2021 poker hall of fame Table Of Contents
Love him or hate him, Chris Ferguson is a finalist for the 2021 Poker Hall of Fame , as is Antonio Esfandiari , Matt Savage , and seven other talented individuals.
Earlier this month, the WSOP accepted fan nominations for the one-person Poker HOF class. The results were tallied up and the 10 highest vote getters, all at least 40 years of age, advanced to the final stage in the voting process. Current living members of the Hall of Fame will now vote on a winner based on the fan nomination list. The player or industry star who receives the most votes will be inducted at a ceremony next month during the WSOP Main Event . 2021 Poker Hall of Fame Candidates
This year’s list of fan nominations looks very similar to 2020. Missing from the list, however, is Patrik Antonius , Norman Chad and Lon McEachern , and of course Seed because he’s already in the HOF. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier , Michael Mizrachi , and the late Layne Flack are the 2021 replacements. The full list of 10 players and industry personnel are as follows: Antonio Esfandiari Player $27,810,802 Ted Forrest Player $6,392,082 Chris Ferguson Player $9,584,547 Bertrand Grospellier Player $14,680,562 Mike Matusow Player $9,750,072 Eli Elezra Player $4,157,024 Michael Mizrachi Player $17,326,423 Layne Flack Player $5,081,152 Matt Savage Builder N/A Isai Scheinberg Builder N/A Making a Case for and Against All 10 Candidates
Only one of the 10 talented individuals above will be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame next month. But they’re all deserving of induction in at least one major way. Hence, why the fans nominated them to advance to the final step in the voting process. Let’s take a look at the main reason(s) they each deserve consideration, and why they don’t. Antonio Esfandiari
Case For: Esfandiari is the first ever to win a $1 million tournament — the WSOP Big One for One Drop in 2012 — and has two World Poker Tour titles along with being a long-time ambassador for the game.
Case Against: […]
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