During a high-roller-esque ceremony, the star of the 2012 British Poker Awards was the ultimate high-roller in poker, Sam Trickett. The UK poker pro has been one of the most successful players in the history of the game, and has done most of his damage over the past year or so, so it was not surprising that he would also clean-up at the BPA’s! Trickett took home an unprecedented three British Poker Awards, including the rare double of Cash-Game Player of the Year and Tournament Player of the Year, as well as the overall Player of the Year Award.
Trickett started his whirlwind 18-month run by winning the $100k Super-High-Roller event at the Aussie Millions and finishing in second place in the $250k Super-High-Roller event days later. Trickett would go on to win the Partouche Poker Tour in 2011, and since then he has basically dominated the tournament and cash-game scene in poker, including his $10 million score at the Big One for One Drop tournament and a recent $1 million score at the Macau $250k Super-High-Roller event, which marked Trickett’s fifth seven-figure score of his career.
This is the third British Poker Awards and the ceremony coincided with the English Poker Open in London. The awards’ ceremony took place aboard the HMS President yacht, with a full dinner and plenty of merry-making.
Other notable winners included Chris Moorman who won Online Player of the Year, Liv Boeree who won the Poker Personality of the Year award, Vanessa Selbst who won the International Player of the Year award, and Simon Trumper who was honored as the Best Tournament Director.
Here is a look at all of the winners on the star-studded night:
Reader’s Choice Winners (fan voting winners)
• Best Cash Player: Sam Trickett
• Best Tournament Player: Sam Trickett
• Best Online Player: Chris Moorman
• Poker Personality of the Year: Liv Boeree
• Best Poker Forum: TheHendonMob.com
• Best UK Tournament: UKIPT Nottingham
• Best Card Room Restaurant: The Vic
• Best Card Room Bar: The Palm Beach
• Best Poker Blogger / Soc Media: Neil Channing
• Best Poker League: Champions Poker League
• Biggest Contribution to Growing and Promoting Poker: Kirsty Thompson (UKIPT)
Pro’s Choice Winners (voted on by a panel of poker players)
• Best Card Room – Dusk Till Dawn
• Best Card Room Manager – Simon Trumper
• Best Tournament Director – Toby Stone
Panel’s Choice (determined by a panel of experts from PokerStrategy.com, Bluff Europe Magazine, and PokerNews.com)
• Breakthrough Player of the Year: Craig McCorkell
• Best International Player: Vanessa Selbst
• Player of the Year: Sam Trickett
