Nominations Open For 2024 Poker Hall Of Fame InducteeNewest Member To Be Revealed July 14 |
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With the World Series of Poker now underway, nominations for the Poker Hall of Fame are officially open. Poker fans can now suggest a player and must include a brief explanation for why the selection should be inducted.
The WSOP has allowed for a single nominee in recent years and that included Brian Rast in 2023, Layne Flack in 2022, Eli Elezra in 2021, and Huck Seed in 2020. This year’s inductee will be the 63rd member overall.
“With the poker world losing original participants of the 1970 WSOP in the last two years, it’s more important than ever to celebrate the history of the game,” WSOP executive director Ty Stewart said. “The Poker Hall of Fame is meant to make sure legends who paved the way for today’s record-setting fields are never forgotten, and we thank poker fans for their help putting forth worthy candidates during the nomination process.”
Criteria For Nominations
Nominations remain open through June 16 with the top 10 nominations reviewed by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council. The 31 living members will then vote on the final list of nominees to determine the new inductee.
The nominee will be announced on July 14. Before 2023, the Hall of Fame was a virtual institution, but that changed in 2023 with the opening of the Hall of Fame Poker Room at Horseshoe Las Vegas, formerly Bally’s. The poker room now features plaques and photos of all members and that will include the new inductee.
To be considered for the Hall of Fame, the following criteria must be met:
Poker fans were quick to offer up their own suggestions after the announcement was made. Some of those included “Miami” John Cernuto, Josh Arieh, Ted Forrest, Jeremy Ausmus, Kathy Liebert, Matt Savage, Antonio Esfandiari, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Mike Matusow, and numerous others.
To nominate a player, click here. For more information on the Poker Hall of Fame, click here.
Here’s a look at the complete Hall of Fame.
The Poker 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 |
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