Kristen Foxen and Jeanne David have been chosen because the 2024 inductees into the Ladies in Poker Corridor of Fame (WiPHoF), with Starla Brodie set to make historical past because the first-ever recipient of the newly launched Pioneer Award. The induction ceremony will happen subsequent month, celebrating the achievements of those trailblazers.
Based in 2008, the WiPHoF honors girls who’ve made lasting contributions to the poker world. With this 12 months’s induction, Foxen and David will develop into the Corridor’s twenty sixth and twenty seventh members.
The choice course of, which started in September with public nominations, introduced ahead a powerful listing of contenders, narrowed right down to eight finalists: Foxen, David, Liv Boeree, Jamie Kerstetter, Kara Scott, Rebecca McAdam Willetts, Annette Obrestad, and Jen Shahade. Voting was performed by present WiPHoF members and chosen poker media figures.
Participant Induction: Kristen Foxen
Kristen Foxen wants no introduction. The five-time World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner has over $8.4 million in dwell event cashes.
She received the $1,000 Girls Championship in 2013, the $1,500 NLHE Bounty in 2016, a $2,500 NLHE 6-handed on-line occasion in 2020, and an $888 NLHE Loopy 8’s on-line bracelet in 2023.
In October, Foxen collected bracelet #5, profitable Occasion #19: $1,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em 6-Max throughout WSOP On-line for $56,703.
Foxen got here agonizingly near profitable the 2024 WSOP Essential Occasion, crashing out in thirteenth place for $600,000. That spectacular prize has helped Foxen develop into one in every of solely two girls to characteristic in poker’s prime 200 cash earners.
Earlier than focusing her consideration on dwell poker, Foxen achieved Supernova Elite standing on-line at PokerStars in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Business Induction: Jeanne David
Till she retired in 2021, Jeanne David was the pinnacle of accountable gaming for PokerStars, and was energetic in legislative work round the USA and Europe, selling the legalization of on-line poker. David’s efforts helped carry on-line poker to Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Nevada. David has additionally spoken in entrance of parliament within the Netherlands and to the UK Playing Fee addressing accountable gaming and the prevention of playing habit.
As a poker participant, few folks can match David’s ardour for combined video games and he or she has been dubbed because the ‘Queen of Blended Video games’. Some 95% of David’s $250,000 in dwell cashes stem from combined recreation tournaments.
WiPHoF Induction Ceremony & Celebration Bounty Event
The 2024 WiPHoF Induction Ceremony and Luncheon are set for Wednesday, December 11, at 11 a.m. on the Plaza Lodge and On line casino in downtown Las Vegas, sponsored by PokerStars. Jan Fisher will function the Grasp of Ceremonies, with a keynote tackle by Jennifer Tilly. Public tickets can be found at wiphof.com, however seating is restricted, so early buy is inspired.
Following the luncheon, the celebration continues with a $185 NLHE WiPHoF Celebration Bounty Event at 3 p.m. on the Resorts World Poker Room.
Open to all, the occasion consists of $50 bounties on all gamers, plus a present basket prize for knocking out a Corridor member. The “Final Girl Standing” can even win a $1,100 entry to the WPT Girls Championship.
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