Poker Hall of Fame

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Members Phil Hellmuth , Dan Harrington , Doyle Brunson , Jack Binion and Erik Seidel (left to right) at a ceremony in 2010

The Poker Hall of Fame , or PHoF for short , is a hall of fame for well-known poker players that was founded in 1979 by Binion's Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas and currently has 58 members. With two exceptions, Edmond Hoyle and Bill Hickok , this list only includes players from the 20th and 21st centuries.

criteria

Four conditions were set for admission to the Poker Hall of Fame :

The player must

be at least 40 years old
have played against recognized competitors
have played for high stakes
played at a consistently high level and won the respect of the opponents
have proven themselves over a long period of time

Members

The year after the name indicates the date of admission into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Johnny Moss (1979)
Nick Dandolos (1979)
Felton McCorquodale (1979)
Red Winn (1979)
Sid Wyman (1979)
Bill Hickok (1979)
Edmond Hoyle (1979)
T. Forbes (1980)
Bill Boyd (1981)
Tom Abdo (1982)

Joe Bernstein (1983)
Murph Harrold (1984)
Red Hodges (1985)
Henry Green (1986)
Walter Pearson (1987)
Doyle Brunson (1988)
Jack Straus (1988)
Fred Ferris (1989)
Benny Binion (1990)
David Reese (1991)

Thomas Preston (1992)
Jack Keller (1993)
Little Man Popwell (1996)
Roger Moore (1997)
Stu Ungar (2001)
Lyle Berman (2002)
Johnny Chan (2002)
Bobby Baldwin (2003)
Berry Johnston (2004)
Jack Binion (2005)

Crandell Addington (2005)
TJ Cloutier (2006)
Billy Baxter (2006)
Phil Hellmuth (2007)
Barbara Enright (2007)
Dewey Tomko (2008)
Henry Orenstein (2008)
Mike Sexton (2009)
Dan Harrington (2010)
Erik Seidel (2010)

Barry Greenstein (2011)
Linda Johnson (2011)
Eric Dragon (2012)
Brian Roberts (2012)
Tom McEvoy (2013)
Scotty Nguyen (2013)
Jack McClelland (2014)
Daniel Negreanu (2014)
Jennifer Harman (2015)
John Juanda (2015)

Web links

Poker Hall of Fame on the World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

↑ WSOP Poker Hall of Fame on the World Series of Poker website, accessed April 29, 2016.