Negreanu, in his very first yr of eligibility, was normally regarded as a lock to sign up for the ranks of poker’s elite as 1 of the greatest reside match players of all time. A next inductee was far more up in the air, and a panel of living corridor of famers and users of the poker media selected McClelland, who has been a event director who assisted to condition the match.
Negreanu and McClelland will turn out to be the forty seventh and forty eighth inductees to the Hall of Fame on Sunday, November nine, as component of the festivities surrounding the November Nine — the last table of the Entire world Collection of Poker main event. The induction ceremony will consider place at seven:30 p.m, at Binion’s Gambling Corridor — the authentic house of the Globe Sequence of Poker. It is also where Negreanu won his first WSOP bracelet, and exactly where McClelland once served as tournament director.
Negreanu joined David “Chip†Reese as the only HoF members to be enshrined at forty years of age. Negreanu has $ thirty million in dwell match earnings and owns 6 WSOP gold bracelets, alongside with two WSOP participant of the 12 months titles. He is third on the all-time WSOP funds record. Negreanu also has gained two Entire world Poker Tour titles and is next on the all-time WPT funds checklist. The PokerStars sponsored pro is also one particular of the video games best ambassadors.
Negreanu posted this on Twitter right after the announcement:
Thanks everyone for the assist, it's really appreciated. I may be forty, but I'll be close to another 40 at the very least! http://t.co/jPuTMnJXFB
&mdash Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) Oct 24, 2014
Jack McClelland, 63, has been included in the planet of poker for five decades, being a part of some of the largest tournaments and managing some of the biggest poker game titles in the globe. He is very best known for directing the Globe Series of Poker in the 1980s and for his time at the Bellagio from 2002 to 2013.
McClelland had this to say in a launch about the picks:
“Being inducted into the Course of 2014 Poker Hall of Fame is a really thrilling prospect and I am certain it will be a very humbling expertise,†explained McClelland. “I thank everybody included in this procedure and to the WSOP, WPT and all of the wonderful folks I have achieved and the fantastic men and women I have worked with during the many years. Thank you for bestowing this honor on me. I am quite grateful.â€
The eight finalists who did not reach the Corridor of Fame included Mike Matusow, Huck Seed, Jennifer Harman, Chris Bjorin, Humberto Brenes, Ted Forrest, Bruno Fitoussi, and Bob Hooks.
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