The 2008 European Poker Awards will be held on January 15th 2009 (confusing, I know). This time the host will be the Aviation Club in Paris, France and the nominees have been recently announced. Current WSOP champion Peter Eastgate is one of the favourites counting with two nominations and a booming career. David Benyamine and Bertrand Grospellier have good nominations as well but we'll have to wait to see who the winners will be.

In the meantime here is a list of the nominees for the main prizes:

Rookie of the Year:
Stephen Chidwick
Ivan Demidov
Davidi Kitai
Jesper Hougard
Stefan Ruthenberg
Alexander Kostritsyn
Peter Eastgate

Best Tournament Performance:
Neil Channing
Bertrand Grospellier
David Benyamine
MartySmyth
Jesper Hougard
Sebastian Ruthenberg
Peter Eastgate

Player of the Year:
Bertrand Grospellier
David Benyamine
Andreas Krause
Marty Smyth
Neil Channing

Europe’s Leading Lady:Kara Scott
Kara Scott
Isabelle Mercier
Annette Oberstrad
Svetlana Gromenkova
Sandra Naujoks


Casino Staff Person of the Year:
Thomas Kremser
Simon Trumper
Madeleine Harper
Rob Gardner Sylvie Berlanger
Jonathan Raab


Award for Innovation:
Rob Yong
PokerStars Team: Francine Watson/Conrad Brunner/Mad Harper
Gene Gioia
Jonathan Raab