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2011 Poker Hall of Fame finalists announced

View Poll Results: From the following, who should be elected into the Poker Hall of Fame?

Annie Duke

21 2.31%

Barry Greenstein

549 60.33%

Jennifer Harman

25 2.75%

Linda Johnson

26 2.86%

John Juanda

74 8.13%

Marcel Luske

18 1.98%

Jack McCllelland

12 1.32%

Tom McEvoy

16 1.76%

Scotty Nguyen

64 7.03%

Huck Seed

105 11.54%

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10-04-2011 , 04:01 PM

Kevmath

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http://www.wsop.com/news/2011/Oct/35...-UNVEILED.html

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10-04-2011 , 04:02 PM

mharder4

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Annie Duke. Is that a joke?

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10-04-2011 , 04:05 PM

AcidKnight

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McEvoy hasn't done anything in a long long time. Not really sure why he's making the list.

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10-04-2011 , 04:05 PM

Kevmath

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From the list, there appears to be one lock (Greenstein) and one that gets a lot of consideration (Johnson).

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10-04-2011 , 04:07 PM

LeonardoDicaprio

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Well i voted for Greenstein

But Juanda and Nguyen were on the short list

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10-04-2011 , 04:10 PM

khanrava

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Barry ainec

Juanda has 2 x 0 votes, feel kinda bad for him.

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10-04-2011 , 04:12 PM

xdeuceswild81xx

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Howard Lederer's not on the list??

must be some kind of misprint?

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10-04-2011 , 04:14 PM

TheFook

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Barry G obv (still voted for juanda, why not)

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10-04-2011 , 04:14 PM

monkeylump

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Huck Seed obv.

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10-04-2011 , 04:17 PM

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AdamSchwartz

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Can the person who voted for McEvoy please state their case?

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10-04-2011 , 04:23 PM

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Men"the master"fan

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In order:
Barry Greenstein
Linda Johnson
Jen Harman
Huck Seed doesn't Huck get a lot of respect from the pros that most players know nothing about?
Scotty Nguyen- pre-wsop blow up he'd be 3rd on my list.

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10-04-2011 , 04:23 PM

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rje8686

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Originally Posted by AdamSchwartz

Can the person who voted for McEvoy please state their case?

Tom must of voted for himself.. much like how annie has one vote.

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10-04-2011 , 04:31 PM

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AdamSchwartz

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Originally Posted by Men"the master"fan

I have no idea how you can have Huck, Scotty and especially Juanda behind Harman.

Top 2 should get in. Rest of them are either too young or don't belong on the list imo.

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10-04-2011 , 04:33 PM

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sajeffe

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Barry should get it, but I voted for Juanda -- the first one.

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10-04-2011 , 04:34 PM

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poker edge

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Why is Phil Ivey not on the list?

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10-04-2011 , 04:36 PM

#16

striker_1

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Originally Posted by AdamSchwartz

Can the person who voted for McEvoy please state their case?

I'm McEvoy (kidding)

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10-04-2011 , 04:37 PM

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Kevmath

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Sorry, added Juanda twice at the expense of Jack McClleland, vote again.

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10-04-2011 , 04:40 PM

#18

RNauta

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marcel luske, what a joke. He did fine in 2003/2004 when games were super soft but the game definitely passed him by, and he cannot compete with any modern players.
Less blast from the past entries please, more people that have actually achieved anything.
As much as I dislike Huck Seed, I think he's the most appropriate one.

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10-04-2011 , 04:40 PM

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dirtydiana73

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Barry and Linda. I think anyone associated with FTP right now getting in would be a big mistake.

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10-04-2011 , 04:52 PM

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Todd Terry

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Not enough people on the list with current or former ownership stakes in online sites that haven't paid US players back.

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10-04-2011 , 04:52 PM

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franxic

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barry obv.

but how is it even possible to dislike huck seed?

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10-04-2011 , 04:58 PM

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sajeffe

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Originally Posted by Kevmath

Sorry, added Juanda twice at the expense of Jack McClleland, vote again.

Ok, voting Juanda again. Though really like Barry ftw and Huck too.

Well, and Linda Johnson too.

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10-04-2011 , 05:03 PM

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NutRush

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So Scotty got drunk one time and acted foolishly...who hasn't? Tournament poker should be the nuts when it comes to HOF candidates, the numbers are there to see plain as day, and Scotty is the Ty Cobb of poker, except Cobb was 100x more of a degenerate human being (prob making Hellmuth, or Lederer sans accomplishments, more like Cobb).

Scotty ftw. Way too deserving to not get in imo. 9th on the all time money list stemming from multiple tourney wins/final tables (not like Gold, Yang for example) across multiple formats, outlets, venues (i.e. WPT, WSOP, EPT, NL, Horse, etc.) and decades (90s, 2000s, 2010s).