The nominations are in for the Poker Corridor of Fame after the World Collection of Poker introduced 10 finalists for induction on Tuesday. The checklist provides fairly a combined bag of returning names as nicely some new nominations and even a WSOP principal occasion winner from the sport’s early days.
Poker gamers and followers started nominating potential inductees in early June, which was then narrowed down by a panel. The corridor’s members will now determine on only one single inductee. Every member allocates a poll of 10 whole factors to find out this 12 months’s inductee.
Right here’s a have a look at the nominees.
Patrik Antonius (Finland) – One of many winningest high-stakes gamers ever, each reside and on-line.
Josh Arieh (U.S.) – Six-time bracelet winner who has been nominated for the final three years.
Barny Boatman (England) – Hendon Mob founding member with two bracelets and an EPT title.
“Miami” John Cernuto (U.S.) – Poker’s Iron Man, report holder (nearly 600) for many cashes.
Ted Forrest (U.S) – Six-time bracelet and WPT winner who has been a finalist since 2019.
Kathy Liebert (U.S.) – Ladies in poker trailblazer with bracelet who has been nominated since 2022.
Mike Matusow (U.S.) – ‘The Mouth’ four-time bracelet winner nominated the final three years.
Matt Savage (U.S)– WPT Government Tour Director and TDA founder nominated 9 occasions.
Isai Scheinberg – PokerStars on-line poker founder who has been a finalist since 2019.
Invoice Smith (U.S.) – Excessive-stakes poker pioneer and 1985 WSOP principal occasion champ.
A few of the gamers nominated over the previous couple of years who didn’t make it on the checklist this 12 months embody Jeremy Ausmus, Norman Chad and Lon McEachern, Antonio Esfandiari, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, David Chiu, Bruno Fitoussi, and Michael Mizrachi.
Brian Rast was inducted in 2023, shortly after profitable the $50,000 Poker Gamers Championship for his sixth bracelet.
All Poker Corridor of Fame members are invited to freeroll into this 12 months’s $1,959 Poker Corridor of Fame Bounty event, which begins on July 14. All HOF members could have a bounty placed on them comparable to their induction 12 months.
This 12 months’s inductee will probably be introduced in the course of the occasion, adopted by an unveiling of the inductee’s Corridor of Fame image on the WSOP Corridor of Fame Poker Room, which opened inside Horseshoe in 2023.
The Poker Corridor of Fame has confronted main criticism lately for persevering with to induct only one participant per 12 months, regardless of the sport’s large progress over the past 20 years, in addition to for a flawed voting system that enables present members to collude.
To be thought-about for the Corridor of Fame, the next standards have to be met:
The participant will need to have performed in opposition to acknowledged high competitors.
Should be a minimal of 40 years previous on the time of nomination.
Should have performed for prime stakes, persistently nicely, and stood the check of time.
For non-players, the individual will need to have contributed to the general progress and success of the sport, with indelible constructive and lasting outcomes.
Right here’s a have a look at the whole Corridor of Fame.
The Poker Corridor of Fame
Title
Inducted
Johnny Moss
1979
Nick “The Greek” Dandolos
1979
Felton “Corky” McCorquodale
1979
Purple Winn
1979
Sid Wyman
1979
James Butler “Wild Invoice” Hickok
1979
Edmond Hoyle
1979
Blondie Forbes
1980
Invoice Boyd
1981
Tom Abdo
1982
Joe Bernstein
1983
Murph Harrold
1984
Purple Hodges
1985
Henry Inexperienced
1986
Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson
1987
Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson
1988
Jack “Treetop” Straus
1988
Fred “Sarge” Ferris
1989
Benny Binion
1990
David “Chip” Reese
1991
Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston
1992
Jack Keller
1993
Julius Oral Popwell
1996
Roger Moore
1997
Stu “The Child” Ungar
2001
Lyle Berman
2002
Johnny “The Orient Categorical” Chan
2002
Bobby “The Owl” Baldwin
2003
Berry Johnston
2004
Jack Binion
2005
Crandell Addington
2005
T.J. Cloutier
2006
Billy Baxter
2006
Barbara Enright
2007
Phil Hellmuth
2007
Dewey Tomko
2008
Henry Orenstein
2008
Mike Sexton
2009
Dan Harrington
2010
Erik Seidel
2010
Linda Johnson
2011
Barry Greenstein
2011
Eric Drache
2012
Bryan “Sailor” Roberts
2012
Scotty Nguyen
2013
Tom McEvoy
2013
Daniel Negreanu
2014
Jack McClelland
2014
Jennifer Harman
2015
John Juanda
2015
Carlos Mortensen
2016
Todd Brunson
2016
David “Devilfish” Ulliott
2017
Phil Ivey
2017
John Hennigan
2018
Mori Eskandani
2018
Chris Moneymaker
2019
David Oppenheim
2019
Huck Seed
2020
Eli Elezra
2021
Layne Flack
2022
Brian Rast
2023
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