Poker Hall of Fame Announces 10 Finalists For Induction

The nominations are in for the Poker Hall of Fame after the World Series of Poker introduced 10 finalists for induction on Tuesday. The listing affords fairly a combined bag of returning names as nicely some new nominations and even a WSOP foremost occasion winner from the sport’s early days.

Poker gamers and followers started nominating potential inductees in early June, which was then narrowed down by a panel. The corridor’s members will now resolve on only one single inductee. Each member allocates a poll of 10 complete factors to find out this 12 months’s inductee.

Here’s a take a look at the nominees.

• Patrik Antonius (Finland) – One of the winningest high-stakes gamers ever, each reside and on-line.
• Josh Arieh (U.S.) – Six-time bracelet winner who has been nominated for the final three years.
• Barny Boatman (England) – Hendon Mob founding member with two bracelets and an EPT title.
• “Miami” John Cernuto (U.S.) – Poker’s Iron Man, file holder (nearly 600) for many cashes.
• Ted Forrest (U.S) – Six-time bracelet and WPT winner who has been a finalist since 2019.
• Kathy Liebert (U.S.) – Women in poker trailblazer with bracelet who has been nominated since 2022.
• Mike Matusow (U.S.) – ‘The Mouth’ four-time bracelet winner nominated the final three years.
• Matt Savage (U.S)– WPT Executive Tour Director and TDA founder nominated 9 occasions.
• Isai Scheinberg – PokerStars on-line poker founder who has been a finalist since 2019.
• Bill Smith (U.S.) – High-stakes poker pioneer and 1985 WSOP foremost occasion champ.

Some of the gamers nominated over the previous few years who didn’t make it on the listing this 12 months embody Jeremy Ausmus, Norman Chad and Lon McEachern, Antonio Esfandiari, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, David Chiu, Bruno Fitoussi, and Michael Mizrachi.

Brian Rast was inducted in 2023, shortly after profitable the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for his sixth bracelet.

All Poker Hall of Fame members are invited to freeroll into this 12 months’s $1,959 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty match, which begins on July 14. All HOF members could have a bounty placed on them akin to their induction 12 months.

This 12 months’s inductee shall be introduced through the occasion, adopted by an unveiling of the inductee’s Hall of Fame image on the WSOP Hall of Fame Poker Room, which opened inside Horseshoe in 2023.

The Poker Hall of Fame has confronted main criticism lately for persevering with to induct only one participant per 12 months, regardless of the sport’s super progress over the past 20 years, in addition to for a flawed voting system that enables current members to collude.

To be thought of for the Hall of Fame, the next standards have to be met:

• The participant will need to have performed towards acknowledged prime competitors.
• Must be a minimal of 40 years previous on the time of nomination.
• Must have performed for prime stakes, persistently nicely, and stood the check of time.
• For non-players, the particular person will need to 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.

The Poker Hall of Fame

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