The Ladies in Poker Corridor of Fame launched the names of the eight gamers and {industry} members who had been nominated by the general public and made the shortlist for this 12 months’s class.
“This listing of ladies are heavy hitters within the {industry} and deserve a nod for his or her onerous work and accomplishments in poker,” WiPHOF wrote in asserting the listing. “Near 50 wonderful ladies had been nominated for consideration and after numerous assessment, dialogue and thought, the poll has been set with eight implausible ladies who’re all worthy of a spot within the corridor.”
And people ladies are: Kristen Foxen, Liv Boeree, Jeanne David, Jamie Kerstetter, Kara Scott, Rebecca McAdam Willetts, Annette Obrestad and Jennifer Shahade.
Kristen Bicknell Foxen
Foxen is arguably the very best feminine poker participant now working. An expert since not less than 2011, she owns 4 World Collection of Poker bracelets and almost $9 million in event winnings, solely behind final 12 months’s inductee Vanessa Selbst on the ladies’s all-time listing. She almost made this 12 months’s remaining desk of the WSOP Fundamental Occasion, ending thirteenth.
Liv Boeree
A European Poker Tour champion, Boeree just isn’t solely a participant, however a poker podcaster and broadcaster. She additionally has one WSOP bracelet, and sits at almost $4 million in event winnings.
Jeanne David
As the top of accountable gaming for PokerStars till she retired in 2021, David helped promote on-line poker by means of legislative work round the USA and Europe.
Jamie Kerstetter
A poker commentator and podcaster, Kerstetter is a two-time winner of the Greatest Twitter Character award on the International Poker Award, which is voted by followers. She got here as shut as potential to profitable the WSOP Women Championship this 12 months, ending in second.
Kara Scott
One other fashionable poker commentator, author, and character, Scott introduced motion on many poker broadcasts, together with the WSOP, the European Poker Tour, and Excessive Stakes Poker.
Rebecca McAdam Willetts
A web based poker {industry} insider and reporter, Willets labored as PokerStars director of partnerships, public relations, and shopper engagement, with a concentrate on partaking ladies in poker.
Annette Obrestad
Obrestad, who performed on-line as “Annette_15,” exploded on the poker scene when she received the very first WSOP Europe Fundamental Occasion in London on the age of 18. She constructed her chops on-line as teenager, turning a small sign-up bonus into actually tens of millions of {dollars}. In addition to poker, she is also a aggressive Scrabble participant.
Jennifer Shahade
A poker author in addition to a participant, Shahade can be a two-time U.S. Ladies’s Chess champion with 5 books on the topic. She works to encourage extra ladies to play poker and chess by means of her podcasts and articles which have appeared in main publications world wide.
Voting has begun, and can proceed till Oct. 30. The dwelling Corridor Members and the eight media and industry-member voting panel has 10 votes whole. They could forged all of them for one candidate, or cut up their votes amongst a number of candidates.
Those that make it in will probably be inducted Dec. 11, in Las Vegas.
