Legendary high-stakes poker professional Patrik Antonius has been named because the 2024 inductee into the Poker Hall 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.
“In the modern era of poker, few have been as bold and fearless as Patrik Antonius,” mentioned Ty Stewart, Executive Director of the World Series of Poker. “A force both online and live, we’re thrilled to see Patrik’s high-stakes career acknowledged by legends who have added the first international player to the Poker Hall of Fame in a number 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 grow to be one of many greatest money recreation winners each dwell and on-line. He’s additionally damaged a number of data for largest pots performed on numerous poker TV reveals, and likewise has almost $23 million in dwell event earnings.
This was Antonius’ second likelihood at induction, having earned an nomination when he turned 40 in 2020. His picture will now be displayed within the Horseshoe’s Hall of Fame Poker Room.
According to the WSOP, Antonius simply edged out ‘Miami’ John Cernuto and Isai Scheinberg for the distinction. Other nominees included Bill Smith, Mike Matusow, Ted Forrest, Barny Boatman, Matt Savage, Josh Arieh, and Kathy Liebert.
Matusow stays the participant with probably the most nominations with out induction, with 10. He is adopted by Savage with 9, and Forrest with seven.
To be thought of for the Poker Hall of Fame, a participant should have performed towards acknowledged high competitors, have to be a minimal of 40 years outdated on the time of nomination, should have performed for top stakes, constantly properly, and stood the take a look at of time. For non-players, the particular person should have contributed to the general progress and success of the sport, with indelible optimistic and lasting outcomes.
Here’s a take a look at the whole Hall of Fame.
| Name | 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 |
| 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 Hall of Fame has confronted criticism in recent times for persevering with to induct only one participant per yr, regardless of the sport’s super progress during the last twenty years, in addition to for a flawed voting system.
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