PokerNews Podcast Among Nominees for the 5th Annual Gulf Coast Poker Awards

Chad Holloway
PR & Media Manager
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Gulf Coast Poker Awards

Caitlin Comeskey, Donovan Dean, Denise Pratt, Wolfgang Poker, and The Lodge YouTube Channel are just some of the nominees across a half dozen categories at the 5th Annual Gulf Coast Poker Awards. The PokerNews Podcast is also nominated for “Content Provider of the Year”, an award they won back in 2020.

The awards were created in 2019 to offer regional recognition to players and industry professionals from the southern part of the United States. This year’s awards will recognize winners in eight categories from a pool of nominations submitted by tournament directors, staff, poker media, and players spanning the region.

“The GCP Awards were designed to recognize achievements and contributions by poker players, industry professionals, and content providers that shine a positive light on poker in the south,” GCP’s Bill Phillips previously told PokerNews. “We wanted to honor the people in the region, the birthplace of poker, who have put together a great year.”

To be eligible nominees must have a connection to the extended Gulf Coast Poker region, which includes the southeastern United States from eastern Texas, up to Arkansas, along Tennessee to North Carolina, and everything south of that.

Here are the awards to be given away during our Poker Gras at Caesar's New Orleans. Poker Gras is running now through November 10th.

5th Annual Gulf Coast Poker Award Nominees

Note that a special “Love of Poker Award” will also be given this year.

GCP Tour POYOverall POYGCP Female POYGCP Senior POYContent Provider of the YearIndustry Professional of the Year
Levi CardenJoel DoneyJaymie VirusioJames AtkinsonEric GellerNeal Atkinson
Cody StanfordEven BentonRebekah CrosbyStephen BiermanCaitlin ComeskeyChris Hight
Jaymie VirusioLevi CardenChris ReadClay HenryBen MintzAdam Nash
Mihail KarasoulisCody StanfordJessica RobertsMihail KarasoulisAlex LovelessEdana Ackless
Derek NormandMatt HigginsLeeAnn MooreKooroush GhaediPokerNews PodcastJesse Hollander
Stephen BiermanDenise PrattNancy DecuersGerald StognerAsh KardashPaul Dutsch
Griffin MooreJaymie VirusioPrissy GiroirLouis LippsWolfgang PokerBrandon Campbell
Kane KellerMaurice HawkinsDenise PrattCharles MooreSherry PluskotaPrincessFitzpatrick
David ChochelesJonathan LittleStarr ValdezDonald BlockerDon DoveStephanie Wooley
Clay HenryShannon ShorrSusan FaberJodie MenardThe Lodge YouTubeDan Higginbotham
Jerry GiroirDale RouselMeg ChapmanLoi Hoang--
Alec WilsonTrace HendersonJennifer Brown GermanyDan Lowery--
Louis LippsDonovan Dean-Joe Laro--
Danny CoucetPreston McEwen-Johnny Master--
Alan Close-----
Erik Miller-----
Daniel Holmes-----

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Past Gulf Coast Poker Award Winners

AwardWinner
2019 Player of the YearYousef "Joe" Saleh
2019 Break-Out Player of the YearJosh Thibodaux
2019 Senior of the YearRobbie Matthews
2019 Most Consistent Tournament PlayerBlake Whittington
2019 Content Provider of the YearCory Waaland
2019 Female Player of the YearIrene Carey
2019 Cash Game Player of the YearGui Zheng
2019 Industry Professional of the YearJesse Hollander (bestbet Jacksonville)
  
2020 Player of the YearJoseph Hebert
2020 Break-Out Player of the YearPreston McEwen
2020 Senior of the YearHamid Izadi
2020 Content Provider of the YearPokerNews Podcast
2020 Female Player of the YearChris Read
2020 Industry Professional of the YearJustin Hammer
  
2021/22 Love of PokerDavid Hendrix
2021/22 Player of the YearMark Davis
2021/22 Industry Professional of the YearDennis Jones
2021/22 Female of the YearKristen Deardorff
2021/22 Senior of the YearLonny Weitzel
2021/22 Content Provider of the YearBen Mintz
  
2023 Love of PokerJudy LeBlanc and Ross Leitz
2023 Player of the YearPreston McEwen
2023 Tour Player of the YearCody Sanford
2023 Senior of the YearJay Bishop
2023 Female of the YearJaymie Virtusio
2023 Industry Professional of the YearChase Haydel
2023 Content Provider of the YearCaitlin Comeskey
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Chad Holloway
PR & Media Manager

PR & Media Manager for PokerNews, Podcast host & 2013 WSOP Bracelet Winner.

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