Nick Schulman, Scott Seiver, and Phil Galfond all grew to become eligible for the Poker Corridor of Fame inside the previous yr, and they’re three of the ten finalists hoping to be inducted this summer season.
Just one participant will get in poker’s most unique membership every year. Patrik Antonius was final yr’s choice.
“This has actually been one of many nicest issues for me. I’ve all the time been a scholar of the sport and all the time hoped that poker continues to get greater and higher. And simply have a look at the place we at the moment are. It appears to be like like poker has by no means been nearly as good as it’s now — we’re breaking information everywhere in the world,” Antonius stated throughout a Corridor of Fame ceremony.
Patrik Antonius Inducted into the Poker HOF
Newcomer or a Perennial Nominee?
The followers not too long ago nominated the participant or business personnel they really feel deserves to be inducted into the Poker Corridor of Fame this yr, and the highest 10 vote-getters made it to the ultimate spherical. These people, listed beneath, at the moment are on the mercy of the dwelling HOF members who will solid a vote.
Jeremy Ausmus“Miami” John CernutoTed ForrestPhil GalfondKathy LiebertMike MatusowMatt SavageIsai ScheinbergNick SchulmanScott Seiver
The voters can have the robust choice of selecting between the three aforementioned newly eligible nominees, or the seven others who’ve been nominated no less than as soon as previously. Matt Savage, Govt Tour Director for the World Poker Tour (WPT), made the checklist of finalists for the tenth time.
Kathy Liebert, a WSOP bracelet winner and trailblazer amongst girls in poker, is a repeat finalist, as is Mike Matusow, one of many prime poker gamers in the course of the poker increase period. Six-time bracelet winner Ted Forrest made the checklist once more, and Poker Corridor of Famer John Hennigan made it clear earlier this yr that Forrest will get his vote.
PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg and six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus have gotten common annual picks for the Corridor of Fame, and the late “Miami” John Cernuto might get in 5 months after he handed away.
The three newcomers even have robust resumes. Schulman, one of the crucial common commentators within the sport, gained his seventh bracelet on Sunday. Seiver, final yr’s WSOP Participant of the 12 months, has been one of the crucial revered high-stakes money sport gamers on this planet for years. Galfond, as soon as generally known as “OMGClayAiken” on Full Tilt Poker, is extensively thought of the best pot-limit Omaha participant of all time.
It is now as much as the Corridor of Fame voters to make the troublesome choice amongst this group of 10 deserving candidates. The announcement might be made July 11 on the 2025 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) simply earlier than the beginning of Occasion #92: $1,979 Poker Corridor of Fame Bounty.
Why the Poker Corridor of Fame Vote Should not Be Seiver vs. Schulman this Summer time
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