Daily Archives: August 3, 2011
Alex Rodriguez Embroiled in Poker Controversy: Members of the Poker Hall of Fame
Doyle Brunson (Getty)
Alex Rodriguez is being investigated by Major League Baseball for his involvement in high-stakes poker games. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of dollars stakes.
Doyle Brunson would be proud. Texas Dolly is of course a member of the Poker Hall of Fame. He used to play poker when it was underground, when people brought guns to the games often held in basements and other shady locales.
Now poker is a mainstream “sport,” televised in national and international markets. The World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour are glamorous (maybe) series where the best poker minds from around the world – and amateurs – compete for purses well in excess of a million bucks.
Here’s a list of the members of the World Series of Poker Poker Hall of Fame. Barbara Enright is the sole female inductee, so far.
For more on each of these poker players, click here.
| 1. | Felton “Corky” McCorquodale |
| 2. | “Wild Bill” Hickok |
| 3. | Edmond Hoyle |
| 4. | Nick “The Greek” Dandolos |
| 5. | Sid Wyman |
| 6. | Red Winn |
| 7. | Johnny Moss |
| 8. | T. “Blondie” Forbes |
| 9. | Bill Boyd |
| 10. | Tom Abdo |
| 11. | Joe Bernstein |
| 12. | Murph Harrold |
| 13. | Red Hodges |
| 14. | Henry Green |
| 15. | Puggy Pearson |
| 16. | Doyle Brunson |
| 17. | Jack Strauss |
| 18. | Fred “Sarge” Ferris |
| 19. | Benny Binion |
| 20. | David “Chip” Reese |
| 21. | “Amarillo Slim” Preston |
| 22. | Jack Keller |
| 23. | Julius Oral “Little Man” Popwell |
| 24. | Roger Moore |
| 25. | Stu Ungar |
| 26. | Johnny Chan |
| 27. | Lyle Berman |
| 28. | Bobby Baldwin |
| 29. | Berry Johnston |
| 30. | Crandell Addington |
| 31. | Jack Binion |
| 32. | T.J. Cloutier |
| 33. | Billy Baxter |
| 34. | Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth |
| 35. | Barbara Enright |
| 36. | Duane “Dewey” Tomko |
| 37. | Henry Orenstein |
| 38. | Mike Sexton |
| 39. | Erik Seidel |
| 40. | Dan Harrington |
