The list has been made official yesterday.
Below you can see last year’s chosen one, Mike Sexton being inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.
The 2010 Nominees are:
Chris Ferguson
Barry Greenstein
Jennifer Harman
Dan Harrington
Phil Ivey
Linda Johnson
Tom McEvoy
Daniel Negreanu
Scotty Nguyen
Erik Seidel
The title would basically fit every nominee, as all of these players have incredible results to justify their future Hall of Fame membership. What did come as a surprise is, that while last year’s list only contained male players, this year we can see two females nominated as well.
Jennifer Harman is one of the most successful female players, two-time WSOP champion, with her live career earnings exceeding $2.6 million. She is a prosperous cash game player as well, being a frequent guest at Bobby’s Room in Las Vegas.
Jennifer Harman
The other female nominee, Linda Johnson is a very successful poker player as well, although her results do not match Harman’s. Johnson, however, has other aspects to be famed for: as the first lady of poker, she is a recognized background worker in the poker world. She was one of the founders at CardPlayer magazine, the Tournament Directors Association and the PokerGives.org charitable foundation, and works as a consultant for the WPT series.
The younger generation is represented by 4-time WSOP winner Daniel Negreanu and 8-time champion Phil Ivey, who together age 70, which almost equals the age of the two doyens, Tom McEnvoy and Dan Harrington. Their young age is the only reason that we would be surprised to see them inducted into the Hall of Fame; they will have plenty opportunities later.
Phil Ivey
The living members of the Poker Hall of Fame and other media people will chose the maximum two players to be the newly recruited members of the poker elite. The one(s) chosen will take part in an official induction ceremony, to be held in November, at the time of the WSOP Final Table. Voting will take place on the 13th September.
Current members of the Poker Hall of Fame:
1979: Felton "Corky" McCorquodale, Johnny Moss, Red Winn, Sid Wyman, "Nick the Greek" Dandalos, Edmond Hoyle, "Wild Bill" Hickok
1980: T. "Blondie" Forbes
1981: Bill Boyd
1982: Tom Abdo
1983: Joe Bernstein
1984: Murph Harrold
1985: Red Hodges
1986: Henry Green
1987: Puggy Pearson
1988: Doyle Brunson, Jack Straus
1989: Fred "Sarge" Ferris
1990: Benny Binion
1991: David “Chip” Reese
1992: Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston
1993: Jack Keller
1996: Julius Oral "Little Man" Popwell
1997: Roger Moore
2001: Stu Ungar
2002: Lyle Berman, Johnny Chan
2003: Bobby Baldwin
2004: Berry Johnston
2005: Jack Binion, Crandell Addington
2006: T.J. Cloutier, Billy Baxter
2007: Phil Hellmuth Jr.
2008: Duane "Dewey" Tomko, Henry Orenstein
2009: Mike Sexton
Below you can see last year’s chosen one, Mike Sexton being inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.
The 2010 Nominees are:
Chris Ferguson
Barry Greenstein
Jennifer Harman
Dan Harrington
Phil Ivey
Linda Johnson
Tom McEvoy
Daniel Negreanu
Scotty Nguyen
Erik Seidel
The title would basically fit every nominee, as all of these players have incredible results to justify their future Hall of Fame membership. What did come as a surprise is, that while last year’s list only contained male players, this year we can see two females nominated as well.
Jennifer Harman is one of the most successful female players, two-time WSOP champion, with her live career earnings exceeding $2.6 million. She is a prosperous cash game player as well, being a frequent guest at Bobby’s Room in Las Vegas.
Jennifer Harman
The other female nominee, Linda Johnson is a very successful poker player as well, although her results do not match Harman’s. Johnson, however, has other aspects to be famed for: as the first lady of poker, she is a recognized background worker in the poker world. She was one of the founders at CardPlayer magazine, the Tournament Directors Association and the PokerGives.org charitable foundation, and works as a consultant for the WPT series.
The younger generation is represented by 4-time WSOP winner Daniel Negreanu and 8-time champion Phil Ivey, who together age 70, which almost equals the age of the two doyens, Tom McEnvoy and Dan Harrington. Their young age is the only reason that we would be surprised to see them inducted into the Hall of Fame; they will have plenty opportunities later.
Phil Ivey
The living members of the Poker Hall of Fame and other media people will chose the maximum two players to be the newly recruited members of the poker elite. The one(s) chosen will take part in an official induction ceremony, to be held in November, at the time of the WSOP Final Table. Voting will take place on the 13th September.
Current members of the Poker Hall of Fame:
1979: Felton "Corky" McCorquodale, Johnny Moss, Red Winn, Sid Wyman, "Nick the Greek" Dandalos, Edmond Hoyle, "Wild Bill" Hickok
1980: T. "Blondie" Forbes
1981: Bill Boyd
1982: Tom Abdo
1983: Joe Bernstein
1984: Murph Harrold
1985: Red Hodges
1986: Henry Green
1987: Puggy Pearson
1988: Doyle Brunson, Jack Straus
1989: Fred "Sarge" Ferris
1990: Benny Binion
1991: David “Chip” Reese
1992: Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston
1993: Jack Keller
1996: Julius Oral "Little Man" Popwell
1997: Roger Moore
2001: Stu Ungar
2002: Lyle Berman, Johnny Chan
2003: Bobby Baldwin
2004: Berry Johnston
2005: Jack Binion, Crandell Addington
2006: T.J. Cloutier, Billy Baxter
2007: Phil Hellmuth Jr.
2008: Duane "Dewey" Tomko, Henry Orenstein
2009: Mike Sexton
