The Poker Hall of Fame has announced Erik Seidel and Dan Harrington as the two finalists, who have been chosen to be honored at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Final Table celebrations.
The ten finalists for Poker Hall of Fame 2010 were Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Tom McEvoy, Scotty Nguyen, Barry Greenstein, Dan Harrigton, Linda Johnson, Daniel Negreanu, and Erik Seidel. They were selected because their fans voted online for them from July 1 to Aug 31, 2010.
A new system of voting was followed, according to which, each voter had to distribute 10 points among a maximum of three players of their choice. Voters had the freedom to give all the points to a single player or distribute the points among two or three players. The ten finalists were then judged by a jury of 16 Poker Hall of Fame members and a panel of 17 selected poker media members.
Erik Seidel, one of the founder members of the Full Tilt team and eight times winner of the WSOP gold bracelet, has been considered to be one of the greatest of poker players ever since he finished second in the 1988 WSOP Main Event, a tournament that was immortalized in “Rounders,” a feature film. Ever since 1992, when he obtained his first WSOP gold bracelet, he has been immensely popular. He is the first Full Tilt team member to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Dan Harrington, who made it to the WSOP final tables four times, is one of the highly respected of poker players. With over $6 million in tournament winnings, a World Poker Tour title, two WSOP gold bracelets, he is widely acclaimed for having authored the famous poker book “Harrington on Hold’em,” which is considered to be the best poker strategy books ever penned.
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