The 2011 European Poker Awards were handed out on Wednesday, with Sam Trickett taking down the player of the year award from a stacked field of nominees.
England’s Trickett had a huge year, highlighted by his win in the Partouche Poker Tour main event. He also won a $100K high roller event at the Aussie Millions last year, and he piled up more than $4 million in cashes.
The other nominees in the event included Jake Cody, Bertrand “Elky”Grospellier, Pius Heinz, Eugene Katchalov and Andrey Pateychuk.
Grospellier took down the personality of the year award, while Heinz won tournament performance of the year for his World Series of Poker main event championship.
The awards were given out at the Aviation Club de France; the winners and nominees appear below.
Best Tournament performance
Winner: Pius Heinz
Nominees:
Jake Cody
Fabrice Soulier
Benny Spindler
Sam Trickett
Rookie of the year
Winner: Andrey Pateychuk
Nominees:
Adrien Allain
Pius Heinz
Sam Holden
Oleksii Kovalchuk
Europe’s Leading Lady
Winner: Natalia Nikitina
Nominees:
Liv Boeree
Victoria Coren
Nesrine Kourdourli
Barbara Martinez
Cecilia Pescaglini
Poker Staff Person of the year
Winner: Warren Lush
Nominees:
Nicolas Fraïoli
Edgar Stuchly
Kirsty Thompson
Simon Trumper
Rob Gardner Memorial Award for the poker personality of the year
Winner: Bertrand “Elky”Grospellier
Nominees:
Barny Boatman
Neil Channing
Jesse May
Tony Guoga
Internet Player of the year
Winner: Ilari Sahamies
Other Nominees:
Jude Ainsworth
Viktor Blom
Rui Cao
Chris Moorman
Best European Event of the year
Winner: WSOPE Cannes
Nominees:
EPT Londres
International Poker Open Dublin
Finale du Partouche Poker Tour
WPT Grand Prix de Paris
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