Other winners include Adrian Mateos for best live tournament performance and Jesse and Mickey May for the best media content of the year.
On May 3, the Global Poker Index (GPI) gave away the European Poker Awards for 2015 at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort (the home of the EPT Grand Final).
There were a total of 11 categories and these were the winners:
Best European Player
Fedor Holz
Best Female Player
Liv Boeree
Breakout Player of the Year
Charlie Carrell
Dzmitry Urbanovich
Fedor Holz
Rainer Kempe
Best Live Tournament Performance
Adrian Mateos (EPT Grand Final Main Event champion)
Barny Boatman (2nd WSOP bracelet at WSOPE)
Fedor Holz (WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas win)
Mustapha Kanit (EPT Barcelona 10k High Roller win)
Tournament of the year (€2,000 or under)
Estrellas Poker Tour Barcelona
Norwegian Championships Norway Cup
PokerListings Battle of Malta
WPT500 at Dusk Till Dawn
Tournament of the Year (€2,000 or over)
EPT Barcelona Main Event
EPT Grand Final Main Event
EPT Prague Main Event
WSOP Europe Main Event
Best Poker Innovation
Norwegian Championship stream (sport-style coverage)
PokerStars Play Along App - interactive TV poker coverage
PokerStars uses sportstars for promotion
WSOP Europe live stream on Twitch
Background worker of the year
Edgar Stuchly
Hermance Blum
Luca Vivaldi
Rob Yong
Thomas Lamatsch
Media Personality of the Year
Frank Op de Woerd
Lee Davy
Neil Stoddart
Remko Rinkema
Poker Moment of the Year
Dzmitry Urbanovich wins Crazy Pinnaple tournament at EPT Malta (fourth win at that stop)
Mateos vs. Lodden hand at EPT Grand Final
John Gale returns to WSOP after 3 years (after being diagnosed with brain tumor) and wins bracelet
Pierre Neuville makes WSOP November Nine
Poker Content of the Year
The Future of Poker in the Post-Boom Era - Sam Grafton blog post
The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Defeat - Neil Stoddart picture of Montury consoling Messina
Devilfish: A Friend with a Heart of Gold - Jesse May and Mickey May about Devilfish
Remko Report, PokerNews Podcast, August 2015 - Interview with Eli Elezra about time spent in the Israeli army and about high stakes games
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