WSOP announces candidates for 2010 Poker Hall of Fame induction

After a little more than two-month receiving nominations and votes from the general public, officials of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) have announced the name of the top ten candidates for 2010 Poker Hall of Fame.

According to the WSOP, a total of 102 names were submitted during the public nomination process, including 44 who received multiple nominations. All of these individuals are still eligible for future consideration. The following represents the Top 10 nominated individuals at WSOP.com from July 1 - August 31.

• Chris Ferguson
• Barry Greenstein
• Jennifer Harman-Traniello
• Dan Harrington
• Phil Ivey
• Linda Johnson
• Tom McEvoy
• Daniel Negreanu
• Scotty Nguyen
• Erik Seidel

Now the candidates will be reviewed by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council, who will name the final list of candidates eligible for induction in 2010. That will be followed by the voting of the final nominees by the 16 living Hall of Fame members and a 17-person media panel. Only these 33 individuals cast votes for induction.

Both the Hall of Fame members and the Governing Councill will have take in consideration a series of points and criteria to make sure candidates are worthy for this year's induction. The name of the inductees will be revealed previous to the 2010 Class of the Poker Hall of Fame ceremony scheduled as part of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event final table festivities in November.