Nominations for 2025 membership into the Poker Corridor of Fame at the moment are open.
The general public has till June 15 to submit their nominees by way of the WSOP’s webpage discovered right here. Bear in mind the Poker Corridor of Fame has a number of standards that their nominees should meet. They’re, based on the WSOP:
Age of Expertise: a minimum of 40 years of age on the time of nomination.
Excessive Stakes Expertise: Having performed and confirmed themselves on the excessive stakes.
Revered by Friends: Held in excessive regard by fellow poker gamers and having confronted acknowledged high competitors on the poker desk.
Constant Excellence: Performed constantly nicely, incomes the respect of friends.
Legacy That Lasts: Withstanding the take a look at of time and reaching longevity in poker.
Shaping the Recreation: For non-players, contributing to the sport of poker in a approach that has resulted in lasting, constructive outcomes.
After the submissions are tallied and reviewed by the Poker Corridor of Fame Governing Council, a shortlist will likely be given to the present 35 dwelling members of the Corridor of Fame. They’ll then have the chance to assign 10 factors to whoever they need. The participant with probably the most factors will likely be this yr’s inductee and can launched someday throughout the WSOP Predominant Occasion.
Since 2020, just one particular person has been inducted into the Poker Corridor of Fame per yr. And for the reason that variety of deserving gamers and business members who arguably ought to have their image pasted on the wall of the Horseshoe Las Vegas goes well past the variety of one, the dwelling members may have an powerful option to make this yr and within the foreseeable future.
Bottleneck metropolis
Whereas the checklist of deserving members continues to develop as increasingly implausible gamers age into eligibility, a bottleneck of greatness has developed on the door of the Poker Corridor of Fame. Patrick Antonius made it inside final yr, however there are lots of individuals and gamers which might be jammed within the doorway.
They embody longtime World Poker Tour Poker Director, former WSOP event director, and nine-time nominee Matt Savage, six-time WSOP bracelet winner and implausible high-stakes participant Ted Forrest, 2021 WSOP Participant of the Yr Josh Arieh, and 10-time Poker Corridor of Fame nominee Mike Matusow.
The bottleneck will get tighter with final yr’s WSOP Participant of the Yr and seven-time bracelet winner Scott Seiver and very good participant and poker announcer Nick Schulman turning 40 inside the yr. These two will probably discover their approach to what needs to be renamed the “come up brief” checklist.
What about 2023 nominee Jeremy Ausmus, who was named 2024 PokerGO Tour Participant of the Yr, and, at 45, continues to dominate within the highest buy-in tournaments the world has to supply? Or Antonio Esfandiari? Or Michael Mizrachi? The checklist is lengthy.
And because the years go on, increasingly gamers who most likely should get into the Corridor of Fame will likely be left within the parking zone. Jason Koon turns 40 in August. Shaun Deeb will even be eligible, as will Justin Bonomo.
Following them into the 40s the subsequent couple of years are many implausible gamers who will obtain consideration for the Poker Corridor of Fame, together with Stephen Chidwick, Alex and Kristen Foxen, all-time event money chief Bryn Kenney, current back-to-back bracelet winner Benny Glaser, and David Peters, simply to call a number of.
Will all that expertise, somethings acquired to present.
