2012 British Poker Awards nominees announced

In September the English Poker Open and Genting Poker will be hosting the third annual British Poker Awards. And for the third straight year the British Poker Awards will reward players, personalities, and venues in a variety of different categories based on fan voting. Along with the fan voting, there will also be two categories up for grabs that will be decided by a panel of distinguished judges representing the entire poker world, And three categories that will be decided by a group of professional poker players.

Fans can go to the www.thebritishpokerawards.com website to cast their ballots in the diverse categories which include everything from cash-game Player of the Year to the best Bar. You can also order tickets for the award ceremony that will take place aboard the H.M.S. President yacht at the BPA website.

Here is a look at the 16 categories up for grabs at the 2012 British Poker Awards:

Reader’s Choice: Best Cash Player

• Alexander “Kanu7” Millar
• Andrew Moseley
• Ben Grundy
• Fred Ogilvie
• Sam Trickett

Reader’s Choice: Best Online Player

• Chris Brammer
• Chris Moorman
• Matthew Frankland
• Rob Akery
• Ross “RLOG” Loggie

Reader’s Choice: Best Poker Forum

• BlackBeltPoker
• BlondePoker.com
• Gutshot.com
• Punterslounge.com
• Sky Poker
• Thehendonmob.com

Reader’s Choice: Best Card Room Restaurant

• Alea Leeds
• Broadway Birmingham
• Genting Club Riverlights, Derby
• Hippodrome, London
• Palm Beach, London
• The Grosvenor Victoria Casino, London

Reader’s Choice: Best Poker Blogger / social media

• James Atkin
• “Lil” Dave Nicholson
• Neil Channing
• Tony Kendall
• Vicky Coren

Reader’s Choice: Biggest contribution to growing & promoting poker

• Gary Oakes / Kevin Proctor (Genting Poker Series)
• Kirsty Thompson (UKIPT)
• Mike Lacey (D4 Events – Deepstack Events)
• Rich Prew (BlondePoker, APAT, Sky Poker Tour)
• Russell Tamplin (GUKPT)
• Simon Trumper (DTD)
• Tony Kendall (Sky Poker, BlondePoker, APAT)

Reader’s Choice: Best Tournament Player

• Chris Brammer
• Chris Moorman
• JP Kelly
• Roberto Romanello
• Sam Trickett

Reader’s Choice: Poker Personality of the Year

• Andrew Feldman
• Kara Scott
• Liv Boeree
• Neil Channing
• Vicky Coren

Reader’s Choice: Best UK Tournament

• APAT World Championships
• DTD Grand Prix
• EPT London
• GUKPT Goliath
• Sky Poker Tour Grand Final
• UKIPT Nottingham

Reader’s Choice: Best Card Room Bar

• Aspers Stratford City
• Casino at the Empire
• Genting Club Queen Square, Liverpool
• Grosvenor Coventry
• Manchester 235
• Palm Beach London

Reader’s Choice: Best Poker League

• Champions Poker League
• Discover Poker League
• Live Pub Poker League
• Nuts Poker League
• Poker Tree
• Redtooth Poker

Player of the Year (Judging panel decides)

Best International Player(Judging panel decides)

Best Card Room (Pro’s Choice)

Best Card Room Manager (Pro’s Choice)

Best Tournament Director (Pro’s Choice)