Poker fans have the rest of this week to nominate poker players they feel are deserving of the game’s highest honor.
The World Series of Poker recently opened the general public portion of the Poker Hall of Fame nomination process. The WSOP is accepting nominations on their website until Sunday, June 15.
Once the window for submissions are closed, the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council reviews the top 10 nominations. Then, the existing Poker Hall of Fame members vote on its next inductee.
Poker Hall Of Fame Criteria
The nominees must meet the six criteria for induction:
- Respected by their peers: A player must have played poker against acknowledged top competition.
- Must be a minimum of 40 years old at the time of nomination
- Played for high-stakes
- Consistent Excellence: A player must have played consistently well, gaining the respect of his peers.
- The player must have “stood the test of time.”
- Shaped the game: For non-players, the person must have contributed to the overall growth and success of the game of poker, with indelible positive and lasting results.
Until 2020, there were typically two inductees per year. However, for the last five years, only one player gets the nod each year.
While online poker isn’t a requirement, many of the recent inductees have shown their chops on both the live and virtual felt.
Last year, Patrik Antonius became the 63rd member of the elite club. Mori Eskandani was the last non-player inductee. The PokerGO president was integral to poker’s television popularity and inducted in 2018, alongside John Hennigan.
The 2025 inductee will have his enshrinement ceremony in concert with the final table of the WSOP main event.
Poker Hall Of Fame Members
| Name | Inducted |
| Johnny Moss | 1979 |
| Nick “The Greek” Dandolos | 1979 |
| Felton “Corky” McCorquodale | 1979 |
| Red Winn | 1979 |
| Sid Wyman | 1979 |
| James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok | 1979 |
| Edmond Hoyle | 1979 |
| Blondie Forbes | 1980 |
| Bill Boyd | 1981 |
| Tom Abdo | 1982 |
| Joe Bernstein | 1983 |
| Murph Harrold | 1984 |
| Red Hodges | 1985 |
| Henry Green | 1986 |
| Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson | 1987 |
| Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson | 1988 |
| Jack “Treetop” Straus | 1988 |
| Fred “Sarge” Ferris | 1989 |
| Benny Binion | 1990 |
| David “Chip” Reese | 1991 |
| Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston | 1992 |
| Jack Keller | 1993 |
| Julius Oral Popwell | 1996 |
| Roger Moore | 1997 |
| Stu “The Kid” Ungar | 2001 |
| Lyle Berman | 2002 |
| Johnny “The Orient Express” Chan | 2002 |
| Bobby “The Owl” Baldwin | 2003 |
| Berry Johnston | 2004 |
| Jack Binion | 2005 |
| Crandell Addington | 2005 |
| T.J. Cloutier | 2006 |
| Billy Baxter | 2006 |
| Barbara Enright | 2007 |
| Phil Hellmuth | 2007 |
| Dewey Tomko | 2008 |
| Henry Orenstein | 2008 |
| Mike Sexton | 2009 |
| Dan Harrington | 2010 |
| Erik Seidel | 2010 |
| Linda Johnson | 2011 |
| Barry Greenstein | 2011 |
| Eric Drache | 2012 |
| Bryan “Sailor” Roberts | 2012 |
| Scotty Nguyen | 2013 |
| Tom McEvoy | 2013 |
| Daniel Negreanu | 2014 |
| Jack McClelland | 2014 |
| Jennifer Harman | 2015 |
| John Juanda | 2015 |
| Carlos Mortensen | 2016 |
| Todd Brunson | 2016 |
| David “Devilfish” Ulliott | 2017 |
| Phil Ivey | 2017 |
| John Hennigan | 2018 |
| Mori Eskandani | 2018 |
| Chris Moneymaker | 2019 |
| David Oppenheim | 2019 |
| Huck Seed | 2020 |
| Eli Elezra | 2021 |
| Layne Flack | 2022 |
| Brian Rast | 2023 |
| Patrik Antonius | 2024 |
