2026 Poker Hall of Fame Finalists Announced
Multiple people can potentially be inducated into the HOF. Every inductee who receives at least a two-thirds vote from
He stalls really badly and pulls other crap.
Lol I’d rather have a murderer in the Hall as opposed to a guy who stalled for ten minutes or whatever for a pay jump.
Btw amongst the first group that got in, being a murderer was an important skill in being able to keep the money that you won.
Lol I'd rather have a murderer in the Hall as opposed to a guy who stalled for ten minutes or whatever for a pay jump.
Btw amongst the first group that got in, being a murderer was an important skill in being able to keep the money that you won.
If there were a hall of fame (which there isn't) it should only include the biggest losers because they are all that matters to poker. dorks who pretend they are great but mainly are just bumhunting real HOFers like Laliberte deserve zero accolades. It's all part of these dorks self delusions about being "mental athletes" of some sort akin to chess masters but it's all a lie. Here's a decent HOF list that would tell the truth about poker and how it actually works:🩸 Gus Hansen💸 Guy Laliberté , Archie Karas📺 Eric Persson💼 Thomas Goldstein🎲 Mike Monchek, etc.
Eli Elezra is already in because he lost so much money to the members / voters.
Lederer, Ferguson, and other shady characters are in the HOF and among the voters.
Doing well at the WSOP and other tournaments is a big criteria and is not really bumhunting. Sure it might be bumhunting to beat the big mixed game at Bellagio, which got a lot of people in. However, you had bumhunt along with Chip Reese, Doyle, Ivey, Patrick Antonius, etc. Now live tournament "winnings" without counting buyins is BS.
Lol I'd rather have a murderer in the Hall as opposed to a guy who stalled for ten minutes or whatever for a pay jump. Btw amongst the first group that got in, being a murderer was an important skill in being able to keep the money that you won.
If there were a hall of fame (which there isn't) it should only include the biggest losers because they are all that matters to poker.
Oh don’t confuse me with someone who thinks the “HOF” is real and is a big deal. But the man asked a question about Ike and got an answer. Many rank amateurs with zero net worth would probably have been too embarrassed and too civil to hold up action in main event like he did.
Eli Elezra is already in because he lost so much money to the members / voters.Lederer, Ferguson, and other shady characters are in the HOF and among the voters.Doing well at the WSOP and other tournaments is a big criteria and is not really bumhunting. Sure it might be bumhunting to beat the big mixed game at Bellagio, which got a lot of people in. However, you had bumhunt alo
Lederer and Ferguson are not in the HOF
The recent inductees and this years nominees are all reasonable choices. Such of the 21st inductees are real jokes.
It is biased towards mixed games players. It is easier to win a bunch of bracelets in mixed game. Some of the voters play the Big mixed game at Bellagio, which is still the biggest public cash game, and they know who is beating it. With more inductees, that may gradually change.
Sklansky's problem is it is like how child molesters get shanked in prison. Not to say he did anything illegal, but his issues are looked on worse than cheating or scamming by poker players who are not saints.
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[QUOTE]There are scammers, criminals, and degenerate gamblers in the HOF. However, some did not get in because of bad reputations. Sklansky could say that he didn't want to be there with shady characters, but was his bad reputation in his personal life, etc. that kept him from even being nominated. That has been discussed in other threads in this forum.
David made it clear to me on several occasions that he didn't want to be in the Poker Hall of Fame.
McEvoy was/is not a good player, but wrote a zillion awful books and won the ME, and is in the HOF.
I think there was a time, where probably, in my opinion, McEvoy was ahead of other tournament players, and he deserves some credit for this. But this obviously changed As for cash games, and I played a bunch with McEvoy at both limit hold 'em and limit stud, I don't believe, based on my experience with him at the table, that he could beat either game although in stud my estimate is that he was close to break even (at limits like $15-$30 and $20-$40 which is where I played with him).
