In this week’s poker round-up Lee Davy reminds you that the American Poker Awards were the dogs bollocks, the World Series of Poker Circuit sets a new Maryland record before going international, the Grinder launches another business venture, Jason Somerville joins PokerStars as Twitch goes online poker mental, RAWA is postponed due to intense snowball fighting and much more.

Poker was a face of beauty this week. The man determined to ‘Sportify’ poker continued to scratch the necessary actions off his to-do-list by hosting the American Poker Awards (APA), and American Poker Conference (APC).

Nolan Dalla called it ‘one of the most exciting nights in poker’s history’, Alisson Hollander called it a ‘revolutionary change in the industry’, and Daniel Negreanu called Alexander Dreyfus a ‘visionary.’

It looked bloody amazing as well – all very Beverley Hills. Kara Scott held the conductors baton with the right blend of grace, humor and professionalism that you have come to expect from her, and nearly everyone turned up in person to collect their award.

A full list of the winners can be found right here.

A few interesting points came out of the inaugural APC. Adam Pliska told everyone that poker had become the third most viewed sport in the world. Mike Sexton said that poker was doing more for charity than any other sport in the world, and Alex Dreyfus told everyone that 2014 was the biggest year in live tournament history collecting over $1 billion in total buy-ins.

RAWA Postponed; Pennsylvania Bumping and Grinding