Mustapha Kanit candidato agli European Poker Awards 2016

C’è anche il nostro Mustapha ‘Mustacchione’ Kanit tra i candidati agli European Poker Awards 2016. L’azzurro è in corsa, insieme ad Adrian Mateos, Barny Boatman e Fedor Holz, nella categoria ‘Tournament Performance Of The Year’. Ma non solo…

L’Italia sarà presente con ben due candidature agli European Poker Awards 2016. La prima l’ha ‘guadagnata’ un super Mustapha Kanit, nella categoria Tournament Performance Of The Year, grazie allo strepitoso successo conquistato ad agosto nell’High Roller 8 Max, da 10.300 euro di buy in, dell’European Poker Tour di Barcelona.

Il 25enne di Alessandria dovrà contendersi il ‘pass’ per la gloria con lo spagnolo di San Mateos de la Vega Adrian Mateos (vincitore dell’EPT Grand Final Main Event 2015), con l’inglese di Hendon Barny Boatman (vincitore del secondo braccialetto in carriera alle WSOP Europe) e con il tedesco che vive a Vienna Fedor Holz (vincitore del WPT Alpha8 di Las Vegas).

La seconda candidatura l’ha portata a casa Luca Vivaldi. Il tournament director azzurro dell’EPT si giocherà, con Edgar Stuchly, Hermance Blum, Rob Yong e Thomas Lamatsch, la vittoria nella nuova categoria Industry Person of the Year.

Niente male davvero per i nostri rappresentanti che a questo punto si ritroveranno a Monte Carlo, a partire dal 3 maggio, per la 15esima edizione degli European Poker Awards.

Ecco, nel dettaglio, l’elenco completo delle nomination agli EPA 2016:

TOURNAMENT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Mustapha Kanit wins EPT Barcelona 10K High Roller
Adrian Mateos Wins the 2015 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Barny Boatman wins second career WSOP bracelet at WSOP Europe
Fedor Holz Wins WPT Alpha8 Las Vegas

INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE YEAR
Luca Vivaldi
Edgar Stuchly
Hermance Blum
Rob Yong
Thomas Lamatsch

MEDIA PERSON OF THE YEAR
Frank Op de Woerd
Lee Davy
Neil Stoddart
Remko Rinkema

BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Charles Carrel
Dzmitry Urbanovich
Fedor Holz
Rainer Kempe

EVENT OF THE YEAR (BUY-IN UP TO €2,000)
Estrellas Poker Tour Barcelona (August)
Norwegian Championships Norway Cup (November)
PokerListings Battle of Malta (November)
WPT500 at Dusk Till Dawn (November)

EVENT OF THE YEAR (BUY-IN OVER €2,000)
EPT Barcelona Main Event
EPT Grand Final Main Event
EPT Prague Main Event
WSOP Europe Main Event

POKER INNOVATION OR INITIATIVE
Norwegian Championship broadcast (sports style)
PokerStars Play Along App – Interactive Poker on TV
PokerStars using superstars (athletes) for global campaign
WSOP Europe remote Twitch broadcasts

MOMENT OF THE YEAR
Dzmitry Urbanovich wins Crazy Pineapple tourney at EPT Malta – 4th win of series
Epic hand between Mateos and Lodden at EPT Grand Final (Negreanu on stream `We’re seeing some high-level poker`)
John Gale returns from three years off (because of brain tumor) to win WSOP bracelet #2
Pierre Neuville qualifies for the WSOP November Nine – after declaring he wasn’t done (at 2014 Euro Awards)

POKER MEDIA CONTENT OF THE YEAR
‘The Future of Poker in the Post-Boom Era’, Sam Grafton blog
‘The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Defeat’ Neil Stoddart’s picture captures Montury consoling Messina at EPT Malta
Devilfish: A Friend with a Heart of Gold, PokerNews article (Jesse May, Mickey May)
Remko Report, PokerNews Podcast, August 2015 – Eli Elezra talks time in Israli Army and high stakes with legends

Giuseppe "Pidduv" Messineo

Da anni sono appassionato di poker sia live che online e mi diverto a scrivere di texas hold’em. Mi piace viaggiare, leggere e giocare a calcio.