05 Mar Daniel Negreanu, Jack McClelland Make Poker Hall of Fame
Dancing into history, Daniel Negreanu and Jack McClelland had been named the 48th and 47th members of the WSOP Hall of Fame
Daniel Negreanu and renowned poker tournament director Jack McClelland are the newest people of the Poker Hall of Fame.
The pair have actually become the 47th and poker that is 48th to receive the prestigious nomination, and certainly will be inducted at a ceremony on November 9th at Binion's Horseshoe, the initial home of the World variety of Poker (WSOP), ahead of the conclusion with this 12 months's Main Event.
Negreanu and McClelland were picked from friends of 10 nominees, which in 2010 included popular players like Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Ted Forrest and Huck Seed. Nominees had been chosen by general public vote, with the winners then selected by way of a panel that is 20-person of influential figures from the poker media, also living Hall of Famers, including Doyle Brunson, Mike Sexton, Phil Hellmuth, and Barry Greenstein.
Fan Favorite
Negreanu ended up being a popular option: a perennial fan favorite, the Canadian has had an extraordinary 2014, cashing in an incredible nine events during the WSOP, including that second-place in the Big One for starters Drop, which netted him $8 million. That result made him the biggest tournament that is live of them all, with more than $30 million to his title.
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