December 29 Williamhillpoker, a great online casinos poker room, has revealed the sponsorship of the 2005 European Poker Awards and the European Ranking Awards. The awards have moved from the Grand Casino, Helsinki (2000), to the ACF Club in Paris. The event will take place Jan. 8, 2006. It is always nice to see online casinos getting involved with sponsorship of any big land based gambling industry events.
The European Ranking Prizes will be awarded in the categories of Omaha, Stud Poker and Texas Holdem. Additionally, the overall ranking winner and runner-up will be given awards..
Then, the European Poker Awards will be given for Rookie of the Year, Card Room Staff Person of the Year, Tournament Performance of the Year, Player of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award .
A few notable nominees for awards are as follows: (you will notice many people nominated in more than one category)
Rookie of the Year::
- Patrik Antonius
- Roland de Wolfe
- Peter Gunnarson
- Noah Boeken
- John Gale
Tournament Performance of the Year:
- Patrik Antonius
- Pascal Perrault
- Andy Black
- Rob Hollink
Player of the Year:
- Rob Hollink
- Dave Colclough
- Andy Black
- Juha Helppi
- Pascal Perrault
Staff person(s) of the year:
- Sabine Hazoume
- Edgar Stuchly
- Joe Fuchshofer
- Serra Retamero
- Thomas Kremser
A director for the online casino has said that he is proud of the new sponsorship.
This years awards will be hosted by Poker 425 presenter Dave Compo Compton of Poker 425 will be hosting the awards. It will also be aired on Poker 425 on Wednesday, January 11.
Many online casinos fans will be watching in that part of the world.
