Just recently, 181 individuals were nominated for the Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2010. The voting trend will be closely similar to last year said Harrah’s officials.
If one of your idols will be included or nominated and want to nominate him or her, all you have to do is to submit a nomination by filling an entry of up to 250 words containing your full name, address, country, date of birth, e-mail, your nominees name, and comments if any. According to World Series of Poker (WSOP) Communications Director Seth Palansky the nomination in going well and they have a good batch of candidates to consider and all we have to do is to wait and see who will get in.
Nominations are accepted until August 31, 2010 and can be done on the official website of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) website. After closing the nomination, Harrah’s will then release the names of the Top10 nominees on September 1st. After which, the list will be sent to a Hall of Fame nomination committee for them to review. It has been known the Tom “durrrr” Dwan was weeded out on the grounds last year because he was not able to stood the test of time, which is one of the five required criteria.
After the review has been done, the 16 living Poker Hall of Fame member along with a small media panel will determine who will stay still in 2010. Those who are worthy to be included in the Poker Hall of Fame are the only ones to be ranked on the final nominating list. Additionally, every member of the Hall of Fame have the right to write one candidate the will be automatically added for consideration for the following year.
All of the votes will then be forwarded to the Hall of Fame nominating committee and are the ones to resolve any issues like tiers and errors. As we noticed, last year’s hall of fame requires the candidate to have 75% of the vote to be considered. This year the ones that will get 50% of the vote will become part of the Poker Hall of Fame.
Those who will be lucky enough to be considered to become part of the Poker Hall of Fame will be inducted during the November Nine Weekend at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Those who have plans to witness the event, expect a grander affair this time, as what the event promised.
If you want to nominate your favorite player but do not have any idea about the requirements, you can simply visit the WSOP website for details. To give you a sneak peek of the requirements, players in order to be considered must have: