With the 2024 WSOP currently ongoing, the WSOP has announced on Tuesday, July 2, the top finalists eligible for the 2024 Poker Hall of Fame. Just one will be inducted.
The list of 10 poker players was created after a two-week process of public nomination and a vetting of these nominations by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council. The decision now falls in the hands of 32 living members who w[...] Read more » The Finalists for 2024 Poker Hall of Fame
Joined: May '09
Location: Croatia
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so we have list of names and one of this will be in hall of fame! some of them I know, some dont, but we know that you must be good in poker to be on this list! The finalists are as follows:
Barny Boatman Bill Smith Isai Scheinberg Josh Arieh "Miami" John Cernuto Kathy Liebert Matt Savage Mike Matusow Patrik Antonius Ted Forrest
Joined: Jan '10
Location: Switzerland
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I would vote for Patrick is a long time and very very good player he is very well known in the poker scene and place all the high stakes games also makes it games in Las Vegas life and online.
Joined: Feb '23
Location: Poland
Age: 41 (F)
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Unfortunately, I don't know any of these people, but I admit that I don't watch poke like I used to. I think that the requirements are quite serious, but I'm not surprised that they have to be really people who have contributed to Poker in some way, not random people or those who were more lucky than skilled at this game. I'm curious what their gameplay will look like, it could be interesting.
Joined: Jun '11
Location: United Kingdom
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My vote would be for Barney Boatman,he's been around for a very long time and is still crushing the big games,I'm not 100% but I think he's one of the founders of the Hendon mob.
Joined: Dec '14
Location: Greece
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Patrik Antonius is better imo than Mike Matusow , and among otjers i would choose hom as the next one to become a member of the poker Hall of fame . But this is up to the living members of poker HoF to decide . Lets see what they will decide .
Joined: Dec '14
Location: Greece
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I just read the living names of the poker hall of fame . I have to admit some of them I do not know . And some of the dead/ departed ones as well . Also some great poker legends are still not in this honourable team of legends of poker , but on the other side the owners of horseshoe casino are there . And some friends of theirs . It makes you wonder .
It's owned by wsop company , a private company , which looks after it's interests . So you cannot expect them to be 100% objective and fair . Maybe the voting system should change . More poker players and pros and poker media guys should have a saying in the final vote , not only in the nomination phase .
Joined: Dec '14
Location: Greece
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Under 40 years old players can not be inducted to the hall of fame of poker players . I think 40 years is too much . Make it 30 . Why more I do not get it . I read that the reason they did this is because fans preferred to choose or vote the younger stars , even if they weren't the best , only because they were young stars .
Anyway now things have changed . Maybe they should change this rule . There are some guys around 30 or even you get that have dominated poker with gto strategies live or and online . Why they should wait 10 or more years to be voted for the hall of fame makes no sense to me
