In the Jazz Town Club held a closed ceremony in Russia first prize in the sport of Poker Awards 2008

The ceremony was Gregory Pogosyan and a famous fan of poker - Arkady Arkanov who takes the eve of the third place in the tournament professionals. Winners were determined anonymous ballot during the event.

Do not spare their attention award ceremony in novoyavlennom sport and the well-known athletes. Bronze winner in the Athens Olympics, judoka Dmitry Nosov and famous dinamovets, a former national team forward Russia Cup Sergei Kiryakov this time did not receive awards, and handed them.

The winners were handed 50-gram poker chips made of gold and silver. The best poker club in the hard struggle has been recognized club Shangri-La, a manager of the club Vlad Kharchenko has been more significant superiority won the award as the best general manager. The best regional poker club was found Novosibirsk «Raise», as the most popular online club experts predictably chose PokerStars. No surprises in the nomination and cost «best player Russia», he was found Ivan Demidov. For contributions to the development of poker was awarded the President of the Federation of Sports Poker Russia Dmitry Forest.

The informal nominations most stylish player was named Alexander Krasnov, a azartnym - Konstantin Puchkov, and the title Gentleman poker awarded Sergey Pevzner.