26 Dec 11

The Daily Rewind: New Micros Episode, Duhamel's Bracelet Missing, EPA Nominees

Today we'll catch up on the weekend's events starting off with a new episode of The Micros. Jonathan Duhamel's WSOP bracelet was stolen and he's offering a reward for information leading to it, and the nominees for the European Poker Awards have been announced.

The Daily Rewind is your one-stop-shop for a sharp review of the day in poker. Join us here for a mix of the latest news and a more irreverent insight into the poker world. Today we discovered the following topics for you:

New Micros

The popular poker web-series "The Micros" released a new episode this weekend. If you haven't been following the series, you can catch up on all the episodes at their YouTube channel.

For those of you that have been following, Chase, Rose, and Tommy were last seen going through airport security on their way back home to the US. Check out what happens next:

Duhamel Missing Bracelet & Watch, Offering Reward

In Thursday's Daily Rewind we reported the unfortunate news that 2010 World Series of Poker champion Jonathan Duhamel was attacked during an invasion of his home. He was briefly hospitalized, although thankfully he suffered no major injuries.

Shortly after his release from the hospital, Duhamel publicly announced that during the invasion several items of his were stolen, including his 2010 WSOP World Champion bracelet (shown below), a Rolex Submariner watch that PokerStars gave him when he won the Main Event, and a large amount of cash.



In order to try and recover his missing items, Duhamel is offering rewards for information leading to either the arrest of the thieves or the recovery of his items.

Information leading to the arrests and the items will receive $10,000, information leading to just the arrests or just the items will receive $5,000, and information leading to the recovery of either individual item (the bracelet or the watch) will receive $2,500.

We hope Jonathan Duhamel both recovers his property and that the men who committed these crimes are brought to justice.

European Poker Awards Nominees Announced

The 11th European Poker Awards is set to take place on January 25th in France. The Nomination Panel consisted of both European poker players and individuals working in the poker industry. The Final Judging Panel consists of eight people in the poker industry, and PokerStrategy.com's very own Barry Carter is one of them.

The awards that are up for grabs, followed by the players who were nominated for them, are as follows:

Player of the Year: Jake Cody, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Pius Heinz, Eugene Katchalov, Andrey Pateychuk, Sam Trickett

Best Tournament Performance: Jake Cody, Pius Heinz, Fabrice Soulier, Benny Spindler, Sam Trickett

Rookie of the Year: Adrien Allain, Pius Heinz, Sam Holden, Oleksii Kovalchuk, Andrey Pateychuk

Europe's Leading Lady: Liv Boeree, Victoria Coren, Nesrine Kourdourli, Barbara Martinez, Natalia Nikitina, Cecilia Pescaglini

Poker Staff Person of the Year: Nicolas Fraioli, Warren Lush, Edgar Stuchly, Kirsty Thompson, Simon Trumper

Internet Player of the Year: Jude Ainsworth, Viktor Blom, Rui Cao, Chris Moorman, Ilari Sahamies

Rob Gardner Memorial Award for Poker Personality of the Year: Barny Boatman, Neil Channing, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Tony Guoga, Jesse May

Best European Event of the Year: EPT London, IPO Dublin, Partouche Poker Tour Grand Final, WPT Grand Prix de Paris, WSOPE Cannes

On the night of the awards, a final Lifetime Achievement Award will also be announced. We'll make sure to report on the results when they're available!

WAG of the day

As we continue moving through the best poker WAGs (wives and girlfriends), we may start thinking a bit outside of the box, but we don't think you'll mind.

American tennis star Andy Roddick is a huge poker enthusiast and has hosted several charity poker tournaments to benefit his charity, the Andy Roddick Foundation. That seemed like enough to include his wife, model and actress Brooklyn Decker, as our WAG of the day: