Legendary high-stakes poker professional Patrik Antonius has been named because the 2024 inductee into the Poker Corridor of Fame, following a public nomination and vote by the 31 dwelling members of the corridor. He turns into the corridor’s 63rd member general.
“Within the fashionable period of poker, few have been as daring and fearless as Patrik Antonius,” mentioned Ty Stewart, Govt Director of the World Collection of Poker. “A pressure each on-line and stay, we’re thrilled to see Patrik’s high-stakes profession acknowledged by legends who’ve added the primary worldwide participant to the Poker Corridor of Fame in quite a lot of years.”
The 43-year-old former mannequin and tennis participant from Finland was one of many early on-line poker crushers, and went on to change into one of many largest money sport winners each stay and on-line. He’s additionally damaged a number of information for largest pots performed on numerous poker TV reveals, and likewise has almost $23 million in stay event earnings.
This was Antonius’ second probability at induction, having earned an nomination when he turned 40 in 2020. His photograph will now be displayed within the Horseshoe’s Corridor of Fame Poker Room.
Based on the WSOP, Antonius simply edged out ‘Miami’ John Cernuto and Isai Scheinberg for the distinction. Different nominees included Invoice Smith, Mike Matusow, Ted Forrest, Barny Boatman, Matt Savage, Josh Arieh, and Kathy Liebert.
Matusow stays the participant with essentially the most nominations with out induction, with 10. He’s adopted by Savage with 9, and Forrest with seven.
To be thought-about for the Poker Corridor of Fame, a participant should have performed in opposition to acknowledged high competitors, have to be a minimal of 40 years outdated on the time of nomination, should have performed for top stakes, persistently nicely, and stood the check of time.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.
Right here’s a have a look at the entire 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
Patrik Antonius
2024
The Poker Corridor of Fame has confronted criticism lately for persevering with to induct only one participant per yr, regardless of the sport’s super development during the last 20 years, in addition to for a flawed voting system.
Go to the Card Participant 2024 World Collection of Poker web page for schedules, information, interviews, and the newest occasion outcomes. WSOP protection sponsored by International Poker.
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