Around The Poker Universe – American Poker Awards

• Darren Elias became just the 5th player to win 3 WPT titles

Darren Elias has tied the record for WPT titles, stealing a Canadian win at Fallsview. https://t.co/TRsqfnqExi pic.twitter.com/YqqxdOkmcj

— PokerNews Canada (@PokerNewsCanada) February 28, 2017

• Jimmy Poper won $201k at Parx Casino in Pennsylvania after chopping the WPT Deepstacks Main Event
  

  #TexasHoldEm ― Jimmy Poper, DJ MacKinnon, Phil Hui and Justin… https://t.co/AMsJMkDojG ➡ Hourly #FreeRolls → via https://t.co/HDpGZM3ITo pic.twitter.com/mQltc5jjs5

  — Bitcoin Sportsbook (@SportsbookBTC) February 28, 2017

And here are some of the winners from the 3rd annual American Poker Awards:

• David Peters won ‘Player of The Year’
• Cate Hall won ‘Female Player of The Year’ and expressed mixed emotions about the award

• Jason Mercier won ‘Best Moment’ for his legendary WSOP run of 2 bracelets in a single week
• Jason Somerville won for ‘Twitch Streamer of The Year’
• Joe Stapleton won ‘Media Person of The Year’

Half commentator, half comedian and now @Stapes is also the (*) Person of the Year at the #AmericanPokerAwards.

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— Poker Central (@PokerCentral) February 24, 2017

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