Poker Maven Awards

Woman Poker Player Magazine is pleased to announce the official nominees for the Maven Awards 2010. The Maven Awards were announced in February to recognize the achievements of women in poker on a global scale. This is the inaugural year of the awards. One of the reasons for the awards is to heighten the profile of women in the poker industry both on- and off- the felt.

“I would like to congratulate everyone who was nominated for an award, and thank all of those people who took their time and thoughts to make the nominations.” said Maryann Morrison, Managing Editor of Woman Poker Player Magazine. “Its interesting to note that the comments on the nominations for the most appealing marketing campaign to women were that the majority felt many poker marketing campaigns were derogatory and condescending to women. I hope that the Maven Awards will help in turning that around.”

Each category of the Maven Awards has three official nominees named. These nominees were chosen based on number of nominations received in each category. There were over 3,000 nominations received. Voting starts June 1 and can be made at mavenawards.com until September 30th, 2010. Further details on the presentations of the awards will be made public once they are available.

“I am very excited about the potential of the awards to heighten the profile of women in poker, as well as having the industry start thinking about what a smart move it is to cater more than they do to the women who enjoy poker. As we have seen already this year, more women are winning major tournaments then ever before. I hope we get everyone in poker out to vote and show their support for the accomplishments of the nominees.”

Many of the categories were based on answers that were female only, other categories were for mixed venues, portals, or people with the goal of recognizing those who went out of their way to make women feel comfortable in poker, or that helped women to excel in poker.

Gary Wise, who is the only male nominee this year, had this to say about his Maven Award nomination. “”It’s such a privilege to be nominated. I’ve always felt that women have a more prominent place at the table awaiting them in the future and I’m hopeful that this nomination is a reflection of that attitude coming through in my work. Thanks to everyone who nominated me!”

Maven Awards 2010 Official Nominee List in no particular order

Best Role Model for Women in Poker Award

• Jennifer Harman
• Kathy Liebert
• Annie Duke

Woman in the Poker Industry Who Has Excelled in Encouraging or Promoting Women in Poker Award

• Linda Johnson
• Kathy Raymond
• Lupe Soto

Most Female Friendly Online Poker Room Award

• Full Tilt Poker
• PokerStars
• Maria Poker

Most Female Friendly Poker Room Award

• The Venetian, Las Vegas
• The Borgata, Atlantic City
• The Bicycle, California

Overall Best Tournament Series Award

• World Series of Poker
• PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
• The Borgata Open

Best Ladies Only Poker Tournament or Series Award

• High Heels PokerTour
• WSOP Ladies Tournament
• Pokerstars EPT Ladies Events

Most Appealing Poker Marketing Campaign to Women Award

• Australian Poker League
• Vanessa Rousso Bootcamps
• Pokerica Ladies Team

Most Encouraging Poker Forum Award

• Twoplustwo.com
• Cardrunners.com
• LuvinPoker.com

Favorite Blogger or Author Award

• Kate Dozier
• Gary Wise
• Jennifer Newell

Humanitarian Award

• Liz Lieu
• Annie Duke
• Linda Johnson

Most Notable Performance of 2009 Award

• Annette Obrestad
• Kathy Liebert
• Vanessa Rousso

Top Female Media Personality Award

• Kara Scott
• Michelle Orpe
• Linda Johnson

Notable Upcoming Female Poker Player of 2009 Award

• Annette Obrestad
• Amanda de Cesare
• Vanessa Selbst

Outstanding Professional Player of 2009 Award

• Vanessa Rousso
• Kathy Liebert
• Liz Lieu

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