WSOP Poker Hall of Fame nominees

Customary, the main event conclusion is celebrated by inducting new member/s to the poker hall of fame. However, prior to the announcement, qualified players or poker personalities are first shortlisted. Then the nominees are considered by 32 living poker hall of famers to determine the most eligible Hall-of-Famer. However, the 32-member panel is not required to reach a concession. Instead, it’s put up to a vote. The finalist with the most votes is indicted to the Poker Hall of Fame.

Criteria to be met

  • Played against notable competition
  • Be at least 40 years old
  • Played high stakes poker
  • A respectable figure in the poker community
  • Stood the test of time
  • Or, for non-players, contributed to the overall growth and success of the game of poker.

 

This year’s finalists as published by WSOP include:

  • Eli Elezra
  • Antonio Esfandiari
  • Chris Ferguson
  • Layne Flack
  • Ted Forrest
  • Bertrand ”ElkY” Grospellier
  • Mike Matusow
  • Michael Mizrachi
  • Matt Savage
  • Isai Scheinberg

All the finalists listed above are reputable names in the poker community.

 

The induction ceremony

As aforementioned, the induction ceremony will be after the conclusion of the main event on Nov.17 at the Rio in Las Vegas.

According to WSOP, all living Poker Hall of Famers has been invited to freeroll into the $1,979 No-limit Hold’em tournament. However, the tournament will not be exclusive to  Poker Hall of Fame members, other players can enter.

To make the event more memorable, all participating hall of famers will have a bounty similar or alluding to the year when they were inducted. For instance, if Phil Hellmuth participates and you happen to eliminate him, you will stand to win an additional $2007 which corresponds to the year when he was inducted into the poker hall of Fame, 2007.

 

Current member of Poker Hall of Fame

Name Year Inducted
Johnny Moss 1979
Nick “The Greek” Dandolos 1979
Felton “Corky” McCorquodale 1979
Red Winn 1979
Sid Wyman 1979
James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok 1979
Edmond Hoyle 1979
Blondie Forbes 1980
Bill Boyd 1981
Tom Abdo 1982
Joe Bernstein 1983
Murph Harrold 1984
Red Hodges 1985
Henry Green 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 Kid” Ungar 2001
Lyle Berman 2002
Johnny “The Orient Express” 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
Brian “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

 

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