The first ever OPTAs have been revealed with awards for MTT players of all levels. Sick graph alert!

Last year Macropoker announced the Online Poker Tournament Awards, a special set of awards aimed at showcasing the best of online tournament poker. With special awards for different buy-in levels and formats, there is something for everyone.

The winners have just been announced:

Legend of Online Poker

The most prestigious award of all went to Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov who scored 734,406 OPTA points since the results were tracked in 2012:

Artem's graph since 2012

Best High Stakes Player

This award is specifically for MTTs with the buy-ins of $100 and higher and was won by Simon "C Darwin2" Mattsson with 238,537 OPTA points and $226k in profit.

C Darwin2's 2016 high stakes graph

Best Middle Stakes Player

This award is for buy-ins between $20 and $100 and went to Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa who played over 21,000 MTTs in 2016:

The best middle stakes graph of 2016

Best low stakes player

Even micro stakes grinders get a look in with OPTA. This award was for buy-ins under $20 and went to “Pustota”.

Best SNG Player

Anastasis “akis_333” Pappas of Greece who played 10,254 SNGS for a profit of $262,848 in 2016:

akis_333's 2016 graph.

Best HUSNG Player

A very prestigious category when you consider all the tough regulars in these games. The award went to Arturs “IKIK” Kurnajevs of Latvia who amazingly has only had five losing months since 2012.

Discovery of the Year

The award for the surprise package of 2016 went to businessman Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi who had an amazing SCOOP which saw him cash 26 times, make five final tables and most notably win the SCOOP High Main Event:

raidalot's 2016 MTT graph

Biggest profit

Maybe the most important honour in poker is having the biggest ROI and in 2016 the biggest hitter in that department was Sunday Million 10th Anniversary a.urli:

A very good 2016 for a.urli

Streamer of the Year

Doug Polk was probably going to win this anyway because of all his great videos, but he sealed it when he broke the record for biggest recorded win on Twitch, taking down over $455k for 2nd place in the WCOOP $10,300 High Roller:

Polk's 2016 MTT poker graph

You can see all the results including local winners right here.