Casino staff person of the year:
Nominations:
- Edgar Stuchley and Joe Fuchshofer(Austria) - Casinos Austria, Bregenz
- Thomas Kremser (Austria) - Formerly Concord Card Casino; now freelance
- Teresa Nousianen (Finland) - Casino Ray , Helsinki
- Yury Nikiforof (Russia) - Premier Casino, St.Petersburg
- Colin Liddle ( Scotland) - Gala Casino, Dundee
Winner: Teresa Nousianen (Finland) - Casino Ray , Helsinki
- Poker supervisor in Casino RAY.
- Trained dealers in the new poker areas of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and has dealt in other countries such as France and England where she was dealer on the televised Poker Million tournament.
- "She dealt to me in Paris and was very professional and adept, even at games she had not dealt before. And she never lost her composure even when some players were openly abusive"
- She always handles difficult situations with fairness and good judgement.
Player of the Year:
Nominations:
- Kirill Gerasimov (Russia)
- Peter Costa (England)
- Erik Sagstrom(Sweden)
- Claude Cohen (France)
- Dave Colclough (Wales)
Winner: Dave Colclough (Wales)
- Also known as "El Blondie"….has set a new record for the number of final tables reached in European competition.
- Made the money in a total of 26 competitions on this side of the Atlantic and also racked up several money finishes at the World Series of Poker.
- In Europe his final table finishes have included four wins and six seconds.
- For much of the year he has led the European rankings and is currently in second position overall in the all games list and leads of the Omaha rankings.
- Also writes funny articles to Poker Europa Magazine and PokerInEurope.com
Most notable tournament performance of the year:
Nominations:
- Peter Costa (England)
- Pepe Klinger (Austria)
- Kirill Gerasimov (Russia)
- Gus Hanssen (Denmark)
- Murray Brown (England)
Winner: Gus Hanssen (Denmark)
- This 29 year old player from Denmark competes mainly in the USA His unique achievement this year was to win two WPT events. He is the only person so far to have done this.
- Little know in Europe he won the first event in the World Poker Tour at the Bellagio, collecting $556,000 and had a repeat win at the LA Classic at the Commerce for the same amount. The Americans could not believe it......and nor could the famous Dave Devil Fish Ulliott who said of him, "I don't like the way he plays."
Rookie of the Year:For the most promising newcomer.
Nominations:
- Juha Helppi(Finland)
- David Foulds(England)
- Jeff Bloor (England)
- Alex Kuzmin (Russia)
Winner: Juha Helppi(Finland)
- Winner of the World Poker Tour Aruba Freezeout.
- 4th in $2,000 no limit hold'em WSOP for $45,000 from 407 players
- 13th in $2,000 limit WSOP (422 players)
Lifetime achievement award:
Nominations:
- Lucy Rokach (England)
- Al Alvarez (England)
- Donnacha O'Dea (Ireland)
- Mickey Finn ( Ireland/USA)
- Liam Flood(Ireland)
- Lalit Khajuria (England)
- Chandra Khajuria (England)
Winner: Lucy Rokach (England)
- Started out as a history teacher and moved on to greener pastures by graduating into car sales. Maybe that is where her final table negotiating skills come from.
- Started playing 17 years ago locally in England and moved gradually into bigger venues.
- Has won in Europe 365,000 euros since 1999 and more than 500,000 € world wide.
- Her strongest characteristics throughout her career have been her courage and resilience allied with respect for other players.
- Never afraid to stand up and voice her opinion when she sees something wrong.
- Paved the way for other ladies on the European scene.
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