Poker Hall of Fame finalists announced

Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 | 3:34 p.m.

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The Poker Hall of Fame unveiled today the nine finalists eligible for induction this year.

A panel of 15 living Hall of Fame members and 15 media members will cast votes by Oct. 2 to decide which two finalists will join the prestigious club at an induction ceremony on Nov. 7 at the Rio.

The eligible candidates are:

Barry Greenstein

Dan Harrington

Phil Ivey (on the 2009 WSOP Main Event final table)

Tom McEvoy

Men Nguyen

Scotty Nguyen

Daniel Negreanu

Erik Seidel

Mike Sexton

Finalists on this list, but not receiving more than 75 percent of the votes this year will still be eligible for induction in the future. All of the finalist will be honored at a special ceremony during the dinner break of the World Series of Poker final table in November.

There are currently 37 members in the Poker Hall of Fame, which was established in 1979.

Last year Henry Orenstein and Duane "Dewey" Tomko were inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Steve Silver can be reached at 948-7822 or steve.silver@lasvegassun.com.

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By tvegas

Sept. 8, 2009

3:55 p.m.

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Shouldn't this be named Harrah's Hall of Fame?
By SteveSilver

Sept. 8, 2009

4:11 p.m.

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tvegas, Harrah's purchased the HOF and the WSOP together in 2004 but really does not have much of a say as to who enters the Hall or not.
By VegasInsider

Sept. 8, 2009

8 p.m.

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Action Dan Harrington is the only clear selection. Dan is the Man.

It's a craps shoot for the remaining finalists except for Mike Sexton who shouldn't even be on the list.
By pokertruth

Sept. 15, 2009

2:41 a.m.

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VegasInsider doesn't appear very knowledgable about the candidate list for Poker's Hall of Fame. Mike Sexton deserves the number one spot this year according to Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu,Erik Seidel, Jack Binion, Crandell Addington, Johnny Chan and many others. He is a true TV and Internet pioneer that has probably done more for poker than all the other candidates combined. Most of the candidates are very worthy of consideration for their individual accomplishments, and many of them will enter the Hall of Fame down the road, if they don't make it this year. Mike Sexton should be a lock this year though.