I think there was a time, where probably, in my opinion, McEvoy was ahead of other tournament players, and he deserves some credit for this. But this obviously changed As for cash games, and I played a bunch with McEvoy at both limit hold 'em and limit stud, I don't believe, based on my experience with him at the table, that he could beat either game although in stud my estimat
What would you say was his strengths in tournaments?
I can’t say for sure, but I think he understood the power of all-in moves earlier than just about anyone else.
I didn't know that was how it worked, that you wouldn't be nominated for the HOF if you let people know you were not interested.
Aces up is in about the top 4% predraw in 5 card draw. Somewhat more postdraw, depending on what hands stay in. It is usually ahead at a 6-handed table, but doesn't look good facing a lot of action in NL. It is harder to make hands with 5 cards than 7 cards in holdem or 7cs or 9 cards in Omaha.
I didn't know that was how it worked, that you wouldn't be nominated for the HOF if you let people know you were not interested.Aces up is in about the top 4% predraw in 5 card draw. Somewhat more postdraw, depending on what hands stay in. It is usually ahead at a 6-handed table, but doesn't look good facing a lot of action in NL. It is harder to make hands with 5 cards than 7
If you play Archie and get check-raised after 1st draw you are often looking at flush
Hickok played his two pear like a fish
I think they respect the will of people not wanting in, so we will never know. In David's case the final will. Forcing his photograph onto the wall of the Horseshoe, not a good look. Mason also could maybe have been nominated at some point. This forum being among the criteria. But guess not wanting in was part of their total package. So kind of no "ifs" are really meaningful.
I think they respect the will of people not wanting in, so we will never know. In David's case the final will. Forcing his photograph onto the wall of the Horseshoe, not a good look. Mason also could maybe have been nominated at some point. This forum being among the criteria. But guess not wanting in was part of their total package. So kind of no "ifs" are really meaningful.
It was just a random wall in Binion’s no one saw and he was already voluntarily putting his photo on gambling books.
I’ll believe that he completely didn’t care and didn’t promote himself in slightest. What’s been said is that he told Mason that he didn’t want to be in, not that he was actively making sure he wasn’t. Maybe this point can be elaborated on. Until then I’m sticking with pointy elbows explanation lol
He wasn’t eligible until ‘87 and that’s when they seemingly started putting in some heavy hitters
If you play Archie and get check-raised after 1st draw you are often looking at flush
Hickok played his two pear like a fish
We only know he had aces up, not how he played it. Supposedly all black cards. He probably was killed before the last round of betting.
It is possible for a busted draw or a lower 2 pair to bluff after the draw, representing a draw that hit or trips, and hard to hit draws with 1 card, so not an easy fold anyway. NL 5cd is a good game for bluffing, because there are no open individual or community cards.
It was just a random wall in Binion's no one saw and he was already voluntarily putting his photo on gambling books. I'll believe that he completely didn't care and didn't promote himself in slightest. What's been said is that he told Mason that he didn't want to be in, not that he was actively making sure he wasn't. Maybe this point can be elaborated on. Until then I'm sticki
The age requirement for the HOF wasn’t added until 2011.
If you play Archie and get check-raised after 1st draw you are often looking at flush Hickok played his two pear like a fish
We only know he had aces up, not how he played it. Supposedly all black cards. He probably was killed before the last round of betting. It is possible for a busted draw or a lower 2 pair to bluff after the draw, representing a draw that hit or trips, and h
Hickok was a massive tell box. They didn’t even have to look at his hand, aces up was tattooed all over his forehead
I’ll believe that he completely didn’t care and didn’t promote himself in slightest. What’s been said is that he told Mason that he didn’t want to be in, not that he was actively making sure he wasn’t. Maybe this point can be elaborated on. Until then I’m sticking with pointy elbows explanation lol
Perhaps the strangest thing to be obsessed with in human history.
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As far as the people in the HOF being bum hunters, those are the ones who belong in the HOF. Those games have maybe one whale and one or two pros who shouldn't be playing that high. You don't need to bum hunt to beat 1/3 or 2/5 NL as most or a lot of the players are fish.
I mean, doesn't he have two WSOP bracelets?
