Every Poker player’s ultimate desire is to get inducted in the prestigious Poker Hall of Fame. Located at Binion’s Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas, it was founded by Benny Binion in 1979 to market his casino as well as to honor world’s greatest Poker players who demonstrated exceptional skills at the felt and contributed to the growth and success of the game. In 2004, Harrah’s Entertainment (now Caesars Entertainment) took control of WSOP (World Series of Poker) and ownership of Poker Hall of Fame.
Here is the list of Poker Hall of Fame Inductees:
1979
Johnny Moss
Nick Dandolos
Felton McCorquodale
Red Winn
Sid Wyman
James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok
Edmond Hoyle
1980
Blondie Forbes
1981
Bill Boyd
1982
Tom Abdo
1983
Joe Bernstein
1984
Murph Harrold
1985
Red Hodges
1986
Henry Green
1987
Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson
1988
Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson
Jack “Treetop” Straus
1989
Fred “Sarge” Ferris
1990
Benny Binion
1991
David “Chip” Reese
1992
Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston
1993
Jack Keller
1996
Julius Oral Popwell
1997
Roger Moore
2001
Stu “The Kid” Ungar
2002
Lyle Berman
Johnny “The Orient Express” Chan
2003
Bobby “The Owl” Baldwin
2004
Berry Johnston
2005
Jack Binion
Crandell Addington
2006
T.J. Cloutier
Billy Baxter
2007
Barbara Enright
Phil Hellmuth
2008
Dewey Tomko
Henry Orenstein
2009
Mike Sexton
2010
Dan Harrington
Erik Seidel
2011
Linda Johnson
Barry Greenstein
2012
Eric Drache
Brian “Sailor” Roberts
2013
Scotty Nguyen
Tom McEvoy
2014
Daniel Negreanu
Jack McClelland
2015
Jennifer Harman
John Juanda
2016
Carlos Mortensen
Todd Brunson
2017
David “Devilfish” Ulliott
Phil Ivey
2018
John Hennigan
Mori Eskandani
2019
Chris Moneymaker
David Oppenheim
