegas.

It was in Las Vegas that the awards became the glamorous, made-for-streaming occasion that gamers seemed ahead to yearly.

GPI will nonetheless nonetheless proceed at hand out trophies for gamers who find yourself on high of its leaderboards, nevertheless it’s different classes — like blogger of the yr, finest poker poker writing, comeback participant, finest occasion, finest poker trophy, and many others. — will go the best way of the dodo chicken.

Right here’s the press launch in full:

Following a number of years in Europe and a magical decade-long run in America, the International Poker Awards is not going to return in 2026. There are a number of the reason why the Awards received’t be returning, most notably the period of time it takes to arrange and produce the occasion.

“We’re a really small workforce and the awards course of as a complete takes two members of our workforce out of the day-to-day operations for 2 months yearly,” explains Eric Danis, President of the International Poker Index and The Hendon Mob Poker Database. “In the event you had informed a youthful me that I’d be a part of a workforce organizing awards ceremonies in France, Monte Carlo, Malta, the Sundown Strip simply blocks away from The Viper Room and Whisky a Go Go, and at last Las Vegas, I wouldn’t have believed you. We’re definitely going to overlook placing on an important present, however we’ve different tasks which have taken precedence over the awards.”

We want to thank everybody who has supported the GPI Poker Awards through the years, together with the gifted people who’ve hosted the ceremonies. These embody the unimaginable Kara Scott, Joe Stapleton, Ali Nejad, Maria Ho, Lynn Gilmartin, Drea Renee, and the best showman, Jeff Platt.

The GPI/THM workforce will proceed to reward the winners of our varied races, together with the GPI Participant of the Yr and The Hendon Mob Award. These winners will obtain GPI/THM trophies to acknowledge their extraordinary accomplishments.”