-Chris Ferguson
-Barry Greenstein
-Jennifer Harman
-Dan Harrington
-Phil Ivey
-Linda Johnson
-Tom McEvoy
-Daniel Negreanu
-Scotty Nguyen
-Erik Seidel
These 10 players must now go before the grand jury composed of 16 members still alive of the Hall of Fame as well as 17 journalists representative of the media.
Chris Ferguson, Member of team Full Tilt poker no longer needs presentation: even my mother who knows nothing to poker knows his nickname, Jesus.
Barry Greenstein is a legend for all the gifts he made during his career. He won money at poker to give in to the poorest. He gave more than 1, 5 M$ to Children Incorporated, association that provides disadvantaged children in more than 21 countries, food, clothing, schooling and medical input.
Jennifer Harman has accumulated more than 2 M$ in tournaments and is one of the rare women in this list.
Dan Harrington is most famous for his books which have helped several players to better understand the poker tournaments. It is a reference in respect of poker tournaments. We can almost say that there was a before and an after Harrinton books on Hold'em.
Phil Ivey is regarded by many as the best live poker player. In addition to winning 8 WSOP bracelets, he approaches the 20 M$ gain on Full Tilt Poker to which he makes pro figure (http://www.pokercollectif.com/Nouvelles/Les-choses-vont-bien-pour-le-Tiger-Woods-du-poker.html ).
Linda Johnson won his first bracelet at the WSOP in 1974. His tournament earnings now exceed $ 300,000.
Tom McEvoy is a former accountant who has been put on the door. It is then that he began to play poker in a professional manner. Tom won the Main Event of the WSOP of 1983 and his poker winnings to approach the 3 m$.
Daniel Negreanu no longer needs to be presented. He wrote more than 100 articles for CardPlayer Magazine and contributed to the Super System II of Doyle Brunson. Could see Negreanu in numerous television programs dedicated to poker as Late Night Poker and the three seasons of High Sakes Poker. In June 2007 he is part of Team PokerStars. Won 4 bracelets at the World Series Of Poker (WSOP), winning the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em in 1998, the $2,000 S.H.O.E in 2003, the $2,000 Limit Hold'em in 2004 and the $2,000 Limit Hold'em in 2008. It also has an attitude very positive, calm and clear, appreciated by the public.
Scotty Nguyen has received money in more than one hundred major tournaments. He won four other bracelets at the WSOP, one in 1997 in Omaha eight-or-better, two others in 2001 to the PLO and Omaha eight-or-better and last winning the H.O.R.S.E. tournament in 2008. Scotty Nguyen won the WPT World Poker Open of 2006. In tournaments, he has amassed more than 10 M$ $.
Before turning to poker, Erik Seidel was interested in the stock market and backgammon. He has finished 2nd in the Main Event of the WSOP of 1988. Since then, he has won 8 WSOP bracelet. He has also won more than 9 M$ in tournaments so far.
In November we know the winners! In the meantime, discuss the new on the forum by clicking the following link: nominees announced for the Hall of Fame 2010 Poker
