With the World Collection of Poker now underway, nominations for the Poker Corridor of Fame are formally open. Poker followers can now counsel a participant and should embrace a short clarification for why the choice needs to be inducted.
The WSOP has allowed for a single nominee in recent times and that included Brian Rast in 2023, Layne Flack in 2022, Eli Elezra in 2021, and Huck Seed in 2020. This 12 months’s inductee would be the 63rd member total.
“With the poker world shedding unique members of the 1970 WSOP within the final two years, it’s extra vital than ever to rejoice the historical past of the sport,” WSOP government director Ty Stewart mentioned. “The Poker Corridor of Fame is supposed to verify legends who paved the way in which for immediately’s record-setting fields are by no means forgotten, and we thank poker followers for his or her assist placing forth worthy candidates throughout the nomination course of.”
Standards For Nominations
Nominations stay open by way of June 16 with the highest 10 nominations reviewed by the Poker Corridor of Fame Governing Council. The 31 residing members will then vote on the ultimate listing of nominees to find out the brand new inductee.
The nominee will probably be introduced on July 14. Earlier than 2023, the Corridor of Fame was a digital establishment, however that modified in 2023 with the opening of the Corridor of Fame Poker Room at Horseshoe Las Vegas, previously Bally’s. The poker site now options plaques and photographs of all members and that can embrace the brand new inductee.
To be thought of for the Corridor of Fame, the next standards have to be met:
The participant should have performed in opposition to acknowledged prime competitors.
Should be a minimal of 40 years outdated on the time of nomination.
Should have performed for prime stakes, persistently properly, and stood the take a look at of time.
For non-players, the individual should have contributed to the general development and success of the sport, with indelible constructive and lasting outcomes.
Poker followers had been fast to supply up their very own options after the announcement was made. A few of these included “Miami” John Cernuto, Josh Arieh, Ted Forrest, Jeremy Ausmus, Kathy Liebert, Matt Savage, Antonio Esfandiari, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Mike Matusow, and quite a few others.
To appoint a participant, click on right here. For extra info on the Poker Corridor of Fame, click on right here.
Right here’s a take a look at the whole Corridor of Fame.
The Poker Corridor of Fame
Identify
Inducted
Johnny Moss
1979
Nick “The Greek” Dandolos
1979
Felton “Corky” McCorquodale
1979
Pink 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
Pink 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 Specific” 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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