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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 , 05:11 PM

#26

NutRush

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Originally Posted by AdamSchwartz

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

What has Jennifer Harman done besides dating Doyle Brunson's son and using that back to get in early on FTP? Oh ya, she married Marco.

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10-04-2011 , 05:11 PM

#27

FieryJustice

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Barry and Huck seem like the only real options to me.

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10-04-2011 , 05:13 PM

#28

Julebag

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Originally Posted by khanrava

Barry ainec.

+1 mirron.

Pretty sure Duke is a level BTW.

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10-04-2011 , 05:16 PM

#29

EYESCREW

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No FTP owners should get consideration. At least not at this time.

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10-04-2011 , 05:19 PM

#30

NutRush

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Originally Posted by FieryJustice

Barry and Huck seem like the only real options to me.

Scotty and Juanda seem like only possible options to me.

Which is more impressive, Barry's 25th on the all time money list, or Huck's 53rd+main event? It's close, possibly equally unstimulating.

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10-04-2011 , 05:19 PM

#31

dripdrop

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Barry G ainec. Anyone who was associated with FT besides durrrr and Ivey for obvious reasons should be perma excluded unless they take a page from durrrr's book.

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10-04-2011 , 05:30 PM

#32

BoyanD

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Nice surprise to see Marcel up there, but It's obviously gonna be Barry, no? It might've been Scotty too if not for his weirdish behaviour in the past, but he'll get there eventually as will Linda and Jack

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10-04-2011 , 05:31 PM

#33

RNauta

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Originally Posted by dripdrop

Barry G ainec. Anyone who was associated with FT besides durrrr and Ivey for obvious reasons should be perma excluded unless they take a page from durrrr's book.

Hall of Fame is about achievements in the past, not about today's madness.

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10-04-2011 , 05:34 PM

#34

inkognegro

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barry because of his play and philanthropy

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10-04-2011 , 05:35 PM

#35

Knight of Flowers

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Juanda's WSOP stats: 57 ITMs, 5 Bracelets, and $4.5 Million in earnings.

I voted for Barry, though.

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10-04-2011 , 05:38 PM

#36

Illr1g1nal

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Originally Posted by monkeylump

Huck Seed obv.

+1,000,000,000

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10-04-2011 , 05:41 PM

#37

dripdrop

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Originally Posted by RNauta

Hall of Fame is about achievements in the past, not about today's madness.

What happened today will be the past tomorrow... the stigma that full tilt has created for poker negates any achievements of those associated with it, again with the obvious exceptions of Ivey and durrrr's contributions.

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10-04-2011 , 05:45 PM

#38

striker_1

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Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 336

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Originally Posted by EYESCREW

No FTP owners should get consideration. At least not at this time.

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Originally Posted by mharder4

Annie Duke. Is that a joke?

The Poker Hall of Fame should hire Michael Devita as chairman of their ethical committee.

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10-04-2011 , 05:46 PM

#39

NutRush

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Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 243

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Originally Posted by dripdrop

Anyone who was associated with FT besides durrrr and Ivey for obvious reasons should be perma excluded unless they take a page from durrrr's book.

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Originally Posted by dripdrop

What happened today will be the past tomorrow... the stigma that full tilt has created for poker negates any achievements of those associated with it, again with the obvious exceptions of Ivey and durrrr's contributions.

LOL

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10-04-2011 , 06:00 PM

#40

Wraith

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Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 473

Voted B Greenstein, realized I'm part of the 95% that voted for him. Feels good man.

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10-04-2011 , 06:04 PM

#41

smooth101

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Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,596

This list obviously rigged because there is no Howard Lederer and he has done more to poker than we could have ever hoped for.

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10-04-2011 , 06:14 PM

#42

bronx bomber

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I would vote for Annie if she could have "Hunter" do her introduction.

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10-04-2011 , 06:20 PM

#43

PokerFan2008

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Like all Hall of Fames they are pressed to have nominees each year and as a result you find players on the list that are less than Hall of Fame caliber. While Barry seems to be the % choice and a good guy what has he really done? Everyone on this list has struggled in the modern era (post 2004).

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10-04-2011 , 06:25 PM

#44

NutRush

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Originally Posted by PokerFan2008

Like all Hall of Fames they are pressed to have nominees each year and as a result you find players on the list that are less than Hall of Fame caliber. While Barry seems to be the % choice and a good guy what has he really done? Everyone on this list has struggled in the modern era (post 2004).

Modern era: Juanda wins WSOP Europe Main Event, Scotty wins 50K Horse, almost finals main event, beats Mizrachi heads up to win WPT title, just to name a few of their "struggles".

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10-04-2011 , 06:40 PM

#45

Mike Johnson

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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,865

not Hebrew, voted for BarryG. I can see the case for Linda Johnson and Scotty Nguyen. 2 or 3 of them shouldn't even be nominated.

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10-04-2011 , 06:43 PM

#46

TheJacob

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Huck Seed.

A lot of this list looks like a list of finalists for the "Television Poker Hall of Fame".

Who nominated half these clowns over Ted Forrest?

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10-04-2011 , 06:43 PM

#47

Men"the master"fan

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Some of you tend to forget this isn't just about tourney stats. You have to balance in cash games play.

Adam, I really think Barry and Linda are shoe ins. I am a little partial to Jen Harman. She is a solid representative for female poker players. I really think she is a little away as well as the others in my list from entering the hall of fame.

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10-04-2011 , 06:46 PM

#48

NutRush

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Originally Posted by Men"the master"fan

Some of you tend to forget this isn't just about tourney stats. You have to balance in cash games play.

Adam, I really think Barry and Linda are shoe ins. I am a little partial to Jen Harman. She is a solid representative for female poker players. I really think she is a little away as well as the others in my list from entering the hall of fame.

[ ] verifiable

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10-04-2011 , 06:48 PM

#49

TheJacob

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There are enough guys that are/were extremely successful in tournaments and also played the highest stakes cash games that they shouldn't be inducting people who didn't play the highest stakes cash over them.

If they are be inducted for their play that is.

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10-04-2011 , 06:50 PM

#50

NutRush

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Originally Posted by NutRush

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).

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