Both Harman and Juanda are well deserving of the title as they have been valuable players to the poker scene for many years. They were nominated by public vote and selected from the list of nominees by the panel of judges.
The Poker Hall of Fame 2015 induction ceremony is scheduled for November 6 and will take place at Binion’s Gambling Hall in Las Vegas.
The top ten nominees from the online voting process will be given to the Governing Council for reviewing, the council will select one or two nominees to be inducted into the WSOP Poker Hall of Fame.
The chosen player/s will be inducted at a ceremony just before the 2015 WSOP Main Event final table starts in November.
The list includes: Daniel Negreanu, Chris Bjorin, Humberto Brenes, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Huck Seed, Bruno Fitoussi, Bob Hooks, Ted Forrest and Jack McClelland.
Nominees were selected through public nomination and the PHOF Governing Council will select up to two finalists to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame 2014.
Inductees will be announced just before the final table of the 2014 World Series Main Event on the November 10th.
Certainly an interesting year for poker with a brighter outlook for 2014 especially for online poker in the USA.
Donkey of the Year award goes to Sheldon Adelson for his hypocritical anti-gambling campaign, the award is passed on from Howard Lederer who held the position for two consecutive years.
Player of the Year was none other than PokerStars legend Daniel Negreanu.
The annual Poker Hall of Fame welcomes two players into an elite group of poker pros or contributed to the game of poker.
The two players who are chosen for the WSOP Poker Hall of Fame 2013 will be inducted just before the final table of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event.
In total there are only 40 members that make up the PHOF and only 18 players who are still alive.
Update: The two members of the 2013 Poker Hall of Fame are Scotty Nguyen and Tom McEvoy.
