Jučer su u Parizu podijeljene ovogodišnje GPI European Poker Awards.

Party Poker pro Rettenmaier je sa osvajanjem 2012 $25k WPT Championshipa, EPT praga Prague te preko preko 20 ulazaka u nagrade osvojio nagradu za najboljeg igrača Europe ove godine.

Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, Chris Mooroman te Ilari Sahamies su bili među nominiranim igračima za nagradu Europskog online igrača godine. No ovu prestižnu nagradu je na kraju odnio Finac Jens "Jeans89" Kyllönen.

Dobitnici ovogodišnjih GPI GPI European Poker nagrada:

• European Player of the Year: Marvin Rettenmaier
• Internet Player of the Year: Jens Kyllönen
• Poker Personality of the Year: Kara Scott
• Rookie of the Year: Ole Schemion
• Best Tournament Performance: Davidi Kitai
• Europe's Leading Lady: Lucille Cailly
• Best Tournament of the Year: EPT Barcelona
• Poker Staff Person of the Year: Simon Trumper
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Gus Hansen

Priznanje su također dobili i igrači iz devet europskih zemalja:

• French Player of the Year: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
• German Player of the Year: Marvin Rettenmaier
• UK Player of the Year: Roberto Romanello
• Belgian Player of the Year: Davidi Kitai
• Irish Player of the Year: Dermot Blain
• Finnish Player of the Year: Juha Helppi
• Italian Player of the Year: Andrea Dato
• Austrian Player of the Year: Ivo Donev
• Spanish Player of the Year: Cesar Garcia