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Maven Awards archive
How it worked

Categories and voting

The 2010 awards had 15 categories, chosen in two public rounds: nominations, then a vote among three finalists per category.

Categories named in press coverage

CategoryWho it judgedReported by
Outstanding female poker player of 2009PlayersPress release, Feb 2010
Best Role Model for Women in PokerPlayers and personalitiesPokerNews, June 2010
Favorite Poker BloggerWritersPokerNews, June 2010
Most Female-Friendly Online Poker RoomPoker sitesPress release; PokerNews
Poker employee who most promoted women's growth in the gameIndustry staffPress release, Feb 2010

The remaining categories are not named in the sources we could check, so they are not listed here.

The process

  1. Anyone could nominate online until 31 March 2010.
  2. The magazine compiled the nominations and shortlisted three nominees per category.
  3. Public voting ran from the June announcement until 30 September 2010.