The finalists for the 2011 Hall of Fame were announced yesterday. The 10 players who have the chance to get inducted this time are the following: Annie Duke, Barry Greenstein, Jennifer Harman, Marcel Luske, Linda Johnson, Jack mcClelland, John Juanda, Tom McEvoy, Scotty Nguyen and Huck Seed. Of the 10 nominees, 4, Greenstein, Johnson, McEvoy, and Nguyen were nominated both in 2009 and 2010.
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the rule of min age seems to be weird, as most of the players these days are youngsters. maybe they shud decrease it to 25. and greenstein looks a big favorite to get inducted this time.
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Three women in the list, this is great, it shows that, with a good effort, anyone can be in the poker hall of fame. About the minimum age, i think it has its meaning: think of Izildur1. Now he makes another great year and 2012 is the best year of his carreer, beating lots of records and stuff, but then (just a thought) he decides to quit. Who would remember him in 2015? This isnt like music, where all the good ones disapear at 27. This is a game that took years to get to this actual global point and his most known faces should be people who dedicate life to the poker. As you all know, its not just having good results to be in this list, its also dedicate to the cause. I have no doubt Phil Ivey will be in this list, not now but give poker a couple of years!
------------ Three women in the list, this is great, it shows that, with a good effort, anyone can be in the poker hall of fame. About the minimum age, i think it has its meaning: think of Izildur1. Now he makes another great year and 2012 is the best year of his carreer, beating lots of records and stuff, but then (just a thought) he decides to quit. Who would remember him in 2015? This isnt like music, where all the good ones disapear at 27. This is a game that took years to get to this actual global point and his most known faces should be people who dedicate life to the poker. As you all know, its not just having good results to be in this list, its also dedicate to the cause. I have no doubt Phil Ivey will be in this list, not now but give poker a couple of years!
Barry FTW!!! There's no doubt that he deserve it this time... but for sure it would have been either Kid Poker or Ivey if that age rule limit was 25 or 30...
Posted by SuperNoob: the rule of min age seems to be weird, as most of the players these days are youngsters. maybe they shud decrease it to 25. and greenstein looks a big favorite to get inducted this time.
I agree! If a very young players wins many tournaments in the same year, he should have a chance to get inducted! But I agree that Barry deserves this, he is a good player fully dedicated to poker for so many years and he plays all poker games too I think.
