About a month ago, the final 10 nominees were presented on World Series of Poker's website. Last week, the 21 living Hall of Fame members and a 20-media panel cast their votes and Daniel Negreanu and Jack McClelland were selected to become the 47th and 48th members of the Poker Hall of Fame!
For many there was never any doubt that Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu would be inducted once he turned 40 this year, which is an requirement for being in the Hall of Fame. Negreanu has more than $30 million in tournament earnings, six WSOP gold bracelets to his name, and he's the only player with two WSOP Player of the Year titles!
"It's an honor to be inducted alongside so many great players that have come before me," Negreanu said. "An even bigger honor to be recognized at age 40, the same age as the legend Chip Reese. Thank you to the living members of the Poker Hall of Fame and those on the Blue Ribbon Media Panel that voted for me."
Jack McClelland, 63, has spent four decades in the operations side of poker. He started as a poker dealer and worked his way up to becoming the WSOP tournament director in the 1980s and then managed Bellagio's poker room from 2002 until he retired in 2013.
"Being inducted into the Class of 2014 Poker Hall of Fame is a very exciting prospect and I am sure it will be a very humbling experience," said McClelland. "I thank everyone involved in this process and to the WSOP, WPT and all of the great people I have met and the wonderful people I have worked with throughout the years. Thank you for bestowing this honor upon me. I am very grateful."
Here are all the 48 Hall of Fame members in alphabetical order with year of induction in parenthesis:
Tom Abdo (1982)
Crandell Addington (2005)
Bobby Baldwin (2003)
Billy Baxter (2006)
Lyle Berman (2002)
Joe Bernstein (1983)
Benny Binion (1990)
Jack Binion (2005)
Bill Boyd (1981)
Doyle Brunson (1988)
Johnny Chan (2002)
T.J. Cloutier (2006)
Nick Dandolos (1979)
Eric Drache (2012)
Barbara Enright (2007)
Fred "Sarge" Ferris (1989)
T "Blondie" Forbes (1980)
Henry Green (1986)
Barry Greenstein (2011)
Dan Harrington (2010)
Murph Harrold (1984)
Phil Hellmuth (2007)
James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1979)
Red Hodges (1985)
Edmond Hoyle (1979)
Linda Johnson (2011)
Berry Johnston (2004)
Jack Keller (1993)
Jack McClelland (2014)
Felton McCorquodale (1979)
Tom McEvoy (2013)
Roger Moore (1997)
Johnny Moss (1979)
Daniel Negreanu (2014)
Scotty Nguyen (2013)
Henry Orenstein (2008)
Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson (1987)
Julius Oral Popwell (1996)
Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston (1992)
David "Chip" Reese (1991)
Brian "Sailor" Roberts (2012)
Erik Seidel (2010)
Mike Sexton (2009)
Jack "Treetop" Straus (1988)
Duane "Dewey" Tomko (2008)
Stu "The Kid" Ungar (2001)
Red Winn (1979)
Sid Wyman (1979)
source: WSOP.com
