The World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) have introduced the listing of ten nominees to the 2024 WSOP Corridor of Fame and as anticipated, it options some acquainted faces.
Final 12 months blended sport legend Brian Rast was a preferred induction, becoming a member of the likes of Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu and Doyle Brunson within the unique membership.
2024 WSOP Corridor of Fame Nominees
The dwelling members of the Corridor will allocate a poll of 10 complete factors to find out this 12 months’s inductee from the next listing:
Patrik AntoniusJosh Arieh Barny Boatman”Miami” John CernutoTed ForrestKathy LiebertMike MatusowMatt SavageIsai ScheinbergBill Smith
As a reminder, the necessities for the Poker Corridor of Fame are as follows:
A gambler should have performed poker in opposition to acknowledged high competitors,Performed for prime stakes,Performed persistently nicely, gained the respect of friends,And stood the take a look at of time.Or, for non-players, contributed to the general progress and success of the sport of poker, with indelible constructive and lasting outcomes.
The 2024 Poker Corridor of Fame inductee can be introduced throughout Occasion #95: Poker Corridor of Fame Bounty No-Restrict Maintain’em, which begins on Sunday, July 14.
All dwelling members of the Poker Corridor of Fame are eligible to play on this occasion, with a bounty allotted to every of them comparable to their induction 12 months.
The inductee’s Corridor of Fame image will then be unveiled on the WSOP Corridor of Fame Poker Room, which opened inside Horseshoe Las Vegas in 2023.
Repeat Nominees
A lot has been fabricated from the backlog of gamers and business personnel deemed eligible by many to enter the Corridor, and that’s mirrored within the quantity of repeat nominations.
And these aren’t simply two-time nominees, 2024 marks the tenth time four-time WSOP bracelet-winner Mike Matusow has been nominated whereas six-time WSOP bracelet winner Ted Forrest has his seventh nomination since he was first nominated in 2014.
Trade personnel are additionally eligible for the corridor of fame, and the backlog on this space can be obvious; World Poker Tour Government Director Matt Savage makes the listing for the ninth time in ten years, whereas on-line poker pioneer Isai Scheinberg is known as for a fifth consecutive 12 months.
Different acquainted faces embrace Patrik Antonius, who makes the poll for the primary time since 2020, whereas Josh Arieh and Kathy Liebert make it three-in-a-row. 1985 WSOP Primary Occasion winner Invoice Smith can be nominated for a second 12 months.
First-Time Nominees
In 2023, there have been three first-time nominees. One in every of them was Brian Rast who was duly inducted into the Corridor of Fame. This 12 months there are simply two new first-time nominees can be hoping for a brief keep on the listing of nominees.
They’re EPT champion and veteran British poker professional Barny Boatman and three-time WSOP bracelet winner “Miami” John Cernuto.
Barny Boatman
No European, not to mention an Englishman, has been inducted into the WSOP Corridor of Fame since David “Devilfish” Ulliott in 2017, however induction would seal an unimaginable 12 months for Barny Boatman.
This 12 months, Boatman took down the EPT Paris Primary Occasion in February this 12 months, defeating a 1,717-player area to win €1,287,800.
“It’s an enormous honor to be there representing these of us who’ve caught round for ever as a result of we simply love the sport”
A member of the unique Hendon Mob and pioneer of televised poker — particularly in Europe — Boatman was named as a member of PokerStars Staff Professional in March.
Boatman informed PokerNews the nomination was “ridiculously flattering” and “a bit of embarassing”, including “I actually meet the age standards!”
“When you’re gonna put an old style Brit on the listing, I’d have gone with my good good friend John Duthie,” he continued. “However after all it’s an enormous honor to be there representing these of us who’ve caught round for ever as a result of we simply love the sport. All my fellow nominees are extremely deserving.”
A two-time WSOP bracelet winner, Boatman received his in 2013 in Occasion #49: $1,500 No-Restrict Maintain’em, and adopted that up two years later on the WSOP Europe in Berlin by successful Occasion #7: €550 Pot-Restrict Omaha.
“Miami” John Cernuto
When you ask James Woods, there’s just one one that needs to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame this 12 months and his title is “Miami” John Cernuto.
“There isn’t any a part of John Cernuto that is not nice for poker,” Woods informed PokerNews. “If John Cernuto is not within the Poker Corridor of Fame, then the Poker Corridor of Fame, it is about fad and style. It isn’t about what poker is essentially about.”
Cernuto’s poker resume contains three WSOP bracelets — the final of which got here in 2002 — and the previous air visitors controller has over $6.3 million in dwell event cashes. He additionally holds the report for many cashes on The Hendon Mob with nicely over 660 cashes.
This 12 months Cernuto has notched up 5 cashes on the WSOP, in 5 completely different disciplines with no end decrease than thirty third.
The most effective end result got here in Occasion #4: $1,500 Restrict Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher the place he completed tenth for $12,497.
Who’s Lacking?
As anticipated, there are many massive names which have missed the listing of nominees for this 12 months at the very least:
Jeremy Ausmus — A 2024 Participant of the Yr contender, Ausmus is a six-time WSOP bracelet winner who was nominated in 2023Lon McEachern & Norman Chad — The favored commentary duo had been nominated in 2020, 2022 and 2023Antonio Esfandiari — The inaugural Massive One for One Drop champion was nominated thrice 2019-21Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier — Again-to-back nominations in 2021 & 2022 for the net poker legendMichael Mizrachi — The Grinder additionally obtained back-to-back nominations in 2021 & 2022Chris Bjorin — Two-time bracelet winner nominated seven instances between 2012-19David Chiu — 5-time bracelet winner nominated six instances between 2012-19
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